Goblet-tipping goblins, mistaking a whale for an island, taking a bus ride with a psycho dentist and murderous space aliens killing moon landers—all performances played a part in CAHS’ Improv Night directed by senior Jonathan Norwood.

With the help of the Improv Club, Norwood put on Improv Night for his senior project. Around 40 people attended and the night was filled with acts from the performers and randomly selected members from the audience.

All of the acts were made up on the spot and included places, things and situations the audience came up with. For example, one act included the meshing of two separate ideas: a Facebook breakup and an elderly man.

A few of the memorable improv situations that the actors and audience participated in during the comedy night:

– An elderly man breaking up with his girlfriend over Facebook.

– Two bear trappers hunting, and one turned into a bear.

– Two dead detectives came back as ghosts to solve their own murder.

– An insane dentist named Denise and her bus trip.

– A group of nurses who realized that they were terrible at their jobs.

– Someone tasting bacon for the first time.

-Goblet-tipping Goblins who turn out to be Swiper from Dora the Explorer.

Participants played several improv games through the night, including “bus ride,” a game in which actors rotated and acted as if they were all sitting on a bus, “ball of noise,” where actors would act out scenes and other actors could freeze them and take their place and “typewriter,” where a narrator starts and tells a story and the actor act it out.

According to a few students, Improv Night inspired them to pursue drama or improv at the school. “I am definitely going to go to the club and see if I can be a part of it next year,” sophomore Alina Salvato said.

With the help of a couple teachers, Norwood was able to put together an improv club and make this performance a possibility. “In Miss Dunton’s class, she wanted us to do something that was related to our career and what we wanted to do. I am going to be pursuing musical theater as my career and I really [enjoy] improv. It kind of came up as one of the ideas we had … but she said we had to have 40 field hours so I made it a club. If it continues every year, they agreed I was going to [be the club president],” Norwood said.