Posts tagged Theatre Strike Force

My iO class had its first show tonight. It was just a taste of the 7 week run we’ll have starting in September. It was really cool to get back in front of an audience on a proper stage and perform again. I made some good moves and I made some less-than-good moves, but I had fun throughout the entire night. The 70-ish students were split into 8 different groups, but many of us stayed for the whole 3+ hours to watch our friends in the other time slots. It was absolutely wonderful to have a room so full of love, so full of people celebrating each other.

Before my group went on (the last one of the night), I walked behind the stage and stood in the greenroom. On the walls and cabinets were posters for iO teams, both past and present. I saw the names and faces of people from my old college team (which has been going strong for 23 years) plastered throughout the room, many of whom had gone on to perform at iO. Some of them are on teams who have been performing for close to a decade, some are teachers or coaches, but all of them started out where I am now and they are all a huge inspiration to me.

I want very much to add my name to iO’s list of successful improvisers to have come from TSF. Who knows if that will happen, but I think my classmates will agree that with all the love and positivity we have for one another, it feels like anything is possible.