Pizza Party, a new improv. group led by Stephanie Webber of North Park University, is performing at the Cornservatory as part of Improv Gladiators. In their first week they just barely made it out of the Cornservatory alive. They squeaked through the first round tying for 3rd with 19 pts. And in the second round they were quickly eliminated from the games, managing to gain a measly 5 additional points and coming in dead last out of the four competing teams. However in their second week these daring underdogs threw caution to the wind, and improv’ed their hearts out. Despite hard remarks from the judging panel they received fairly good marks, which carried them into a high energy second round where they stuck it to the man (and the other teams) and ended the night tied for first! In seven seasons of Gladiators this kind of tie is a first!
When Stephanie pulled together this rag-tag team from Albany Park and offered to teach them a thing or two about improv. they never imagined it would go this far. Beginners to comedy improv, most of them, they joined up for summer kicks. When they were approached with the idea of taking on the Gladiators they bravely stepped up to the bat. Jon, Tim, Caroline, Josh, Robert and Anna, together with Stephanie and the most delicious Pizza Party I’ve ever attended. Will that be enough to carry them through four more Friday performances? Will they pull past the other teams to compete in the finals? Join us next time and see!
