Improv Jam 15: Unplanned, but not unprepared

The Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts is gearing up for its annual Improv Jam.

Stage 2 Productions, NSU’s student-driven production company, will work alongside This Is Improv, an improv company operated by NSU alumni sisters, Angelica and Alexandra Zadak, to present Improv Jam 15 on Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Don Taft University Center Performance Theatre.

Brooke Bowser, senior theatre major and director of Improv Jam, has been involved in the show for four years.

“We hold a show where the cast puts on a bunch of improv games and then we also involve the audience as well. So everyone is collaborating in the space,” Bowser said.

Along with improvisational comedy, the Improv Jam will also have a jam band made up of NSU students to provide background music and join in on some of the games.

“You know [it’s called] Improv Jam, so the jam is the band. And they will actually come in, and we will have games that involve them,” Bowser said. “I am so happy to have another form of art on that stage, so it’s more interesting for the audience.”

Bowser’s four years of Improv Jam experience make her familiar with what the performance asks of a cast and what it leaves them with.

“I’ve done it every year since I’ve been at Nova. It completely changed my personality into being more extroverted and confident in who I am,” Bowser said. “What we look for is confidence, if you’re comfortable just going with the bit and [if] you can create a story in your own little world within the time we give you.”

Zach Mueller, sophomore engineering major and Mako Radio DJ, is an Improv Jam cast member. He took to Improv Jam because it meshed well with his passions.

“I enjoy theatre, but I’m more of a comedy and improv kind of guy. I really just like being able to create and do theater stuff out of my own mind. I really enjoy that about the Improv Jam,” Mueller said.

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