Bovine Metropolis Theater

Dave was the big winner again on February 6, taking home the prize during the elimination challenge!  I was also in the top 3 at the end - woo hoo!

These shows have been selling out each week, so reservations are mandatory to get tickets.  Please either call the theater at 303-758-4722 or go to www.bovinemetropolis.com to get your tickets.  Friendly reminder that they’re on Saturdays at 8 p.m. at the Bovine Metropolis Theater.  Please come and show your support! 

So here’s what went down this week…

Our guest judge was Hilary Blair.  She’s been teaching improv and doing vocal coaching and voice over work for 30 years.  Her big thing is playing truthfully, having honest reactions on stage, and projecting those emotions properly.

For the immunity challenge, we were split into 2 groups.  I was in group A along with Dave, Spencer, Talitha, Kat, and Arash.  I was psyched!  I’ve played with all of these people, and I feel we’re all strong, solid players.  We went first.  Our challenge was to do multiple scenes and remember to play honestly and show truth in comedy.  It was pretty laid back, and all of us were very comfortable playing together.  Everyone did really well.  Each judge picked two people to talk about during the feedback.  Eric told me that he although some of my characters were one note, he liked how committed I was to everything and that I just jumped, went for it and was willing to start anything.  Then we hung out in the lobby while the second group performed.  Eric announced the top 3 for the immunity challenge - Dave, Kat and Matt, and Kat won immunity.  She totally rocked it and deserved it.

For the elimination challenge, we were split into 4 groups of 3.  Since Kat won immunity, she was able to pick when her group went.  She decided to go third.  I was originally in group 3 with Talitha and Spencer (very excited about that), so we went second.  Our challenge was to play one scene, so we had to be the same character, and the only way we could enter and exit the scene was through a door on stage.  To get inspiration for our characters, we got an adjective from the audience.  Spencer got compulsive, Talitha got fun, and I got flirtatious.  We had so much fun doing this scene!  Spencer was super OCD, Talitha was like the leader of our group, and I amped up flirtatious to a level where I was into both Talitha and Spencer and not afraid to show it.  The scene was about her trying to get us to do things at her birthday party.  At the end I sang happy birthday to her like Marilyn Monroe.  Good times!

The bottom 3 were Arash, Cara and Karen.  Eric called out Arash for playing a stereotype, Karen wasn’t fully committed in her body to her character, and Cara for dominating the scene with her character and missing cues.  Karen was sent home, but that’s not much of a surprise since she’s been in the bottom before.  The top 3 were me, Dave and Kat.  Dave won for his subtlety and showing truth in comedy on stage throughout the show.  He won a one night stay at the Fairfield Inn at DIA and 6 nights free parking, perfect for when he wants to take a trip somewhere (and hopefully take me!)  :)  Dave is the big man on campus now.  Let’s see if he can get a turkey and go 3 wins straight!

FYI - there is no Denver’s Next Improv Star show on February 13.  There’s a special Valentine’s Day show instead called Armando for Lovers (which Dave and I are performing in).  Info for that show is on the Bovine site if you’re interested.

Well we’re down to 11 now in the show!  People are making their predictions of who will go home next and who will be in the finals.  Dave is now the guy everyone wants to play with.  I must say it was nice to finally play with him.  During one of the talkbacks, our moderator Matt pointed out to the audience that Dave and I are together, so now we’re the token couple. 

Hope to see you on the 20th at the next show!

*Yvette*

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