8 Friday, December 1, 2006 9 No scripts, no problem Q & A with a SEC headliner: catching Campbell backstage for Alpha Psi’s improv By Jess Decina By Jess Decina the concept of having the audience create With just two hours until a movie for the actors to perform. For show time, Jared Campbell Sophomore Kim Vogel has played vari- each “movie,” the cast divides into teams was pumped. As he wandered ous roles in the past year and a half, but of two. Half of them become the actors in the lobby of the Bart Luedeke none so challenging as this: “a human the film. The other half of the performers Center (BLC) on Thursday, being trying to be the girlfriend of a become members of the production staff, Nov. 30, his eyes fell upon one tractor.” such as a props person and a director’s of the many posters advertis- “It was a game called ‘Tractor assistant, Sabatino said. ing his concert. A broad grin Accountants,’” she said. “It’s beyond crazy, “We get up there and we have no spread across his face. the kind of characters that we come up ideas,” he said. “We get every element of “This is ridiculous,” with.” the plot from the audience and it’s the he said. “[The poster] looks This game, bizarre as it sounds, is all actor’s job to make sense of it.” great.” a part of Alpha Psi Omega’s improvised Many elements of short-form have Just before his perfor- extravaganza entitled The Moving Picture been integrated into the show. According mance in the BLC Theater last Show, which opens tonight in the Spitz to Vogel, an actor portraying the director’s night, Campbell shared a few Studio Theater. But instead of a series of assistant often will interrupt the scene to thoughts on his music and his games that are unrelated to one another, suggest improv games that are more famil- current tour. this show follows the premise of long-form iar to the audience. improv. According to senior Eddie Egan, “They decide which scene would be Q: Are you nervous for this per- one of the show’s co-directors, this type good with which game,” she said. “If we’re formance? of improv is something the University has doing a game with three people in it, they yet to see. might play ‘Sit, Stand, Lean.’” A: I’m feeling awesome. I’m Photo by Caitlyn Berardi “When people hear improv, they usu- And while the rehearsal process has really feeling good. The prepa- The acoustic guitar notes of Jared Campbell filled the BLC Theater and gave the SEC Concert ally think of Whose Line Is It Anyway?” he certainly been a learning experience, it has ration that has gone into the a different sound last night. Before going on stage, Campbell, who was pumped for the show, Photo by Karly Hamburg said. “It’s something different. It’s exciting not been easy. show is amazing, especially for jokingly categorized his pop-rock music as “lesbian rock.” because it’s something that’s really difficult For junior Greg Binder, a veteran of Frog Boy, (Greg Binder) a half man-half frog hip hop artist, is comforted by his adoptive amphibian father (Kim Vogel) and an artist traveling all the way to do.” improv shows, learning the long-form mother (Casey Jost) after learning they are not his true biological parents at a rehearsal on Tuesday night. to come play for people he has up. It was a long way from that’s pretty much the only Q: Who are your musical influ- Egan, along with fellow director and ropes was a challenge. never played for before. home for a small crowd, but, place I played. Right out of ences? junior Joe Sabatino, is no stranger to “In the other shows, you wait for your short-form.” As the shows approach, Egan feels the seems pretty straightforward and throw a nonetheless, I rocked as hard as high school, instead of going improv. When they decided to direct this name to be called, did your little short For Vogel, it’s all about listening. cast is more than ready. After all, they’ve different twist on it.” Q: Do you have any memorable I could. You make the best of to college, I dove right into a A: U2 has been a huge influ- show together, they agreed to try some- scene, and that was it,” he said. “Now, Actors have to keep in mind “names, rela- played characters “ranging from lobsters The Moving Picture Show will be experiences from going on tour? what you’ve got, right? musical career and started to ence on me, both musically thing new for a change, Sabatino said. with long-form, you constantly have to tionships, plots, places [and] scenes you to crayons to farm equipment [to] various performed tonight at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. play outside the church and be and how they live their lives. “We thought that it would be some- be thinking about the next scene, you already did,” she said. animals,” he said. and Saturday, Dec. 2, at 10:30 p.m. and A: My last show was quite Q: What inspired you to become a marketed more in the main- I really look up to those guys. thing really interesting to experiment with constantly have to be listening and you “You have to keep all the details inside “You can think outside the box a midnight. All shows are $5 and will be per- interesting. [I was] playing at musician? stream circuit. It has been a Lately it has been guys like and try,” he said. have to do five things at once. It’s very of your head,” she said. “And you’re trying little bit and create an entire world that formed in the Spitz Studio Theater. North Carolina. I flew all the blast ever since. I still play for Martin Sexton, Ryan Adams The cast spent weeks trying to develop fast-moving and it’s a lot harder, but if you to figure out which way it’s going to go, you can’t create in short-form in just one way down for the show and A: I grew up for about eight the church sometimes. 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