{"id":5288,"date":"2018-08-25T20:25:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T00:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2018-08-25T20:25:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T00:25:55","slug":"improv-club-takes-centerstage-among-dsc-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/improv-club-takes-centerstage-among-dsc-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Improv Club takes centerstage among DSC clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haven Huth &amp; Lauren Dahl<\/p>\n<p>Special to In Motion<br \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_25504\"  width=\"530\" height=\"298\"  data-origwidth=\"530\" data-origheight=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w7yIOxVPoBM?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. people come in from all walks of life join together for a couple hours of fun together at the Improv Club, one of the many co-curricular activities available to students at Daytona State College.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Advised by theater arts professor Samantha Stern, the Improv Club had its roots almost 16 years ago with Random Acts of Insanity, founded by former DSC students. Today, that improvisational comedy troupe is still going strong and performing regularly. Most recently, it performed on Aug. 16 at Thank You Five performing arts theater located at 4606 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Port Orange.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Back on campus, students such as Chloe Rusak and Gamliel Arroyo are cutting their comedy teeth at the Improv Club, which staged a successful show back in April at the Gillespy Theatre at the News-Journal Center. Students from the club and the \u201cCreative Improvisation: Innovation for Theatre and the Real World\u201d course performed various skits as part of their final project of the semester. Theatre Director Samantha Stern lent her own comedic chops as the gracious, and witty, host for the evening.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Although dates have not yet been set at press time, there will be more performances coming up this academic year as well, to showcase DSC\u2019s considerable pool of comedic talent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI started last semester with acting one and talking to Professor Stern, and also going to SAC Comedy Lab in Orlando, a professional improv theater troupe,\u201d explains Rusak. \u201cI started watching it and I fell in love.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I was like, \u2018oh my god I want to do this. I want to get better at this.\u2019 When you watch it you think \u2018I could do that, I could be up there.\u2019 Then you get to the class and it is the hardest thing in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5248\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/the-dating-game-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Adams, Spencer Sansom, and Josh Lane playing the Dating Game.\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/the-dating-game-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/the-dating-game-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/the-dating-game-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/the-dating-game-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Adams, Spencer Sansom, and Josh Lane playing the Dating Game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>At last count, DSC had more than 60 clubs on campus, not counting the athletic teams. Even so, the Improv Club stands out for its members\u2019 dedication to learning their craft and helping others do so as well. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt was hard in the beginning, like it always is, but I realized how much it helped and from the class that\u2019s how I learned about the club,\u201d says Arroyo. \u201cNow even though I\u2019m not in the class anymore I\u2019m and alumni so I come in and help out with the class.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>For information on the Improv Club contact Samantha Stern at 386-506-1903. The club\u2019s stated purpose is \u201cTo provide creative performance and play opportunities to\u00a0DSC\u00a0students.\u00a0Improv\u00a0promotes confidence, creative thinking, and working with others which are all\u00a0important\u00a0skills in the professional realm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haven Huth &amp; Lauren Dahl Special to In Motion \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. people come in from all walks of life join together for a couple hours of fun together at the Improv Club, one of the many co-curricular activities available to students at Daytona State College. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/improv-club-takes-centerstage-among-dsc-clubs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Improv Club takes centerstage among DSC clubs<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5289,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5288\/revisions\/5289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}