{"id":593,"date":"2011-05-15T14:11:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T19:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2018-05-13T18:38:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:38:32","slug":"improv-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/improv-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Improv fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0<strong><\/strong>Alyssa Merwin<\/p>\n<p>Random Acts of Insanity is a comedy improv troupe that was started in Daytona Beach in 2005. Performing mainly in Daytona Beach and surrounding cities, all shows are completely unscripted and performers rely solely on the audience, making each show unpredictable and unique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this for six years,\u201d said longtime member Hillary J. Walker. \u201cThe Daytona Playhouse, The Shoestring Theatre, Java Jungle\u2014we perform all over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The troupe currently has 10 members, each with their own unique style. While the members may be talented, the show would be nothing without the audience. During the show, the troupe will play different improv games and ask the audience to help them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helps you think on your feet,\u201d said member Leo Uhakheme. \u201cAnd helps with job applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the members of the troupe and other students are working on the beginnings of a comedy club focused mainly on stand-up comedy instead of just improv.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea was inspired by Random Acts of Insanity,\u201d said Daytona State College student Andre Jones. \u201cComedy is what\u2019s getting everyone together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The troupe performs at least once a week at various locations in Daytona, Port Orange and DeLand. For a full listing of events, visit their website at http:\/\/www.randomactsimprov.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Alyssa Merwin Random Acts of Insanity is a comedy improv troupe that was started in Daytona Beach in 2005. Performing mainly in Daytona Beach and surrounding cities, all shows are completely unscripted and performers rely solely on the audience, making each show unpredictable and unique. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this for <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/improv-fun\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Improv fun<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}