![]() ![]() We will start lining up and checking in guests about 30 minutes prior to showtime.Please note that we will be checking IDs and searching bags.We do not allow outside food or beverage in.To enter the venue, come to the glass bar door on Elm Street.DO NOT PARK AT TERRY BLACKS - they will tow! There is often traffic and parking is not always easy. Please allow yourself enough time to get to Deep Ellum and find parking.Samantha Grubbs ’13, a communication major from New Iberia, La., says that unlike traditional plays where the actor memorizes lines, improv is “all about the moment and reacting off your partner. Practice can include object work, two person scenes, and creating longform improv. Missed Opportunity is no stranger to hard work, with weekly two-and-a-half-hour practices. “My favorite thing is when we all find that we’re in sync. “My attraction to improv has to do with the magic that is created from what seems to be nothing,” Medina says. Medina enjoys feeding off of the energy of the troupe and making the audience feel engaged. A human communication major from San Antonio, Medina says improv has been a springboard for some of the greatest names in comedy, such as Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Like Seier, troupe member Andrea Medina ’15 attended the Del Close Marathon, a three-day improvisation festival founded by the Upright Citizens Brigade. After taking classes at The Peoples Improv Theater in New York City, Smith knows that improv is in her future, calling the stage a place “where I can be myself” and where “creativity is encouraged.” She would later co-found the Carefree Radicals, a longform group where the club taught itself Harold structure and montage, both types of improv. Smith began performing improv as a sophomore when she joined First Time Offenders, a Trinity short form group. ![]() “We’re all just trying to become better as a troupe and improve our techniques.” “I love how seriously everyone takes it, and how, in a very male dominated field, we’re not any different because we are women,” Smith says. She admires the commitment of her fellow members, all of whom have either full-time jobs or heavy course loads at Trinity. ![]() The information is then utilized for scenes, making the audience feel even more involved.Ĭommunication and Spanish double major Maddie Smith ’16, of Evergreen, Colo., says her favorite part of Missed Opportunity is learning together as a group. The group opens shows by asking audience members about missed opportunities in their lives and interviews volunteers for details. Seier says the troupe does its best to “play to the top of our intelligence” and incorporates knowledge from their Trinity education or everyday lives into their performances. “We are all excited about the growing San Antonio comedy initiatives and I am passionate about making San Antonio a place where people want to stick around, where a thriving comedy scene can exist.”Īs Missed Opportunity breaks onto the scene, the group has shied away from blue humor, or jokes that could be interpreted as offensive or crass. “I laugh so much when I am with this group of people,” Seier says. Shelby Seier ’15, a theater major from Omaha, Neb., brought the group together after realizing a desire to “play and create more” in her life. Seier, who has taken classes at The Backline Comedy Club in Omaha, says that while it was not a conscious decision to form an all-female group, she is inspired by the unique perspective and dynamic of the troupe. The troupe performs in montage, a longform improv format, delivering continuous comedy in 30-minute segments. Formed in January, the group of seven women is composed entirely of Trinity alumnae or current students. In a rotating blur of scenes, laughs, and one-liners, the Missed Opportunity improv comedy troupe keeps the audience in stitches and wondering what scenario might come next. And the next they are a human resources office, investigating claims of discrimination in the throes of Irish Independence Day. The next they are a squabbling family lost on a road trip, pulled over by a feisty policeman pedaling a unicycle. One minute they are two hungry alligators, writhing in a swamp as they search for their next raccoon meal. ![]()
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