Danger Souce Improv Troupe performs at Starry Night Bakery
Colleen McCarrick
Staff Reporter
The “ingredients” of Danger Sauce surely know the recipe for laughter. Combining nothing but quick wit, intuition and humor, these ten talented “ingredients” stirred up quite a show at the Starry Night Bakery last Saturday night.
Danger Sauce is McDaniel College’s Theatre Improv Troupe and the actors in the cast call themselves the “ingredients.” On Saturday, November 1, Danger Sauce performed its third show of the year at the Starry Night Bakery in Westminster. The entire performance was created before the audience’s eyes as the cast took inspiration from audience suggestions and instantly turned them into games and stories that delighted the audience.
Danger Sauce’s performance attracted a crowd of about thirty people. The crowd was both amazed and highly entertained by this form of theatre.
“All the performers are exceptionally talented and displayed their ability to think on their feet and witty comedic timing,” said Freshmen Gracen Carroll. The great thing about improv is that it’s always original and the audience never knows what’s going to happen next.
Danger Sauce’s recipe combines ten “ingredients,” including off-the-cuff humor, unscripted comedy, and an active audience. The final product: all the hilarious and spontaneous surprises of a night of improvised theatre.
When you watch Theatre improv you have to “expect the unexpected,” said sophomore Julia Williams.
And Saturday’s performance was no different: the troupe used audience suggestions to build scenes and then created hilarious characters, unique locations, and improbable situations.
“I want to give the audience something new to look forward to by trying different games,” said sophomore Cindy Sordo. Danger Sauce works with audience in improv games such as World’s Worst, Superhero, Emotion Party, Uncle Slug, Dear So and So, Press Conference and DVD game.
Williams said that she has a few rules to follow when cooking up a show: “Don’t push too hard, don’t take the spotlight, never say no, and accept what other actors have established,” she said. “Once you get those down the actors can make anything happen.”
Being an improv actor takes not only talent and creativity, but also a lot of nerves. When there is no script and you’re set up in front of an audience, it’s hard to keep your cool ? but that’s the beauty of improv.
“I still get nervous, but I know that in improv you can always make everything work. Someone can save you, you can save someone else or turn anything into a joke. The hardest thing about improv is accepting your confidence and allowing yourself to just do it,” said Sordo.
Members of Danger Sauce surely didn’t show any signs of nervousness in the performance. They kept the show a fast-paced entertainment and moved from one hilarious situation to another without any dull moments.
“I was laughing so hard I started to cry a little bit…that’s how funny it was,” Carroll said.
The “ingredients” surely have a knack for catering to the audience’s emotions. They surely do know the secret recipe for Danger Sauce.