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Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007
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Stand- up; it's your line now
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Jess Sheppard
The Clackamas Print
; Everybody loves to laugh.
There’s no denying it - we
íumans are attracted to people
vho’make us chuckle, whether
hey are stand-up comedians,
raudevillians or members of an
mprov troupe.
I Iblackamas even offers a
course that teaches students the
undamentals of comedic per-
onance.
“What is funny and why?”
nstructor Chris Whitten asks
iis| stand-up comedy students
t the beginning of nearly every
lass.
The answer to both, accord-
ng to Whitten, is “recognit
ion.” The audience identifies
vith the jokes being told and
he experiences being portrayed
m stage, and that shared expe-
ience is funny.
So why take stand-up?
^bitten asserts that “humor
s a valuable skill in any career
rack,” especially in a profes
ión «that requires speaking to
)eople. He encourages students
o take the class even if they
lon’t plan on becoming come
dians.
! The course improves self-
jonfidence onstage and off, as
veil as offers an hour of the
lay when individuals can sim
ply make others laugh, he said.
“Sociologically speaking,” them situations to act out and
he added, “it’s not the funni other helpful incentives.
est guy who’s voted off the
The performers are still
island first - it’s the obnoxious characters, but they are not in
guy who thinks he’s funny but the “context of a play,” Smith-
isn’t.”
English said. It’s very “depen
This term, Whitten’s, stand dent on the audience.”
up class consists of four stu
“It’s really valuable actor
dents, which is an improve training,” he added.
ment since it has averaged a
The technique teaches per
mere three par
formers how
ticipants in the
to work .posi
past. It current
tively together,
ly features the
share
atten
comedic talents
tion on stage
of Glen Hoover,
and, perhaps
a returning stu
most
impor
dent from Spring
tantly, listen
Term, and three
to their fellow
new comedians
actors. One of
in the making:
the major goals
Robert Wood,
is to “work
Bryan Maurice
together as an
Chris
Whitten
and
Byron
ensemble,”
Communications &
Bartlett.
Smith-English
Theatre Instructor
Performing
said.
alongside
This term’s
the
stand-up
one-acts show
students
in
case a large
Clackamas’ upcoming One- group of entertainers that
Act Festival is the Comedy includes Thomas Dietrich,
Improv Troupe, I-Prov, taught Bo Emster, Beth Hungerford,
by Theatre Instructor David Nick Komafel, Bryan Maurice,
Smith-English. Smith-English Michael Mitchell, Jennifer
has taught improvisational the Whitten and Robert Wood.
atre for 17 years, about 14 of
The One-Act Festival
them at Clackamas.
itself will take place Tuesday,
The difference between tra Wednesday and Thursday, Nov.
ditional acting and improv is 27, 28 and 29, at noon, with an
mainly scripted versus non additional showing at 7:30 on
scripted lines. Improv actors the 29th, in the McLoughlin
rely on their audience to give Theatre.
“Humor is
a valuable
skill in
any career
track ... *
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CCC students watch Instructor Chris Whitten perform at the
preview performance of Stand-up Comedy Night last Spring
Term in the McLoughlin Theatre.
à
Parchase a 12 or 1
11/8 - 18: The Fall Term theatre production, the dark
comedy "Reckless," plays in the Osterman Theatre,
in Niemeyer Hall. Performances take place Thursday
through Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for seniors 62
and older and $10 for students. For further information
or to make reservations, call ext. 2356.
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11/12: The Alexander Gallery, in Niemeyer Hall, will
be opening a new exhibit titled "Confluence," which
will feature works by Tim Lundholm, Mike Suri and
Tom Tody. The opening reception is on Friday, Nov.
16, from 5 to 7 p.m. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. "Confluence" will be open
until Jan. 18 next year.
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