Comedy Sportz season to kick off

On Sept. 14, the first Comedy Sportz night will be held in the Thermond Drama Center. Organized by senior drama student Ehrland Hollingsworth, the improvisational comedy show has been a success for several years.

“We’ve done this for the past couple years now, and it’s been pretty successful,” Hollingsworth said, “so hopefully we’ll do well this year too.”

Comedy Sportz consists of two teams of drama students and other comedy aficionados, named “actletes,” in a fast paced competition for the referee and audience’s approval. A subject is given by the referee or an audience member, and the teams have to come up with a skit or game that relates to it.

The event is being held only one week after the drama department’s student production, “The Importance of Being Earnest.”