Armed Farces provide comedy performance

The Armed Farces Improv Comedy Troupe performed April 1 and 2 in Magnolia Ballroom. The audience laughed non-stop for almost two hours.

Sophomore creative writing major Tori Quante started doing improv comedy in the fall of 2009 at Georgia College and was part of the Armed Farces group. Freshman creative writing major Gray Lindsey is one of the newest member and joined the Armed Farces last fall 2010. Freshman history major Connor Yates, junior art history major Britta Gervais, junior mass communication major Andrew George and senior business management major Drake Simons are also part of the Armed Farces and they performed on both nights of the show.

The ideas of the performance were planned a week before and the short videos were done in the past month, according to George. The basic idea was planned but then at the moment of the show it is improvised. George joined the Armed Farces last spring 2010, performing every Thursday night at Blackbird Coffee with the group.

The cast was happy with the audience outcome on both days. Even though they were expecting more people to attend, “the people that showed up was a good crowd,” George said.

“Scheduling on campus can pose as a problem. Our audience that we did have were wonderful though. They were extremely responsive and were not afraid to interact with us as we performed,” Gervais said.

Freshman English major Jodee Westbrooks liked the performers’ “fresh-style.” Westbrooks said that it was very interesting because it seemed that they really thought about the jokes. Her favorite part was the short videos that were shown between each performance and the song at the end in which some played an instrument and one sang.

Georgia College alumna Qate Bean started the Armed Farces troupe at Georgia College in early spring 2006 according to Simons.

This year it has become a very active group on campus.

“We opened for the band at Week of Welcome, participated in GC Homecoming 2010 & 2011, and Hanging of the Greens 2010 & 2011. We collaborate with different groups on campus,” Gervais said.