On Nov. 22, Undefined held their annual Dressember shows in the LHS Theater. The first show was at 3:45 p.m. and the second show took place at 7 p.m.
All proceeds from both shows went towards STLSpark, a student-run group under Dressember, to help combat human trafficking. QR codes were also available at the door which directed audience members to STLSpark’s website to make donations, and performers wore dresses and ties to help raise awareness.
See photos from the 7 p.m. show below.
The show started with the teams being introduced by senior Evan Sommer. After introductions of team members, the first game played was “Playground Insults” where two people on an imaginative playground have an argument and they’re going to be given an adjective, verb and a noun to call the other person. Then, the people behind them are going to act out the various words. The game was first played by team Ranch Dressers.
See clips from the 3:45 p.m. show below.
Following the Ranch Dressers, the next game of the evening was called “Beastie Boys” where improv members are given a random word that they had to rhyme with another one, all while following a beat.
After that, the next game introduced was called “Four Corners” where four team members, each representing a corner of a square, have a different scenario between two members. At random times of the scene they will be asked to switch, therefore the entire scene changes. The game was started off by the Tough Tuxedos.
Next up, senior Payton Skipton introduces a new game called “A Word From our Sponsors” where members of the audience yell out random and weird items that wouldn’t usually be sold and members on stage have to create an advertisement for that product.
After that game, the next one was called the “Swinging Pendulum of Death.” This is where a team of four improvers are three different scenarios and have to find a way to end up “dead.” After each person “died,” the game continued onto the next scene until someone else “died.” The scenes kept going until all members found a way to “die” in each of them.
Following this, the next game introduced by Skipton was “The Dating Game” where three contestants from the stage are assigned interesting characters which they play. While this is happening, one person leaves the room and comes back trying to guess who each person is. The characters that had to be guessed were Catwoman, Mr. Clean and an emo person.
Next up came “Inner Thoughts,” which is a four person scene, but at anytime someone can be called out and that person has to say their inner thoughts out loud relating to the scene.
The next game was “Long Form” where eight improvers come to the front of the stage, get a stimulus and start a normal scene. But, at any point, anyone from the side can come over and dismiss their scene and start their own.
For the final game of the night, the Undefined Improv show finished the night with a “Lightning Round” where current and past members of Undefined come up on stage to make funny puns regarding a certain topic.