Good audience makes for good comedy

by Ron D'Orazio sports editor

The Red Cloud Coffeehouse was packed with people in anticipation of a performance by the ··cavalier Attitudes," the

Cabrini College comedy troupe. The performance, which took place on Friday. Sept. 25, at 7:00 p.m., was led off by a introduction of the troupe members by sophomore Mike Butler, a member himself.

The members, led by senior captain Paul Moser, proceeded to play theater games amongst themselves while getting the audience involved. The other members of the troupe that performed include sophomores Ben Lunn, Gary Rupacz, Butler and ju01or Lisa Finegan.

Games that the troupe played included versions of "Freeze Tag," "Jeopardy" and "Dinner Party." All three of the games demanded audience participation. In "Freeze Tag," the troupe members asked the audience for a relationship between two of the troupe members, Moser and Finegan. Moser and Finegan acted out the relationship until another member yelled "freeze" and took the spot of either Moser or Finegan. This occurred until the point when the audience responded the most.

During "Jeopardy," Moser played the role of the real-life Jeopardy host, Alex Trebek, while the other troupe members acted as contestants in a mock Jeopardy contest. which drew a good response from the audience.

The final game of the night for the troupe was a new one entitled "Dinner Party." In "Dinner Party," one troupe member, Finegan, was asked to leave the room while the other members were assigned different personalities by the audience. Finegan then had to return to the scene, a dinner party, and ultimately guess the roles of the other members. The rendition of the children's television character Barney, done by Butler, was the highlight of the performance.

Butler said that the audience makes or breaks a performance and the audience was a good one. He also added that the performance, overall, went well because of the audience's participation.