CAMP IMPROV

A Humorous Duet

by Marla Crowe

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CAMP IMPROV A Humorous Duet

Marla Crowe

Copyright by the author. Exclusive permission to publish as a reading, granted by the author to the WETMORE DECLAMATION BUREAU, Sioux City, Iowa. (This duet could be boys or girls. Names can be changed. It is a summer camp setting.) JOHN: Michael we have got to start practicing for tonight’s improv contest. MICHAEL: John…How do you practice for improv? The great camp Poo-Bah gives us a topic, we think

about it, and then…Wah-lah…we perform. JOHN: Of all the people I could have had for my “camping buddy” at this mosquito infested “call to

the outdoors” incarceration they call camp…I had to get you. (Say the quotations (“) with fingers and use sarcasm.)

MICHAEL: (Look surprised and hurt) JOHN: (Continuing) You are a novice, a peon, when it comes to improv, short for improvisation I

might add. The true improv champion knows that one should be prepared, practiced and always ready with a canned introduction that should always be tied to the conclusion or fabulous finish!!!

MICHAEL: I hate canned introductions. They always sound so forced and rarely lead into the topic. You hurt my pride. I want to win the contest as much as you…maybe more. You forget, the winning team gets to choose their dance partner for the first dance at the Grand Camp Finale Social. I want to dance with Kristy Smith. She is the anna in banana. She is the prize in surprise. She is the smile on my lips.

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