It’s like a small high school reunion, except there’s an audience and everyone is pretending to be someone else.
The Transactors Improv Company will host its 30th-Anniversary Reunion Show Friday, bringing together current members, past members and even founding members who have been with the group since 1983.
In the past 30 years, the local improv company has gone through remarkable changes, said company director Greg Hohn.
“When the company started doing this, improv was still pretty rare and there was no one else around doing it,” Hohn said. “Now we have a pretty healthy improv community.”
Dan Sipp, a former long-time member who joined the company in 1988, said he had been relatively unfamiliar with improvisational theater before joining Transactors.
“The first time somebody described it to me, I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” Sipp said.
“It sounded like the kind of thing I would do at parties, hang around with friends and make up funny bits.”
Unlike the competitive comedy format of most early improvisational performances, like the popular ABC show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” Hohn said Transactors shows aim to be more than just comedy shows.
“Ideally we’re looking to create an emotional roller coaster,” Hohn said. “We want people to walk away really entertained and satisfied.”
