EXIT 16 ALUMNI SHOW!!!!!!

Exit 16's alumni show was tonight. It's an annual event that I look forward to, if not just to see the talent coming out of high school this year, but to also re-connect with friends from long past. 11 years ago, now.

For those not in the know. Exit 16 is a high school improv troupe that I was a founding member of back in the fall of 1997. Back then, our director was Rich Brown, an English/Theatre teacher Liberty High School at the time. He took advantage of an opportunity to partake in the "Kansas City High School Improv League". Having such a large roster, we had two teams: Improff Broadway and Exit 16. Because of the rules, since both of our teams made it to the finals, we had to join together. And so Exit 16 was born. We won the championship, Rich moved away 2 years later, and Trish Berrong took over as head coach of Exit 16.

I wish it could be a scam, that there could be some way to use these kids for my benefit, and I'm sure there is. But Trish is tied to them in a way that I, nor most of you could be: she actually enjoys driving 20 miles out of her way once a week to coach a ragtag group of hormonal, confused, generally non-commital teens to not only perform, but to excel at the art of Improv. She recieves no stipend, no money, no real acclamations, she does it because not only does she believe in the art more than anyone I've ever known, but she sees in those kids the ability to be anything and everything.

Anywhoozle, It's always fun to have an alumni show, to talk hentai with your buddies, and to see the hentai possibilities in your possible future buddies. I can see Exit 16 going on, not just putterning on, doing recycled crap year after year, but truly growing for years to come.

EXIT 16!!!!!!111!!!!!1!!!!!ONE!!!!!