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Rowan’s Improfs face off at Collegiate Comedy Challenge in Philadelphia

Owen O'Brien • March 22, 2023

Rowan University’s improv comedy club participated in the Collegiate Comedy Challenge on March 2. The group, known as “The Improfs,” entered ComedySportz Philadelphia, who hosted the competition,...

REVIEW: ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Live!’ combines improv and the famous RPG for a night of laughs

Laura Kincaid • March 27, 2018

Taking improv to the next level with a roll of the dice, the cast and crew of “Dungeon & Dragons: Live!” performed this past Friday to two sold-out audiences. The directors, theater senior majors...

‘Second Place Champions’ comedy improv troupe brings laughs and oddity to RAH stage

Tara Lonsdorf • February 7, 2018

Improv group Second Place Champions, comprised partly of Rowan alumni, performed for Rowan students in the Student Center Pit on Friday night as part of Rowan After Hours (RAH). The group, based in Chicago,...

Gramigna: How taking an improv class made me a better communicator

Joseph Gramigna • November 29, 2017

Self-awareness is important, and I'm able to admit that I'm fairly awkward. In one-on-one conversations and small group settings, I'm generally fine. However, in front of an audience or among many people,...

Rowan’s Improv Club makes comedy out of madness

Ricardo Oropeza • October 25, 2016

In the dungeon-like basement of Bunce Hall lies a small black room where Ian Rubin and his crew of improvisers wooed a small crowd with their improvisational Halloween Comedy Showcase. The Rowan University...