By Cortney St. John
Round Table editor

The Middletown High School’s TBA Improv Troupe added five new members to its improvisational craziness.

The TBA Improv Troupe started in the summer of 2009.

Middletown High School junior Matt Gabb said, “we are just so in love with improvisational theatre…so we wanted to do more of it and be able to perform it in front of an audience and spread our passion for improv to the community, so we started the TBA Improv Troupe.”

The TBA Improv Troupe started out with six members and by June 2010 they had nine. But a few members graduated and when they started up again in fall 2010 they only had five. Then they auditioned two new members in the fall and in February 2011 the TBA Improv Troupe auditioned about 15 hopeful members and accepted five. Now the TBA Improv Troupe has a total of 12 members.

The three new members from MHS include sophomores Olivia Christ, Aaron Carlstrom and Jason Spiegel.

“I love the group dynamic we have and just getting together and having fun,” said Christ.

The two other members who were accepted into the TBA Improv Troupe attend Brunswick High School. The members include senior Kevin McCarthey and sophomore Tyler Kambis.

The TBA Improv Troupe decided to add new members because the seniors will be graduating and their last show will be in June.

“We wanted to give the new members plenty of time to adjust before we lost the seniors, so there wouldn’t be as much pressure on them starting out,” said Gabb.

This year the TBA Improv Troupe opened up the auditions to students in other schools because they are the only active high school Improv Troupe in the region.

“We knew of other kids at other schools that wanted to perform improv, but did not have the opportunity at their own school, so we gave them the opportunity here at Middletown,” said Gabb.

The TBA Improv Troupe’s next shows are on April 29 and June 3 at 7 p.m. on Knights stage and the admission is free.