Folks,
We are back with our fortnightly shows offering truckloads of entertainment! Fall's been great so far with two fun shows. Lots of laughter, lots of energy. Here's the video of our kick-off show on Sept. 19th. Enjoy!!
And be there for our next show - Oct. 24th, Friday, 5pm - between Leavey and VKC!
Koi Shaq?
Video: Vidushaks at Fracas V
Fracas was great -- and our show was well received too :). Thanks to all those who showed up to support us!
Here is a clip of us playing freeze tag.
Koi shaq?
Here is a clip of us playing freeze tag.
Koi shaq?
Mark your calendars...
Your girlfriend thinks your jokes stink? Want to show her there are jokes worse than yours??
Unable to end it with your no-sense-of-humor guy?? Need to show him what funny really is?
Don't worry. The Vidushaks are back!
In our first performance of the Rat year, we will make that girlfriend laugh and make that boy friend run away.
Yes, we cater to all your needs (solicited only)!!
The rescue operations begin at 4pm on 9th Feb 2008 (Saturday)
Where?? Founders Park. Between THH and Bovard Auditorium
[facebook event page]
For this Valentine's Day, we can't promise you the Moon but we can guarantee you a good laugh!!
This first show of 2008 will never come again... come and see why not!!
Be there or be [insert word here]
Unable to end it with your no-sense-of-humor guy?? Need to show him what funny really is?
Don't worry. The Vidushaks are back!
In our first performance of the Rat year, we will make that girlfriend laugh and make that boy friend run away.
Yes, we cater to all your needs (solicited only)!!
The rescue operations begin at 4pm on 9th Feb 2008 (Saturday)
Where?? Founders Park. Between THH and Bovard Auditorium
[facebook event page]
For this Valentine's Day, we can't promise you the Moon but we can guarantee you a good laugh!!
This first show of 2008 will never come again... come and see why not!!
Be there or be [insert word here]
TBD: Our skit from AIS Diwali Show
We did the following skit for the USC AIS DIWALI show on November 10, 2007@ the Bovard Auditorium at USC.
Here goes:
कोई शक?
Here goes:
कोई शक?
Vidushak's first show of Fall 2007!
Hi folks,
This is an invitation from your friendly neighborhood Vidushak improv comedy group to all theater enthusiasts to come watch improv comedy at the Comedy Night at Ground Zero Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 7:30pm.
This is a free event. Events details are available on Facebook: http://usc.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5476207031
Once again...
What: Vidushaks@the comedy night at ground zero
Where: Ground Zero [ask us if you don't know where it is]
When: This Wednesday [Aug 29]
The event starts at 7:30pm, and we go on at 8pm!
कोई शक?
This is an invitation from your friendly neighborhood Vidushak improv comedy group to all theater enthusiasts to come watch improv comedy at the Comedy Night at Ground Zero Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 7:30pm.
This is a free event. Events details are available on Facebook: http://usc.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5476207031
Once again...
What: Vidushaks@the comedy night at ground zero
Where: Ground Zero [ask us if you don't know where it is]
When: This Wednesday [Aug 29]
The event starts at 7:30pm, and we go on at 8pm!
कोई शक?
Video: Vidushak @ Fracas 2007
Here it is! Our performance from Fracas 2007. Thanks to the wonderful audience - your support means a lot to us!
- कोई शक?
- कोई शक?
Fracas .. today!
Vidushak to perform at the ISA Mixer, August 31st, 6:00 pm, Alumni Park
Vidushak has a 30 min show at the ISA [International Students'
Assembly] Welcome mixer. The event is from 5 to 7, and Vidushak
starts performing at 6:00 pm. There is free food too!
Be there or be a square,
-Vidushaks
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The journey has been good
From Abhijit's and Animesh's SCEEEENE shouting skills, to Kimish's and Brijesh's under the belt ... lets not call them skills ... jokes. From Manoj's "I thought you would know what I was doing" 20/20 hindsight to Pd's "spring attached feet, Jitender is my role model, jumping-jack" attitude. From Joyita's 'lady'-like only-English-please shrieks to Maunic's "Hindi humari matri bhasha hai" tone. It's all been good.
Juggling between classes, practices, quals and shows has been fun too.
As students prepare for finals, we - the Vidushaks - are preparing to give the final shock of the season. Yes, our first season comes to an end soon. The grand finale is on 29April 2006 at Open Air Stage at EF Hutton park (box 4E in the map). The mega event starts at 3pm.
Be there, or be rectangle!
Huh? What?
Koi shaq? Come over and clear them all!
Last show of the semester for Vidushak - Indian Improv at USC
Vidushak, USC's own Indian Improvisation comedy group invites you to
attend its last show of the semester. Come on, Charlie, what has love
gotta do with it!
Date – Saturday, April 29th, 2006.
Time - 3:00 pm
Location - Open Air Stage at EF Hutton park, between THH and Bovard
Auditorium on the west side (Look for the flag posts and the Annenberg
banner). Box 4E in the map-
http://www.usc.edu/private/about/visit_usc/upc_color.pdf
Duration – About 45 min
Join our facebook party:
http://usc.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2203769134 and our facebook
group at http://usc.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200934462
Take a little time time off from studying and enjoy participating with us...
Koi shaq?
First Desi show of Vidushak - Indian Improv Group at USC!
Put in the 207th bone in your body ... Funny bone, you pervs.
Vidushaks are back on popular demand, this time in your very own Desi version.
After a kick-ass, rock star, unforgettable pilot performance, we are
back to put those laughter pangs in your tummy.
Come one. Come all. This second performance won't come twice!!
What: Vidushak's First "Desi" Show!
"We are Indian, and we are fun!"
Hosted By: Vidushak, Indian Improv at USC!
http://uscvidushak.blogspot.com/
When: Saturday, April 1, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Where: Follow the sounds of laughters (for early birds: TSC Basement -
Tommy's Place)
Entry allowed only to those without rotten eggs and tomatoes.
Thanks to: Association of Indian Students for the reservation :-)
Vidushaks are back on popular demand, this time in your very own Desi version.
After a kick-ass, rock star, unforgettable pilot performance, we are
back to put those laughter pangs in your tummy.
Come one. Come all. This second performance won't come twice!!
What: Vidushak's First "Desi" Show!
"We are Indian, and we are fun!"
Hosted By: Vidushak, Indian Improv at USC!
http://uscvidushak.blogspot.com/
When: Saturday, April 1, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Where: Follow the sounds of laughters (for early birds: TSC Basement -
Tommy's Place)
Entry allowed only to those without rotten eggs and tomatoes.
Thanks to: Association of Indian Students for the reservation :-)
Vidushaks, koi shaq?
We came, we made them laugh, we conquered their hearts.
Yes, that's 'exactly' what we did. There were some comic quips from us, and a few giggles 'n laughs from the (paid and threatened) audience. It was a perfect example of symbiotic existence.
Allow me to give you a sneak preview ... errr ... after-view:
We started with advertising. Facebook, personal blogs, IM status messages. Our name was on every electronic media one can ever think of (alright let's not get carried away here). CSGO and other organizers sent out a mail to all CS students claiming that it would be an 'unforgettable' performance. Most people were told that AP3Mar and AC29May would run the LA Marathon, 26.2 miles I might add, that very same morning. Many people just turned up to have a fleeting glimpse of the crawling duo.
Our shameless publicity paid off and we had 3 special guests - Eddie, Nick and Amanda, theatre students at USC who are majorly involved in Second Nature Improv and Consortium Sketch comedy troupes, came to see just us! [believe it or not, they liked our show :-)]
Second, we made sure we came in and went out of Ground Zero in our huge group of eight approximately every 10 minutes. Ta-da it worked like a charm. People wondered, "Why?" We told them, "We are warming up!" Curiosity is the parent of attention.
Now that we had their attention, we opened our third card. We made the audience shift towards the stage. Meanwhile, we ourselves crowded around the stairs that led to the stage - just to get them all curious, all over again.
There was no more that we could do but perform and we did. AP3Mar and AC29May showed (off) their LA Marathon medals, and the audience took the bait. They wanted us to perform now. Enough stalling already!
Our first game was "World's Worst". All we do for this is get on stage and try to be the world's worst >whatever<. AC29May took suggestions from the audience and what do we know, we get to be the "World's Worst Garbage Man". It was moderately funny (wow now someone's boasting). We heard a few laughs. We also heard one girl shout "OH MY GAWD - They are so funny!" (which reminds me we still need to pay her $10).
Next game was "New Choice". It's a funny one (like the rest of them). Two performers get on stage and start a scene. When the director says 'new choice' the performer who spoke last, thinks of a new phrase and the other performer continues the scene with this new phrase, completely disregarding the previous phrase. Our choices were 'Area 51' and 'Strawberry flavored cereal'.
After that we all got on stage one more time and played "freeze backwards" ... which turned out to be "freeze backward or forward - the audience doesn't know what is happening anyways". It was funny (duh!). What's the game, you asked? It starts off with two Vidushaks on stage and they start a scene (double duh!). After a decent scene building, other Vidushaks start freezing them, taking the scene back in time.
For example: Tonight I am having macroni with pasta sauce.
>freeze<
Tomorrow night I will have macroni with pasta sauce.
>freeze<
I am buying pasta sauce. Wonder what I'll do with it.
You get the idea (huh! like I care). So our suggestion from the audience was 'Hot Desi Chicks - an endangered species'. IT WAS FUNNY (and I am not lying this time).
Last but not the least, we performed "ABC genres". A scene is enacted, and then paused. The director then takes a genre suggestion from the audience, and the same scene is enacted in that other genre. How was it? Was it funny?
How was the performance as a whole? Did people actually laugh? What did we guys say? What did we do? Did the audience ask for more?
Inn sawalon ke jawab, aur apne baaki bin-poochhe sawalon ke jawab jaanane ke liye dekhiye :: Vidushaks, koi shaq?! - An 'unforgettable' performance by the Indian Improv Group at USC. Coming soon to a server near you.
What is Vidushak?
'Vidushak'- the Indian Theatre Group was started at USC in the November of 2005. The group presented it's first production, a mystery comedy - DIBS at the 'Diwali' function organized by the Association of Indian Students (AIS) at USC. The play was a huge success and established 'Vidushak' as an active theatre group on the USC campus.
For additional information, please contact Animesh Pathak (animesh@usc.edu) or Abhijit Chaudhari (ajchaudh@usc.edu).
For additional information, please contact Animesh Pathak (animesh@usc.edu) or Abhijit Chaudhari (ajchaudh@usc.edu).
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