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Members of Merely Players Improv Comedy competing in the 2018-2019 College Improv Tournament. Fro... Members of Merely Players Improv Comedy competing in the 2018-2019 College Improv Tournament. From left to right: Sidney Burke '19, Mia Morton '21, Adam Larson '20, Tommy King '19, Cam Tucker '21, and Maddy Owca '19.Merely Players, Carthage’s improv comedy troupe, will perform in Chicago on February 1st in the 13th annual College Improv Tournament. The 6-member team will compete against college improv groups from throughout the midwest, performing at the CSz Chicago Theater (929 W Belmont Ave., Chicago) as part of the Windy City Regional competition.

The College Improv Tournament consists of twelve regional tournaments that feed into the national championship. Teams first compete in a preliminary round, with the winners moving on to the finals, and that winning team heads on to the national championship, which will be in Chicago this year, according to the CIT website.

Representing Merely Players this year are Matt Wrbanek ’23, Caroline Lilly ’22, Mitch Dziewior ’22, Mia Morton ’21, Gunnar Goetz ’20, and Adam Larson ’20, with Becca Robertson ’23 and Cate Rocha ’23 as reserve members. They will compete in the 4 p.m. preliminary round against VUDU Comedy from Valparaiso University and 45 Kings from Loyola University Chicago.

Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults.

Merely Players Improv Comedy was founded in 1993 and regularly performs for the Carthage community as well as the general public, and will be performing a free show on campus in February as well as hosting auditions for interested students.

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Merely Players Improv Comedy

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Adam Larson alarson1@carthage.edu