Theater is hosting its first show of the year, Funny Side Up, this Friday at 7 in the

auditorium. After weeks of practice, the play will be $5 to attend and will include 30 long and

short improv skits put on by the students.

Funny Side Up is open to not just theater students, it’s available to anyone with the desire to

act and put on a show. Senior Krishna Nair is leading this play and helping new and old peers

alike become more confident for the upcoming show.

“There’s a lot of responsibilities with just being improv captain, especially when it comes to

the underclassmen,” Nair said. “It’s a lot of weight because everything I do impacts on the

group. Like if I’m successful, that impacts other thespians to be successful too.”

Students in the play described the play as ‘a good laugh’ to individuals who have not seen this

show any of the previous years. Improv students have been holding practices before school as

well as Fridays A and B block to help peers for more on-the-spot improv acting.

The play will consist of both long and short styles of improv. Long form is longer skits that

usually tell a story or a very wordy to get a point across, which seemed to be liked more for

theater students. Short form is small skits that are usually to the point and are taken in a

lighthearted tone.
 “It’s just a great way for you to come and have a great laugh it’s going to be funny and just a

lot of humor.” Nair said. “It sucks that it's my last year but I think im ready to start heading to

and go to college”

For many, this isn’t their first their first time performing in Funny Side Up and it’s a look

forward play to perform. Improv is different from scripted acting in a way that it’s more on spot

thinking that takes time to master.

Theater students and even studies show that any form of acting help gains confidence as many

said it helped them get over the fear of speaking to crowds.

“I would get nervous on stage, like my legs would shake, but as I started doing it more and more

I gained confidence,” junior Ali Naiz. “I feel like I’m the most confident when I’m on stage

around people. It's kind of where I feel at home.”

Just like Niaz, students in the theater program gravitate toward and speak highly of their

program. Theater offers them a community to be themselves and sometimes maybe not be,

allowing them to take on a whole new persona for one night only.

Having an open mindset is important when going to this play and any other play that theater

performs, performers say. Improv plays especially offer no limitations due to their being no set

script. “Expected the unexpected” is a saying said before they enter the stage.
 “Just be yourself and don’t be nervous,” junior Merideth Hendrix said. “Don’t be nervous to

just let yourself be you.”

Tickets will be on sale Friday at the door auditorium door. Students and administration alike

rave about this show and performers would love for the attendance of the student body.

“ [Hebron Theater] it’s very different from any other organization we have at school.

There’s not a set organized day of how everyday goes.” Naiz said. “There’s a really good

atmosphere, everyone feels like they know each other.”