Comic Frenzy members Isaiah Jefferies, Jonah Snow, and couple, Callie and Andrew Sparks love being part of Comic Frenzy and hope students and the community can catch one of their free shows.
Andrew Sparks said he loves it because it’s a way for people with interests in the arts to use their talents received from God to make others happy.
“God has given [us] a desire to create or a unique view, or a way of expressing themselves that is unique and unconventional,” Andrew Sparks said. “Improv is the perfect avenue to explore all those things.”
Jefferies said being in the group has helped him with his listening skills, confidence and creativity.
“Creativity dies when you’re afraid to make mistakes because if you have a weird thought, you know, you might think it’s too weird to say out loud,” Jefferies said. “And if you’re not afraid to say weird things then the creativity grows. At least it’s my theory on it.”
Snow said most people would think of improv as something intimidating, but now that he has been doing it more frequently, it has given him a sense of freedom.
“You would think that doing something like that should make you really anxious and nervous,” Snow said. “But it’s kind of liberating to actually just be able to say something off the cuff not to have it planned, not to have thought out in your head.”
Callie Sparks said being part of the improv group has helped her form her thoughts into words for purposes outside of theatre performances.
“I just keep thinking about how it’s helped me give talks in church because now I’ll just make bullet points and I’ll study the topic,” Callie Sparks said. “And now I feel like I can go up there and just talk and express what I need to.”
You can watch Comic Frenzy’s free Spring performances on May 17, June 7 and July 18. Each night has two shows, one at 7 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m. in room 105 of the Eliza R. Snow Building.
To listen to the full interview with Comic Frenzy’s members, go to BYU-Idaho Radio’s Podcast on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.