Saturday, August 25, 2007

Victims of Fun

A friend of mine, John Rawley, is one of 4 guys that make up The Victims of Fun improv comedy troupe. Nolen's already been to see them once with Ashley, but last night was my turn to take him and his friends Trey and John.


After making the rounds picking everyone up in the new(ish) family roadster, we made a quick stop at the local (er... one of the local - they multiply like 7-11's) Starbucks and made sure the boys and I were loaded up with caffeine & sugar. Then we headed out to Plano Children's Theatre in, uh, Plano. The show started at 10pm and the shadows in the parking lot were longer than usual in the lonely after-hours of Friday night. If I hadn't been warned, finding the theatre might have been especially difficult. Fortunately, Nolen was able to identify obscure landmarks that lead us to the appropriate door hidden within the empty shopping center. We were the first ones there. Even the comedy troupe hadn't arrived. They rolled up pretty soon, though.

The show was great. The venue was cozy and the performance was good clean fun for everyone. The troupe took suggestions from the audience and the boys turned red from laughing when their ideas were used. We all laughed so hard we had to pick ourselves up from the floor when the show was over. Good times. We'll definitely be doing that again.