It’s that time of year again.  The time when birds start their journeys back east,
 and when couples start thinking about their plans for Valentines Day. However, for
 the theatre department the time of year has rolled around again for the drama club 
members to do another performance of Mocha Madness Improvisational Theatre.  
	Improv Theatre is a type of theatre that is similar to popular television shows
 such as Saturday Night Live and Who’s Line Is It Anyways.  Mocha Madness holds the
 setting of a coffeehouse where the audience actually gets to sit on the stage, with the
 actors on a higher platform.  
One hundred seats are available on the nights of March 6th, 7th, and 8th (with times
 still to be determined).  Anyone who is interested in attending one of these 
performances is urged to keep and eye open for ticket sales and to buy his or her ticket
 early at the bookstore. 
	To prepare for the performance, the drama club members who plan to participate
 are required to attend at least two of the workshops and the rehearsals.  Between 40 and
 50 people get involved with Mocha Madness each year.  These people attend the
 workshops in which they are trained by Director John Brady and taught improvisational
 skills and techniques for quick thinking.  The actors will also gain experience
 in acting without taking up too much of their time as well as learning to develop 
a variety of characters.
	The actors’ learning to develop a variety of characters should come in handy
 considering about half of the shows content will come from suggestions from the
 audience.  The other half will come from materials from the workshops.
	In the past, the scenes were mainly about coffee and the audience even 
had coffee to drink, ‘but the audience wanted water or pop’.  
 	“I think they’ve been really good,”  says Producer Alice Gambel in regard to 
past performances.   Gambel feels improv is ‘an excellent exercise to get people 
moving’, and expects those involved to be as good as they can be.