Fallout Theater

For fun week day 3, my friends and I originally wanted to go to Pluckers for trivia night. That idea was quickly dismissed when we saw that it was completely packed with people, half of them being families with kids that can’t even multiply. Bummer. Although my dreams were crushed, I am a master at persevering. So, obviously my next thought was that we go to a comedy show. I began searching online for last minute comedy events going on that night. After a few minutes of extensive research, I knew what we were going to be doing: Improv vs. Everything at Fallout Theater. We had one problem- it was at 8 pm. Just as I saw that, I checked my watch: 7:41 pm. I quickly bought five tickets, gathered my friends and turned into Usain Bolt as I sprinted to my car. Thankfully Fallout Theater was 11 minutes away, so we made it right on time. We walked in and saw about 10 people all having conversations with each other at a bar. I felt like an outlier, everyone seemed to already know each other. We then realized that this is a comedy club, and everyone is very close knit with each other. We probably stood there for a good five minutes before building enough courage to walk to the back to hopefully find the improv show we came for. Thankfully, we found it. The curtains to the theater opened slightly after we walked into the back room, almost like they were waiting for us. The theater consisted of about three to four rows of small, black chairs all facing toward a small stage at the front. We took our seats in the most nonchalant looking area we could find and patiently waited for the show to start. They played really fun music while we waited and the whole time I tried really hard to act like I had been there before and knew what I was doing. Soon enough, the hosts come out and introduced the first act. The first act consisted of a series of improv scenes played by two men, and I thought they did a great job. Followed by them was an older man that did a one man comedy show. He read all of his lines off of his phone, and even though I got lost in the middle of what he was saying, I thought he was great too. After him, a small band called “The Clinks” played two songs for us. Let me tell y'all , they were AMAZING. The main singer didn’t have shoes or socks on which was a little off putting at first but I thought maybe it helped her sing better? Like connecting herself to the ground maybe? Not sure. Other than that one small thing that confused me, the entire band was amazing. One of the members names was Riley, and he could play every instrument incredibly. I hope Berkeley and Riley get married. After their amazing performance, the show wrapped up with a stand up comedy as the last act. The girl was hilarious, and it was nice to hear the men in the room laughing at her jokes. Men laughing at women’s jokes is quite foreign to me, maybe because of how many of them try to say that women aren’t funny. After she performed, we had to rank each act on these small ballots they gave us before the show started. After we ranked them and the votes were counted, they announced that the Clinks won!! That means that they will go onto the next round of the comedy club's tournament, which is in April. I WILL be there. Overall, I felt very content with what I had just experienced. It made me realize that so many great things are going on around us 24/7, we just have to look for them. I believe that goes for more than just comedy shows. My friends and I had a great night, and I highly recommend Fallout Theater. They rock.