A psychiatrist was killed with a garden gnome at the Sphinx and no one said a word. That’s because the “crime” occurred at Whitworth University during the Nov. 6 rehearsal of Cool Whip – a student-led improv group. The 10-member troupe played chain murder, a game in which one player is given a location, a profession and a murder weapon. The player must communicate these things without speaking to a player who joins him from offstage. When the second player thinks he’s figured out the three key things, he “kills” the first with the imaginary weapon and another offstage player joins the scene, and so on. All the players correctly guessed the profession and location, but by the end of the scene the murder weapon had become a rototiller. And that is the fun of improv; neither the actors nor the audience knows what will happen next/Cindy Hval, SR. More here. (Jesse Tinsley SR photo: Caleb Drechsel, left, plays a pantomime game with Alyson King during rehearsals for Cool Whip)

Question: Are you a fan of improv? Have you ever tried it yourself?