Washington University’s improv comedy K.A.R.L makes their debut post-pandemic performance, proving to be truly better than Trevor.

From cultural shows to a cappella concerts, student theater to dance showcases, the coming month is a perfect time for students to explore the diversity of unique performance organizations on campus.

Sometimes you need a little more than a house party to fulfill your weekend needs. Variety is the spice of life, folks.

This is the first installment in a series of hard-hitting exposes on Washington University student figures. This week I sat down with junior Matthew Herman, who opened for B.J. Novak at the Social Programming Board spring comedy show and performs with K.A.R.L. Improv! and Kids On Campus.

With the end of the semester coming up, it’s difficult to make time to do something fun for a change. You may be thinking, “But Rima, what is a ‘fun?’ I forgot! How do I get a ‘fun’?” No worries—here are some ideas to help you discover (or rediscover) some interesting things to do.

Saturday night’s Suspicious of Whistlers filled McMillan Cafe with an audience eager for laughter and spontaneous long-form improvisation.

So huge and spectacularly funny it had to be divided into two performances, the Pandamonium Improv Festival, hosted and created by Washington University’s K.A.R.L. Improv, returns on Saturday to once again shake up the collegiate improvisational world as we know it. At Pandamonium, improv teams from around the country, including Washington University’s own K.A.R.L.

Not sure what to do with your parents this weekend? Sad your parents aren’t coming to visit you? Looking to have a fantastic time laughing all your troubles away? Then you should probably go see Wash. U.’s K.A.R.L. Improv as it performs alongside some of the largest names in improvisation this weekend at the Compass Improv Festival.

They start off screaming. Thirteen lunatics put their body and soul into shouting, “I get knocked down,” from the song “Tubthumping” by British punk band Chumbawamba, so loudly that a security guard enters the Gargoyle, surveys the group and shakes his head. It only gets weirder; some radioactive dads drop in, wolf soup is made and pants almost hit the ground.

Last weekend, they hosted their annual Don’t Come to the Show Show. Not slowing down, the group is spending this weekend hosting special guests all the way from Los Angeles: FrankenMatt. FrankenMatt is an improv duo that consists of Frank Caeti and Matt Craig. Craig is a Wash. U. alum and former Pot Roaster who boasts an impressive resume.