Suffolk improv group hosts seriously entertaining weekly shows
Avery Gallagher
October 23, 2019
Through a mix of comedy and quick thinking, Suffolk University’s improv group Seriously Bent gets the audience involved during their weekly shows. On Thursday nights at 10 p.m., the Smith Hall basement transforms into a room of both imagination and performance. Seriously Bent practices improvisational ...
Troupe chooses laughter, first
June 1, 2016
Some students choose to express their passion. Whether it’s on the field or stage, students of Suffolk University choose to be involved in their university. For Seriously Bent, one of the two sketch comedy groups on campus, they’ve chosen to make people laugh. Despite losing their manager, which...
Seriously Bent presents ‘April Showers’
April 22, 2015
Seriously Bent, Suffolk’s improv comedy troupe, hosted their annual end of year revue show titled “April Showers,” on Friday. The show involved multiple sketches from spoiled children criticizing their late father over his grave, to a man complaining about not getting sexual favors from his...
Seriously Bent hosts fourth annual ‘Eat My Improv’ show
February 4, 2015
Seriously Bent, Suffolk’s hilarious and outrageous improv team, hosted their fourth annual “Eat My Improv” competition in the Modern Theatre Saturday. Captains of the Seriously Bent team, seniors John MacGregor, Stephie Kay, and Zach Barker, were the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. As...
Seriously good year for Seriously Bent
April 9, 2014
By: Molly Hubert Suffolk University’s Improv comedy troop Seriously Bent wrapped up another year of laughs, gasps, and the occasional tear with their end of the year show Anonymous Confessions this past weekend. The sold-out show, which ran Friday through Saturday, consisted of the groups regular...
Seriously Bent brings back winnings from Chicago National improv tournement
Soleil Barros
April 9, 2013
As the month of March came to a solid ending, Suffolk’s very own Seriously Bent was on a flight to Chicago to attend the National College Improv Tournament. In a nine-hour long competition of 47 different colleges and universities at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre, Seriously Bent placed fourth overall...
Seriously Bent Brings Laughs to 150 Basement
Miles Halpine
February 7, 2013
For a handful of students at Suffolk University, making people laugh just comes naturally. Every Thursday night, for an hour beginning at 10 p.m., a few dozen students fill the 150 Tremont basement for the weekly show by Seriously Bent, Suffolk’s own improv comedy group. Improvisational theatre or...
Bending Chicago, seriously
Angela Bray
December 1, 2010
Seriously Bent to compete in Chicago for third year in a row Angela Bray Journal Staff Seriously Bent, Suffolk University’s improv comedy troupe, beat Yale and Tufts to win the Chicago Improv Festival’s annual College Improv Tournament’s northeast regional finals. Seriously Bent stays funny with its...
Seriously Bent places second in Nationals
Matthew McQuaid
February 17, 2010
Article by: Matt McQuaid Improv comedy has been one of the main staples of funny business since the art form was invented. Legendary comics such as Robin Williams and Stephen Colbert made appearances on the hit improv show Whose Line is it Anyways?, and many hit TV shows such as Reno 911! and Cur...
