Actors perform obscene skits in interactive show

By Darius Parker

“Walk Of Shame” attendees will become part of the show through lewd, fake profiles created with photos of their faces.

The interactive “Walk Of Shame” is part of an annual student-produced skit show themed around Valentine’s Day. The comedy show will be opened by jazz band Free Lunch and will start 10:15 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Holmes Student Center’s Blackhawk Annex.

The show showcases the embarrassing, awkward and hilarious parts of being in a relationship. The skits are original pieces written by actors about fictional experiences with love and romance.

Richie Vavrina, senior theater design and technology major, is a producer for the show this year.

“There are all sorts of skits that have been written. We’ve got a really good one about how sportscasters unintentionally use sexual innuendo, like, ‘He’s got great penetration into the back field’ or ‘He’s got 10 guys piling up on him; it’s going to be hard to come out,’” Vavrina said.

Vavrina said “Walk Of Shame” is not a kid-friendly show.

“There is a lot of adult humor, and language is no holds barred,” Vavrina said. “I went in telling people anything short of nudity is fair game … .

If you like ‘The Hangover,’ you’ll probably like this. If you like all of that lewd comedy that comes out of Hollywood, it’s right up your alley.”

Charles Hoeg, sophomore theater design and technology major, said the cast will use PowerPoint projections as a way to include the audience in the show.

“We’re going to be creating fake profiles of the audience as they come in,” Hoeg said. “We’ll have someone with a camera taking pictures of them, and then during the show we’ll put them into a PowerPoint and project all the fake profiles with their pictures with the most obscene profile you could think of.”

Evan Forbes, junior theater design and technology major and the show’s sound engineer, said it’s harder than it may seem to be dirty and funny.

“Its been a huge collaboration and I’m glad to be a part of it and to work with a lot of intelligent people,” Forbes said.