This revue was originally titled Improv Supernova. When they renamed it Reality Detox, I suspect they replaced some of the improv with more prepared sketches. 

The improv tonight was very strong. In a quick scene, Anna Bortnick says “Let’s do a group sketch about narcissistic personality”. Riley Woollen goes up to the front of the stage and confidently says, “ok, I’ve got this one guys!” A crowd favorite was a sketch about a dog swimming instructor (Kennedy Baldwin). The dog (Annie Sullivan) is quiet and nervous until it gets into the water, and then she starts paddling furiously while yelling “Oh fuck, oh fuck!”

Another great one featured a small man (Chas Lilly) who reaching up can only touch the knee of the woman. It’s so funny, especially when he says that he knows this relationship will work, because he feels it in his heart, as he points to his head (which was a hilarious callback to a previous moment). In another scene, Max Thomas (The Chaos Theory of Everything) says “I love it in the back” as the last one in a line of people all on one luge! 

Overall, it has a bit more improv than past shows, but it’s still so funny and the Second City style of a mix of both.  

Cost of a ticket: $56 (GA)

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Quinn Delaney