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July 12, 2007

WIT Skewers Hearts Summer Interns

2007_0712_comedy2.jpgWashington Improv Theater knows that it's intern harvest season. By day, the twenty-somethings flip and flop in business casual around the Hill and by night, drunkenly attempt to figure out the Metro rail system. WIT has been studying the funny critters for their second (and final) installment of an intern-themed improv comedy night called “WIT Hot American Summer.”

Ken Hays and Rich Nyman, the stars of the two-man show, aren’t actual interns, but they know that it doesn’t take much time living in Washington pick up the habits of these strange, but special, summer transplants. On stage, Hays and Nyman rock the white polo and khaki pants pairing to get into character.

Last week, audience members decided the interns' place of employment would be the Senate chambers (surprise, surprise), where two male staffers worked on a slide show project with the mind-numbing theme, “What does Freedom Mean?” while impersonating the office’s fictional Senator boss. Thursday’s office setting will be up for grabs, but WIT Artistic Director Mark Chalfant promises there'll be plenty of “ass-kissing” in the job description, along with a complete lack of institutional knowledge. An obsession with the city's dirt cheap happy hours also could play a prominent role.

Tonight's performance at Washington Improv Theatre's home at Flashpoint is at 8 p.m., and tickets are $10. Call (202) 315-1318, or purchase at the door.


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