Improv Class, The Boards, Thursday Evening

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It was Valentine's Day! No, the basement wasn't decorated, except for the scattered two-person tables on the stage, ones that had chairs on either side. In deference to the theme, the pastries from J,GoB were delightfully heart-shaped, and Lizzie was wearing a deep red blouse; that was as close as they were going to get.

"Congratulations," she announced, "you all have dates for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, they're blind dates, and ... well. I'm sure all of you know how blind dates go? You sit down across from someone who is completely insane and wonder how badly your friends must secretly hate you, to pair you up with this specimen."

Lizzie had been on some bad dates, yes. Many. Maaaany.

"So you're going to pair off and be each other's horrible blind dates. What exactly is your malfunction? You'll be drawing that from a hat. Be charming, or be hideous, or try your best to be charming while being hideous. Just be creative and have fun with it."

She and Jono had had plenty of fun coming up with the bad date characteristics. Trust them on that.