Ben Kearney, Campus Life Reporter
• March 10, 2022
After a strong return to performances in the fall 2021 semester, the V-Nord improv group returned last Wednesday for their first performance of the spring semester. If you enjoy spontaneous comedy,...
Elise Sanders, Campus Life Reporter
• September 23, 2021
A laptop was at the entrance, greeting the long line into the auditorium with a check-in. Students meandered into a packed Olin Auditorium, finding their friends and debating on where to sit, or stand,...
As the sun sets over Walla Walla, five individuals congregate within the bounds of a Zoom webinar. At the bottom of the screen, framed in dim light, a man removes a pair of cheap plastic sunglasses and...
Varsity Nordic, known colloquially as V-Nord, is Whitman’s resident improv troupe, and they’ve been hit hard by the pandemic and the shift to online schooling. Members of the troupe have been struggling...
The spring semester has brought about new challenges for Whitman’s improv team, Varsity Nordic.
Sophomore Matthew Triplett explained how the group has been practicing and performing in the Kimball...
KWCW’s open mics allow members of the Whitman and Walla Walla communities to demonstrate their talents within an intimate space. On November 30, musicians, comedians and poets took their place in Kimball...
“It’s just another way to express yourself and to play with people. So much is about what the two of you are doing in that moment. It’s just another opportunity to really be with someone in a present place and play with them, which I think it rare,” said Noah Yaconelli, a senior member of Varsity Nordic. “No matter what, you don’t have a choice to not be present and playful.”
Varsity Nordic, the group of campus improvisers whose predecessors snagged their name from the defunded nordic ski team, generally meets three times a week at 10:00 p.m.
“A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense…This new climate is slowly being...
Newcomer Sam Adler always wanted to try theatre-based activities at Whitman and newbie Roxanne Stathos brings her acting talent and skill in accents to the team. In a performance last week, both members skillfully jumped in to a long-form piece.
Three elements of a romantic evening—wine (for those older than 21), comedy and smooth jazz—will converge at Main Street Studios in the show “Romance on Main Street," which takes place at 7 p.m. on Valentine’s Day.
Last Friday and Saturday, Whitman improv group Varsity Nordic performed improv for 24 hours straight. Starting at 6 p.m. on April 19 and lasting until 6 p.m. April 20, the event raised money for Trilogy...
