Less Than with Octavarius - January 2013.
There are two improv groups at Albright College, a small liberal arts college in Reading, PA, that make up Albright Improv. Less Than or Equal To is our open-access group, while Pockets With Pants is our audition based group.
Brief History...
Back in the heady days of the 2007-08 Professor Kris Updike founded Less Than or Equal To on the heels of an Improv & Sketch Comedy Interim course. The class was a major success and students wanted to continue working in improv – thus Less Than or Equal To was born. In the fall of 2008 Less Than began the tradition of spoofing Domino Player Mainstage productions, the first of which was “Love’s Labours Lost in Space…Space…Space!”
The “Ordinary Dayz” (‘13) performance featured Less Than’s first venture into long form improvisation, leading to the creation of PWP, Albright's long form improv group. Since its inception, PWP has performed at the SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival, the College Improv Tournament, Figment Theatre in Philly, Albright Arts Night at the T.E.A. Factory, and of course, at the Albright Improv Festival.
Albright Improv staged the first Albright Improv Festival in 2013. The annual festival features some of the region's best college improv teams, as well as some of the nation's best professional improv groups, including Ferrari McSpeedy, Pudding-Thank-You, The N-Crowd, and The Amie & Kristen Show. We've also hosted other professional groups on campus, including Octavarius, Joan McNeil, The Future, Notorious EKG, Quick & Dirty, and Matt Holmes.
2021-22 Executive Board
President: Paul Williams
Vice President: McKenzie Sullivan
Treasurer: Natalie Paschket
Secretary: Nate Layne
Outreach Coordinator: Kadeem Preston
Faculty Artistic Director: Dr. Matt Fotis
Brief History...
Back in the heady days of the 2007-08 Professor Kris Updike founded Less Than or Equal To on the heels of an Improv & Sketch Comedy Interim course. The class was a major success and students wanted to continue working in improv – thus Less Than or Equal To was born. In the fall of 2008 Less Than began the tradition of spoofing Domino Player Mainstage productions, the first of which was “Love’s Labours Lost in Space…Space…Space!”
The “Ordinary Dayz” (‘13) performance featured Less Than’s first venture into long form improvisation, leading to the creation of PWP, Albright's long form improv group. Since its inception, PWP has performed at the SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival, the College Improv Tournament, Figment Theatre in Philly, Albright Arts Night at the T.E.A. Factory, and of course, at the Albright Improv Festival.
Albright Improv staged the first Albright Improv Festival in 2013. The annual festival features some of the region's best college improv teams, as well as some of the nation's best professional improv groups, including Ferrari McSpeedy, Pudding-Thank-You, The N-Crowd, and The Amie & Kristen Show. We've also hosted other professional groups on campus, including Octavarius, Joan McNeil, The Future, Notorious EKG, Quick & Dirty, and Matt Holmes.
2021-22 Executive Board
President: Paul Williams
Vice President: McKenzie Sullivan
Treasurer: Natalie Paschket
Secretary: Nate Layne
Outreach Coordinator: Kadeem Preston
Faculty Artistic Director: Dr. Matt Fotis
