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By Caralyn Green
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
cmg23s@psu.edu
ONATHAN KROBERGER hems
and haws then rests his
chin on his hand like that
statue of some thinking
man, and attempts to explain his
character.
"I play a dog," Kroberger
(sophomore-film) decides. "I
play a pot dealer who is in a dog
costume. N 0... I guess I play a
pot-dealing dog. I am a dog who
sells pot."
Kroberger's also playing a
Penn State adviser and a French
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With all of these roles,
Kroberger warns that talking
about these characters makes
absolutely no sense without
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And what is that context?
Why it's Phroth Phest, of
course.
Phroth Phest, in its third year
of life, is a student-written,
directed and acted sketch-come
dy show that tackles everything
from Ugg boots to metrosexuali
ty to that "I was so wasted"
game you hear everywhere on
Monday morning.
The show is a partnership
between No Refund Theatre
(NRT), which puts on weekly
performances, and Phroth, Penn
State's own humor magazine.
A cast of eight and some other
crewmembers will present
Phroth Phest at 8 p.m tomorrow
and Saturday in 111 Forum.
Admission is free, but the show's
director, Kevin Haulihan (senior-
marketing) warns that Phroth
Pitcst. . is, histarie..ally the most,
prisoners in third annual show
sketch
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popular NRT event of the year.
So, that means arrive early if you
don't feel like standing in an
aisle.
Jason Lally (senior-informa
tion science and technology), a
cast member who played Corky
St. Clair in October's Waiting for
Guffman, compared Phroth
Phest to Saturday Night Live
"when it was still original" and
promised there will be boys in
loincloths (but, alas, no salsa
chugging, which did occur in
Phroth Phest a few years back).
There will also be "lots of
drinking action" according to
Caitlin Cassidy (junior-second
ary education and theatre), who
has performed in almost 15 NRT
productions.
Hopper and Nate Kuslmer, who
are currently doing the sketch
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"I've heard college kids like to
drink," she said. "I'm not sure
If you go
What: Phroth Phest
Time: 8 p.m.
Date: Tomorrow and Saturday
Place: 111 Forum
Details: Admission, as always,
is free.
"I'm just going by what I've
heard," she added.
Haulihan, the show's head
writer in addition to its director,
has been working on this year's
material since summetime-ish,
along with the help of assistant
director Steve Menegozzi (sen
ior-film and psychology) and two
Phroth and NRT alumni Dan
way up in New York City.
So, there are 18 sketches of
original comedy at work this
weekend. That's almost an hour
and-a-half of humor. And just
where does all this wit come
from?
"Parents, like Will Smith says,
they just don't understand,"
Haulihan said. "That was our
inspiration for the entire show"
Haulihan encourages folks to
see Phroth Phest because
sketch comedy is such a gosh
darn powerful force: You never
know just what's going to hap-
Pen.
"Sketch comedy saved my
life," Houlihan stressed.
"It saved me from the streets,"
Menegozzi agreed.
"We were both going to join
gangs," Hauligan added. "But