Second Nature Improv - The Facebook Show

The Facebook Show

Once a month, Second Nature performs Special Format Shows which contain either a special show format, or a special guest. As many special format shows are experimental, few receive a strong enough audience reaction to be performed multiple times. A notable exception is The Facebook Show.

The Facebook Show consists of three segments, roughly twenty minutes each. Each segment begins with an audience member voluteering to be interviewed by Second Nature. During the interview, the audience member logs on to their Facebook profile, which is projected on a screen, and explored in front of the live audience. Finally, Second Nature uses material from the volunteer's Facebook profile as the basis for their improvisation.

Second Nature's first Facebook Show was performed in 2005, when Facebook was open only to college students. However, since the social networking website has been opened up to the public, the show has become popular with a larger audience.

Influenced by Second Nature, other groups have begun performing the Facebook Show around the world, including at the University of California, Santa Barbara, by jericho! at the University of California, Berkeley, and in England by the Canterbury based troupe, Noise Next Door.