The Formative Years of Alex Decaneas

The Clique, IRTE's next show, opens Saturday, August 3rd 2013. It's about those high school years we all remember and love so well. At the top of the show, our principal, Jeff O'Leary will interview a member of the audience about their high school experience. So, to be fair, we decided to interview some of the cast members of The Clique before we subjected anyone else to such experiments.

Up next, Alex Decaneas:

BIRTE: Where did you go to high school?

Alex: Londonderry High School, Londonderry NH... Land of Apples and Applebee's.

B: Who were your friends? Were you part of a clique?

A: My friends were (still are) the creative types: musicians, drama kids, writers, and school newspaper peeps. Wouldn't say we were terribly unpopular... but we were certainly out there. So, the kind of days spent swiping a friends video camera to film toy soldiers melting as part of an essay on "War and Peace" would not be an uncommon occurrence for our gang.

AfroMan

B: Did you ever get bullied/picked on by someone?

A: Oh hells to the motha f'n yeah. But not in high school. Mostly in junior high... But I put an end to it when I created a comic called "AfroMan" in which basically I made fun of myself and my hairstyle (can you guess what it was?) better than any other bully could imagine... Once I turned the joke in on myself... it took away the bully thunder.

B: Did you ever get sent to the Principal's office?

A: Again, quite often... In junior high and in high school. Most fun for me was when friends and I orchestrated an early morning rooftop concert for students hanging out before class. We spent about a week planning it out and execution was perfect... "Another Brick in the Wall" was the concert opener of choice...

Thanks, Alex. You don't need no thought control.

Check out The Clique Saturdays August 3 - 17 8:00 pm at

Gotham City Improv
48 West 21st, 8th Floor - Buzzer #801
New York, NY 10010
212-367-8222

Tix: $6

Reservations: IRTEinfo@gmail.com

Special Discount!!!: $3.00 for High School / College Students with advance
reservation.
$3.00 for groups of 3 or more with advance
reservation.