Rich Kids is an improv comedy club at Biola dating back 17 years. Isaac LoCascio, a junior Business and Bible major, is this season’s club president and heads a team of nine members. LoCascio is proud of the spectacular team that makes up Rich Kids’ lineup this year.
“Dexter Cornwell, an amazing man. Ginger, a hilarious woman. Harper, a young lad. Knox, Papa Knox. Mallory, Mal, dance queen, improv goat. Peter Handy, enough said. Sarah Switzer, Sarah Sniffer, Sarah… swiffer. Taylor, Tay Tay… the goat,” he said.
LoCascio inherited the position of club president. He was inspired to join upon seeing a show in his freshman year.
“I inherited this role from the greatest man on earth, Logan Mann… I went and saw a show… I was utterly blown away by Liam Greenley,” LoCascio said.
LoCascio grew up surrounded by the performing arts. His mother owned a theatre company at 19, and upon meeting his father, LoCascio’s parents started a ministry in the arts.
“The Lord’s Players… it was an acting group and a bunch of different arts… my parents would partner with people in recovery… so I saw the way theatre can be healing for traumatic events…”
His parents have since started a new ministry, Eternal Buzz Cafe, that hires people in recovery, and his mom works with the incarcerated, putting to use her drama therapy degree. LoCascio did theatre in high school as well, all contributing to his passion for improv comedy as fostered in the Rich Kids club.
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So what does this season of Rich Kids look like? To LoCasio, each cast member brings their own unique touch of creativity that makes for a vibrant performance.
“They each bring their own really creative self, and when you have a bunch of different colors and textures in a room, you get a much more interesting tapestry than just one person,” LoCascio said.
Navigating comedy on a Christian campus is tricky, but LoCascio and the Rich Kids are determined to honor the Lord with their shows.
“We want to honor the Lord through the gift of comedy, because he created it. We’ve seen evil be the distortion of good, and how do we not live into that as Rich Kids? Our saying is rich in humor without being poor in taste – that’s why we’re Rich Kids,” he said. “We’re trying to aim for jokes that are not low-hanging fruit and very quick, crass comments… We have to come alongside as a team and be like, well, how do we all best represent Christ and the Rich Kids comedy group? How can we honor that as Biola students?”
So, how is a Rich Kids performance different from something like Live! From Lot-F, the sketch comedy club? Rich Kids shows are purely improvised, with each showing having entirely new content.
“One thing I really appreciate about improv is the lack of the script, the idea of when you go see an improv show, that is the first and only and last time that show will be produced, and to me that’s so cool and organic; this is happening here and now and if you’re not apart of this adventure right now you’ll miss it,” LoCascio said.
The next Rich Kids performance is on Dec. 12, at 9 p.m. in Business 109. LoCascio says, “pull up,” as it’s their last show of the semester, and will be full of Christmas spirit.
