You may have been sleeping over break, but according to the Immediate Gratification Players "Czar" Scott A. Levin-Gesundheit '11, IGP—Harvard’s second-oldest improv comedy group—spent its month at NASA, learning about astronomical pursuits in order to prep for its Avatar-themed improv festival this weekend. (Note: he was joking.)

Held in the Loeb Experimental Theater but set in outer space, the improv festival—which, after a Friday night viewing, has officially earned the FlyBy stamp of approval—will feature not only Harvard’s IGP but also improv groups from schools nearby. Friday night’s shows included Dartmouth’s Dog Day Players and Wesleyan’s New Teen Force. Saturday night will spotlight Columbia’s Fruit Paunch and Brown’s Starla and Sons.

“Because some people from last year’s troupe from Brown had sex on one of our sofas, we invited the other troupe,” Levin said.

To get a taste for IGP, check out this promotional video for the event. It's a documentary about the made-up landing of Apollo 11 on our local cheesy lunar object. Then catch the show tonight at either 7 or 9 p.m.!

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: Feb. 6, 2010

An earlier version of this post incorrectly referred to the Immediate Gratification Players as the Instant Gratification Players. The post also stated incorrectly that IGP is the oldest improv comedy group on campus. In fact, it is the second-oldest group.