Is laughter the ultimate aphrodisiac? Find out at Zenprov Comedy’s completely improvised show “A Comedy of Eros!” on Saturday, Feb 7 at 7:00 PM at the Cosmos Theatre in downtown Prescott. Tickets are $17.
 
“Valentine’s Day is our favorite show of the year,” said Dujardin, the director of Zenprov Comedy. “We’ll interview a couple from the audience about how they met. Then we will embellish their love story with improvised scenes that may or may not have happened during their early romance, complete with friends, exes, and a dramatic first kiss. We’ll also perform the Dating Game, but the bachelors are a Greek god, a famous self-help book, and an overly confident garden tool with main character energy.”

The show’s title is inspired by Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors, and the troupe will attempt a short, improvised one-act play done entirely in the Bard’s tongue with Shakespearean themes and pathos you may recognize. “Both Nick Shank and Nathaniel Montgomery from our troupe are big Shakespeare buffs, so we thought it would be fun to try something richly fun and challenging,” said Dujardin.

If you’ve never been to one of their live performances before, Zenprov Comedy has been performing for almost two decades, and they are similar to the popular improvised TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” The troupe performs a mix of fast-paced improvised scenes created in the moment based on audience suggestions and Chicago-style, long-form improv. Unlike sketch or standup comedy, nothing is scripted or prepared ahead of time, so it’s never the same show twice. Please note that the show is rated PG-13 with one or two spicier moments thrown in.