Top Banana Improv Troupe

Top Banana Improv Troupe Top Banana is Luther College's only comedy improv troupe. and Upright Citizens Brigade.

Full of giggles and snuggles, this court of jesters performs a combination of short form and long form improvisation inspired by Whose Line is it Anyway?

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! After fleeing a past life of crime as Europe's Most Wanted Hamburglar and toenail thief, Matthew Ra...
10/30/2019

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! After fleeing a past life of crime as Europe's Most Wanted Hamburglar and toenail thief, Matthew Raihala came to Luther college, believing it to be a tropical Island with no extradition policy. When, to his surprise, he found out it was actually a college with subzero winters, he decided to make the best of his situation by changing his hair color, shaving his infamous mustache, and buying a winter coat. When he found that the coat did little to warm him on the inside, he decided to search for something more fulfilling. A search which ultimately brought him to Top Banana!

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! Clare has always had one dream - to be the best quidditch player this side of the Mississippi River...
10/25/2019

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! Clare has always had one dream - to be the best quidditch player this side of the Mississippi River. As a top-level broomswomen, Clare always had to be on the lookout for the newest and fastest broom available. Her quest led her to the premier broom dispensary in the nation - the Decorah, Iowa Walmart. Upon purchasing her new inanimate steed, she did what any good quidditch player would do and immediately took it for a test ride in the Walmart parking lot. As Clare soared through the air (approximately four feet above the ground), she got distracted by a Luther College Squirrel™ and flew directly into the windshield of Jonathan Kuehner’s car. Jonathan, oddly not bothered by his shattered windshield, offered to drive Clare to the ER. An offer which she graciously accepted. While driving, Jonathan told Clare about a pastime just as thrilling as flying but not quite as dangerous. A whole new type of magic she had never heard of before - Improv. As Clare walked out of the ER she decided that from then on she would no longer be a quidditch player; instead she would strive to be the best improver in the northwestern corner of Iowa, and she knew there was only one place to start her journey - the Top Banana Improv Troupe. Welcome to Top B Clare Rollinger!

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! Ian Wreisner (Left) is a musical prodigy from Minneapolis, know for his sick guitar skills and the ...
10/25/2019

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! Ian Wreisner (Left) is a musical prodigy from Minneapolis, know for his sick guitar skills and the smoothest bass lines this side of Muncie, Indiana. At the age of 12, he started touring with a band called Panic! at the Post Office. As great as they were, they were always being bogged down by the fact that one of their members had a curfew of 9:30pm (10pm on weekends), so they all voted to kick him out. They replaced him with Dallon Weekes (right) and changed their name to Panic! at the Disco. Ian, full of shame, found himself doing improv with the likes of us and has made a full recovery, with a new curfew of 11pm.

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! Sarah Damhof lived a simple life as a volunteer firewoman for 20 years in the small town of Farmhol...
10/25/2019

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! Sarah Damhof lived a simple life as a volunteer firewoman for 20 years in the small town of Farmhole, Indiana. One day, she was called to a fire at the local theatre. She was relieved to find that there was in fact no fire but that the improv troupe performing there was short one actor. She graciously offered to help them out and she has been traveling around the world with them ever since. That improv troupe? None other than Luther's own TOP BANANA! Welcome to the troupe

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! For years "Bro, you fris?" were the only words that Daniel knew. He hit the frisbee golf course eve...
10/22/2019

MEET YOUR NANNERS!!! For years "Bro, you fris?" were the only words that Daniel knew. He hit the frisbee golf course everyday and asked that to every person he saw but the only answer he ever got was "bruh, what?" After hearing that so many times, Daniel feared that people couldn't understand him, so he decided to leave the frisbee golf course for the first time in his is life and search for someone who could understand him. His journey brought him to a Top Banana workshop where he asked their president Jonathan Kuehner, "Bro, you fris?", to which Jon answered "Nah bro, we 'prov". When he heard this, Daniel was overwhelmed with joy and he immediately joined the troupe. Daniel has now taken to asking people "Bro, you 'prov?" Welcome to the Top B Daniel Suhr

Thanks to everyone who came to our alumni show!! We had a blast mashing it up with some very talented nanner alums 💛
05/06/2019

Thanks to everyone who came to our alumni show!! We had a blast mashing it up with some very talented nanner alums 💛

Fun times in Top B
04/17/2019

Fun times in Top B

Now Boarding!
10/06/2018

Now Boarding!

MEET YOUR NANNERS! For years Gibby Swally and Dog the Cat toured the nation as a famous modeling duo. Gibby with his exp...
09/12/2018

MEET YOUR NANNERS! For years Gibby Swally and Dog the Cat toured the nation as a famous modeling duo. Gibby with his expressions of pure joy and Dog with his famous "so still it looks like sleeping™" pose. Tensions grew in the duo as both believed they were individually responsible for their success. The two ultimately split when Dog was offered a shoot in Paris while Gibby believed they should settle down in the little Iowa town of Decorah, a haven of retired models. Longing for something to take the place of Dog the Cat and their modeling adventures, Gibby came upon Tob Banana. Upon realizing this was a fantastic opportunity, he joined and quickly the hole was filled by the wonders of improv comedy. Gibby and Dog have since repaired their relationship and still often write each other from across the sea.

MEET YOUR NANNERS! For many years, Paul Adams had only one dream: to graduate clown college and become the world's grea...
09/11/2018

MEET YOUR NANNERS! For many years, Paul Adams had only one dream: to graduate clown college and become the world's greatest Master of Ceremonies this side of the Iowa-Minnesota border. His studies have taken him all round the world: London, Tokyo, New York, Venice (Florida), and finally to Decorah. Every city has had its unique challenges, it's own form of funny to find from stand up to slapstick, but now his greatest challenge lies ahead: Comedy Improv! Circus-goers everywhere, please welcome to the ring Paul!

MEET YOUR NANNERS! Born n' raised in the Wild Wild West, Elizabeth Roby grew up tendin' cattle, checkin' her boots for s...
09/10/2018

MEET YOUR NANNERS! Born n' raised in the Wild Wild West, Elizabeth Roby grew up tendin' cattle, checkin' her boots for snakes, and fightin' aliens. It was a deeply satisfying life, until one day she was drivin' cattle past Luther College and happened across a Top Banana Audition Poster. She thought nothing of it until it was time for victuals. As she sat strumin' her guitar by the campfire, she noticed her sad, sad song was just a little sadder than usual. She reckoned it was high time to start a new chapter of her life, and rode off into the sunset destined to find the improv troupe she didn't know she was missin'.

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