No Refund Theatre will perform a collection of comedic one-act plays at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow in 111 Forum.

"Make everyone laugh, that's my mission," said director Jeremy Owens (sophomore-physics).

Each number averages between 10 and 15 minutes, offering a lot of variety to the audience.

"The beauty of having a string of skits is that it is less time intensive," said Jim Fleckenstein (sophomore-chemistry).

The Atomic Grove, a jazz quartet, will provide musical interludes between numbers. The band, whose name stemmed from three of the members' majors — physics — is comprised of piano, bass, electric violin and drums.

On the schedule for the evening are: Foreplay and Words, Words, Words by David Ives, The M Word and Your Mother's Butt by Alan Ball, a Monty Python skit called Book Shop and several others.

Foreplay is definitely one of the highlights of the evening. This play follows a man, Chuck, on a series of miniature golfing dates . . . simultaneously. There is no lack of sexual innuendo in this number as Chuck and his dates discuss "keeping score," "getting it in the hole" and "handling the equipment." By viewing these dates in tandem, Chuck's formula for getting women is revealed.

"After this play I'm going to go out on a miniature golf date and I'm going to use all these lines," Josh Maltby, who plays Chuck #2, said at a rehearsal Monday, prompting laughter from the rest of the cast.

The comedies chosen and the cast performing make for a solid show. This cast was well selected, and there was some very good chemistry during rehearsals.

No laughter or joking is to be lost with this group.

"This is a big, incredibly deranged family," said Amanda Hecht (senior-integrative arts).

Yet, despite the craziness on the set, professionalism is maintained.

Concretize is Not a Word, a play written by Owens, is a more physically comedic play that begins with a student waking up in a classroom after everyone else has left. The student, Robert, played by Zac Boden (sophomore-finance) is inundated by seemingly random acts by the people around him. There are carefully choreographed sword fights, unintelligible conversations and other equally odd occurrences. Robert, attempting to make sense of his surroundings, finally discovers a form of logic and proceeds to sort things out.

"I go to clown school," Boden said jokingly, and this concept does not seem to be too foreign considering his ability to successfully play comedic roles. The ability to play a comic character and not laugh does not seem to be very difficult for most members of this cast.

"In the midst of the skit it is not difficult to stay with the character, it's difficult when you go off track" said Kate Donohue (freshman-division of undergraduate studies).

When searching for a good laugh this weekend or an entertaining break between visiting friends at Thon, stop by the Forum for a free laugh from a talented NRT.