At a university with more than 500 hundred clubs, it's hard to believe an improv acting troupe did not exist until last year. Full Ammo Improv Troupe, the first club of its kind at Penn State, will present its fourth show in a short form improv performance entitled "The Angolan Independence Improv Show" at 9 p.m. Sunday in 112 Chambers.

The show will reference the same date -- Jan. 15 -- in 1975, when Portugal granted independence to the country of Angola. Full Ammo President Jeff Kornberg (sophomore-English) said that because the date of the show is the anniversary of this event, the troupe decided to spread awareness about this lesser-known piece of history.

"Through our improv show, we will convey many themes, heroes and ideologies that played important roles in getting the Angolans their independence," Kornberg said.

The show will be a short-form improv performance -- members of the troupe will act out five- to 10-minute improvisational games. Kornberg said there are about 15 to 20 games the group can chose from.

"The games are completely spontaneous and are built off suggestions given to us by the audience -- much like the show Whose Line Is It Anyway?," he said.

Members of the troupe attend biweekly meetings where they practice their improv skills to get ready for performances.

One such game used to practice involves getting one member of the audience to give the first line of dialogue and having another member give an unrelated last line.

The troupe is responsible for connecting the first line to the last line.

"The humor comes in when the two lines are completely unrelated," Kornberg said. "For example, the first line is 'Can't you get this staple out of the watermelon?' and the last line is 'The octopus is finally my mother!' "

These practice sessions help to ensure that the troupe is on track for performances, and for some members, provides relief during the academic week.

"Practicing improv is great because you practice just by doing," Pete Lyon (junior - history) said. "Improv practice is the high point of my week -- every week."

The different games the troupe practices are designed to keep the performers on their toes.

"The beautiful thing about improv is that even the performers have no idea what the show is going to be about," Lyon said. "We learn the plot of the story at the same time the audience does."

Full Ammo member Ryan Simmons (freshman-film and video) said that although the audience plays a huge role, members of the troupe are still key in turning the performance in different directions.

"We've all ended up having to play about a million different characters and go through all sorts of topics, like time travel to monks," Simmons said. "In combination with whatever the audience gives us, our super-fantastical minds can pretty much take the show anywhere and everywhere."

So what exactly can an audience member expect at the troupe's performance?

"As an audience member coming to see our show, you can expect to have a direct impact on what you see," Kornberg said. "Every scene is dependent on suggestions from the audience. The more obscure suggestions are, the more likely they will be used in our scenes."

Members of the troupe hope that with any luck, the audience will have a good time and share a few laughs.

"I hope a lot of people show up and that the majority of them laugh and leave happy," Simmons said.