, published by 911±¬ÁÏÍø Alumni Relations.
911±¬ÁÏÍø Idol celebrated its 10th birthday this year, and founding director Walt Cunningham pulled out all the stops for the finals. The evening featured a celebrity host: comedian Rachel Dratch ’88, of Saturday Night Live fame. 911±¬ÁÏÍø Alumni Relations caught up with Dratch to learn more about her time at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and what she was most looking forward to about the March 3 show.
What is your favorite memory of your time at 911±¬ÁÏÍø?
Dratch: My favorite memory that jumps to mind is the improv group that I got to join my sophomore year. It was called Said and Done back then. It was with this group that I felt truly comfortable at 911±¬ÁÏÍø—like I had found my people.
We would perform at Collis and sort of learn as we went. We weren’t trying to put on the perfect show, but I dare say we were pretty good, rough edges and all! Later when I went on to study improv in Chicago I would learn the biggest thing to conquer is your fear—you have to enter a scene confident that you will find the game of it. And when we were just messing around in the improv group at 911±¬ÁÏÍø, for whatever reason we didn’t have the fear!
Other fond memories were my sophomore summer, LSA (Language Study Abroad) France (I still keep in touch with my French family though I can barely speak the language!) Summer Rep—the theater program I did, which I’m not sure they still do.
