Dressed in pink, GirlProv, an all-female improv troupe at KU, acts out scenes on the fly with the help of audience suggestions and their own imaginations. “Improv is all about being in the moment,” says Jackie Koester, group member and Hoisington senior.

The troupe formed a year ago when GirlProv wanted to do long-form performances, unlike short-form, which resembles the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Long-form develops one scene for 30 minutes to an hour.

GirlProv’s members are Maggie Cargill, Overland Park senior; Havana Mahoney, Manhattan junior; Julie Miller, Hutchison senior; Anna Smith, Lincoln, Neb., senior; and Koester, who take real-life situations and add a little vulgarity. From the opening “Shabooya” roll call to a skit called “Dear Diary,” audiences never see the same show twice.

With frequent performances at The Granada, The Barrel House, Roving Imp Theater in Bonner Springs and the Fishtank Performance Studio in Kansas City, Mo., GirlProv has been asked to perform in a regional college tournament Nov. 6 at the Westport Coffee House in Kansas City, Mo. If the group wins, they will advance to the national competition in Chicago with 100 other troupes. “Students should come because it’s fucking funny,” Mahoney says.

“And we’re hot.”