Imagine a small stage, five comedians and a lot of political and social satire; this is “Funny Business.”

City College Drama Club’s skit comedy troupe “Funny Business” had its premiere show on Friday night, Oct. 5 in a packed Jurkowitz Theater on West Campus. The show contained ten sketches scripted by three members of the Drama Club.

The show’s common denominator and underlying effort was to make people aware of the flawed political system.

The actors portrayed caricatured roles of American life. By deliberately overacting, the audience witnessed how politics can affect us more than we know and how politics affect a variety of Americans, from families and hippies to wealthy couples on a tennis court.

The cast not only made fun of politicians but also bimbos, hipsters and a mom talking to her kids about the birds and the bees.

One of the sketches called “O, Bully!” written by Ryan Denman is showing two wealthy couples interacting at a tennis club. They are laughing and talking about rich people problem while they are using money as napkins, throwing dollar bills around like it was worth nothing.

The cast of five extraordinary actors did extremely well with short pauses between sketches for costume changes and jumped from playing one personage to another.

Ashley Lemmex, Sondra Finck, Matthew Struven, Ryan Denman and Richard Lonsbury are a group of very talented and clever actors. All have the skill of turning a heavy-handed matter like politics into something fun and interesting, even to someone apolitical.

Drama Club president Lemmex stood out the most in her acting. She has an astounding way of putting herself into different characters without it looking like acting. The way she portrays her variety of characters is very persuasive and enthralling, and the audience was captured in the performances.

The audience laughed out loud throughout all the sketches and it seemed that the crowd understood all of the underlying ideas and humor of the show.

Overall the show was very well put together and it proved that the cast and crew worked hard to turn it into a professional production. The only things to complain about were the extensive breaks taken between some of the sketches. The audience was left confused and wondered if something had gone wrong. All was forgiven, since the cast was only five people.

“Funny Business” is highly recommended to everyone. It will make you laugh and more aware of the importance of politics and its causes in our country right now.