Cerritos College students in the improv group “Caged Comedy” opened the doors to the Downey Theater on Friday night in Downey. 

The group performed with HBO and BET comedians such as Mark Christopher Wallace, Scott Wood, Lamont Bonman and Gilberto Esquivel, among many others.

The show, which lasted about two hours, was full of laughter.

During its performance, “Caged Comedy” played games, acted, and danced around the theater to songs like “Hold Me” and “Thriller.”

Audience members laughed during the acting of a spaceship being built inside a Wal-Mart store while actors interrupted the act with a musical. 

“Caged Comedy” member, Blake Calvert, said, “I hope that, with our performance tonight, people who came here with problems forgot about them. I hope everyone had a good laugh.”

Audience member Roy Trebino said, “Their performance was fantastic. I feel sorry for the people who were supposed to be here and didn’t show up.”

“Caged Comedy” plans to do other shows and expects to be in Iraq for the summer.

“We plan to go to Iraq on the USO Tour,” said Calvert.

The group is a mixture of Cerritos College and high school students that originated in Downey.

Though the group went through a previous breakup, former members decided to continue on and add different members, completing the seven.

Chris Rodriguez, “Caged Comedy” member, said “I was in the Student Center and Jared came up to me and asked me if I wanted to be part of the group, and well, here I am now.”

High school student David Allhands said, “I auditioned for them. I like acting and I believe that improv is the center of acting.”