Jester
The Jester is the second oldest position at CTY Lancaster, and the only position to be shared by both sessions. It is a job with few responsibilities but is held in nothing but the highest regard. The Jester's main function is to act out the scenes in "American Pie" when the Jester steals the King's thorny crown and when the Jester is on the sidelines in a cast. Since some unknown year after 2009, the Jester also leads the Acting Improv activity with one other person of the Jester's choosing. The Jester organizes the stealing of The Painting in the site director's office as well as Second Sunday Shenanigans. The Jester is a nomore who is widely respected in the Lancaster community. Although the Jester is the oldest position at First Session, at Second Session, which has even older positions, it is slightly overshadowed in comparison. At both sessions, the Jester is usually passed down to someone who is considered to be outgoing and to have a good sense of humor, as a real jester would. In the latter Session, the Jester was part of the Pentinity.
The Jester's distinguishing article are a Jester's coat and hat. The hat originally belonged to Ken Levin and the coat was given to him by 2001 RA Travis-Jason "TJ" Feldstein. The coat and hat are passed down each year at Passionfruit to a promising one-more both sessions. As of LAN 14.2, the Jester also has a red slide whistle (a practice started by Matias "Mavs" Gonzalez). Ryan Grewal took an unprecedented amount of time to pass on the jacket and hat to Daniel Rock before 14.1, so RA Vivian purchased replacements. These were used in 15.1 and have been the session one jester relics since. There is a latex condom inside the left coat pocket as of 15.1. Additional condoms ebbed and flowed from the various pockets throughout 19.1 as well, ending up with one (originally belonging to Julia Rubright) in addition to the original from 15.1. As of 19.1, the Jester also receives a pair of mirrored aviators, usually kept in the breast pocket of the jacket, and as of 18.1 a pair of pool noodles, used to enforce Acting Improv rules. The current pool noodles were originally owned by Nathan Burke and Louie Brown.
Jesters Past*
- * From the perspective of one year in the future.
- 1997: Matt "Wembley" Jacobs
- 1998: Aaron "The Short Kid with the Funny Hat" Tarnow
- 2001:
- First Session: Ken Levin
- Second Session: Matthew "Matt in the Hatt" Russo
- 2002:
- First Session: Stuart Schüssel
- Second Session: Andy "UnAndy" Schlesinger
- 2003:
- First Session: Gabriel Slamovits
- Second Session: Randall Leeds
- 2004:
- First Session: Alexia Simonnard-Note
- Second Session: Susannah Roush
- 2005:
- First Session: Josh Yanovski
- Second Session: Tassie Andersen
- 2006:
- First Session: Aliza Alperin-Sheriff
- Second Session: Christian "Christ" Burnette
- 2007:
- First Session: Molly Brean
- Second Session: Meghan Vu
- 2008:
- First Session: Dana Reback
- Second Session: Zeke Weiner/John Laws Harrison
- 2009:
- First Session: Verity
- Intersession: Max Wang
- Second Session: Race Archibold
- 2010:
- First Session: Faye Elgart
- Intersession: Rowan Matney
- Second Session: Otter Lee
- 2011:
- First Session: Joseph Fridman
- Intersession: Alex Kohanski
- Second Session: Graeme McGuire
- 2012
- First Session: Sam Sagan
- Intersession: Jonah Spear
- Second Session: Noah Goldstein
- 2013
- First Session: Ben Zweig
- Second Session: Louie Brown
- 2014
- First Session: Daniel Rock (When Ryan Grewal did not return)
- Intersession: David May
- Second Session: Matias "Mavs" Gonzalez
- 2015
- First Session: Gene Naumovsky
- Second Session: Isaiah Louder (when Lev Krasnovsky did not return)
- 2016
- First Session: Dan Fu
- Second Session: Ethan Pan
- 2017
- First Session: Casey Waite
- Second Session: Ky "Oh God How Did This Position Fall To Me" Lynch (When Joshua Medintz did not return) (when Jordan Ginsburg did not return)
- 2018
- First Session: Nathan Burke
- Second Session: Isak Sharfstein
- 2019
- First Session: Sam Schulman
- Second Session: Archer Goodwyn
- 2020
- First Session: Naomi Louie