Chicago Improv Festival
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In addition to performances, an “improv education extravaganza” April 9 through 11 features workshops and a bus tour of significant sites in the history of Chicago improv (“from Mike Nichols to Mike Myers,” says a brochure). Workshop leaders and speakers include director-teachers Sheldon Patinkin, Josephine Raciti Forsberg, Charna Halpern, Susan Messing, Mick Napier, Shira Piven, Martin de Maat, Mark Gagne, and Michael Gellman, Second City producer Kelly Leonard, screenwriter Denise De Clue, and the Upright Citizens Brigade. The cost of the educational-activities package is $150; interested persons should call 773-862-5082.
Listed below is the performance schedule for April 8 through 11.
This trio of Second City alumni team up for what a press release gingerly calls an “unpredictable performance.” Annoyance Theatre, 10:30 PM. $10.
Chicago’s Zeitgeist Theater hosts 18 improv troupes from around the country. Participating ensembles include Arizona State University’s Barren Mind Improv, the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill Players, Indiana University’s Full Frontal, and Toronto’s all-female G.T.O.’s troupe, as well as Chicago’s Black Sheep, Salsation, and Stir-Friday Night! ImprovOlympic, 8 PM to 2 AM. $5.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10
Upright Citizens Brigade and Black Comedy Underground
