Hey Chicago! We’re comin’ for ya (in the nicest, possible way!) A heapin’-helpin’ of that southern improv hospitality is coming to Chicagoland on Saturday - Sunday, October 25th and 26th!
Using the Harold, an improvised story-telling format, iO's rockstar house teams will showcase the wonderful, strange, and thrilling art of Improv, making you second-guess if what you're seeing is truly made up on-the-spot.
Chicago's longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO's signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes for singular, edge-of-your-seat improv comedy.
These brand-new teams will deliver a guaranteed night filled with notes of laughter, creaky bentwood chairs, and a hint of flannel shirts in this historic incubator for comedy's rising stars.
Chicago's Longest Running Improv Comedy Show! Each week, actors will improvise a two act show based on the stories and monologues of a special guest host. This show was invented at iO in 1995 and has been running ever since.
Ladies of Chicago Improv with Freak of the Week: 2 Dead Ass Hoes
With combined experience of over 1200 years of comedic improvisation this ensemble of some of the most veteran lady improvisers in Chicago take the stage in an upbeat, unhinged, and fully improvised show.
The FREE WEDNESDAY SHOW feat Dumb John and Birdlady
Come be a part of Chicago's most spoiled audience as you are treated to a free performance from iO's premiere long form ensembles: Dumb John, Birdlady, and a special guest team each week. FREE!
Claire and Zoe are cooking you up a multi-course improvised feast featuring Chicago’s most delectable comedians. Think: Small teams, bold and complicated flavors!
Family is a completely improvised show that follows one family, within one living room, over the course of one day. Our cast of veteran comedians uses inspiration from the audience to generate 60 minutes of side splitting, tear inducing comedy.
A free community networking event designed to give local improvisers from all over the city a weekly opportunity to perform. Bring your own team and sign up for a set!
Each week, Duluth will take you into the (completely improvised) world of true crime in the Midwest: criminals, cops, and the everyday idiots who get caught in-between. Prepare yourself for a world of mayhem, murder, and Minnesota accents.
Phony Award Winning features the city's best musical improvisers. Each week the ensemble will perform a brand new show using the themes and musical style of the musical WICKED. All based on audience suggestions.
Blast! is a rotating cast featuring some of Chicago's best female long-form improvisers. We believe the most important thing about improv is having fun doing it, so we invited our favorite people to play with us!
Each week, a different cast member designs a bold new format and their fellow performers will learn about at the same time as the crowd. Expect the unexpected as we build something completely original, live, right before your eyes.
The Improvised Housewives are back, and hitting the stage for their landmark fifth season in this hilarious improvised parody of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. Fridays at 7:30, watch the drama unfold, culminating in an explosive reunion special.
Comedian Shane Mauss (Conan, Prime Video, Comedy Central) brings together science and stand-up in this hilarious and thought-provoking exploration in to zombies, horror, and human psychology!
Improvised Jane Austen presents: Flirtations and Fangs
Forget Mr. Darcy… make room in your heart for Mr. Dracula! Ready yourself against vampires… real and emotional. It’s the scariest season of all and even Jane Austen enjoyed sitting down with a spooky gothic novel.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improv ripped right from the headlines! Audience members choose their favorite top news stories of the week this team of experienced improvisers create fast-paced, topical commentary! WSJ Improv Style!
The 2019 Reader-Recommended show is back featuring some of iO's best players! Hot Seat invites the audience to ask the questions that we're afraid to answer. Get ready for some good old-fashioned truth telling and improv that’s sure to melt your face
Using the Harold, an improvised story-telling format, iO's rockstar house teams will showcase the wonderful, strange, and thrilling art of Improv, making you second-guess if what you're seeing is truly made up on-the-spot.
Chicago's longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO's signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes for singular, edge-of-your-seat improv comedy.
These brand-new teams will deliver a guaranteed night filled with notes of laughter, creaky bentwood chairs, and a hint of flannel shirts in this historic incubator for comedy's rising stars.
Chicago's Longest Running Improv Comedy Show! Each week, actors will improvise a two act show based on the stories and monologues of a special guest host. This show was invented at iO in 1995 and has been running ever since.
The FREE WEDNESDAY SHOW feat Dumb John and Birdlady
Come be a part of Chicago's most spoiled audience as you are treated to a free performance from iO's premiere long form ensembles: Dumb John, Birdlady, and a special guest team each week. FREE!
Family is a completely improvised show that follows one family, within one living room, over the course of one day. Our cast of veteran comedians uses inspiration from the audience to generate 60 minutes of side splitting, tear inducing comedy.
A free community networking event designed to give local improvisers from all over the city a weekly opportunity to perform. Bring your own team and sign up for a set!
Each week, Duluth will take you into the (completely improvised) world of true crime in the Midwest: criminals, cops, and the everyday idiots who get caught in-between. Prepare yourself for a world of mayhem, murder, and Minnesota accents.
Phony Award Winning features the city's best musical improvisers. Each week the ensemble will perform a brand new show using the themes and musical style of the musical WICKED. All based on audience suggestions.
Blast! is a rotating cast featuring some of Chicago's best female long-form improvisers. We believe the most important thing about improv is having fun doing it, so we invited our favorite people to play with us!
Each night, professional actors prepare a scene from a play. Their scene partners, however, are never given a script, and must improvise their way through the scene. The result is a totally original, never before seen piece of theater.
Each week, a different cast member designs a bold new format and their fellow performers will learn about at the same time as the crowd. Expect the unexpected as we build something completely original, live, right before your eyes.
Three of our generation’s comedians Aaron Westberry, Jonas Gindin and Max Dresser take the stage in an unforgettable night of jokes told and memories made. You’re not going to want to miss this (probably).
The Improvised Housewives are back, and hitting the stage for their landmark fifth season in this hilarious improvised parody of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. Fridays at 7:30, watch the drama unfold, culminating in an explosive reunion special.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improvised Jane Austen presents: Flirtations and Fangs
Forget Mr. Darcy… make room in your heart for Mr. Dracula! Ready yourself against vampires… real and emotional. It’s the scariest season of all and even Jane Austen enjoyed sitting down with a spooky gothic novel.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improv ripped right from the headlines! Audience members choose their favorite top news stories of the week this team of experienced improvisers create fast-paced, topical commentary! WSJ Improv Style!
Three of our generation’s comedians Aaron Westberry, Jonas Gindin and Max Dresser take the stage in an unforgettable night of jokes told and memories made. You’re not going to want to miss this (probably).
The 2019 Reader-Recommended show is back featuring some of iO's best players! Hot Seat invites the audience to ask the questions that we're afraid to answer. Get ready for some good old-fashioned truth telling and improv that’s sure to melt your face
Using the Harold, an improvised story-telling format, iO's rockstar house teams will showcase the wonderful, strange, and thrilling art of Improv, making you second-guess if what you're seeing is truly made up on-the-spot.
Chicago's longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO's signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes for singular, edge-of-your-seat improv comedy.
These brand-new teams will deliver a guaranteed night filled with notes of laughter, creaky bentwood chairs, and a hint of flannel shirts in this historic incubator for comedy's rising stars.
Chicago's Longest Running Improv Comedy Show! Each week, actors will improvise a two act show based on the stories and monologues of a special guest host. This show was invented at iO in 1995 and has been running ever since.
The FREE WEDNESDAY SHOW feat Dumb John and Birdlady
Come be a part of Chicago's most spoiled audience as you are treated to a free performance from iO's premiere long form ensembles: Dumb John, Birdlady, and a special guest team each week. FREE!
So the gist is… this is a sketch revue where all of the sketches are improvised for the very first time in front of you, the audience. When the lights come up, each performer will set their scene and cast their characters.
Family is a completely improvised show that follows one family, within one living room, over the course of one day. Our cast of veteran comedians uses inspiration from the audience to generate 60 minutes of side splitting, tear inducing comedy.
A free community networking event designed to give local improvisers from all over the city a weekly opportunity to perform. Bring your own team and sign up for a set!
Each week, Duluth will take you into the (completely improvised) world of true crime in the Midwest: criminals, cops, and the everyday idiots who get caught in-between. Prepare yourself for a world of mayhem, murder, and Minnesota accents.
Phony Award Winning features the city's best musical improvisers. Each week the ensemble will perform a brand new show using the themes and musical style of the musical WICKED. All based on audience suggestions.
Blast! is a rotating cast featuring some of Chicago's best female long-form improvisers. We believe the most important thing about improv is having fun doing it, so we invited our favorite people to play with us!
Each night, professional actors prepare a scene from a play. Their scene partners, however, are never given a script, and must improvise their way through the scene. The result is a totally original, never before seen piece of theater.
Each week, a different cast member designs a bold new format and their fellow performers will learn about at the same time as the crowd. Expect the unexpected as we build something completely original, live, right before your eyes.
The Improvised Housewives are back, and hitting the stage for their landmark fifth season in this hilarious improvised parody of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. Fridays at 7:30, watch the drama unfold, culminating in an explosive reunion special.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improvised Jane Austen presents: Flirtations and Fangs
Forget Mr. Darcy… make room in your heart for Mr. Dracula! Ready yourself against vampires… real and emotional. It’s the scariest season of all and even Jane Austen enjoyed sitting down with a spooky gothic novel.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improv ripped right from the headlines! Audience members choose their favorite top news stories of the week this team of experienced improvisers create fast-paced, topical commentary! WSJ Improv Style!
The 2019 Reader-Recommended show is back featuring some of iO's best players! Hot Seat invites the audience to ask the questions that we're afraid to answer. Get ready for some good old-fashioned truth telling and improv that’s sure to melt your face
Using the Harold, an improvised story-telling format, iO's rockstar house teams will showcase the wonderful, strange, and thrilling art of Improv, making you second-guess if what you're seeing is truly made up on-the-spot.
Chicago's longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO's signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes for singular, edge-of-your-seat improv comedy.
These brand-new teams will deliver a guaranteed night filled with notes of laughter, creaky bentwood chairs, and a hint of flannel shirts in this historic incubator for comedy's rising stars.
Chicago's Longest Running Improv Comedy Show! Each week, actors will improvise a two act show based on the stories and monologues of a special guest host. This show was invented at iO in 1995 and has been running ever since.
The FREE WEDNESDAY SHOW feat Dumb John and Birdlady
Come be a part of Chicago's most spoiled audience as you are treated to a free performance from iO's premiere long form ensembles: Dumb John, Birdlady, and a special guest team each week. FREE!
Family is a completely improvised show that follows one family, within one living room, over the course of one day. Our cast of veteran comedians uses inspiration from the audience to generate 60 minutes of side splitting, tear inducing comedy.
A free community networking event designed to give local improvisers from all over the city a weekly opportunity to perform. Bring your own team and sign up for a set!
Each week, Duluth will take you into the (completely improvised) world of true crime in the Midwest: criminals, cops, and the everyday idiots who get caught in-between. Prepare yourself for a world of mayhem, murder, and Minnesota accents.
Phony Award Winning features the city's best musical improvisers. Each week the ensemble will perform a brand new show using the themes and musical style of the musical WICKED. All based on audience suggestions.
Blast! is a rotating cast featuring some of Chicago's best female long-form improvisers. We believe the most important thing about improv is having fun doing it, so we invited our favorite people to play with us!
Each night, professional actors prepare a scene from a play. Their scene partners, however, are never given a script, and must improvise their way through the scene. The result is a totally original, never before seen piece of theater.
Each week, a different cast member designs a bold new format and their fellow performers will learn about at the same time as the crowd. Expect the unexpected as we build something completely original, live, right before your eyes.
The Improvised Housewives are back, and hitting the stage for their landmark fifth season in this hilarious improvised parody of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. Fridays at 7:30, watch the drama unfold, culminating in an explosive reunion special.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improvised Jane Austen presents: Flirtations and Fangs
Forget Mr. Darcy… make room in your heart for Mr. Dracula! Ready yourself against vampires… real and emotional. It’s the scariest season of all and even Jane Austen enjoyed sitting down with a spooky gothic novel.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improv ripped right from the headlines! Audience members choose their favorite top news stories of the week this team of experienced improvisers create fast-paced, topical commentary! WSJ Improv Style!
The 2019 Reader-Recommended show is back featuring some of iO's best players! Hot Seat invites the audience to ask the questions that we're afraid to answer. Get ready for some good old-fashioned truth telling and improv that’s sure to melt your face
Using the Harold, an improvised story-telling format, iO's rockstar house teams will showcase the wonderful, strange, and thrilling art of Improv, making you second-guess if what you're seeing is truly made up on-the-spot.
Chicago's longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO's signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes for singular, edge-of-your-seat improv comedy.
These brand-new teams will deliver a guaranteed night filled with notes of laughter, creaky bentwood chairs, and a hint of flannel shirts in this historic incubator for comedy's rising stars.
Chicago's Longest Running Improv Comedy Show! Each week, actors will improvise a two act show based on the stories and monologues of a special guest host. This show was invented at iO in 1995 and has been running ever since.
The FREE WEDNESDAY SHOW feat Dumb John and Birdlady
Come be a part of Chicago's most spoiled audience as you are treated to a free performance from iO's premiere long form ensembles: Dumb John, Birdlady, and a special guest team each week. FREE!
Family is a completely improvised show that follows one family, within one living room, over the course of one day. Our cast of veteran comedians uses inspiration from the audience to generate 60 minutes of side splitting, tear inducing comedy.
A free community networking event designed to give local improvisers from all over the city a weekly opportunity to perform. Bring your own team and sign up for a set!
The Improvised Housewives are back, and hitting the stage for their landmark fifth season in this hilarious improvised parody of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. Fridays at 7:30, watch the drama unfold, culminating in an explosive reunion special.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improvised Jane Austen presents: Flirtations and Fangs
Forget Mr. Darcy… make room in your heart for Mr. Dracula! Ready yourself against vampires… real and emotional. It’s the scariest season of all and even Jane Austen enjoyed sitting down with a spooky gothic novel.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 18th year! A brand new Shakespearean masterpiece created right before your very eyes.
Improv ripped right from the headlines! Audience members choose their favorite top news stories of the week this team of experienced improvisers create fast-paced, topical commentary! WSJ Improv Style!
The 2019 Reader-Recommended show is back featuring some of iO's best players! Hot Seat invites the audience to ask the questions that we're afraid to answer. Get ready for some good old-fashioned truth telling and improv that’s sure to melt your face
Using the Harold, an improvised story-telling format, iO's rockstar house teams will showcase the wonderful, strange, and thrilling art of Improv, making you second-guess if what you're seeing is truly made up on-the-spot.
Chicago's longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO's signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes for singular, edge-of-your-seat improv comedy.
These brand-new teams will deliver a guaranteed night filled with notes of laughter, creaky bentwood chairs, and a hint of flannel shirts in this historic incubator for comedy's rising stars.
Chicago's Longest Running Improv Comedy Show! Each week, actors will improvise a two act show based on the stories and monologues of a special guest host. This show was invented at iO in 1995 and has been running ever since.
The FREE WEDNESDAY SHOW feat Dumb John and Birdlady
Come be a part of Chicago's most spoiled audience as you are treated to a free performance from iO's premiere long form ensembles: Dumb John, Birdlady, and a special guest team each week. FREE!
Family is a completely improvised show that follows one family, within one living room, over the course of one day. Our cast of veteran comedians uses inspiration from the audience to generate 60 minutes of side splitting, tear inducing comedy.
A free community networking event designed to give local improvisers from all over the city a weekly opportunity to perform. Bring your own team and sign up for a set!
Each week, Duluth will take you into the (completely improvised) world of true crime in the Midwest: criminals, cops, and the everyday idiots who get caught in-between. Prepare yourself for a world of mayhem, murder, and Minnesota accents.
Blast! is a rotating cast featuring some of Chicago's best female long-form improvisers. We believe the most important thing about improv is having fun doing it, so we invited our favorite people to play with us!
Each week, a different cast member designs a bold new format and their fellow performers will learn about at the same time as the crowd. Expect the unexpected as we build something completely original, live, right before your eyes.
Improv ripped right from the headlines! Audience members choose their favorite top news stories of the week this team of experienced improvisers create fast-paced, topical commentary! WSJ Improv Style!
The 2019 Reader-Recommended show is back featuring some of iO's best players! Hot Seat invites the audience to ask the questions that we're afraid to answer. Get ready for some good old-fashioned truth telling and improv that’s sure to melt your face
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