The Playground Theater recently hosted a 30-hour improv marathon to raise money for the Illinois Coalition of Reach Out and Read. KC Redheart, an incubator team at The Playground, performed the unthinkable: a new guest team with a new improv form, on the hour, every hour, for 30 hours. They came out … [Read more...]
Craig Uhlir was the first improv teacher I had in Chicago, and I couldn’t have asked for a more positive welcome to the city. Not only does Craig teach at Second City and iO, but he performs every week with the improv teams Deep Schwa and Middle Age Comeback...in short, one talented mofo. My first … [Read more...]
When you Google Image search "tom selleck 80s", you get 39 pages of thick mustaches and perfectly coiffed chest hair peeking out of Hawaiian shirts. It's inspiring. So inspiring, in fact, that a group of avid Selleck fans decided to create an improv show based on "tom selleck 80s". This probably … [Read more...]
You can tell that Ronnie Feldman, Matt Hovde, and Tom Flanigan are improvisers because they wear lab coats. They also write scenes based on Pi and Darwin’s theory of Evolution. One time, they even performed a song about litmus tests. See? Improvisers. What you may not have noticed is that … [Read more...]
Seth Weitberg moved to Chicago three days after he graduated from Duke in 2003, and he hasn't stopped moving since. A talented writer, actor, comedian and improviser, Seth boldly goes wherever ambition and inspiration take him. I was lucky enough to snag 45 minutes of his day to have a wonderful … [Read more...]
The Playground Theater recently hosted a 30-hour improv marathon to raise money for the Illinois Coalition of Reach Out and Read. KC Redheart, an incubator team at The Playground, performed the … [Read More...]
Follow us