- iO, or iO Chicago, (formerly
known as
ImprovOlympic) is an
improv theater and
training center in
central Chicago. The
theater teaches and
hosts performances...
- the
Canadian Improv Games. In the
United States, the
Improv Olympics were
later produced by
Charna Halpern under the name "
ImprovOlympic" and now as "IO";...
- (born June 1, 1952) is an
American comedian who is co-founder of the
ImprovOlympic, now
known as iO. Upon iO's founding, in 1983, with
partner Del Close...
-
improvisational and
sketch comedy group that
emerged from Chicago's
ImprovOlympic in 1990. The
original incarnation of the
group consisted of Amy Poehler...
-
Theatre in the
North Side of
Chicago and IO
Theater (formerly
known as
ImprovOlympic) in the Near
North Side and was one of the
founding members of the long...
-
University in 2008. She also
worked with the
Upright Citizens Brigade and
ImprovOlympic.
Lower had a
recurring role as
technology expert Tanya Sitkowsky in...
- in 1955. The
presence of The Comp**** Players, The
Second City, and
ImprovOlympic in
Chicago created a
strength in the form
within the city that continues...
- Chicago,
where he
became a
regular performer at the
Annoyance Theater and
ImprovOlympic, and
studied under Del Close. In 1991, he met
comedian Matt Besser,...
- an
American actress and comedian.
After studying improv at Chicago's
Second City and
ImprovOlympic in the
early 1990s,
Poehler joined the improvisational-comedy...
-
later appeared in All My Sons and
Twelfth Night,
before studying improv at
ImprovOlympic and The
Second City
Training Center in Chicago, then
moved to Los...
