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So Much Comedy, So Little Time

The 1st annual Chicago Improv Festival
March 31-April 5, 1998

Performance Schedule
(Note: Headliners are bolded)

Tuesday, March 31, 7:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
Upright Citizens Brigade (New York)
The Free Associates (Chicago)
Zeitgeist Theatre (Chicago)

Wednesday, April 1, 7:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
The Armando Diaz Experience (Chicago)
Factory Theatre (Chicago)
ComedySportz (Chicago)

Thursday, April 2, 7:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
Whitney Houston (Chicago)
NOMENIL (Chicago)
JANE (Chicago)

Friday, April 3, 7:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
Improv Olympic Road Show (Chicago)
The Free Associates (Chicago)
Brave New Workshop (Minneapolis)

Friday, April 3, 9:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
Brainwaves Improvisational Comedy (Portland)
Sheila (Chicago)
The Annoyance Theater (Chicago)

Friday, April 3, Midnight @ Annoyance Theater
Slotnick Katz $ Lehr (Los Angeles)

Saturday, April 4, 7:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
TheaterSports (Chicago)
The Neighbors (Chicago)
The Impromtones (Chicago)

Saturday, April 4, 9:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
Boom Chicago Alumni (Amsterdam)
The Imprmptones (Los Angeles)
The Second City National Touring Co. (Chicago)

Saturday, April 4, Midnight @ Annoyance Theater
Co-Ed Prison Sluts (Chicago)

Sunday, April 5, 7:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
The Have Nots! (South Carolina)
Moe Green's Other Eye (Chicago)
Black Comedy Workshop (Chicago)

Sunday, April 5, 9:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
Jeff Garlin (Los Angeles)

Additional Festival Performances:

Saturday, March 27, 2:00pm @ Navy Pier Family Pavilion
Festival Preview: Comedy Sportz (Chicago)

Sunday, March 28, 2:00pm @ Navy Pier Family Pavilion
Festival Preview: Theater Sports (Chicago)

Wednesday, April 1, 10:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
Improv Jam: Baby Wants Candy hosts (Chicago)

Thursday, April 2, 10:30am @ Annoyance Theater
Children's Show for Very Special Arts Chicago: Novel Ideas (Chicago)

Friday, April 3 11:00pm @ Royal George Theater
Improv 'Til Dawn: Zeitgeist Theater hosts (Chicago)

Sunday, April 5, 10:00pm v@ Annoyance Theater
Improv Jam: 8 Degrees Below Normal hosts (Chicago)

Get ready for the celebration! You are invited to the first annual Chicago Improv Festival, March 31, 1998 through April 5, 1998 at The Annoyance Theater at 3747 N. Clark St. Co-produced by Frances Callier and Jonathan Pitts, the Chicago Improv Festival features 27 of the funniest improv ensembles from Chicago and around the nation.

The Chicago Improv Festival is proud to bring together, for the first time in Chicago improvisational history The Second City, ImprovOlympic, The Annoyance Theatre, The Free Associates, Comedy Sportz, The Factory Theatre, and many others to perform under one roof united as one community.

The Chicago Improv Festival is thrilled to welcome home the award-winning Upright Citizen's Brigade. UCB returns to their Chicago roots after their smash performances at the US Comedy Arts Festival, where their television pilot was picked up for production by Comedy Central. Jeff Garlin (HBO Special,"Mad About You," David Letterman, and Conan O'Brien) returns to delight audiences with his fabulous brand of humor. Slotnick Katz & Lehr (Joey Slotnick: NBC's "The Single Guy") return to perform their smooth jazz-like comedy.

The Chicago Improv Festival is excited to present the politcal satire kings, Brave New Workshop from Minneapolis performing in Chicago for the first time in their 40-year history. Other visiting enembles include the musically harmonious Impromptones from Los Angeles, the hilarious Have Nots! from South Carolina, the quick and clever Brainwaves from Portland, and the riotous Boom Chicago alumni from Amsterdam, will add to the enjoyment for Chicago audiences.