Boom Chicago Alumni Jam (with MADtv’s Ike Barinholtz, Pickups & Hiccups's Jill Benjamin, US Comedy Arts Festival award winner Becky Drysdale, US Comedy Arts Festival's Brendan Hunt, SNL’s Seth Meyers, MADtv’s Nicole Parker, and MADtv’s Jordan Peele)

Chewties!

Code Duello: Hamilton & Burr

ComedySportz (with MADtv’s Frank Caeti)

Cross, Ross & Tubbs

iO West’s Dasariski

Dirty Water

Duchess

The Hook

Brendan Hunt's "5 Years in Amsterdam”

imp

iO’s Improvised Shakespeare

iO’s Improv Match Game (with SNL alum Tim Kazurinsky)

Johnny Lunchpail

The Josh and Tamra Show

Lurlene

MADtv (with Ike Barinholtz, Frank Caeti, Crista Flanagan, Michael McDonald, Arden Myrin, Nicole Parker and Jordan Peele)

MADtv Writers on Hiatus

Messing with a Friend (with MADtv’s Ike Barinholtz)

NeXT IMPRO THEATRE

Norsk Sceneskrekk

MADtv's Nicole Parker's "Suitcase Full of Lies”

pH Production’s pHamily

Pickups & Hiccups (with SNL’s Seth Meyers & Jill Benjamin)

Pimprov

Razowsky & Clifford

iO’s The Reckoning

Revolving Madness

Schadenfreude

NBC's Sports Action Team  

String Theory

iO’s Stubs

Switchboard

Transactors Improv Co.

Underbelly

Upright Citizens Brigade (with Comedy Central's Matt Besser, Chad Carter, MADtv alumni Andrew Daly, SNL's Amy Poehler, Anchorman's Ian Roberts and Comedy Central's Matt Walsh)

iO’s Washington Generals

PARTIES

Please Note:
All parties are open to the general public.
CIF makes no claims that any comedy celebrities will attend any party.

CIF 2007 Parties:
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Monday, April 23: OPENING NIGHT Party
@ Dick's Last Resort, 9pm, 435 E. Illinois

Tuesday, April 24: VIDEO NIGHT Party
@ Goodbar, 2512 N. Halsted, 10pm

Wednesday, April 25: CHICAGO NIGHT Party
@ Joey's Brickhouse, 1258 W. Belmont, 10pm
Presented by The Onion

Thursday, April 26: BOOM CHICAGO Party
@ Lincoln Tap Room, 3010 N. Lincoln, 10pm
Presented by Heineken Premium Light

Friday, April 27: BASSPROV & BABY WANTS CANDY Party
@ Lincoln Tap Room, 3010 N. Lincoln, 10pm
Presented by Heineken Premium Light

Saturday, April 28: MADtv & UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE Party
@ Sedgwick's Bar & Grill, 1935 N. Sedgwick, 10pm  
Presented by The Onion

Sunday, April 29: CLOSING NIGHT Party
@ Martyrs 3855 N. Lincoln Ave., 10pm
Featuring a special post-show music set by Tributosaurus
The band and the party are both presented by Heineken Premium Light

WORKSHOPS

The 10th Annual Chicago Improv Festival Weekend Workshops: Intense, Focused, Exciting

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS ARE NOW CLOSED!

CIF is devoted to creating the best in improvisational education. We design programs to be intense, different, thought provoking with the best improv teachers in the country. We bring together artists during the festival and the best in workshop programming.

This year CIF has designed a program unlike any other. CIF Weekend Workshops will be three days of programming where students study with the same group all weekend and the same teacher. Two teachers to choose from with different backgrounds and amazing skills to pass on to improv students that want to create, learn, and expand their skill sets.

The schedule below will allow students to study with improvisers from around the world, in one intense weekend, and get to know an amazing teacher that is a professional and works in the field.

These classes are caped at 15 students to insure personal attention for every person enrolled.

Choose from the Teachers listed and study all weekend with one teacher in each workshop listed. All your time is spent with one of the teachers below:

Rich Talarico



Rich Talarico has been performing and studying improvisation since 1992. He's studied with Del Close, Charna Halpern, Kevin Dorff, Norm Holly, Martin DeMaat, Don DePollo and Stephen Colbert.

Rich has appeared in the improv shows Close Quarters, Armando Diaz, Trio, Sextet, Nonet & Dasariski. Rich worked at Second City in Chicago as an actor/writer. Rich has appeared in various film and TV roles. Rich has also worked extensively behind the camera having written/produced for Mad TV, SNL and the Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show on Comedy Centrall.

In the spring of '07 - Rich moved back to Chicago to direct his first feature film "Plots and Plans & Schemes and Dreams" a comedy written with his writing partner, Brian Shortall. Ask him about it.

Dave Razowsky



David Razowsky is the respected teacher and artistic director of the Second City Los Angeles and, as an actor, has written and performed in ten Second City Chicago revues. He directed Second City Chicago Mainstage's No, Seriously, We're All Gonna Die, Second City LA's, Encino Evil, The Second City Untitled Project, The Second City Detroit's acclaimed 19th Nervous Breakdown, and The Second City National Touring Company. He directed two of Amsterdam's Boom Chicago productions, and is credited with creating Boom Chicago's signature live on-stage video production. David has worked with animators at Dreamworks, and has taught for Steppenwolf Theatre. David directed Brendan Hunt? Five Years in Amsterdam which was performed at this year? US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and, for the second year in a row, will be performing at the Chicago Improv Festival with Carrie Clifford in Razowsky & Clifford.

David's background in theatre influences his improv style both in his acting and in his teaching. David believes that emotional truths lead to great performances, that emotional offers lead to solid connections, and honest reactions equals simple but strong scenes.

CIF 10 Weekend Workshop Schedule:

Weekend Workshops: Intense, Creative, Focused

Friday, April 27 - The Friday Intensive
iO Theater, 3541 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60657

1pm-1:30pm / Check In, Meet & Greet
Get your student information, schedule, and meet the other students before you start working together.

1:30-1:45pm / Group Warm-Up

1:45pm-2:15pm / BASSPROV show 
This is a private show just for CIF Students and friends. In order to attend you must have purchased the Friday Intensive or the Weekend Workshops Package.

2:15pm-2:45pm / BASSPROV Q&A
Get to ask Mark Sutton and Joe Bill about Bassprov, performing, improv, and the future with a very intimate question and answer. Hosted by Emily Dugan. Again this is only open to Friday Intensive participants or Weekend Workshop Package Students.

2:45pm-2:55pm / Break

3:30pm-5:30pm / Mini-Workshop
First workshop with your teacher. Let the fun begin!

5:30pm-6pm / Student Jam
Students get to improvise with one another in a Student Jam. All students are invited to participate together, and teachers can watch and join in!


Saturday, April 28 - The Saturday Workshops
St. Alphonsus Academy, 1439 West Wellington - Chicago, IL 60657

10pm-12pm / Maxi-Workshops 
This is where students and teachers really get to dive in. Students will focus on individual strengths and weaknesses while getting to learn their teachers individual styles.

12pm-12:30pm / Lunch (provided)
Turkey, Beef, or Veggie sandwich.

12:30pm-1pm / Author's Corner (guests: Jim Carrane) 
Hosted by Emily Dugan.
Chat with Jim in an intimate talk with all the Weekend Workshop students about his new improv book, Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser.

1pm-4pm / Maxi-Workshop 2
This is three hours of intense creation where the students and teachers begin to formulate an ensemble type feel. After working together all weekend, students start preparing to create together for the other class.

5pm-6pm / Class Performances (15 minutes each
class)
Here each group will perform for each other. Each teacher and group will present 25 minutes for each other and discover how to work in their group and show of their new skills to each class.

Sunday, April 29 - The Master Class
The Playground

11am-2pm / Master Class with Susan Messing
All groups join together in one Master Class. Every weekend workshop student gets to study together with Susan Messing.


Susan Messing, a New Jersey native, is a graduate of Northwestern University. She has performed for over eighteen years with Chicago's iO Theatre, and created and teaches their Level Two Curriculum which is used in Chicago and LA's iO West. At the legendary Second City, Susan wrote and performed in two mainstage revues and directed their National Touring Company. Susan is a founding member of the infamous Annoyance Theatre where she has created roles in over thirty original productions, including Co-Ed Prison Sluts, The Miss Vagina Pageant, and Your Butt. In addition, she conceived, co-adapted (with Mary Scruggs) and directed the critically acclaimed What Every Girl Should Know...An Ode to Judy Blume for the Annoyance stage, where she also continues to teach. Susan is an adjunct professor for Loyola University, DePaul University's Theatre School, and The University of Chicago. Her standup act with her puppet, Jolly, has been featured at the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and NBC's Late Fridays. You can hear her voice on radio and tv ads. Susan has been cut from several blockbuster films, but her recent movie role in Let's Go to Prison! as a bad stripper in a halo brace is sure to be a crowd pleaser if it doesn't end up on the cutting room floor. Her daughter, Sofia Mia, is very three, very ridiculous, and very awesome.

www.myspace.com/susanmessing

2pm / Group Photo


COST 
Weekend Workshops Package!
Weekend Workshops Package (Includes all events the whole weekend- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) Students study with the teacher of their choice on Friday, Saturday, and take the Sunday Master Class. Students also receive student discounts to area restaurants and discounts to CIF Shows.
$275 per person / $250 group discount

If you would like to purchase the events separately:

Friday Intensive $60
This is for any student that is available Friday and just wants to purchase Friday's events. Includes a private BASSPROV Show, a Celebrity Q&A, Author? Corner, and a workshop with one of the featured teachers.

Saturday Workshops $200
This is if you want to purchase the Weekend Workshops. It includes all of Saturday's events, but does not include Friday or Sunday.

Sunday Master Class $100
This is for Susan's Master Class at the Playground. This is if you just want to purchase the Master Class only. This doesn? include the Saturday Workshops, or the Friday Intensive.

Groups are considered 5 people or more. If you have an existing group of less that 5 people that you would like to register with, please contact Meredith Melville CIF Education Director at workshops@chicagoimprovfestival.org for approval.

Please use Paypal to register for the CIF 10 Weekend Workshops!

www.paypal.com

Send payment to jpitts@cif.com Do not forget to enter the teacher name in the description field, and the type of sandwich that you would like for lunch on Saturday. If you are registering as a group, make sure you include your group name.

Once CIF has received your information, you will receive an email confirming your registration.

Need to send a check? OR have questions about CIF 10?
Contact Meredith Melville the CIF Education Director for more information at workshops@chicagoimprovfestival.org

SPONSORS, CO-PRESENTERS, GRANTERS

CIF 2007 Sponsors, Co-Presenters, and Granters:

SPONSORS

Star Sponsor:

Heineken Premium Light: CIF's Official Beer

Co-Star Sponsorships:

Essex Inn of Chicago: CIF's Official Hotel

The Onion: CIF's Official Newsource

Ensemble Sponsorships:

Chipotle

Clarks Shoes

Hinkley Springs

Tovaritch Vodka

Whole Foods Market

Zip Car

Official Bars:

Dick's Last Resort

Goodbar

Joey's Brickhouse

Lincoln Tap Room

Martyrs

Sedgwick's Bar & Grill

CO-PRESENTERS

Annoyance Productions

The City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs

Chemically Imbalanced Comedy

ComedySportz of Chicago

iO Comedy Theatre

pH Productions

The Playground

Schadenfreude

The Second City Training Center

GRANTERS

City Arts Grant

The Field Foundation

The Second City Foundation