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The Funniest Week in Chicago!

The 2nd annual Chicago Improv Festival
April 6-April 11, 1999

Performance Schedule
(Note: Headliners are bolded)

Tuesday, April 6, 8:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
Colin Mochrie & The Devil's Advocates (Toronto)
Baby Wants Candy (Chicago)
ComedySportz (Chicago)

Wednesday, April 7, 8:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
GayCo Productions (Chicago)
Abby Schachner (Chicago)
A-Ha (Chicago)

Thursday, April 8, 8:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
Celebrity Improv Jam (Chicago)
The Free Associates (Chicago)
Factory Theatre (Chicago)

Thursday, April 8, 10:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
Scott Adsit, Mick Napier & Dave Pasquesi (Chicago)

Friday, April 9, 8:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
On The Spot (Montreal)
Boom Chicago Alumni (Amsterdam)
The Bobroom (Toronto)

Friday, April 9, 10:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
Brave New Workshop (Minneapolis)
Musical!, The Musical (Chicago)

Friday, April 9, Midnight @ Annoyance Theater
A Tribute To Del Close
The Lindberg Babies (Chicago)
Slam (Chicago)
The Holy Fools (Chicago)

Saturday, April 10, 8:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
The Second City (Chicago)
ImprovOlympic (Chicago)
The Annoyance Theater (Chicago)

Saturday, April 10, 10:30pm @ Annoyance Theater
Upright Citizens Brigade (New York)
Black Comedy Underground (Chicago)

Saturday, April 10, Midnight @ Annoyance Theater
Upright Citizens Brigade (New York)

Sunday, April 11, 8:00pm @ Annoyance Theater
The Groundlings (Los Angeles)
Burn Manhattan (New York)
Zeitgeist Theater (Chicago)

Friday, April 9, 8:00pm @ ImprovOlympic
Improv 'Til Dawn:
Zeitgeist Theater hosts (Chicago)
Featuring 18 ensembles from USA & Canada

Saturday, April 10, 8:30pm @ ImprovOlympic
Ralph Fiennes Is...Ralph Fiennes
Shadenfruede (Chicago)
Sheila (Chicago)

Saturday, April 10, 11:00pm @ ImprovOlympic
Amateur Show-Offs (Chicago)
The Playground All-Stars (Chicago)
J.T.S. Brown (Chicago)

Sunday, April 11, 11:00pm @ ImprovOlympic
Trio (Chicago)

"The Funniest Week in Chicago!" is back for 1999. CIF is even bigger, better, and funnier than before featuring two locations: The Annoyance Theatre located at 3747 N. Clark St., and a second location at The ImprovOlympic, 3541 N. Clark. CIF presents 15 different performances with 3 ensembles per show.

CIF features 48 of the finest improv and sketch comedy ensembles from Chicago, the USA and Canada. These include the triumphant return of Comedy Central's Upright Citizen's Brigade performing two shows; ABC-TV's "Whose Line Is It Anyways" cast member Colin Mochrie performing a 45 minute improvised performance called "The History Of Improv"; the Chicago debut of F/X's The Groundlings, Los Angeles' premiere improv-comedy group, now in their 25th year.

Chicago's best ensembles will be performing including: The Second City, ImprovOlympic, The Annoyance Theatre, The Free Associates, Factory Theatre, ComedySportz, Musical!, The Musical, Zeitgeist Theatre, and many more!

Also performing is New York's hottest group -- Burn Manhattan, the return of Minneapolis' famous Brave New Workshop, and Montreal's funniest group -- On The Spot!

This year's Festival is dedicated to Del Close. The Chicago Improv Festival honors his lifetime's work as Teacher, Director, Actor and Artist.

CIF is produced by Frances Callier and Jonathan Pitts.