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The Funniest Week in Chicago!

The 4th annual Chicago Improv Festival
May 1-May 6, 2001

Performance Schedule
(Note: Headliners are bolded)

CIF MAINSTAGE @ Athenaeum Theatre

Tuesday, May 1, 8:00pm
Who's Line Is It Anyway's Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood & Ian Gomez (Los Angeles)
Slap Happy (Toronto)
Boom Chicago Alumni (Amsterdam)

Wednesday, May 2, 8:00 pm
LA Theatresports [with Boston Public's Joey Slotnik] (Los Angeles)
Feature Feature (New York)
SAK (Orlando)

Thursday, May 3, 8:00pm
Slotnik Katz & Lehr [with Boston Public's Joey Slotnik] (Los Angeles)
Sin City (Toronto)
Yellow Man Group (Tokyo)

Friday, May 4, 7:30pm
Emcee: The Cheap Show's Angela Shelton
The Second City Alumni (Chicago)
The Annoyance Theater
ComedySportz

Friday, May 4, 10:00pm
Emcee: The Cheap Show's Angela Shelton
Schadenfreude (Chicago)
Baby Wants Candy (Chicago)
Mission IMPROVable (Chicago)

Saturday, May 5, 7:30pm
Beer, Shark, Mice [with SNL alum Dave Koechner] (Los Angeles)
WeirDass [with MAD-tv's Stephanie Weir] (Chicago)
On The Spot (Montreal)

Saturday, May 5, 10:00pm
Upright Citizens Brigade's Asssscat [with Conan O'Brien's Kevin Dorff, Shellac's Steve Albini] (New York)
2 White Guys (Chicago)
People of Earth (Chicago)

Saturday, May 5, Midnight
Matt Besser (New York)

Sunday, May 6, 8:00pm
Scott Adsit, Jim Carrane, Kevin Dorff, TJ Jagodowski, Mick Napier, & Dave Pasquesi (Chicago, New York)
Improv Asylum (Boston)
The Noble Fool Theatre Company (Chicago)

CIF SHOWCASE @ The Playground Theater

Friday, May 4, 8:00pm / Solo Spotlight
Jonathan Appel (New York)
Doug Diefenbach (Chicago)
Andy Eninger (Chicago)
Lisa Jolley (New York)
Shaun Landry (San Francisco)
Abby Schachner (Los Angeles)

Friday, May 4, 10:00pm
Moctis (Chicago)
The Liquid Radio Players (Los Angeles)
Sirens (Chicago)

Friday, May 4, Midnight
The Dana & Julia Show (Chicago)
3 Guys Named Joe (Detroit)
WNEP Theater (Chicago)

Saturday, May 5, 8:00pm
Dinner For Six (Chicago)
The Waterbrains (Los Angeles)
Whose Chorus Line Is It Anyways? (Chicago)

Saturday, May 5, 10:00pm
Carl and The Passions (Chicago)
GOGA (New York)
Salsation (Chicago)

Saturday, May 5, Midnight
Weaseliscious (Chicago)
The Swarm (New York)
Malice (Chicago)

CIF IMPROV 'TIL DAWN @ WNEP Theater

Saturday, May 5, 8:00pm - 6:00am

8:00pm
The Rooftop Players (Chicago)
Improv Boston (Boston)
Danger Kitty (CIF Insta-team)
The Noble Fool Theater (Chicago)
Neon Brown (CIF Insta-team)
Screaming Puppets (CIF Insta-team)

10:00pm
South Side Irish (Chicago)
Happy GAS Improv (Bowling Green, KY)
Love Rocket (CIF Insta-team)
Mr. Fancypants (Chicago)
The Louisville Improvisers (Louisville)
Omaha High (Omaha)

Midnight
Black Sheep (Chicago)
The Comedy Corner (University of Arizona)
Left Field (CIF Insta-team)
Cheetarah McNutt (Chicago)
Road Trip USA (Insta-team)
Washington Improv Theater (Washington, D.C.)

2:00am
The Nobel Fool Theater (Chicago)
The Kihckercast Project (New York) Rhinoceros (CIF Insta-team)
Plain Cake Donuts (Chicago)
Beer Goggles (CIF Insta-team)
The Charles Darwin Experience (University of Arizona)

4:00am
Joe Bill and Mark Sutton (Chicago)
The Orphans (New York)
King Kong (CIF Insta-team)
YFF Improv (Detroit)
We Like Vivarin (CIF Insta-team)
iburnwheniimprov (Detroit)
The Probable Team (Winnipeg)

CIF SPECIAL EVENTS

Monday, April 30, 7:00pm @ Chicago Cultural Center
Multi-Media Lecture / Q&A with Bernie Sahlins
Emcee: Chicago Reader theater critic Jack Helbig

Wednesday, May 2, 10:30pm @ The Second City ETC
Tribute to Dr. Martin DeMaat
Emcee: Scott Adsit
Featuring: Scott Adsit, Jack Bronis, Jim Carlson, Jim Carrane, Bumper Carrol, Andy Cobb, Danny, Tom Flanigan, Martin Garcia, Thomas Green, Dan Izzo, Shaun Landry, Jack McBrayer, Colleen McHugh, Patricia Musker, and Ed Reggi

Friday, May 4, 1:00 - 6:00pm @ The Second City
The Improv Forum
1:00pm
A series of short discussions featuring Chicago's top improv producers including Second City's Kelly Leonard, ImprovOlympic's Charna Halpern, Annoyance Theater's Mick Napier, ComedySportz' Dave Gaudet, Noble Fool Theater Company's Jack Bronis, The Free Associates' Mark Gagne, and The Playground's Doug Diefenbach.
4:00pm
Q&A with Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin
5:00pm
Shows by Georgia Pacific (Chicago) and The Silent Movie (Chicago)

Saturday, May 5, 2:00pm @ WNEP Theater
Improv Performance & Workshop for Families

Sunday, May 6, 12:00-6:00pm @ Vittum Theater
Improvised Film Festival
12:00pm
Annoyance Productions' Fatty Drives The Bus
An animated short by Mick Napier
2:00pm
Planet Ant Productions' Garage: A Rock Saga
A live action short by Josh Funk
4:00pm
Sneaky Kings Productions' Dotcom: A True Story
A live action short by The Paper Monkeys

Stars Every Night of the Week!

Whose Line Is It Anyway's Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood & Ian Gomez. Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Jerry Minor & Horatio Sanz. Conan O'Brien's Kevin Dorff. MAD-TV's Stephnie Weir. Mr. Show's Scott Adsit. Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade. Boston Public's Joey Slotnick. WTTW's Will Clinger & Angela Shelton. US Comedy Arts Festival award winner (and SNL alum) Dave Koechner. These brilliant improv stars are all scheduled to appear on the Mainstage at this year's Chicago Improv Festival.

From CIF Mainstage's opening night performance with Whose Line Is It Anyway cast members, to CIF Mainstage's closing night performance with Saturday Night Live cast members, the 4th Annual CIF truly features stars every night of the week!

CIF, now the largest improv & sketch festival in the world, will present 16 shows at 5 venues, 6 special events at 6 venues, and 36 workshops taught by 18 of Chicago's top improv instructors. This year's festival will showase performances by 80 ensembles, from 16 cities and 3 countries.

From the improv stars of today to the improv stars of tomorrow, CIF brings over 400 of the best improvisers in the world to Chicago.