ARCHIVES: CIF 6
The Funniest Week in Chicago!
The 6th annual Chicago Improv Festival
May 11-18, 2003
Performance Schedule
(Note: Headliners are bolded)
CIF Mainstage @ Athenaeum Theater
Thursday, May 15, 8:00pm (MadTv Night)/M.C. Mo Collins & Debra Wilson
MadTv Writers On Hiatus (Los Angeles)
Madtv's Barinholtz & Meyers (Los Angeles)
Friday, May 16, 8:00pm
The Spolin Players [with Dan Castellaneta & Eddie McClurg](Los Angeles)
Funny Black People [with Fances Callier & Jerry Minor](Los Angeles)
The Spontaniety Shop (London, England)
Friday, May 16, 10:30pm
iO West's Beer Shark Mice [with Neil Flynn & Dave Koechner](Los Angeles)
The Annoyance Theater (Chicago)
Improv Olympis Road Show (Chicago)
Saturday, May 17, 8:00pm
The Second City Classic Cast Reunion Show (Chicago)
[Cast: Danny Breen, Mary Gross, Bruce Jarchow, Tim Kazurinsky, Nancy McCabe-Kelly and George Wendt; Director Bernie Sahlins; Musical Director Fred Kaz
The Noble Fool Theatre Company (Chicago)
The Improv Bandits (Auckland, New Zealand)
Saturday, May 17, 10:30pm
House Of Lies with Kevin Dorff, Brian McCann & Brian Stack (New York)
Brave New Workshop (Minneapolis)
ComedySportz (Chicago)
Sunday, May 18, 8:00pm
Bassprov with Fred Wiilard (Chicago/Los Angeles)
Cardiff-Giant [with Greg Kotis & Mark Hollman](Chicago, LA, New York)
CIF Showcase @ Improv Olympic's Del Close Theater
Friday, May 16, 8:00pm
Improv Olympic's James Jackson (Chicago)
Washington Improv Theater (Washington, D.C.)
Friday, May 16, 10:00pm
Black Sheep (Chicago)
WUCB-TV Action 5 News (New York)
The Impatients (Toronto, Canada)
Saturday, May 17, 8:00pm
Improv Olympic's Deep Schwa (Chiacgo)
Johnny Lunchpail (New York)
Improv Boston (Boston)
Saturday, May 17, 10:00pm
Second City's Tuesday Night Special (Chicago)
The W.P.A. Project (New York)
Smoke The Kitty (Los Angeles)
CIF Sketch @ The Second City Skybox
Saturday, May 17, 7:00pm
The Cupid Players (Chicago)
Ah...Geez (Toronto, Canada)
Saturday, May 17, 8:00pm
Gynecology (Chicago)
The Cowboy $ John (New York)
Saturday, May 17, 9:00pm
Superpunk (Chicago)
The Shornsby Show (Los Angeles)
Saturday, May 17, 10:00pm
Brick (Chicago)
The Midwesterners (New York)
Saturday, May 17, 11:00pm
Coyote Pretty (Chicago)
High Fife (New York)
Saturday, May 17, Midnight
The Defiant Thomas Brothers (Chicago)
Bruce & Wells (Toronto)
CIF Duo @ The Playground
Friday, May 16, 8:00pm
Bare (Chicago)
The Burnt Marshmallows (Toronto, Canada)
Frightwig (Toronto, Canada)
Friday, May 16, 10:00pm
Monologue Ponies (Chicago)
Men In Shirts (Detroit)
JaCKPie(Atlanta)
Friday, May 16, Midnight
Sirens/Goga Jam (Chicago/New York)
Saturday, May 17, 10:00pm
Dual Exhaust (Chicago)
Nails & Ostrega (New York)
Improsia (Seattle)
Saturday, May 17, Midnight
Boom Chicago's Brendan Hunt & Jordan Peele (Amsterdam, Holland)
CIF Solo @ Frankie J's
Friday, May 16, 8:00pm
Robert Dassie (Los Angeles)
Jill Bernard (Minneapolis)
Phil Incorvia (Portland)
Friday, May 16, 10:00pm
Andy Eninger (Chicago)
Michelle Miracle (Denver)
Pete Shukoff (Chicago)
Friday, May 16, Midnight
Debby jo Thorndale (Los Angeles)
Saturday, May 17, 8:00pm
Tami Sagher (Los Angeles)
pop Psychology (Chicago)
Brad Steuernagel (New York)
Saturday, May 17, 10:00pm
Adrienne Frost (New York)
Brett Gillman (New York)
Steve Scholz (Chicago)
Saturday, May 17, Midnight
Frank Janisch (Chicago)
CIF Stand-Up @ Coyle's Tippling House
Friday, May 16, 8:00pm
The Daily Show's Eric Drydale (New York)
TNN's Adrianne Frost (New York)
Primetime Glick's Greg Mills (Chicago)
John Bolger (Chicago)
Matt Dwyer (Los Angeles)
Cayne Collier (Chicago)
Sari Karplus (Los Angeles)
Henry Scott (Chicago)
Friday, May 16, 10:00pm
The Daily Show's Eric Drydale (New York)
TNN's Adrianne Frost (New York)
Primetime Glick's Greg Mills (Chicago)
John Bolger (Chicago)
Cayne Collier (Chicago)
Matt Dwyer (Los Angeles)
Sari Karplus (Los Angeles)
Henry Scott (Chicago)
Friday, May 16, Midnight
Midnight Bible School
CIF Blue @ ComedySportz
Friday, May 16, Midnight
ComedySportz' Hot Karl (Chicago)
WNEP Theater's "Sickest F***in' Stories I Ever Heard" (Chicago)
Saturday, May 17, 10:00pm - 6:00am
Commedus Interruptus (Los Angeles)
Brave New Workshop (Minneapolis)
Exit 16 (Kansas City)
Liquid (Chicago)
The Mike & Duane Show (Chicago)
Noun (Chapel Hill)
pH Productions (Chicago)
Pssst...Hey You! (Denver)
Spontaneous Combustion (Smokey Hill)
Weaselicious (Chicago)
CIF Fringe @ WNEP Theater
Thursday, May 15, 7:00pm
FuzzyCo (Chicago)
Neutrino (New York)
Thursday, May 15, 9:00pm
Fuzzyco/Neutrino jam (Chicago/New York)
Friday, May 16, 8:00pm
Greg Allen & Nicole Bergund (Chicago)
Goga (New York)
Saturday, May 17 @ 10:00pm
The Josh and Tamra Show (New York)
Clunk (Chicago)
Saturday, May 17, Midnight
Hothouse STC: Mayfly Jam (Los Angeles/Chicago/New York)
CIF Special Events @ Chicago Cultural Center
CIF Family Day
Sunday, May 11, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tireswing Theater
DSI Productions
Police-Teen Link
DSI Productions
Early Bird Special
CIF Lunchtime Performances
Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 16, 12:15pm
Monday) ComedySportz (Chicago)
Tuesday) The Improv Bandits (Auckland, New Zealand)
Wednesday) The Spontaneity Shop (London, England)
Thursday) Boom Chicago (Amsterdam, Holland)
Friday) Canada All-Stars (Toronto, Canada)
CIF Cabaret
Tuesday, May 13, 7:00pm
Baby Wants Candy (Chicago)
Musical Improv Company (Boston)
CIF Super Cage Match Championship @ iO's Cabaret Theater
Tuesday , May 13, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Western Semi-Finals
Ferrari McSpeedy (Minneapolis)
Dual Exhaust (Chicago)
Eastern Semi-Finals
An Ordinary Inkling (Toronto, Canada)
Mother (New York)
Championship
The Improv Bandits (Auckland, Zealand)
CIF 1 World On 1 Stage @ Chicago Cultural Center
Wednesday, May 14, 7:00pm
Featuring performances from Argentina, Canada, Great Britain, Holland, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States.
CIF Improv Forum @ Anthenaeum Theater
Dassaricski (Los Angeles)
Trois (Chicago)
CIF Encore @ Noble Fool Theater
Friday, May 16, 10:00pm
All Jane No Dick (Portland)
Improsia (Seattle)
Smoke The Kitty (Los Angeles)
Friday, May 16, Midnight
Noble Fool Theater/Bruce & Wells/ Improv Bandits JAM
Saturday, May 17, 10:00pm
Washington Improv Theater (Washington, D.C.)
ImprovBoston (Boston)
Dad's Garage (Atlanta)
Saturday, May 17, Midnight
Noble Fool Theater Company/The Impatients/The Spontaneity Shop JAM
CIF 2003 Awards
2003 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Fred Kaz, David Shepherd, Paul Sills, Viola Spolin, Eugene Troobnick, Fred Willard
2003 Improviser Of The Year
Dan Castellaneta
2003 Improv Ensemble Of The Year
iO West's Beer Shark Mice
2003 Festival Highlight Award
Frances Callier
2003 Special Accommodation
Playwright's Theater Club's 50th Anniversary
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