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The Funniest Week in Chicago!
The 9th annual Chicago Improv Festival
April 24-30, 2006
CIF 9 SCHEDULE: CIF Mainstage; CIF Alternate Stages (1, 2, 3, 4, & Lounge); CIF Chicago Cultural Center Shows; CIF/DSI Implosion College Comedy Showcase; CIF High School; CIF Special Events
CIF MAINSTAGE
@ Athenaeum Theater's Main Stage
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 7:30PM
BASSPROV with Mo Collins (Chicago/Los Angeles)
Whirled News Tonight (Chicago)
The Williamson Playboys (Toronto)
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 7:30PM
The Horatio Sanz All-Stars (New York)
Slap Happy (Toronto)
Friday, April 28, 10:00PM
Then...Again [with VH1's Adrianne Frost] (New York/Chicago)
Screwbuki (Honolulu)
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 7:30PM
MADTV Stars (Los Angeles)
MADTV Writers On Hiatus (Los Angeles)
Saturday, April 29, 10:00PM
Four Square [with The Daily Show's Dan Bakkedahl & SNL's John Lutz] (Chicago/New York)
IMP (New York)
SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 7:30PM
Big News with Emo Phillips (Los Angeles)
3 For All (San Francisco)
Chairs (Chicago)
CIF ALTERNATE STAGES
@ Athenaeum Theater's Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 & Lounge
THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH
STAGE 1
7pm
Waiting For Ennis Cotter (Boston)
9pm
Midnight Hell House (Chicago)
STAGE 2
7pm
Cold Towne Heroes' Hurricanes Are Funny (Austin/New Orleans)
9pm
Play (Chicago)
LOUNGE
8pm
Oslo Improvisasjonsteater (Oslo, Norway)
ComedySportz Chicago (Chicago)
FRIDAY, APRIL 28TH
STAGE 1
7pm
Switchboard (New York)
Reality World (Seattle)
9pm
Triplette (Chicago)
Die-Nasty (Edmonton, Canada)
11:00pm
Cook County Social Club (Chicago)
Un-Scripted Theatre (San Francisco)
STAGE 2
7pm
Sutton and Hallal (Chicago)
The Brothel (New York)
9pm
Messing with a Friend [wtih MADTV's Ike Barinholtz] (Chicago/Los Angeles)
Bad Dog Theater (Toronto, Canada)
11pm
Pimprov (Chicago)
Let them Ho's Fight (Chicago)
STAGE 3
7:00pm
Big News (Los Angeles)
Biscuitville (Washington, D.C.)
9:00pm
Carl and the Passions (Chicago)
Danse Macabre (Chicago)
11:00pm
Instant Theater Company (Vancouver, Canada)
5 Man Job (Minneapolis)
STAGE 4
10:30pm
KevINda (Chicago)
B-Roll: Fact or Fiction (New York)
Double Play (Chicago)
LOUNGE
8pm
Tami Sagher (Los Angeles)
Full Frontal Nudity (Columbus)
Rachel Hamilton (New York)
10:30pm
Greg Shapiro (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Me Likey (Toronto, Canada)
SATURDAY, APRIL 29th
STAGE 1
7pm
COG (Los Angeles)
Cherry Bomb (New York)
9pm
Johnny Lunchpail (New York)
The Box Fans (Denver)
11pm
Shecky Kulhan's Theater of the Mind (Chicago)
Galapagos (Phoenix)
STAGE 2
7pm
The Josh and Tamra Show (New York)
Dr Fantastic (Washington, D.C.)
9pm
Razowsky and Clifford (Los Angeles)
Improsia (Seattle)
11pm
Annoyance Productions (Chicago)
JoKyR and Jesster (Salt Lake City)
STAGE 3
7pm
Ragdolls (Chicago)
Reading Robin and Rasika (Los Angeles)
9pm
Elephant Larry (New York)
On The Spot (Honolulu)
11pm
Big Black Car(New York)
Teen Movie High (New York)
STAGE 4
10:30pm
WIRT (Washington, D.C.)
Canadian Content (Vancouver, Canada)
Child's Play (Plantation)
LOUNGE
8pm
Jean Villepique (New York)
The Mike and Duane Show (Chicago)
Eddie Capshaw Tonight! (Minneapolis)
10:30pm
Dave Pompeii (Chicago)
Cupcake (Seattle)
Rudy (Toronto, Canada)
CIF CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER SHOWS
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006, 7PM
The Xprovisation Series: Singularities
@ Preston Bradley Hall
Co-presenters: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; Links Hall; Poetry Center of Chicago; and Split Pillow
Multi-disciplinary solo work currated by Jonathan Pitts
Andy Enniger - Theatre (Chicago)
Michael Green - Poetry (Chicago)
Tony Herman - Video (Chicago)
Eric Leonardson - Music (Chicago)
Margaret Morris - Dance (Chicago)
The evening begins with improv sets by each solo artist and culminates with a group improvised performance featuring all 5 solo artists working together as one ensemble.
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2006, 7PM
The Xprovisation Series: Colossal
@ Preston Bradley Hall
Co-presenters: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Links Hall, the Poetry Center of Chicago, and Split Pillow.
Multi-disciplinary ensemble work currated by Jonathan Pitts
Fluxx Administration - Poetry/Music (London/Chicago)
Moonbones - Dance (Chicago)
Polyrhythmic - Visual Arts/Performance Artists (Chicago)
Split Pillow - Video (Chicago)
The evening begins with improv sets by each ensemble and culminates with all 4 ensembles improvising together as one ensemble.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 7PM
Bodies of (Comedy) Work
@ Preston Bradley Hall
Co-presenters: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; Bodies of Work Festival
ICEWORM (Sacramento)
Terry Galloway (Austin)
Emcee: Tekki Lomnicki (Chicago)
Sign language interpreters will be present to sign and speak the show.
MONDAY, APRIL 24- FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 12pm
Lunchbreak Performances
@ Randolph Street Cafe
Monday: Oslo Improvisasjonsteater (Oslo, Norway)
Tuesday: The Mike and Duane Show (Chicago)
Wednesday: Cold Towne Heroes (Austin/New Orleans)
Thursday: ICEWORM [with sign language interpreters] (Sacramento)
Friday: The Josh and Tamra Show (New York)
CIF/DSI IMPLOSION COLLEGE COMEDY SHOWCASE
@ Loyola University's Mullady Theatre
FRIDAY, APRIL 28
7:30pm
Dangerbox [New York University] (New York)
O.U.I. [University of Oklahoma] (Oklahoma City)
45 Kings [Loyola University] (Chicago)
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
7:30pm
The Beatbox [Professional Ensemble] (Chicago)
Off Off Campus [University of Chicago] (Chicago)
The Farce Side [Arizona State University] (Tempe)
The Titanic Players [Northwestern University] (Evanston)
10pm
Suspicious of Whistlers [Washington University] (St. Louis)
IMPROVment [Case Western Reserve University] (Cleveland)
We Brake For Nobody [Bucknell University] (Lewisburg)
Genesius Players [Loyola University] (Chicago)
CIF HIGH SCHOOL
@ The Playground
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
7pm
Improv Playhouse (Libertyville, Illinois)
After School Matters (Chicago)
Ballard High (Davenport, Iowa)
The Laughing Aardvarks (Oak Lawn, Illinois)
9pm
Storybox Theatre (Chicago)
Improv This (Minneapolis)
Improv That (Minneapolis)
Underage Sugar Addicts (Chicago)
CIF SPECIAL EVENTS
@ Various Locations
THURSDAY, APRIL 20 @ 8PM
Schadenfreude Rent Party
@ The Gallery Cabaret
Schadenfreude (Chicago)
Special guests: CIF 2006 Chicago talent
FRIDAY, APRIL 28 @ 11AM-3PM
The Improv Forum
@ The Athenaeum Studio Theatre
FRIDAY, APRIL 28 @ 10:30PM-1AM
Super Cage Match Championships
@ The Playground
Quarter-Finals:
Match A
I.O. (Chicago) vs. Team Canada (Edmonton/Toronto/Vancouver)
Match B
Annoyance Theater (Chicago) vs. The P-I-T (New York)
Match C
Bad Dog Theatre (Toronto) vs. UCB Theater (New York)
Semi-Finals:
Match D
Winner of Match A vs. 2005's champions Mother (New York)
Match E
Winner of Match B vs. winner of Match C
Championship Round:
Winner of Match D vs. winner of Match E
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