Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to
be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised
Shakespearean masterpiece right before your very eyes! Each of the
players has brushed up on his “thee’s” and “thou’s” to bring you an
evening of off-the-cuff comedy using the language and themes of William
Shakespeare. Nothing has been planned out, rehearsed, or written. All of
the dialogue is said for the first time, the characters are created as
you watch, and if every you're wondering where the story is going...so
are they! The night could reveal a tragedy, comedy, or history. Each
play is completely improvised, so each play is entirely new!
The Improvised Shakespeare Company, founded in 2005, has been
performing its critically-acclaimed show to sold out audiences at the
world famous iO Theater in Chicago for over seven years. The ISC also
continues to entertain audiences across the US with its national touring
company. The ISC has been featured at the Piccolo Spoleto Fringe
Festival, Off Broadway in New York City, Bonnaroo, the Bumbershoot Music
and Arts Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, UCB’s Del Close Marathon,
and the prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and Chicago.
It has been named Chicago's best improv group by both the Chicago Reader
and the Chicago Examiner, has been honored by the Chicago Improv
Foundation, and has received a New York Nightlife Award for "Best
Comedic Performance by a Group".
