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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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May 31, 2013 iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jun 7, 2013 iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jun 14, 2013 iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jun 20 8:00pm iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jun 21, 2013 iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jun 27 8:00pm iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jun 28, 2013 iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jul 4 8:00pm iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jul 5, 2013 iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jul 11 8:00pm iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jul 12, 2013 iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co.

Comedy Show / Play

The Improvised Shakespeare Co. at iO Theater - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago.
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Jul 18 8:00pm iO Theatre Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co ... more

3541 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Improvised Shakespeare Co. - Comedy Show | Play in Chicago

Plays in Chicago can be serious business, and renowned theaters like the Steppenwolf and the Goodman attract the field’s most renowned names. They tend to stage well-known but challenging shows from playwrights like August Wilson and Eugene O’Neill. On a more accessible scale, the Goodman presents the city’s most popular version of The Christmas Carol every year. The Steppenwolf was co-founded by Gary Sinise and has regular members such as John Malkovich, and their plays often have star power. The Lookingglass Theatre, co-founded by David Schwimmer, tends to put on more whimsical or artistic performances but draws a similar crowd of serious theater lovers.

Chicago plays sit at the other end of the spectrum too, in storefront and experimental theaters that serve as the city’s version of Off-Off Broadway. Lower rents in Chicago’s neighborhoods let rabble-rousing, scrappy ensembles push boundaries without taking themselves too seriously. A long-running production of Sock Puppet Showgirls, for example, proved that the camp classic Showgirls could be staged with a cast of sock puppets. Some of these ensembles have a more dignified and established presence, such as the Black Ensemble Theater and the Victory Gardens Theater; the latter is housed in the historic Biograph Theater where John Dillinger met his end. Other plays might be a group of broke but talented friends putting on an avant-garde performance in a shifty-looking space.

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