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Blaine Swen


Blaine Swen is the creator and director of The Improvised Shakesepare Company. He comes from California where he performed with ComedySportz, Ultimate Improv, and iO West. Currently, he can be seen performing at iO Chicago with the house team, Bullet Lounge, The DelTones, The Armando Diaz Experience, and the one-man improvised musical, BASH!. He enjoys touring with the iO Road Show and has performed in Chicago with The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Pegasus Players Theatre, and The Second City Education Company. The Chicago Reader recently named him 2010's "Best Improviser in Chicago". Blaine teaches improvisation at The Second City and iO Chicago, and travels the country teaching improvised Shakespeare.



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NEW ISC Workshop for Improvisers

The ISC will begin a new four-week workshop for improvisers beginning Saturday, August 28.  The class will be held at the world famous iO Theater in Chicago and will be taught by ISC founder and director, Blaine Swen....

ISC Founder, Blaine Swen, Named Best Improviser in Chicago

Congrats to our founder and director (and performer too), Blaine Swen, for being named The Best Improviser in Chicago by the Chicago Reader!!!&n...
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"staggeringly brilliant"

TimeOut Chicago

"Smart, sophisticated, downright hilarious"

TimeOut Chicago

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