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CIF to Honor the ISC as Ensemble of the Year!



3-10-2010
Chicago Improv Festival Productions has announced that it will honor The Improvised Shakespeare Company as the CIF 2010 Ensemble of the Year. The CIF Awards Night will be on Wednesday, April 21 at The Second City ETC, from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Susan Messing will be honored as the CIF 2010 Improviser of the Year. Harold Ramis, Dick Schaal, and Severn Darden (posthumously) will also be honored with Lifetime Achievement awards.


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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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