TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THIS YEARS FESTIVAL WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST

iO Chicago performers and Denmarks best longform improv group ImproLogen will perform a show together based out of improvised monologues from the US Ambassador, the performers will create comedic scenes together for an evening of laughs and love.

This is the first time ever, an american ambassador participates in a show like this, do not miss it out.

Longform improv – An artform

Longform improv performers create shows in which short scenes are often interrelated by story, characters, or themes. Longform shows may take the form of an existing type of theatre, for example a full-length play or Broadway-style musical such as Spontaneous Broadway. Longform improvisation is especially performed in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles; better-known longform structures is the Harold, developed by ImprovOlympic co-founder Del Close and Charna Halpern Many such longform structures now exist.

What is Improvisation Theater

Improvisational theatre, often called improv or impro, is a form of theater where most or all of what is performed is created at the moment it is performed. In its purest form, the dialogue, the action, the story and the characters are created collaboratively by the players as the improvisation unfolds in present time, without use of an already prepared, written script.

Improvisational theatre exists in performance as a range of styles of improvisational comedy as well as some non-comedic theatrical performances. It is sometimes used in film and television, both to develop characters and scripts and occasionally as part of the final product.