JILL BERNARD has been performing with ComedySportz-Twin Cities since 1993, and is a founding member of HUGE Theater in Uptown Minneapolis. Her one-woman improv piece, Drum Machine, has been featured in over forty improv festivals, including the Chicago Improv Festival, the Toronto Improv Jamboree, and the Philadelphia Improv Festival. She has taught and performed improv in Norway, Australia, Canada, and… Read more →
For over two decades, ComedySportz® has been performing around the world, both ‘on the road’ at corporate & private events and at 24 locations throughout the US, Manchester UK, and Berlin DE. The interactive show performed each week at ComedySportz clubs worldwide is not stand up comedy about sports – but rather improvised comedy played as a sport, complete with… Read more →
JOE BILL is widely regarded as one of the best teachers of Scenic and Comedic Improvisation in America today. He currently teaches, performs and does corporate training at iO Chicago, is an Artistic Associate for The Chicago Improv Festival, and acts as an Artistic Adviser for a number of Improvisation and Comedy Theaters all over the world. Joe and Mark… Read more →
CHRIS GRACE is an improviser and stand-up comedian in New York City. He performs longform regularly with Baby Wants Candy, The Faculty, and Big Black Car. He’s featured in pieces for College Humor and has written for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. He is currently appearing in 50 Shades the Musical! around the country, and you can see him say one line… Read more →
Baby Knuckle is a four man longform improv comedy troupe out of Houston, Texas. These four veteran knuckleheads are all former members of the Massive Improv and Rogue Improv theater groups with extensive stage experience. Together they will form a completely improvised 30 minute Harold-esque playground, kicking it off with a organic free form opening and exploring that connected universe… Read more →
Glaundor was founded by Theater Majors in the University of Houston school of theater and dance. The team was founded in October of 2010. Glaundor recently competed and won the College Improv Tournament finals in Chicago, IL. They are the tournament champs for 2013. The team performs in a long form format known as “The Maria” – an abridged Harold. Read more →
This Infinite Closet is an improv troupe of students, alumni & instructors from Houston’s Station Theater that specializes in the Bat – a surreal form of improv in the dark. In a Bat performance, the lights are turned off and the audience is asked to close their eyes as performers create vocal landscapes, transcend boundaries of time and space. A… Read more →
iScream Sandwich – formed in the fall of 2011 and is one of the first House Teams at The Institution Theater in South Austin, TX – They headline permanently in the Saturday Night Comedy Show, “The Triple Scoop”. Its members have come from all improv backgrounds and experiences, and studied with the very best at schools like, Second City,… Read more →
Joe Bill and his partner in Improvisation, Minneapolis Improv Goddess Jill Bernard, have been touring the country for the last 3 years with their form-busting show SCRAM! It features 3 interwoven, concurrent scenes for 30-40 minutes. The shows are funny, daring, and theatrical, featuring two performers willing to play compelling emotional depth as well as for laughs. Read more →
The Seven Eight Sevens core started performing together in a limited run of After School Improv at The Hideout Theatre. The Seven Eight Sevens have performed at Dallas Comedy House, The Hideout Theatre, Coldtowne Theater, The Institution Theater, and Salvage Vanguard Theater. The Seven Eight Sevens perform improv inspired by the big and colorful characters of their hometown: Austin, TX.… Read more →
