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Team: Buttermilk
MEMBERS: Claire Noone, Adam Wynn, Miles Potter, Adam Mengesha, Beth Kuhn-Metzler, Louise Loeb, Parker Callahan, Laurel Posakony, Ryan Kappmeyer
FORM: The Harold
HOME THEATER: IO
YEARS: 4 months
COACH: Matt Myers
INFLUENCED BY:
ACCOLADES: instagram @buttermilkyimprov
Team: FlyClap
MEMBERS: John Moore, Jonathan Blair, Danny Falkner, Clinton Sandifer, Stephen Wilkes, Whitney Capps, Alaina Spates
FORM: Swipe Right
HOME THEATER: Indie
YEARS: Less than one
COACH: John Hildreth
INFLUENCED BY: 3peat
ACCOLADES: Flyclap is an up and coming team in the Chicago improv scene. With their high energy style and unique form Flyclap is sure to rock the house and steal the show.
Team: Phantom
MEMBERS: Yassi Baharloo, Shadee Vossoughi, Erin Uttich, Mary Fessler, Derek Shoemaker, Spencer Smith, Alex Manich, Andrew Harrigan, Blair Britt
FORM: Phantom Phamily Drama
HOME: THEATER: CIC Theater
YEARS: 3.5 years
COACH: Nina Slesinger
INFLUENCED BY: Majority Rules (CIC House team)
ACCOLADES: We were created out of auditions and have since become basically family– we don't always like each other but we always love each other.
Team: Golden Emblem
MEMBERS: Alexa Palmero and Jessica Benson
FORM: Organic transition two prov!!
HOME THEATER: CIC
YEARS: 1.5 years
INFLUENCED BY: K&N
ACCOLADES: We do IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY in a fluid, fast-paced, surreal style where scenes transition seamlessly through game-work. Likes: Filet o' Fishes and crushes (Currently hosts The Arts at CIC)
Team: Silly Point
MEMBERS: Anish Ramanathan, Resham Sarkar, Rohan Sinha, Tushar Vashisth
FORM: The Silly Point
HOME THEATER: The Playground Theater
YEARS: 1.5 years
COACH: John Hildreth
INFLUENCED BY: Fudge, Late 90s, Shebeast, Super Human, Cook County Social Club, TJ and Dave
ACCOLADES: sillypointimprov@gmail.com, Rohan
Team: Jimmy & Johnnie
MEMBERS: Jimmy Carrane and John Hildreth
FORM: Montage
HOME THEATER: The Second City
YEARS: 8 years
COACH: Norm Holly & Jack Bronis
INFLUENCED BY: TJ and Dave, Messing with a friend, Sand, The MoonSharks, The Boys
ACCOLADES: First Sunday of the month at 8pm in The Beat Lounge Tickets: $10 general/$8 students/$5 SCTC students.
jhildreth@secondcity.com
Team: Heraldo
MEMBERS: Mike Geraghty, Cesar Jaime, Jose Molina, Damian Anaya, Alyssa Davis, Claudia Martinez, Orlando Lara, Rich Alfonso Edesio Sanchez-Gomez, Jessi Realzola, Jimmy Gribbin, Manu Mendoza
FORM: Herold
HOME THEATER: I.O.
YEARS: 6 years
INFLUENCED BY: Maná
ACCOLADES: Performed by a cast of Spanish-speaking veteran improvisors, HERALDO is a fast-paced physical show that is performed in Spanish, yet designed for an English speaking crowd. MikeGeraghty@io.com
Team: Midnight in Miami
MEMBERS: Francisco Quinones, Kathy D’Onofrio, Richard Gomez, Manuela Mendoza, Paul Rogers, & Stephanie Perez
FORM: MiM
HOME THEATER: I.O.
YEARS: 1 year
COACH:
INFLUENCED BY: 3peat, Late 90's, Fudge
ACCOLADES: Midnight in Miami entertains Chicago while we let Pitbull cover the rest of the world. Straight from South Florida get ready for us to bring the crazy, the heat, and one broski from Skokie.
Team: Fudge
MEMBERS: Damian Anaya, Tim Lyons, Vince Portacci, Dan White
FORM: montage
HOME THEATER: I.O.
YEARS: 4 years
INFLUENCED BY: Cook County Social club,Tj & Dave, 3033
ACCOLADES: Four best buds having a fun-ass time. Every Tuesday, the boys of FUDGE converse with the audience and then create a night of hilarious improv inspired by your personal stories. FUDGE turns your anecdotes into fast and funny improvisation – committing to raw emotion and extreme silliness while allowing the two to live simultaneously. Every week FUDGE is joined by a different live musical guest or stand-up performer. Half concert, half improv, the night is sure to be one of the best live comedy shows in Chicago.
Team: Dig
MEMBERS: Anna Fluksova, Candace Snapp, David Brown, Firas Alexander, Jacob Knobbe, Jess DeBacco, Lily Ebbot-Burg, Colin Rourke, Paul Rogers, Shira Wilson
FORM: Herold
HOME THEATER: I.O.
YEARS: 1 year
COACH: Gary Pascal
INFLUENCED BY: Comet, Devil's Daughter, Cook County Social Club, Gideon, Crocodile Nasties
Team: Tribe Called Uncanny
MEMBERS: Neftali Morales, Celeste Villanueva, Elisabeth Del Toro, Tawny Safieddine, Avalon Gutierrez , Alexis Alvarado. Adam Mengesha
FORM: La rone Montage
HOME THEATER: Playground
YEARS: 1 year
COACH: Amber Linde, Maria Konopken
INFLUENCED BY: Fudge
ACCOLADES: Invisible to a world that can’t live without them. Also a music adjacent independent improv team.
Team: Sherlock on Slack
MEMBERS: Anna Fluksova Miles Potter Nick Castellanos
FORM: inconsistent narrative
HOME THEATER: the playground/I.O.
YEARS: 3 years
COACH: Jesse Kendall
INFLUENCED BY: Cook County Social Club, TJ & Dave, Search Engine
ACCOLADES: The most “hyperliterate”and “erudite” friends you have ever met. Our best friends Webster Dictionary and Beer.
Team: Trigger Happy
MEMBERS: Mike Brown, Ethan Burk, Patrick Gaskill, Renee Hansel, Lydia House, Danny Kirshner, Jennifer Mitchell, Nicholas Polk, Alonso Ramirez, Kristin Ramsey, Reshem Sarkar, Vivian Sille, Alyssa Simari
FORM: Trigger Happy
HOME THEATER: The Annoyance
YEARS: 5 years
COACH: Susan Glenn
ACCOLADES: The show consists of a series of unrelated scenes that are inspired by a single suggestion from the audience. During the show the cast share an invisible language that will trigger certain events, as if by magic.
Team: Las Tinas
MEMBERS: Jessi Realz, Jackie Perez, Nicole Perez, Luis Roberto Castello, Melina Barona
FORM: Improvised Telenovela
HOME THEATER: Indie team
YEARS: 3 years
INFLUENCED BY: Heraldo
ACCOLADES: Las Tinas is a Chicago-based LatinX comedy group who perform an improvised telenovela based off of audience suggestions.