The Chicago Improv Festival was co-founded by Jonathan Pitts and he produced it for over 20 years. Pitts created and produced the College Improv Tournament for 10 years and he was the executive producer of Teen Comedy Fest’s for 7 years. Jonathan is also the founder and producer of Chicago Podcast Festival for the past 2 years. He has been teaching and performing internationally in 12 different countries, as well as all over America. He has performed in over 1,250 improvised shows. On the basis of his experiences he created has created improv shows like “The Make ‘Em Ups”, „The Oracle“, „The Silent Movie“, “Solo Plus One”, “Stopwatch”, and „Storybox Unscripted Theatre“.
He taught at The Second City for 16 years and he’s a contributing writer to their book on improvisation. Story-based improv is a topic Pitts taught at Piven Theatre Workshop. He also taught at 25+ American cities at regional improv fests and improv theatres.
For 3 consecutive years he was selected by “New City” magazine as one of „Chicago’s Top 50 Theatre Players“.
More information: www.secondcity.com
SHOW
THE ORACLE (Part 1+2)
TicketsWORKSHOPS
CHARACTERS ‘R US
Tuesday Oct. 8th, 2019, 3.30 pm–6.30 pm
Improv characters are microwaved rather than slow cooked like in scripted plays, so you can create, do and find many more through your physicality. This workshop uses a variety of physical exercises for the improviser to immediately develop a wide range of characters. These exercises also include finding the character’s voice and exercises to incorporate a variety of characters in the same walking environment.
FOR BEGINNERS
Workshop Fee € 50
Duration 3 hours
Location Rehearsal Room TAG – Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna
WORKSHOP
SCENE WORK: THE CHICAGO WAY
Saturday Oct. 5th, 2019, 1.30 pm–6.30 pm
Chicago is famous for grounded, honest, relationship-based improvisation scene work that produces deep laughs and deep sighs as the audience is moved to both. This style of work requires acting, listening, openness, patience, and responding through a shared process of give and take. This workshop will feature a deep dive into this process of two-person scene work that will bring improvisers discovery upon discovery. As those shared discoveries pile up, the improvised scene becomes deep, full and funny. It’s the Chicago way.
FOR ADVANCED IMPROVISORS ONLY
Workshop Fee € 80
Duration 5 hours
Location LYMA – Loquaiplatz 12 Top 1, 1060 Vienna