Plot: Chicago’s greatest cultural export just might be improvised theater, which was born at Jane Addams’ Hull House during the Great Depression and carried out into the world by the likes of Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Stephen Colbert. But while to most people improv might seem synonymous with comedy, the art form was devised by a woman named Viola Spolin who wasn’t out for laughs

Chicago Stories - Season 1 - Inventing Improv (Episode 3)
Episode Aired On:
Friday, October 22 2021
3 years ago
Friday, October 22 2021
3 years ago
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