Charna Halpern, founder and Artistic Director of the iO Theater, joins Justin to talk about her marvelous career in comedy, meeting Tim Kazurinsky, Del Close and how she got into the improv business, ...
O Theater will present Crème de la Femme, an all-femme improv festival featuring over 20 troupes of women and non-binary ...
The iO Theater will expand programming to all four stages of its space this September with the addition of The Mission Theater. This announcement comes after the transfer of The Mission from ...
Charna Halpern learned her way around a construction site during the six-month overhaul of iO’s new building. Credit: Saverio Truglia “I can’t wait for this to be done,” Charna Halpern says. “I’m so ...
When the iO Theater moved from its longtime home in Wrigleyville to a new multi-million dollar facility in Lincoln Park in 2014, it appeared that the improv-focused performance space and training ...
On Wednesday, the date of iO Theater’s soft opening in its new space on North Kingsbury and just a couple of days after stunning news broke of actor and lauded improvisational comic Robin Williams’ ...
Comedy is dying in Chicago. A few weeks ago, five members of the iO improv theater started a petition titled, “I Will Not Perform at iO Until the Following Demands Are Met.” The petition, in addition ...
CHICAGO (CBS)--The IO Theater will reopen Thursday, more than two years after the pandemic forced them to close thier doors. Now under new management, the Lincoln Park improv theater has undergone ...
Thawed Out — a new music and arts festival happening at the legendary iO Theater on April 26th, 2025. Enjoy this all day event featuring 8 incredible bands, the works of 15 visual artists on display, ...
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A major part of Chicago's popular improv scene, the iO Theater, could soon have a new owner days after Second City went up for sale. Both are suffering huge losses due to the COVID-19 ...
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