K.C. Redheart Presents 2nd Playground Improv Marathon, 8/26-27

K.C. Redheart, a Chicago-based improv troupe, announced today the 2nd Annual Playground Improv Marathon, 30 staight hours of improvised comedy alongside a different guest group each hour, a charity event benefiting Namaste Charter School and the Playground Theater.

The 2nd Annual Playground Improv Marathon runs 5pm 8/26 to 11pm 8/27.

8 actors. 30 hours. No script. No sleep. No sanity. The brave members of local improv troupe K.C. Redheart will test their wits, endurance, and sanity as the core group of "marathoners" going without rest while improvising for 30 straight hours! But they are not alone! In effect, the marathon is 30 unique shows, as each hour the Marathoners welcome guests from around the city to improvise with them, including performers from the Second City, iO, ComedySportz, the Annoyance Theatre, and K.C. Redheart's home, the Playground Theater. With the help of so many different performers, the Playground Improv Marathon will showcase the diversity and vitality of Chicago's improv scene. There will be short-form games in the style of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, experimental and narrative long-form shows, family-friendly shows during the day, and anything-goes sets during the late night hours. As an added bonus, the audience will witness the Marathoners' transformation from well-adjusted adults to sleep-deprived comedy nutjobs by the end of it all. And most importantly, all of the proceeds go to a great cause.

Since it was formed in 2008, K.C. Redheart has become one of the most respected, experimental, and flat-out fun improv teams in Chicago. Now a full-fledged Playground Member Team, K.C. Reheart was originally a product of the Playground Theater's Incubator program, which first assembled its members: Karisa Bruin, Margaret Conway, Nick Leveski, Mark Logsdon, Dave Maher, George Serad, Adam Shalzi, Bill Stern, and Katie Thomas. K.C. Redheart has since performed its narrative-bending long-form improv formats at festivals such as Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, TX and i3 in Raleigh, NC. Recently, their improvised play-within-a-play, Process, was named a "Critics' Pick" by Time Out Chicago. Process is currently running every Saturday at 8pm at the Playground until the launch of the Marathon.