Viola Spolin

The Second City Partners With Funny Girls To Expand Leadership Training For Young Students
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2025

Funny Girls, the social-emotional leadership program for girls in grades 3–8, is partnering with The Second City to expand its improv-based curriculum nationwide.

CAPA to Present The Second City 65th Anniversary Show At Southern Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2025

CAPA will present The Second City live on the Southern Theatre stage. The Second City is celebrating 65 years of legendary laughs! Showcasing some of the audience's favorite songs, sketches, and characters. Learn more!

Photos: WOW WEE! ADVENTURES OF A LITTLE GIRL KILLBOT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! In Rehearsal
by A.A. Cristi - May 27, 2025

The Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble will present Wow Wee! Adventures of a Little Girl Killbot Christmas Special! at Squeaky Wheel Fringe. Wow Wee! is a darkly comic improvised “Holiday Special” that transports audiences into a post-apocalyptic world through the lens of a 1980s-style sitcom. See photos from inside rehearsal. 

WOW WEE! ADVENTURES OF A LITTLE GIRL KILLBOT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! To Play the 2025 Squeaky Wheel Fringe Festival
by A.A. Cristi - May 4, 2025

IRTE, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble, will present Wow Wee! Adventures of a Little Girl Killbot Christmas Special! at Squeaky Wheel Fringe.

BroadwayWorld Classifieds 3/13/2025; Jobs In Finance, Hospitality and More
by - Mar 13, 2025

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 3/13/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

BroadwayWorld Classifieds 3/6/2025; Jobs In Marketing, Operations and More
by - Mar 6, 2025

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 3/6/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Joyce Piven, Co-Founder of the Piven Theatre, Dies at 94
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2025

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Joyce Piven, co-founder the Piven Theatre and mother of Jeremy Piven, has died at age 94. Read her full obituary here.

IRTE Launches 13th Season With Original Pandemic Comedy REMOTE
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2024

The Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble LLC has announced the opening of its 13th season at the Producers Club with an exciting and timely production, 'REMOTE.'

Syracuse Stage to Begin 24/25 Season With THE SECOND CITY 65TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 5, 2024

Syracuse Stage will begin its 24/25 season with a limited two-week run of “The Second City 65th Anniversary Show” from the legendary Chicago troupe. Learn how to purchase tickets.

VIRTEgo Circus Featuring IRTE to Play The Producer's Club Beginning in February
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 21, 2024

WIRTEgo Circus, a reimagining of the Improvisational Repertory's Theater Ensemble's 2013 dark comedy of the same name, will play The Producer's Club beginning in February. Learn more about the performance here!

Amy Pietz To Teach Viola Spolin's Improv Acting Technique
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 11, 2024

Sills/Spolin Theater Works has announced esteemed actress of TV and film Amy Pietz will be teaching a new generation of actors the technique of Viola Spolin, the legendary theater innovator known as the 'Mother of improvisational theater.'

Photos: MY THANKSGIVING RECIPE (CHAOS IS THE POINT) Serves Up Laughs At The Producers Club
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2023

IRTE, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble, is back having just opened 'My Thanksgiving Recipe (Chaos is the Point)', an improvisation based comic theatre piece, featuring live, original music. See photos from the production.

MY THANKSGIVING RECIPE (CHAOS IS THE POINT) Comes to The Producers Club
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2023

My Thanksgiving Recipe (Chaos is the point) features a mostly female cast and a live musician. Together, they will discover that the moments that matter live within the mess and chaos of family gatherings. Even when following the 'ideal recipe' for a picture-perfect Thanksgiving, control is an illusion.

New Horror-Suspense Musical HAVEN WAITS FOR EVERLY Will Debut at United Solo on Theatre Row
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 16, 2023

A new original musical, HAVEN WAITS FOR EVERLY makes its New York debut at United Solo Theatre Festival on Theatre Row this October.

ANDTheatre Company Performs a Reading of HILLENDALE 8 By Andrea Fine Carey
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2023

It's 1970, and the college students who live in Hillendale Hall are about to graduate. They each chase their dreams and grapple with an uncertain future, but the Vietnam War is raging, and one student is determined to hold a rally to stop it. Somehow, it all works out...

Girlstories Leadership Theatre Opens Applications For Summer
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - Mar 21, 2023

Powerstories, a working professional theatre, produces the nationally award-winning Girlstories Leadership Theatre program, providing young girls an opportunity to participate in the magic of creating live theatre while learning how to be a leader.

Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble Presents THE LONELY DEATH OF L. HARRIS
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 25, 2023

For the past eleven years, IRTE, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble, has been captivating audiences and winning accolades for their wildly funny and wildly absurd take on improvisational based theatre.

Second City To Bring SWIPES RIGHT: AN INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ULTIMATE DATE NIGHT To Ridgefield Playhouse on January 19
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 6, 2023

Chicago's oldest running improv troupe that brought you Bill Murray, John Candy, Day Aykroyd, Eugene Levy and dozens more, returns to Ridgefield for a night of improvisational comedy at the highest level! It's love at first laugh with The Second City and their new show Swipes Right: An Incomplete Guide to The Ultimate Date Night.

PIE Story Theatre Holiday CD Celebrates 10 Years
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 20, 2022

The PIE Story Theatre Holiday Stories and Carols CD is celebrating ten years this month. Produced in 2012, the CD features original and adapted holiday stories and carols to celebrate the season. The program was originally a live show that premiered at North Pier Festival Market in Chicago in 1993.

New Musical DAYS OF THIRST AND BEAUTY Returns to NYC's Don't Tell Mama in October
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2022

A new original musical, DAYS OF THIRST AND BEAUTY, makes a return engagement at Don't Tell Mama in Manhattan on October 9th at 7 pm.