Viola Spolin

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.

Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble To Return To The Producers Club In November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 13, 2022

Providing a cocktail of timely topics, retro reference, and immersive imaging, IRTE presents impromptu high-jinx with a twist. Its team of trained actors don't just do skits, they build a play right in front of your eyes.

Interview: Getting to Know Barry Pearl on his Third Time Directing 13 THE MUSICAL
by Shari Barrett - Aug 11, 2022

Panic! Productions, along with Born To Perform Studios and BarCinBoo Productions, Inc. have announced that Barry Pearl will once again direct their late summer teen musical 13, this time at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. This will be Pearl's third time working with Panic! Productions and also his third time directing the musical on the West Coast. I decided to speak with Barry about his connection to the teen musical and what inspired him to direct it for the third time, as well as how it may differ from his previous incarnations.

The Second City Launches Victor Wong Fellowship for AAPI Voices in Comedy 
by A.A. Cristi - May 3, 2022

Legendary Chicago comedy institution The Second City has announced the creation of The Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor up-and-coming comedians. Named after The Second City's first Asian American performer and funded by Peng Zhao, CEO of Citadel Securities, and his wife, Cherry Chen, the fellowship will focus on developing the next generation of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) talent. 

THE BEST OF SECOND CIT Comes to The MAC, February 12
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 22, 2022

It has been said that a shared sense of humor is key to a happy relationship. That is why the McAninch Arts Center believes there is no better way of celebrating Valentine's Day than with “The Best of Second City” Saturday, Feb. 12, at 5 and 8 p.m. Special Valentine's-themed drink specials will be available.