Just For Laughs Shows Announced!
Adsit, Glaser, Dorff and More!
TBS’s Just For Laughs Festival has announced that it will return to iO with five amazing shows over three nights:
Scott Adist (30 Rock), Jon Glaser (Late Night with Conan O’Brien) and Kevin Dorff (Late Night with Conan O’Brien) will join Chicago iO Legend TJ Jagodowski for shows June 13th (8:00 and 10:30) and June 14th (8:00 and 10:30). Scott will then join the Reckoning’s Jet Eveleth for an improv set on June 15th at midnight. These shows WILL sell out, so get your tickets right now by visiting the Just For Laughs Chicago website or by calling our box office at 773-880-0199.
Shows
June 13, 8:00 PM – Scott Adist, Jon Glaser, Kevin Dorff & TJ Jagodowski
June 13, 10:30 PM – Scott Adist, Jon Glaser, Kevin Dorff & TJ Jagodowski
June 14, 8:00 PM – Scott Adist, Jon Glaser, Kevin Dorff & TJ Jagodowski
June 14, 10:30 PM – Scott Adist, Jon Glaser, Kevin Dorff & TJ Jagodowski
June 15, Midnight – Scitt Adsit and Jet Eveleth
iO Hoodies Now Available!
Stylish warmth is better than styleless warmth.
Appearing now at our box office merch table: the OFFICIAL iO Hoodie. Printed on American Apparel textiles, the OFFICIAL iO Hoodie comes in two colors – dark heather gray and “truffle”. Online ordering coming soon but for now an in-person purchase is necessary.
Review: 'Dummy' Is Must-See Improv!
Chicago Tribune raves
Nina Metz of the Chicago Tribune ravces about Dummy, the late-night Wednesday anchor in the Del Close Theater starring Colleen Doyle and Jason Shotts. It’s hard to pay a higher compliment than this:
“For years T.J. Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi have reigned as Chicago’s must-see two-person improv team. After catching a recent set from Colleen Doyle and Jason Shotts at iO Theater, I think it’s safe to say there’s room on that improv pedestal for yet another pair of performers.”
Read the whole review here, and catch Dummy with Murderers every Wednesday night at 10:30 in the Del Close Theater.
Review: The Other Other Guys
Nina Metz raves
The Other Other Guys have been performing all new, spectacle-laden sketch shows every month at iO since October, and Nina Metz caught their latest, an epic set in Outer Space, at Chicago Sketchfest. Here’s what she had to say:
“This locally based group is young but insanely confident, and its swaggering sensibility hearkens back to Amy Poehler’s time with Upright Citizens Brigade during its early Chicago incarnation, pushing the boundaries of what a sketch show can offer in terms of long-form storytelling. Last weekend The Other Other Guys conceived a sweeping and deadly funny riff on “2001: A Space Odyssey” that unspooled through flashbacks and stand-alone bits featuring each character’s back story, including a pair of hillbilly astrophysicist twin brothers (played by a wonderfully knuckleheaded Eric Roth and Eric Siegel, the abrasive yin to Roth’s loosey-goosey yang). Chris Blake, the stagehand who helped the performers achieve their zero-gravity effects, found some exceptionally droll moments with his wordless reactions. Directed by Michael Balzer, these top-notch writers and performers navigated that dicey ground between simplicity (using a couple of props at most) and brocaded detail (showing us the inner lives of each character). They perform a brand-new show the first Friday of every month at iO Theater and are worth checking out before their talents take them elsewhere."
Read the whole review here, and don’t miss the next Other Other Show!
Improvised Shakespeare Company t-shirts, now available!
Swag it out.
iO is excited to now offer Improvised Shakespeare Company t-shirts, for sale in men’s and women’s sizes for only $20, available in our box office. Stop on in and grab one for that special someone, that curmudgeonly parent or your Secret Santa/Non-Denominational Gift Exchange recipient!