Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special - Production & Contact Info

Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
TV Special | Documentary

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Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)

TV Special | Documentary

Chicago's greatest cultural export just might be improvised theater. But while to most people improv might seem synonymous with comedy, the art form was devised by a woman named Viola Spolin who wasn't out for laughs.

Writer

Jude Leak (writer)

Producer

Jude Leak (producer)

Composers

Allie Mullen (original score by) | Steve Mullen (original score by)

Cinematographers

Tim Boyd (director of photography) | Sam Rong (director of photography)

Editor

Jude Leak (off-line editor)

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Updated Oct 24, 2021

Release date

Oct 24, 2021 (United States)

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30 cast members

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Anthony Fleming III Self - Narrator (as Anthony Fleming) Self - Narrator (as Anthony Fleming) See fewer	Power Book IV: Force (2022)
Mark Larson Self Self See fewer	Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
Anne Libera Self Self See fewer	Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
Viola Spolin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Alan Alda Self Self See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Tim Kazurinsky Self Self See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Aretha Sills Self Self See fewer	Off the Cuff (2020)
Jeffrey Sweet Self Self See fewer	Off the Cuff (2020)
Ross Jordan Self Self See fewer	Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
Stuart J. Hecht Self Self See fewer	Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013)
Bob Balaban Self Self See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Paul Sand Self Self See fewer	Eerie, Indiana (1991)
Paul Sills Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	NET Playhouse (1964)
Jen Green Self Self See fewer	Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
Frances Callier Self Self See fewer	He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Angela Shelton Self Self See fewer	He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
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Sheri Flanders Self - Improvisor Self - Improvisor See fewer	Nobody F*cking Leaves
Leila Gorstein Self - Improvisor Self - Improvisor See fewer	Love Dump (2023)
Javid Iqbal Self - Improvisor Self - Improvisor See fewer	Undateable (2020)
Hannah McDonald Self - Compass Player Reenactor (Barbara Harris) Self - Compass Player Reenactor (Barbara Harris) See fewer	Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
Claire McFadden Self - Improvisor Self - Improvisor See fewer	Kim's Big Date (2019)
Michelle McKenzie-Voigt Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Counting (2016)
Brad Pike Self - Compass Player Reenactor (Andy Duncan)) Self - Compass Player Reenactor (Andy Duncan)) See fewer	Experience the World (2022)
Chris Rathjen Self - Compass Player Reenactor (Roger Bowen) Self - Compass Player Reenactor (Roger Bowen) See fewer	Princesses of Iowa (2011)
Ric Walker Self - Improv Ensemble Self - Improv Ensemble See fewer	Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
Richard Walker Self - Improvisor Self - Improvisor See fewer	Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
Rick Wasserman Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021)
Patrick Webb Self - Compass Player Reenactor (David Shepherd) Self - Compass Player Reenactor (David Shepherd) See fewer	Chicago P.D. (2014)