History of Improv: It's a Chicago Thing

In this episode Alyssa tells Hugh Yemen about Second City and its lasting impact on improv. SHOW NOTES:  Chicago Tribune: More improvised exits at Second City in management shake-up Playbill: Hate Speech in the Audience Causes Chicago Cast Member to Call It Quits League of Chicago Theatres U of News: Improv Explained Chicago Tribune: When Abbie Hoffman took the Second City stage during Chicago Seven trial Chicago Tribune: Discontent all around at Second City in ‘The Winner … of Our Discontent’ Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s iO Theater is hit by accusations of racism and a petition demanding change NYT: Viola Spolin, 88, a Teacher Who Inspired Improv Theater The Difference between Spolin Games and Popular Improv HuffPost: Why Ayn Rand Does Not Matter (and Viola Spolin Does) NPR Illinois: From Hull House to Second City: How Chicago immigrants helped change theater Kitty Wants a Corner Spolin Games Online Chicago Tribune Archive The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art National Women's History Museum: Jane Adams WTTW: Inventing Improv Viola Spolin Quotes About Improvisation Into the Unknown with Viola Spolin A Profile of Viola Spolin Viola Spolin Bio BACKSTAGE: What Is the Viola Spolin Method? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices