Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special Trailer
Preview: 10/22/2021 | 58s | Video has closed captioning.
Many people don’t know that improvised theater was born in Chicago at Jane Addams’ Hull House during the Great Depression by social-worker-turned-theater guru Viola Spolin, known as The Mother of Improv. This immersive documentary, produced by WTTW, tells the story of how a trailblazing woman sparked the improvisational theater movement and made Chicago the home of improv.
Aired: 10/22/21
