The Original Improv Gladiators

Besides Thanksgiving, November is a boring month...stuck between Halloween and Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza etc etc...So why not get into some improv competition with The Original Improv Gladiators - Season Eight!  On the heels of the success of TOIG - Season Seven comes a fun filled packed season of great improv teams, great improv judges and of course great improv gladiators, all here to get your comedy juices going!

Corn Productions hosts this improv team competition with Corn Productions Artistic Director Robert Bouwman emceeing the festivities.  In round one, teams perform 10-15 minutes of long form improv and then are evaluated and scored by judges from theater and improv companies all over Chicago including iO, ARFTCo, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy and special guest celebrity judges.  Audience response will also count for a percentage of scoring.  In round two, teams will compete against the home team, The Improv Gladiators, who will use their amazing improvisation skills to block the teams from scoring points.  Points are accumulated throughout the 6 weeks with the two top scorers from each night going head to head in the Grande Finale.

The stakes are high and the jokes are low brow but no matter how you slice it, this cross between American Gladiators, American Idol and Who's Line is it Anyway is an exciting and entertaining night of competition, chaos and comedy.