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Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised Shakespearean masterpiece right before your very eyes!
Nothing has been planned out, rehearsed, or written. All of the dialogue is said for the first time, the characters are created as you watch, and if ever you’re wondering where the story is going…so are they! See the show TimeOut Chicago calls “Staggeringly Brilliant” and “Downright Hilarious!” You’ve never seen the Bard like this before!
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Type: Broadway, Cabaret, Comedy
Intermission: No
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
The Players
JOEY BLAND
JOEY BLAND is a Los Angeles based actor who hails from Virginia, where he attended the College of William and Mary. He spent many years in Chicago where he performed with ComedySportz, the iO Theater, and The Second City. For two years, Joey traveled the world with The Second City Touring Company, and in 2009, he played the title role in The Second City’s hit, original musical, Rod Blagojevich Superstar. Television credits include “Teachers” (TV Land), “Forever” (Amazon Prime). Joey is also a two-time Jeopardy champion.
ROSS BRYANT
ROSS BRYANT is a writer/performer from North Carolina. Ross performed for many years in Chicago, where he toured internationally with the Second City Touring Company before joining the resident cast of The Second City Mainstage. Now in LA, Ross can be seen regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Ross also tours the country and performs monthly at The Largo in LA with The Improvised Shakespeare Company®. TV credits include “The Good Place” (NBC), “Crashing” (HBO), “Wild ‘n Out” (MTV), “Corporate” (Comedy Central), “Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters” (TruTV), “American Princess” (Lifetime). Ross is also a cartoonist. Many of his original animations have been featured on Comedy Central Digital. Check them out on his instagram @rossbb
BRENDAN DOWLING
BRENDAN DOWLING is a Massachusetts native and a graduate of the College of William and Mary. Stage credits include Baby Wants Candy, the Second City national touring company, and The Second City Denver’s How I Lost My Denverginity. Film credits include It’s All Good and the award-winning short, Curtains. Follow along at @berndandooling
RANDALL HARR
RANDALL HARR is an Actor based in Los Angeles California. Previously he has performed and improvised at the iO, Annoyance, and Second City theatres in Chicago. Randall also spent two years in Amsterdam performing at BOOM CHICAGO! Some of Randall’s Second City credits include: Who’s yer Baghdadi; No Shirt, No Shoes, No WMDs; American Mixed Tape (Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver); Sex and the Second City; Rod Blagojevich Superstar (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Peach, Drop, Stop and Roll (Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre); #DateMe (UP Comedy Club); Louder! Longer! Wagner! (Chicago Lyric Opera). Television credits include “Chicago Fire” (NBC), “Teachers” (TV Land).
GREG HESS
GREG HESS is a Los Angeles based actor and writer. Stage credits include Cook County Social Club, the Second City national touring company, The Hypocrites (Chicago) and the School at Steppenwolf. TV credits include: “Yesterday” (Dir. Danny Boyle), “Playing House” (USA), “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central), “Tacoma FD” (Tru), “LA to Vegas” (Fox), and “Food the Source of Life” (Adult Swim) which he created. Greg is currently co-writing an original pilot for Warner Brothers and the Showtime network. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker (Shouts and Murmurs) and The American Bystander. Check out his hit podcast MEGA, an improvised satire set inside a mega church. @heygreghess
JOSH LOGAN
JOSH LOGAN is a writer/actor from Cleveland, OH who currently resides in Hollywood, CA. Before joining the cast of the ISC, Josh performed with the improv troupe Michael Pizza, which was featured in Chicago Magazine’s Best of Chicago Edition. Television/Film Credits include “American Housewife” (ABC), Rob Huebel’s “Want to See a Dead Body” (Youtube Red), The Tarot (Movie), and Researcher Sings A GEICO TV Movie. Josh has been published in The New Yorker (Shouts and Murmurs) and his work has been featured on IFC digital. Josh also operates a whiskey tasting business.
BLAINE SWEN
BLAINE SWEN (Creator, Director) is a Los Angeles-based writer and performer. He performed for many years at iO Chicago where his credits include the two-person group Blessing with Susan Messing, the one-man improvised musical, BASH!, The Armando Diaz Experience, and The Deltones. Additional Chicago stage credits include The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pegasus Players Theatre, The Backroom Shakespeare Project, and The Second City. Television credits include “Crisis” (NBC), “The Odd Couple” (CBS), and Star vs The Forces of Evil (Disney). The Chicago Reader has named him the “Best Improviser in Chicago” and he has a PhD in philosophy from Loyola University, Chicago.
MARTIN WILSON
MARTIN WILSON moved to Chicago after growing up in Washington D.C. and graduating from the College of William & Mary in Virginia. In Chicago he has trained and performed extensively at the iO Theater, and ComedySportz. He can be heard occasionally on the hit podcast “Hello From the Magic Tavern” as the disgusting tavern troll, Blemish. Follow him @martiniwilson
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