A fully improvised Shakespearean masterpiece comes to life right before your eyes. All of the dialogue is said for the first time, the characters are created as you watch, and if you’re wondering where the story is going…so are they!
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® is one of the most critically-acclaimed improv troupes in the world. It was founded in Chicago in 2005 where its hit show, Improvised Shakespeare Chicago℠ still runs today. The ISC also performs regularly at The Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles for audiences that are "Beatlemaniacal" (LA Times). It has been featured at the Kennedy Center, 92nd St Y, Bonnaroo, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, Sun Valley Writers’ Conference, and the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and Chicago. It plays frequently at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts where The ISC has performed nearly 300 performances including a 178-show residency as part of the DCPA’s Broadway Series. It also makes appearances in New York where it "plays to packed theaters with an atmosphere more like a rock club than a repertory house" (The New York Times). The ISC has been named Chicago's best improv group by both the Chicago Reader and the Chicago Examiner and has received numerous awards in LA (Best of LA-LA Weekly), New York (Best Comedic Group-New York Nightlife Awards), Chicago (Chicago Improv Foundation) and more.
Each performance is a one-night-only creation that is epic, hilarious, and fleeting, proving that even in the modern age, the spirit of Shakespeare thrives in the thrill of spontaneity.