Rance Rizzutto

Created by Del Close and Charna Halpern, The Harold begins with an audience suggestion. A team of improvisers fully explore the suggestion through scenes and games, creating disparate stories, characters and themes that eventually weave together seamlessly, like the instruments of a jazz band.

You can see Rance perform with the Harold team Chaos Theory.

Saturday 4/30/11 at 10:30pm!

Saturday 4/30/11 you can catch me again at CIF joining forces once again with Istanbulimpro from Turkey.

In the summer of 2009 I was lucky enough to be in the very right place (Istanbul as a stop on NCL cruises with Second City) at the very right time (with Mary Scruggs who knew Istanbulimpro). Mary wanted us to see them perform and we had one overnight stay in which to do it. It went from “let’s meet them” to “let’s see them do a show” to “they want us to perform with them” in a matter of emails. My favorite moment was when Koray pimped me into singing about swearing.

Istanbulimpro will be performing with We’re From Here!

ComedySportz is competitive, short-form improvisation at its finest! Two teams compete for points, laughs, and the glory of the CSz trophy. Suitable for all ages, and every show is different so you can to see it again and again, as most people do.

Tonight I’m reigning it in as the host and referee!

Saturday 4/30/11 at 6:00pm!

Friday 4/29/11 The Deltones will be performing on a special day for CIF.

The Deltones. Or its full name: The iO Musical featuring the Deltones. One of iO’s premiere ensembles performing a completely improvised musical. The cast includes members of other hit iO shows and teams including The Reckoning, Chaos Theory, Improvised Shakespeare, Carl and the Passions and many more!

Thursday 4/28/11 Chaos Theory will be doing a CIF performance at The Playground.

Chaos Theory is the Saturday night Harold team at iO Chicago. Created by Del Close and Charna Halpern, The Harold begins with an audience suggestion. A team of improvisers fully explore the suggestion through scenes and games, creating disparate stories, characters and themes that eventually weave together seamlessly, like the instruments of a jazz band.

Performing in the 10:30 time slot with us will be Eux Compagnie d’Improvisation from Paris, France!

The Armando Diaz Experience is long-form improvisation in which a monologist tells personal stories that provides the inspiration for the resulting scenes. The cast is a group of iO’s most accomplished performers and alumni, making this show a Monday-night smash for years! “The Armando Diaz Experience” is frequently joined by guests from MADtv, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Second City and more!

Founded by Adam McKay (SNL, Anchorman, Talladega Nights), Dave Koechner (Anchorman, Thank You For Smoking, SNL) and Armando Diaz (iO alumnus & founder of The Magnet Theater in New York), The Armando Diaz Experience is iO’s longest running show and landmark of comedy in Chicago.

And tonight I am Armando Diaz.

I was recently interviewed by Sarah Terez Rosenblum for the Chicago Suntimes’ Our Town blog about the Chicago Improv Festival.

The festival officially kicks off TODAY! Get out there and see some improv!

In the interview I poke fun at Rebecca Black and her song Friday. If you’re not a teenager you probably agree that Friday is an awful song. Don’t let that stop you from viewing the Bad Lip-Reading version: Gang Fight.

How am I going to show that cowboy I’m alive.