Chicago Improv Festival

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The Chicago Improv Festival is a non-profit comedy festival held annually in Chicago in late April and early May. It spotlights improvisational, sketch, and stand-up comedy. In addition to bringing in acts from around the world, the festival honors performers who got their start in Chicago. The festival also hosts educational workshops and panel discussions to provide intensive training in improvisational comedy.

CIF was formed as a for-profit corporation circa 1997 by co-founders Jonathan Pitts and Frances Callier. In 2005 it gained status as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, a move intended to improve its position as a "cultural arts institution". The new non-profit is known as the Chicago Improv Foundation, with separate sub-branches for the festival and outreach education. Pitts is the foundation's Executive Director.

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