The Playground
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For Tony Bennett's 1998 album, see Tony Bennett: The Playground
After 10 years in existence, The Playground Theater remains the only continuously operating non-profit theater in Chicago dedicated to an art form invented in Chicago - Modern Theatrical Improvisation.
Located at 3209 North Halsted Street, The Playground features performances every night of the week at 8pm. Other shows at other times also regularly occur. Checkout: www.the-playground.com for more information.
The Playground theater exists as a non-profit co-op, governed by its member companies, or "teams."
From time to time the theater holds auditions for its signature Incubator Program, in which applicants are judged on their skills at scene-based improvised comedy. Those who pass are assembled into Incubator Teams with a certain guaranteed number of shows on The Playground's stage. The newly-hatched teams are then free to govern their own fates, hire their own coaches, and generally pursue a career as an improv ensemble. Some Incubator teams eventually wind up applying for membership status with the theater.[1]
The Playground was founded in 1997 by its original member companies.[2]
