Charna Halpern

Charna Halpern
Born Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Improvisation teacher/writer
Years active 1980–present

Charna Halpern (born 1952) is a co-founder of the ImprovOlympic, now known as The iO.[1] She was born and raised on the North Side of Chicago. In 1984, with partner Del Close, she began teaching The Harold to many students in the Chicago theater community.[2] She and Close co-authored the book Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation with editor Kim "Howard" Johnson in 1994.[3] In 2003 she published Group Improvisation and in 2006, she published the book, Art by Committee.[4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Hicks, Margaret (2011). "10 Truth in Comedy". Chicago Comedy: A fairly Serious History. The History Press. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  2. ↑ Obejas, Achy (2001-04-03). "Comedy Guru Charna Halpern Carries On". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Halpern, Charna; Close, Del; Howard, Kim (1994). Truth in Comedy. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-003-3.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Halpern, Charna; Gwinn, Peter (2003). Group Improvisation. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-086-6.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Halpern, Charna (2006). Art by Committee. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-112-2.
  6. ↑ Armour, Terry (2006-03-26). "Personals: Who's Who & What's Up". The Chicago Tribune.

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