Film director ADAM McKAY ('Anchorman') to perform at L.A. Improv Festival June 12, 2010

9 PM - The Family
Cast: Neil Flynn, Ian Roberts, Pete Hulne, Miles Stroth, Matt Besser, Adam McKay, Charna Halpern
$25.00 - Buy Tickets Online

Del Close was one of the titans of improvisational theatre who put it on the map, refined it, and turned it into the fixture of comedic and acting technique which it has become. Close devote his artistic life and best theoretical thinking to it and at a time when most improvisation mainly focused on creating single scenes, Del devised the Harold as something not unlike a sonata form. Going to this from conventional sketches was like going from arithmetic to calculus. Close's own boundless, sometimes manic drive as a charismatic teacher and director have done more to establish improvisational theatre around the world than anything or anyone else.

This year we are pleased to recognize the legendary improv team The Family. The Family studied extensively with Del Close while at IO in Chicago. Its members continue to be successful actors, writers, improv instructors, theater founders and missionaries of what they learned from Del. The Family was the house team at IO for a time and performed regularly on Friday and Saturday nights when iO was still at the Wrigleyside bar. They created two shows with Del Close as their director, Three Mad Rituals and Dynamite Fun Nest. They also created a format/show called The Living Room which was made into a television pilot. With Del, they experimented and developed several forms including The Movie, and The Deconstruction.

Cast: Neil Flynn, Ian Roberts, Pete Hulne, Miles Stroth, Matt Besser, Adam McKay, Charna Halpern