These gents doth bring the funny and thou wilst falleth out of thy seats with laughter! Phew, olde English is hard. But it’s a cinch for The Improvised Shakespeare Company!

Based on audience suggestions, the princes of improv create a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style by using the themes and language of William Shakespeare for an evening of hilarious off-the-cuff comedy that even the Bard would enjoy!

Rave Reviews!
“It's a night of Elizabethan tomfoolery that's not to be missed […] staggeringly brilliant […] Smart, sophisticated, downright hilarious. […] In short, outstanding.” - TimeOut Chicago 

“Mind-blowing […] It was one of the funniest, most amazing things I’ve ever seen.” - The Charleston City Paper Online  

 “Their experience doing Shakespeare flowers in the language: they relish iambic dialogue, execute perfectly timed asides, occasionally utter rhyming couplets, and drop parodic phrases, and well-placed anachronisms.  Even the ending echoed the real plays: story lines resolved tidily - and uproariously.” - The Chicago Reader

“Anyone who still needs convincing that improv can produce an independent piece of capital-‘A’ Art would do well to see The Improvised Shakespeare Company […] neither laughter nor amazement is short in supply.” - The Onion

“…indisputably great improv, fueled by smart plot development, stage chemistry and recognizable characters.” - Centerstage Chicago

“One of Chicago’s most lauded pieces of live comedy. Don’t Miss Them.  Seriously.” - TimeOut New York

“[…] the show channels Monty Python as often as the Bard, and frequently with sly-witted results.” - The Chicago Tribune

“Quite possibly the most handsome, winning, smartest, wittiest, silly, talented, ambitious, intelligent troupe in Chicago.” - The Chicago Examiner

“[…] on-the-spot soliloquies and perfect pentameter.” - The New York Times

“Any doubts about the amazingly talented Improvised Shakespeare Company have been dispelled by tears of laughter.” - The Hour (Montreal)