ABOUT US

THE SHOW
Run of the mill improv? Hardly. Strippers' Picnic prides itself on presenting strong thematic improvised journeys in their form: The Goody Basket. A love child of the Harold and the deconstruction, anything can happen from a monologue, a cappella songs, to an improvised ballet. The results are funny and smart, pretentious, and often delirious and twisted. They're serious about the silly and silly about the serious.

And that's just their long form! They also perform a loose short form drinking show called Thirsty!

THE CAST
The seven-person cast comes from varied backgrounds, with performance experience and training spanning various regions and theatres across the country, from Denver to Dallas to Phoenix and Boston. They are excited to perform for you. Their bios appear to the right. Simply click on one. Do it.

HISTORY
The strippers in Strippers' Picnic have been performing together as a group since September 2007 and have been working together in various classes at iO (formerly ImprovOlympic), The Annoyance Theater and Second City. They have performed at the following Chicago establishments: iO, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, The Playground, the Cornservatory, Gorilla Tango Theater, and The Bryan Room at Goodbar. They also performed at the Del Close Marathon (August 2008), the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival (March 2009), the Chicago Improv Festival (April 2009), and are scheduled to perform once again at the Del Close Marathon (August 2009) and for the first time at the Toronto International Improvfest (September 2009).

REVIEWS
Picked as a "Best Bet" for the weekend by Chicago Metromix as part of SnubFest 2008.

The Onion says, "In this show, improv troupe Strippers' Picnic makes its first foray into long-form. Given the group's name and iO pedigree, it should be an odd mix of the high and low brow."