21st Century Men have performed with CIC for the past year and a half as a Headlining Troupe in our Comedy Showcase.  The Cast includes Farrell Walsh (Artistic Director of Chemically Imbalanced Comedy and Troupe member of Revolver at IO), George McAuliffe (Annoyance Company Member, and Troupe member of Revolver at IO), and Rob White (cast member of Our Feature Presentation at IO, and Troupe Member of Revolver at IO).  21st Century men recently enjoyed a run at the IO Theater in Chicago. 

“These are some of the finest Improvisational Artist performing in Chicago to date, bringing them together on our stage is sure to be a special treat for our audience.” Says Angie McMahon CIC’s Executive Producer.

Chicago’s favorite Improv Group is back for a limited run at the Chemically Imbalanced Theater.  Hailed by critics and audiences a like Pimprov is one of the most original and hilarious unscripted shows in town.  Yes its Pimps that improvise its that simple.

“Politically Correct, No, Funny Yes!”- Chicago Tribune

“More Than Traditional Improv”- Los Angles Times

“Ho’larious”- Now Toronto Magazine

CIC is proud to present this limited engagement with our dear old friends of Pimprov.

Pimprov creator Marz Timms said “CIC is as close to a home theater as Pimprov has, and looks forward to another great season of quality shows. CIC is a class company waiting to explode.”

Opening for Pimprov is the Marz and Keith show, Hilarious Sketch Comedy from two of Pimprov’s creators.  This is one of the most popular Improv groups to ever grace our stages, purchasing your tickets in advance is highly recommended for this show!

We take the worst review from the Chicago Reader and we improvise the show we feel the critic would have rather seen. 

Bad Review has been performed as part of the CIC Encore Series, LA Improv Festival, Toronto Improv Festival, had a guest slot at the Annoyance Chicago, Looptopia 2007, and a 6 week run at the Lakeshore Theater.  While in LA we took our review from the LA Weekly and in Toronto we took our review from the Toronto Sun.

Press:

The Chicago Reader Review: Each week this Chemically Imbalanced Comedy team selects a disparaging theater review from the latest Reader and performs an hour-long improvisation of "the show we feel the critic would have rather seen." When I went, they read aloud Zac Thompson's review of Invasion of the Minnesota Normals (which he said "tries to make a case for individuality without exhibiting any"), then acted out a 50s-sitcom version in which clean-cut citizens revolt against normalcy by smoking, embracing homosexuality, and eventually killing. The cast fixated on easy pop references, but the sarcasm was thick and zany. Director Angela McMahon crafts a truly professional improv production, with efficient blackouts, precise lighting, timely and clever musical touches, and a perky pace. --Ryan Hubbard Highly Recommended

"Critic's Pick"-Timeout Chicago