Twin Cities Improv Festival
Encyclopedia
The Twin Cities Improv Festival is a four-day improvisational festival held at the new HUGE Improv Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. Started in 2007, the annual festival showcases improv
from around the world.
The Festival is produced by Five Man Job, a Twin Cities
improv group, in partnership with the Brave New Workshop
and the Onion
.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. Started in 2007, the annual festival showcases improv
Improvisational theatre
Improvisational theatre takes many forms. It is best known as improv or impro, which is often comedic, and sometimes poignant or dramatic. In this popular, often topical art form improvisational actors/improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously...
from around the world.
The Festival is produced by Five Man Job, a Twin Cities
Twin cities
Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time...
improv group, in partnership with the Brave New Workshop
Brave New Workshop
The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre , located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been writing, performing and producing live sketch comedy and improvisation performances for 50 years – longer than any other theatre in the nation...
and the Onion
The Onion
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club...
.