|
|
|
|
|
<< Previous
|
|
|
| |
|
Improv icon Jo Forsberg honored at Chicago Improv Festival at the CCC
|
Josephine Raciti Forsberg, founder of the Players Workshop, the original improvisational training center at Second City, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award during the seventh annual Chicago Improv Festival (CIF) which runs April 30 through May 9.
The Chicago Improv Festival, the largest improv festival in the world, will present the CIF Lifetime Achievement Awards on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph St. In addition to Forsberg, the other honorees are Mina Kolb, original Second City cast member; Dick Blasucci, Mad-TV executive producer; and Joyce Piven, co-founder of the Piven Theatre Workshop. Don DePollo, Second City actor/ teacher, will receive a posthumous award. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
Forsberg founded the Players Workshop in 1967 to train Second City's first touring company. During her illustrious career, Forsberg taught thousands of students including Shelly Long, George Wendt, Bill Murray, Bonnie Hunt, Betty Thomas, Robert Townsend, Harold Ramis, Dan Castellaneta (Emmy award winner, "The Simpsons"), and John Lisbon Wood.
George Wendt credits "Players Workshop and Josephine Forsberg for giving me the fundamentals—this is where I found myself, as an actor and as a person." Another alumni, Shelly Long, believes Forsberg's workshops created the turning point in her career.
In addition to being a renowned teacher and lecturer, Forsberg is an accomplished director, actress and award-winning playwright. Forsberg has written over 20 children's plays and is currently working on a book, which is based on using improvisation to enhance one's life.
The seventh annual Chicago Improv Festival is the largest improv festival in the world. With live performances by over 700 performers, from nine countries, in 10 venues over 10 days, CIF leads the way as the pre-eminent improv festival on the planet. For more information, go to cif.com.
|
Josephine Raciti Forsberg, founder of the Players Workshop, the original improvisational training center at Second City, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award during the seventh annual Chicago Improv Festival (CIF) which runs April 30 through May 9.
The Chicago Improv Festival, the largest improv festival in the world, will present the CIF Lifetime Achievement Awards on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph St. In addition to Forsberg, the other honorees are Mina Kolb, original Second City cast member; Dick Blasucci, Mad-TV executive producer; and Joyce Piven, co-founder of the Piven Theatre Workshop. Don DePollo, Second City actor/ teacher, will receive a posthumous award. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
Forsberg founded the Players Workshop in 1967 to train Second City's first touring company. During her illustrious career, Forsberg taught thousands of students including Shelly Long, George Wendt, Bill Murray, Bonnie Hunt, Betty Thomas, Robert Townsend, Harold Ramis, Dan Castellaneta (Emmy award winner, "The Simpsons"), and John Lisbon Wood.
George Wendt credits "Players Workshop and Josephine Forsberg for giving me the fundamentals—this is where I found myself, as an actor and as a person." Another alumni, Shelly Long, believes Forsberg's workshops created the turning point in her career.
In addition to being a renowned teacher and lecturer, Forsberg is an accomplished director, actress and award-winning playwright. Forsberg has written over 20 children's plays and is currently working on a book, which is based on using improvisation to enhance one's life.
The seventh annual Chicago Improv Festival is the largest improv festival in the world. With live performances by over 700 performers, from nine countries, in 10 venues over 10 days, CIF leads the way as the pre-eminent improv festival on the planet. For more information, go to cif.com.
|
|
|
