Improv Workshop with Legendary CHARNA HALPERN June 11, 2010

2 PM - Charna Halpern - Cats Cradle
$26.50 - Register Online http://west-festival.ioimprov.com/workshops.htm#halpern

Charna Halpern has been teaching performers how to work together for more than 25 years. Having founded the world famous ImprovOlympic Theatres (now iO) in Chicago and Hollywood, Charna's theaters are the meccas of training in the art of improvisation and act as a recruiting stop for television shows like Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and MADtv, supplying both coasts with writers and performers. Her first book, Truth in Comedy, which she co-wrote with her late partner Del Close, acts as a guide for teaching and performing improvisation to theaters and groups across the world. Specializing in creating a group mind with hilarious end results, she is now sharing her secrets and skills with businesses to give them the creative edge they need to compete in the corporate world. Charna and her work is featured in Season XX of MTV's hit show The Real World.

Performing: Sat. June 12th @ 9 pm in "The Family: Del Close Award for the Advancement of Improvisation presented by Charna Halpern" in the Mainstage Theater.

Official Website: http://west-festival.ioimprov.com