THIS SECOND, LATER SHOW HAS JUST BEEN ADDED!
Note: The 7pm show runs until 8:30, so there will be a quick turnaround between shows. Expect a bit of lively energy as one crowd leaves and the next arrives – part of the fun of an improv double feature!
Bluebird Improv (formerly Dratch, Walsh & Friends) is a collective of veteran actors with roots in Chicago improvisation. The group is recognizable from favorite TV & film projects including SNL, Veep, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks & Recreation, and Wine Country. The fully improvised experience is inspired by a chat with the audience at the top of the show. The conversation will launch the improvisers into creating irreverent characters and heightened spins on recognizable topics. A unique and entertaining adventure for everyone.
Tonight’s Bluebird Improv is Rachel Dratch, Joe Canale, Brad Morris and Marc Evan Jackson.
Performer Bios:
Rachel Dratch is a SNL alum known for her many roles including Debbie Downer. Rachel has made countless TV guest star appearances on shows such as The King of Queens, Monk and 30 Rock. Film credits include: Click (2006), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007), Sisters (2015) and Wine Country (2019). In 2012 Gotham Books published Rachel’s autobiographical book Girl Walks Into A Bar… Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle. In 2022 Dratch made her Broadway stage debut in POTUS, for which she earned a Tony Award Nomination for Best Feature Actress in A Play. In 2023 Rachel launched the podcast Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch..stories of the unexplained.
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Joe Canale has been improvising around the world for the past 30 years, including stints at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City Mainstage in Chicago, amongst many others. While he’s not made appearances in film and television his greatest pleasure is derived from performing live improv for an audience. He hopes you enjoy watching this show as much as he enjoys performing it.
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Brad Morris is a veteran actor, writer, producer, director, and improviser with deep roots in Chicago’s improv scene, including Second City, iO, and The Annoyance. He’s a longtime member of the acclaimed improv groups The Reckoning and Uncle’s Brother (with Tim Meadows), and has toured internationally with both Second City and Matt Walsh & Friends for the USO. On screen, Brad has appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Modern Family, The Office, The Good Place, and more, with film credits including Bombshell, Search Party, Sing, and A Futile and Stupid Gesture.
As a TV writer and producer, Brad has worked on Cougar Town, Dice, and Bajillion Dollar Properties, and has developed original projects for ABC, TBS, Sony, and Warner Bros. He co-wrote and produced the indie film Unplugging (starring Matt Walsh and Eva Longoria), co-wrote Family Squares, and is currently producing Stoners and Saints. He also co-hosts the improv podcast Business Trips with Mike O’Brien.
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Marc Evan Jackson is best known for his roles as Kevin on Brooklyn: Nine-Nine, Shawn on The Good Place, attorney Trevor Nelsson on Parks & Recreation, and Mary Anne’s dad Richard Spier on The Baby-Sitters Club.
He is also one of the partners in the schooner Grace Bailey in Rockland, Maine.
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