Charna Halpern
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| Charna Halpern | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Improvisation teacher/writer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Charna Halpern (born 1952) is a co-founder of the ImprovOlympic, now known as The iO.[1] She was born and raised on the North Side of Chicago. In 1984, with partner Del Close, she began teaching The Harold to many students in the Chicago theater community.[2] She and Close co-authored the book Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation with editor Kim "Howard" Johnson in 1994.[3] In 2003 she published Group Improvisation and in 2006, she published the book, Art by Committee.[4] [5]
[edit] External Links
- An interview with Charna on BLACKOUTpresents: Radio
- An interview with Charna about Del Close on the The Poor Choices Show
[edit] Bibliography
- Truth in Comedy, 1994.[3]
- Group Improvisation, 2003[4]
- Art by Committee, 2006 [5][6]
- Art by Committee, 2006 [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Hicks, Margaret (2011). "10 Truth in Comedy". Chicago Comedy: A fairly Serious History. The History Press. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=8GB83XHjwh0C&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=charna+halpern&ots=Y6lgG8hG6-&sig=KfAHexF4UXugfl9aZjEk70j_mLI#v=onepage&q=halpern&f=false. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Obejas, Achy (2001). "Comedy Guru Charna Halpern Carries On". The Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-04-03/features/0104030038_1_charna-halpern-improvolympic-new-students. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ a b Halpern, Charna; Close, Del; Howard, Kim (1994). Truth in Comedy. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 9781566080033.
- ^ a b Halpern, Charna; Gwinn, Peter (2003). Group Improvisation. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 9781566080866.
- ^ a b c Halpern, Charna (2006). Art by Committee. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 9781566081122.
- ^ Armour, Terry (2006). "Personals: Who's Who & What's Up". The Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-03-26/news/0603260377_1_amy-poehler-charna-halpern-improvisational.
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