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]
External links [edit]
- An interview with Charna on BLACKOUTpresents: Radio
- An interview with Charna about Del Close on the The Poor Choices Show
Bibliography [edit]
- Truth in Comedy, 1994.[3]
- Group Improvisation, 2003[4]
- Art by Committee, 2006 [5][6]
- Art by Committee, 2006 [5]
References [edit]
- ^ Hicks, Margaret (2011). "10 Truth in Comedy". Chicago Comedy: A fairly Serious History. The History Press. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Obejas, Achy (2001-04-03). "Comedy Guru Charna Halpern Carries On". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ a b Halpern, Charna; Close, Del; Howard, Kim (1994). Truth in Comedy. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-003-3.
- ^ a b Halpern, Charna; Gwinn, Peter (2003). Group Improvisation. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-086-6.
- ^ a b c Halpern, Charna (2006). Art by Committee. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-112-2.
- ^ Armour, Terry (2006-03-26). "Personals: Who's Who & What's Up". The Chicago Tribune.
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