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There's a darker side to Improv Nation by Chris Jones

When he was drunk, or high from Valium or, occasionally, speed, the legendary improv guru Del Close had a habit of firing entire Second City casts. In the mid-1970s, it was not uncommon for Second City casts to be working together in the middle of the night. And as Kim Howard Johnson recounts in...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 8:00am on December 1, 2017 ☆ ⚑

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