American Dream

American Dream is an improv and sketch group from Chicago circa 2003-2006 whose members have all gone on to become professional comedians of one stripe or another. They were known in their heyday for performing a different “form” at every show, usually cooked up by the group 15 minutes prior as some combination of an in-joke and a dare. Most of these performances involved at least some of the following: high degree of difficulty, a complete breakdown of the “rules” of improv, deconstruction of the whole idea of performing a show for an audience, forced and ultimately comedic amounts of pretension, unpredictability, laughter, fun, and, reasonably often, transcendent moments of pure joy and discovery. They are excited to get back together for the Just For Laughs festival at their old haunt, The Playground.

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All talent and shows are scheduled to appear and subject to change.