Charna Halpern
| 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 iO.[1] She was born and raised on the north side of Chicago. In 1984, with partner Del Close, she began teaching 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] She published Group Improvisation in 2003 and Art by Committee in 2006.[4][5]
Bibliography
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Halpern, Charna; Close, Del; Howard, Kim (1994). Truth in Comedy. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-003-3.
- 1 2 Halpern, Charna; Gwinn, Peter (2003). Group Improvisation. Meriwether Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56608-086-6.
- 1 2 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.
External links
- An interview with Charna on BLACKOUTpresents: Radio
- An interview with Charna about Del Close on the The Poor Choices Show
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