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See Stephen Kercher's book "Rebel With A Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America", University of Chicago Press, 2006. See also a review of this book by Warren Leming at
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shows first performance scheduled for Friday, July 8, 1955 at The Compass tavern, formerly at 1152 E. 55th (not to be confused with Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap to the east).
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Nichols and May went on to New York, performing material largely derived from their Compass days. Close was featured in Flickers' Broadway musical comedy
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and Shepherd would return to New York City to create and produce a variety of improv forms including his Improvisation Olympics (ImprovOlympic).
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This formative time in the history of American improvisational theater is the subject matter of a 2011 documentary "Compass Cabaret '55; see
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Initially, scenes were presented only once, but some of the players grew interested in polishing material into finished pieces. For example,
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also found that he could create solo routines by showing one half of telephone conversations.
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Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of the Second City and The Compass Players'
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Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of the Second City and The Compass Players
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The Compass Players also opened its doors at the Crystal Palace in St. Louis, where
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The Compass: The Improvisational Theatre that Revolutionized American Comedy
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The Compass: The Improvisational Theatre that Revolutionized American Comedy
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The Compass: The Improvisational Theatre that Revolutionized American Comedy
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Bowden, Beth (February 1, 1973). "Video Taped Improvisation Olympics".
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The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legends of Del Close
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created many of their signature scenes in this manner.
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Sweet, Jeffrey (2004). Something Wonderful Right Away
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Compass Theater
Improvisation
cabaret
theatre
comedy
Chicago
Illinois
St. Louis
Missouri
David Shepherd
Paul Sills
improvisational
theatre
revue
Chicago
St. Louis
David Shepherd
Paul Sills
David Shepherd
Paul Sills
University of Chicago
Playwrights Theatre Club
Theater Games
Viola Spolin

Hyde Park Herald
Mike Nichols
Elaine May
Shelley Berman
Theodore J. Flicker

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