| Compass Players | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Improvisation cabaret theatre comedy |
| Date of premiere | 1955 |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Creative team | |
| Co-founder | David Shepherd |
| Co-founder | Paul Sills |
The Compass Players (or Compass Theater) was an improvisational theatre revue active from 1955 to 1958 in Chicago and St. Louis.[1] Founded by David Shepherd and Paul Sills, it is considered to be the first improvisational theater in the United States.[2]
- ^ Adler, Tony, Theater, p. 815-7, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-31015-9
- ^ Coleman, Janet (1 November 1991). The Compass: The Improvisational Theatre that Revolutionized American Comedy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226113456 – via Google Books.