Chicago Improv Festival Artistic Director Mark Sutton has announced the 2008 roster of non-mainstage headlining acts and ensembles. "This year's festival will feature improvisation from over 15 cities and 4 countries around the world. Performances featuring classic forms to those stretching the art of improv with music, film, history and media will be featured." The 11th annual Chicago Improv Festival will run from June 2-8, 2008.

CIF 2008 Acts and Ensembles:

4 Track - New York
Altermania - Tel Aviv, Israel
Aye Diego - Los Angeles/Boston
Babies Mit Bearden - Atlanta
Barinholtz and Belushi - Chicago
BASSPROV - Chicago
Big in Japan - Toronto, Canada
Caveat - Washington D.C.
Children of a Lesser God - Chicago
Code Duello: Hamilton and Burr - Boston
Coldtowne - Austin
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy's Cornwallis - Chicago
Dirty Water - Chicago
Drum Machine - Minneapolis
Election Show - Seattle
Crista Flanigan - Los Angeles
FrankenMatt - Los Angeles
Gillet and Sutton - Seattle/Chicago
The Great Adventure - Los Angeles
Holy Moly - New York
Hot Lawyer - Toronto, Canada
HUGE Improv - Minneapolis
Improsia - Seattle
ImproTop - Mexico City, Mexico
Improv Boston - Boston
Improv Cabaret - Orlando
The Irish Mutts - San Francisco/Los Angeles;
Jackie - Washington D.C.
Johnny Lunchpail - New York
JoKyR and JeSSter - Salt Lake City
Little American Bastard - Toronto, Ontario
Messing with a Friend - Chicago
The Mighty Stumps - Los Angeles
Mr. Pepper - Chicago
The Titanic Player's Old Tom Jar - Evanston, IL
pH Productions' pHamily the Musical - Chicago
Pimprov - Chicago
The Rare Bird Show - Philadelphia
Razowsky and Clifford - Los Angeles
IO Comedy Theater's The Reckoning - Chicago
Revolver - Chicago
SCRAM - Chicago/Minneapolis
Seattle Neutrino Society - Seattle
TJ and Dave - Chicago
Virgin Daiquiri - Chicago
Whirled News Tonight - Chicago
The Williamson Playboys - Toronto, Canada
Wing Night - Chicago