Bio



Chicago via Rolla Mo's Jake Schneider currently plays Thursdays with the Reckoning at the iO West Theater.  

Other shows appreciated include the iO Chicago Theater's Armando, Del Tones, Dinner for Six, & Improvised Shakespeare Company; Comedy Sportz Ensemble, The Second City's BizCo BoatCo & BoxCo, The Playground Theater, The Improv Shop and events both corporate & educational. 

Improv Festival Performances include the Del Close Marathon, Chicago Improv Festival, LA Improv Festival, and The Compass.  Having trained with iO, Second City, Comedy Sportz, & Annoyance he's taught with iO & Comedy Sportz.

Jake's just some bum who enjoys improvising with others, teaching improv workshops, and coaching teams. He appreciates live improv comedy's invitation to both players & audience to discover inimitable joy in every moment.

He likes other stuff like golf, sportsball, & a good tailor someday.


email@improvtailors.com

@jacobts

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Improv Teacher & Coaching Credits

Improv Teams Coached

Workshops & Classes Taught
  • Beyond Object Work . Movement & Physical Discoveries 
  • B.I.T.S. - Basic Improv Training Series 
  • Comedia del Improv . Cliches & Form 
  • Scene Dynamics & Emotional Relationships 
  • JTS Brown 
  • iO Chicago . Level One 
  • Comedy Sportz Chicago . 101 
  • Comedic Cooperation in Scenes . STL's Improv Shop, K-State's Delfestopia
  • Scenic Variety . Widdershins Improv Troupe 
  • Games, Bits, Call Backs . CHIPS
  • Scenes Not About Plot . Suspicious of Whistlers
  • Improv Hangover Series Guest 
  • Major League Improv . KCIF & PHIT's DuoFest . 2010 
  • "Spring Training" Improv Fundamentals Series 
  • Basic Improv for KCIF 
  • The Reckoning's Monster Master Class . iO Chicago 
  • The Reckoning Track Workshop . Straw Dog
  • Schneider Prov Training Trilogy . Theater Momentum
  • Columbia College Summer Camp 
  • Second City - Norwegian Star, Norwegian Gem workshops 
  • Skidmore College Improv Festival Instructor 
  • Webster University - Improv for Acting 
  • Blackfriars Club (Elizabethan Improv) 
  • Cliffy's Path to Improv 
Ensemble Comedy Shows Directed
  • Bullies . The Improv Shop . St Louis 
  • Civil War Letters . The Improv Shop 
  • Blackfriars Club . The Improv Shop 
  • Where Two Rivers Meet . Joe Janes . Straw Dog 
  • Wizileaks . Annoyance Triple Feature 
  • Video Cameo & Comedy Q. Improv, Playground* 
  • Black George. Annoyance Triple Feature 
  • Zombie Rockstar Firefighters. iO Chicago 
  • Those Guys Films .Com Sketchfest 
  • Pelican Winnipeg

Improvisation & Personal Education
  • iO Chicago 
  • Annoyance
  • Second City Conservatory 
  • Improv for Coaching. Joe Bill 
  • Chicago & Festival Workshops: Messing, Bill, Sutton, Napier, Messing, Bernard, Lutz, Dassie, Cackowski, Jagadowski, Arnett, Langen.
  • Webster University. Theater BFA. History Minor. 
  • University of Missouri Columbia. Associates 
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Mercy H.C. 
  • St. Ferdinand 



Improviser & Actor Credits

Improv Comedian Player 

Scripted Comedy Actor
  • Annoyance 
    • Streeterville & The Assassination of Chicago's Mayor by Ray Mees 
    • "Tiny Fascists" A Boy Scout Show directed by Mick Napier . 
    • Flames and Blazes by Dunbar Dicks 
    • Bucket of Blood by Ray Mees 
  • Triple Features. Annoyance 
    • I'm Too Important To Die by Ray Meese 
    • Echo G by R. Meese and Eric Rutherford 
    • Suits by Nick Hausman 
    • Mom Grows Peaches Big With Her Mind Dad Is A Time Assassin by Eric Rutherford 
  • The Reckoning Tuesday 10:30 
    • Murder He Wrote by J. Eveleth & C. McCrackin with Greg Hollimon 
    • What About Bob Again by Jake Schneider
    • Twin Peaks by Mike O'brien 
  • Thriller Theater - iO Chicago - Jason Chin 
Sketch Comedy Actor
  • 365 Sketches. by Joe Janes. Rich Baker dir. 
  • The POB Show. guest 
  • Second City Theatricals - NCL Gem M. Hovde dir, NCL Star J. Funk dir. 
  • Misled - 2007 Aspen Comedy Festival & iO. by Michael O'brien & Pete Gross. T.J. Jagadowski dir. 
  • Misled 2 - iO 
  • The Reckoning Tuesdays 
    • Sketches 
    • Solos 
  • San Cliche 
  • Zombie Rockstar Firefighters 
  • TV Show produced by Allison Bills
  • Drug Test hosted by Joe Canale
  • Cliffy directed by Mike O'Brien
  • Double JJ Cabaret directed by Matt Wallace 

Past Festival Appearances 
  • Del Close Marathon, Chicago Improv Festival, LA Improv Festival, St Louis Compass, Charleston Spoleto, Austin Out of Bounds - OOB, KC Improv Fest, KState Delfestopia, Oberlin Improv Coalition, Skidmore National College Comedy Festival, Philadelphia Duofest, HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival.

. Gratzi . Thank You . Merci . 



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