Red Dirt Improv is proud to announce the Fourth Annual Improv Festival Oklahoma! This four day event will be held July 19-22, 2012, at the Meacham Auditorium at the University of Oklahoma Memorial Union in Norman, Oklahoma (900 Asp Ave Norman, OK 73069).
Improv Festival Oklahoma is pleased to welcome special guest Armando Diaz, of the Magnet Theater in New York City. Stay tuned for more announcements about special guest improvisers joining IFO4.
IFO is now accepting performance submissions!
Improv Festival Oklahoma troupe submissions are now open. The deadline for submissions is midnight on May 18, 2012. The troupes selected to perform in IFO will be notified by May 28, 2012. Download the submission form here.
There is no fee to submit to perform at IFO; however, accepted troupes must pay a registration fee of $25. Registered troupes will receive the following:
- A minimum 30-minute performance slot at IFO
- Passes for all troupe members into every IFO performance (space allowing)
- Access to fun afterparties
Improv Festival Oklahoma debuted in the summer of 2009 as a way to bring together the growing Oklahoma improv community and introduce audiences in Oklahoma to a variety of forms of improvised theater. Improv Festival Oklahoma is produced and hosted by members of Red Dirt Improv. Questions or comments about the festival? Email us at improvfestivaloklahoma@gmail.com.
Armando Diaz
About Armando Diaz
Armando is widely regarded as one of the best improv teachers in New York City and beyond. His list of teaching credits is a long one: the ImprovOlympic Theater, Victory Gardens Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, The Peoples Improv Theater, and Michael Howard Studios. He has trained dozens of actors who have performed or written for Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mad TV, and The Daily Show.
A Chicago native, Armando studied improv under Del Close at the ImprovOlympic, Mick Napier at the Annoyance, and graduated from the Second City Conservatory. He performed in and helped create one of the most popular improvised longforms in Chicago, "The Armando Diaz Experience...." For the last decade, "the Armando" has been performed weekly in Chicago, and is now taught and performed in many other cities including Los Angeles and New York.
In addition to writing and producing short films, Armando wrote sketches for the show Upright Citizens Brigade on Comedy Central, and has performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Armando lives in Manhattan with like, nine roommates.