Bang Bang Spontaneous Theater

Bang Bang was an improvisational theater company which attempted to meld the two leading schools of Chicago theater- the "Rock and Roll" style of The Steppenwolf Theater and The Second City's improvisational style. Bang Bang included at one time or another, Tracy Letts , Greg Kotis, Michael Shannon, Reggie Hayes, Andrew Rothenberg, Paul Dillon, Amy Pietz and a host of other Chicago theater luminaries. Bang Bang held a regular weekly show at the Now Exit Cafe in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood for 8 years. other runs were held at The Famous Door Theater, The Remains Theater and a Red Orchid Theater. Critical praise came from The Chicago Tribune, American Theater magazine, The Reader, The Denver Post and others. Founding member Kevin Scott went on to New York and helped create Burn Manhattan and later, Centralia, two highly influential Improvisational ensembles which expanded on the the developments of Bang Bang.