Compass Players

Compass Players
GenreImprovisation
cabaret
theatre
comedy
Date of premiere1955
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Creative team
Co-founderDavid Shepherd
Co-founderPaul 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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Coleman, Janet (1 November 1991). The Compass: The Improvisational Theatre that Revolutionized American Comedy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226113456 – via Google Books.