Jonathan Pitts is a creator, director, improviser, performer, producer, and teacher who co-founded the Chicago Improv Festival and produced it for 20 years.

He also created and produced the College Improv Tournament for 10 years, and created and produced the Chicago Podcast Festival for the last 2 years. Jonathan taught improv at The Second City for 16 years and he’s a contributing writer to The Second City’s book on improvisation. For 3 consecutive years he was selected by New City magazine as one of “Chicago’s Top 50 Theatre Players”. He’s performed in over 1,200 improvised shows.