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3 unusual facts about Miles Stroth


Dan Bakkedahl

After moving to Chicago, he made a name for himself at the Improv Olympic performing in the influential two-man improv show ZUMPF with his teacher Miles Stroth.

Miles Stroth

In 1991, Stroth began studying long-form improvisation with Del Close and Charna Halpern at what was then called Improv Olympic, now the iO Theater in Chicago.

Stroth was a member of seminal improv team The Family, whose members included Matt Besser, Ali Faranahkian, Neil Flynn, Adam McKay and Ian Roberts.


Adam McKay

He is one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade improv comedy group and a former performer at Chicago's Improv Olympic, where he was a member of the improv group, The Family, whose members included Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Neil Flynn, Miles Stroth, and Ali Farahnakian, and Child's Play Touring Theatre.


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