The Cutting Room – Jonathan Pitts

The Cutting Room is a fast paced, fantastical, wild roller coaster ride of a form. It combines short form and long form in one frothy mix. The scenes and stories can take place anywhere in this world or in any world in any galaxy. If espresso was an improv form, this is what it would be, so drink some coffee (iced or hot) and come play!

The Cutting Room, was created by Scotland’s Peter Aitchson and Jonathan learned it in 2018 when he was a guest player for Peter’s team in the Edinburgh Fringe where Jonathan did 21 shows in 19 days with them. This format is easy to learn, easy to play, and the only limits of the imaginary worlds that the students can create, define or explore are the limits of their collective imaginations.

Improv Experience: At least 6 months of prior improv training and experience. 

About Jonathan Pitts

Jonathan Pitts is an award-winning international improviser and storyteller. He’s taught and/or performed in 30 countries and over 110 cities. He’s the co-founder of the Chicago Improv Festival and he produced or co-produced CIF for its entire 20-year run. He also created and produced the College Improv Tournament, Chicago Podcast Festival, and Teen Comedy Fest. He’s created, devised, and directed productions of “The Oracle”, “The Silent Movie”, and “Storybox”. The 2024 book “50 Key Improv Performers” written by Matt Fotis, lists him as #24. He taught at The Second City for 16 years and is a contributing writer to their book on improv. He also was a member of “Stone Soup”, one of iO’s first house teams.