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Steve Waltien


Steve Waltien hails from Shelburne, VT. He is a proud graduate of Middlebury College and has been living and performing in Chicago since 2001. In addition to The Improvised Shakespeare Company, you may have seen Steve improvising with the iO Theatre house ensemble Bullet Lounge, The Armando Diaz Experience, Whirled News Tonight, or the Second City National Touring Company. He recently wrote and performed his first one-man show Scenes With Ghosts at iO. He also writes and performs sketch comedy with Jordan Klepper. Their two person show Jordan and Steve are Steve and Jordan, Respectively was named 'the best sketch show of 2008' by the Chicago Tribune and 'one of 2008's funniest moments' by TimeOut Chicago. The pair were also correspondents for two seasons on the television show Friday Night Tailgate on the Big Ten Network. Recently Steve was thrilled to be a part of the live Mr. Show Reunion with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.



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NYC! Here We Come!

The ISC is returning to Theatre 80 St Marks in Manhattan's lower east side for five shows this weekend.  If you are in or around NYC come and catch the show that TimeOut New York calls "a bona fide phenomenon". ...

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"staggeringly brilliant"

TimeOut Chicago

"Smart, sophisticated, downright hilarious"

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