Del Awards 2015

Tonight was iO's annual award show, the first in the new space. The theme this year was superheroes,  lots of people dressed up but Craig wore his hotdog costume and I just put on a bandanna. As always it was a fun night. This year was the third and final time The Late 90's hosted and they, as usual, did a great job. There are always funny parts, some heartfelt words, and a couple pointed jabs but I think the best part is simply getting a large portion of the people that play at iO in the same room at the same time.

Some highlights were Scott hosting as Improv Two-Face, Nate's acceptance rant for Most Likely To Go Blue, all the Best Team videos, Brunlieb and Katie winning Most Supportive, and Dave winning improviser of the year. It's really great when those people that do a lot of great work and don't make a fuss about it get recognized. It was also just really nice to have the Del's in a theater that could accommodate the number of people that were there.

The best part of the show for me was being able to sit with Craig and watch the whole thing, on Clark street the place was so crowded and there was so many people coming and going it was difficult to simply watch the show with a friend. We could relax, laugh, and whisper jokes to each other.

This year was a little less edgy and exciting that in previous years but given this past year was fraught with so much change for iO and the Chicago comedy in general I think that was all for the good.