Registration & Payment
Registration for iO classes begins roughly four weeks before each session starts. You may register for Level 1 classes at any time by coming to the theater or by calling the iO Training Center at 773-880-9993.
Classes usually consist of 14 to 18 students. Due to our limited class sizes, placement isn’t guaranteed until your payment has been received, and payment for a Level 1 class must be received prior to the first day of class. Payment plans are available if you can’t pay the entire $260 tuition up front; call the iO Training Center, at 773-880-9993 before the first day of class to arrange a payment plan. Levels 2-5b are $260 per session and payment plans are also available. A $25 fee may be charged if payments are received late.
There are no refunds or exchanges. All sales are final.
After Level 1, payments are due no later than the first day of class. In addition to payment plans we also have an internship program available for our advanced-level students, in which students pay for their classes by working at the theater five hours a week; details are available via request. Your registration and payment are a promise to attend all eight classes and to make up any classes that you miss; there are no refunds for missed classes. Every student receives an iO ID card with cool benefits, including free admission to many iO shows and discounts from neighborhood businesses.
Students MUST attend the first AND last days of the class for which they signed up. iO ID cards and books are passed out that day. Contact the Training Center with conflicts.
A student may miss no more than 2 classes. This is to encourage commitment to a group and an ensemble. You may make up a class, but make-ups will still count as an absence. Please call the Training Center to notify of misses and make-ups.
DVDs of your performances are included in the price of Level 5B.
All students begin in Level 1, whether or not you are an MFA or a SAG actor, unless you have been trained in the Harold at iO West or iO South. To be considered for a level higher than 1, a head-shot and resume must be submitted to the Training Center.
If you are registering online, you are not confirmed for your class until you have received a confirmation from Training Center Director, Rachael Mason via email. It may take up to one week before receiving a confirmation.
All class payments must be made during regular office hours, Monday to Friday from 11am to 5pm or by appointment. Payments cannot be made Saturday or Sunday unless special arrangements have been made with the Training Center.
iO reserves the right to hold a student back or move them forward according to ability and need.
Your iO student ID grants you admission to almost every show at the theater for free, but in the event that there are not enough seats for ticketed customers, you will be asked to move. Failure to do so could result in the loss of your ID card.
Performance
Each student who completes iO’s six-level program will appear in a run of Sunday night shows directed by veteran improviser Noah Gregoropoulos that showcases a brand-new improvisational form developed in Level 5B, or, the Performance Class. Additionally, there will be a Harold performance at the end of Level 4B.
Training center graduates are regularly selected to join new or existing Harold Teams that perform at iO regularly. Completion of the iO Training Center program DOES NOT guarantee placement on an ensemble nor in any future show beyond the graduation performances.
Training Center graduates who wish to list their 5B performances on their resumes should do so as a “Production of the iO Training Center”.