iO West, Community Contributor

The iO West, (formerly known as the “Improv Olympic West”) is the Los Angeles branch of the iO in Chicago. The theater is located at 6366 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood, California.

iO and iO West were founded by Del Close and Charna Halpern. Today iO West is managed by artistic director James Grace.

In addition to presenting improv and sketch comedy shows every night, the iO West has improv training classes and is the home for the Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival and the Los Angeles Sketch Comedy Festival. iO West, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and has been performing in it’s Hollywood location since October 2001.