The Conspirators are a (still relatively new) theater & performance collective in Chicago dedicated to provoking thought and action through dynamic, immediate theater art. We work exclusively in a neo-Commedia style called The Style. The Style combines the basics of classic Commedia dell’Arte with intense emotional states and influences like Kabuki, Kathakali, Bugs Bunny and a high-energy punk-rock esthetic that a critic once called “a coke-fueled clown nightmare.” Elements of The Style include grotesque makeup and costume, stylized movement punctuated by percussion, audience address and malevolent satire. Fun, right?