The IMP Free For All — when award-winning improv students open their doors to the community for free improv performances and workshops for all ages — begins on Friday, May 8, with two performances.

First the middle school troupe, IMP-act, takes the stage to perform short pieces from games and skits based on audience suggestions.

Then the IMPers, the teen professional improv troupe, take the stage to present their new piece — Animal Farm — created at the Chicago Improv Festival.

On Saturday, May 9, the younger crowd will enjoy the story theatre piece The Caterpillar’s Wings. Saturday also hosts a series of three separate workshops for elementary, middle school and high school students. IMP offers any workshop participant a chance to perform on their stage in the Saturday evening Open Improv Jam. The Jam is followed by another IMPers performance to close the Free for All. The event includes raffles, door prizes and free T-shirts for anyone who signs up for IMP Camp. All the events are at the Katharine Cornell on May 8 and 9. See online troubledshores.com or call 508-939-9368 for more details.