The Training Center is hosting another discounted Headshot Day on Friday March 30th (10am-4pm) with guest artist Sally Blood (www.sallybloodheadshots.com).Sessions are 1 hour, which include a 15-minute corrective make-up session and 45-minute shoot. Each session is $200 (a $75 deposit is required at the time of reservation). Participants receive access to all unedited photos via a photo share gallery and can include one touched-up, full-color proof for an additional $30, to be arranged directly with the photographer.Reproductions are not included...
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Top Chef Master and co-creator of Lookingglass Theatre's Cascabel Rick Bayless joins an all-star line-up of guests on Chicago Live! this Thursday at 6:30p in UP Comedy Club (230 W. North Ave, 3rd Floor of Piper's Alley). Additional guests include Illinois Comptroller Judy Barr Topinka, Old Town School of Folk Music co-founder Frank Hamilton, Folk musicians Bucky Halker and Ed Holstein, plus The Second City. Click here for ticke...
Monday, 27 February 2012
The Second City Training Center has received an anonymous donation in memory of James Scott Flower Sr. that will be used as scholarships to students in our adult programs. Four scholarships are being given to new or existing Training Center students.The following scholarships will be available:One (1) beginning scholarship for the Improv program levels A-EOne (1) advanced scholarship to be applied to the Writing program, Conservatory* or Music Improv* program (*auditions required)Two (2) continuing education scholarships for advanced students to...
Tune in tonight to catch The Dinner Party at 7:30 pm CST, streaming live from www.FearNoArtChicago.com featuring Soul singer, JC Brooks, Second City Director, Billy Bungeroth, and Luna Negra Choreographer, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano with dinner tastings from extraordinary TRU Restaurant chef, Anthony Mart...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Join us on tonight at 6:30p for Chicago Live! featuring a live performance by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound plus Jackie Taylor from Black Ensemble Theater and members of the Windy City Rollers roller derby team. After the show, stick around for the best happy hour in town and mingle with the cast. Click here for ticke...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
If you haven't seen "Workaholics" yet, you are missing Maribeth Monroe playing the ice-cold boss of three friends who work together as telemarketers from 9 to 5 and live together from 5 to 9. In reality, the three friends are Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, and Adam Devine, alumni of The Second City Training Center. Maribeth talks with the RedEye about her part in "Workaholics" and how Anders saw her on The Second City's Mainstage when he was a student in Chicago's Conservatory. Read the whole interview.For more information on classes and summer camps,...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
We're starting a new show! It's a chance for writers to pitch ideas and see them come to life on stage!Writers get to pitch premises, improvisers get to act them out.This show is happening bi-weekly, so if your in our Writing Program or Conservatory and trying to wrap your head around the concept of "what's in a premise" or if you are an improviser and want to act out some cool premises, check out our first show! (This will be happening bi-weekly in the JCB!)Hosted by Kevin Whalen!Come to our inaugural show FEBRUARY 24TH 7:30-8:30pm. P...
Second City alumni Tim Kazurinsky joins Chicago Live! this Thursday at 6:30p in UP Comedy Club to talk about his new role in Chicago Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Additional interviews on this week's show include Morris Robinson, Sam Lewis, Paul Giallorenzo, Fritz Klein, and avery r. young. Tickets are on sale now at UPComedyClub.com. A cocktail reception follows every sh...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
In 2009, Second City writing instructor Joe Janes took on the task of writing a comedy sketch a day for one year. He did this to do some damage to the notion of writer's block and also to explore writing all the various kinds of forms one might see in a sketch revue.In 2010, they were all produced in a festival at Strawdog Theater over 11 nights with 200 actors and directors. In 2011, he wrote 50 Plays - most of them short ten-minute one-acts - which...
Did you spend Valentine's alone? Well, The Second City is going to hook you up! The Second City Toronto is giving away a block of FREE single tickets to our Thursday February 16, 8pm performance! In this preview for our Spring '12 Mainstage Comedy Revue, you'll enjoy hilarious highlights from our recent hit show, Dreams Really Do Come True, plus brand new sketches, songs, and improvisations created and performed by Toronto's legendary comedy troupe. If you'd like a ticket, just email boxoffice@secondcity.com, with "Hook me up" in the subject line....
BuzzKill is a film that is in part produced by Second City. It has won numerous awards at festivals and comes out today! To buy or watch BuzzKill visit secondcitysbuzzkill.com.Q: Was directing War Horse a challenge?SK: I didn't direct War Horse. That's Steven Spielberg Q: I meant Contagion.SK: That's Steven Soderbergh. This "Steven" (meaning me) directed BuzzKill. Q: Sorry. My brain is a bit fuzzy today. What exactly is a "buzzkill?"SK: Pretty much what's happening in this interview. Q: What inspired you to make BuzzKill? SK: I've always wanted...
Check out the Next UP Spotlight this Thursday as part of the Grand Opening events at UP Comedy Club.We'll be featuring brilliant local comedians: Schadenfreude (sketch group), Adam Burke, Neal Dandade, Dean Evans, Jet Eveleth, John Hartman, Ever Mainard, Chris Redd and Dan TelferTickets are only $10! Get your tickets h...
Friday, 10 February 2012
February 10th, 2012 - Teacher - Judy FabjanceNancy Fast interviews Training Center faculty member Judy Fabjance! Listen in to learn about Judy's spirit animal, her experience taking classes in the TC and how she developed her currently running show "Are you there Judy? It's me, Cancer." Shows are Fridays in February at 9pm in Donny's Skybox. (Get tickets in advance. It sells out!)About Judy: Judy Fabjance has been teaching improvisation for The Second City since 1999. She has taught dozens of improv workshops for Emerald City Theatre Company,...
Buzzkill, a feature film written and directed by Second City Alum Steve Kampmann and produced by The Second City, is set for DVD release on Tuesday, February 14. Starring Daniel Raymont, Krysten Ritter and Darrell Hammond, Buzzkill is about a struggling writer who becomes famous when a serial killer steals his car and his latest script. Click here to check out a feature article about the film in the Chicago Sun Times. Buzzkill won the People's Choice Award as Best Feature Film at the New Jersey Film Festival at Cape May in 2008, Best Feature Comedy...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Come be a part of the audience for tonight's taping of Chicago Live! at UP Comedy Club: Rick Kogan hosts the show featuring guests Charlie Trotter, jazz musician Paulinho Garcia, Albany Park Theater Project, investigative reporters David Jackson and Gary Marx, The Second City and more!RESERVE TICK...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Vacationeer Productions, comprised of Training Center alums, produced their first feature length film, "The Scenesters": a winner of multiple awards from The Hollywood and Edmonton Film Festivals.This trailer contains adult content. The company was formed in 2006 when The Vacationeers, the comedy group, became an Internet sensation with more than 10,000,000 video views, more than 4,500 subscribers on YouTube and one of the most trafficked web series in history with The Googling (1.4 million views per episode average.) Founded by Jeff Grace, Kevin...
Tonight, we're kicking off the Grand Opening Celebration for UP Comedy Club with the Chicago premiere of Sex, Love & The Second City: A Romantic dot Comedy at UP Comedy Club (230 W. North Ave, 3rd Floor of Piper's Alley) featuring Carisa Barreca, Jimmy Carlson, Amanda Blake Davis and Ed Kross.Get your tickets he...
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Holly Laurent, current member of the Second City Mainstage Cast, just got picked up by Rolling Stone for her amazing video, "Lana Del Ray's Hunger Games." Rolling Stone writes, "Laurent's video is as ethereal as the Lana Del Rey original with grainy footage from the film, but the combination of Hunger Games and Lana Del Rey is the perfect pop culture sweet spot." Check out the video and read more at RollingStone.c...
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today The Second City will receive the Spirit of Broadcasting Award during the 2012 NAB Show. The Second City's Co-Chairman, CEO and Executive Producer Andrew Alexander will accept the award at the NAB Show Television Luncheon, sponsored by WideOrbit, on April 16 in Las Vegas. "For over 50 years, The Second City has been a leader in innovative comedy and theater, and a training ground for some of America's finest comedic performers and writers," said NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith. "Every...
Thursday, 2 February 2012
The Second City Training Center is honored to announce Kate Cohen as the teacher of the week! Kate teaches in the Beginning Improv Program as well as in the Teen/Youth Program. She also teaches in The Second City's very popular Summer Camps and was once an Adult Program Coordinator with the Training Center. Kate has been improvising in Chicago since 2004 and performs regularly with ComedySportz Chicago, Laugh Out Loud Theater and as one-half of the...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Maria's Space took a look at The Second City's BuzzKill, which comes out on DVD this Valentine's Day, and had this to say:"The movie is funny, witty, smart and well acted." - Maria writes in her articleThe Second City's BuzzKill is the story of Ray Wyatt, a failed screenwriter who is about to end his own life, when he gets a call from a Hollywood Producer who is interested in his script.It's is a film about a dream, a twist of fate and an unexpected happy ending.Read the full review at Maria's Space.Read more about BuzzKill h...
The Second City Training Center has always had an open door policy for 'Class Clowns.' Three students from the Teen/Youth program are no exception to that rule as they take on Ellen's Dance Dare Challenge. Check out the whole article here.Want to let out your inner Class Clown? We have spring break classes and summer camps for kids and adults! Check out secondcity.com/tc or secondcitysummers.com for more detai...
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