Join us in the John Candy Box Theatre on Wednesday April 3rd at 9pm for a FREE Q&A session with JENNIFER WHALEN and get a preview of what Bruce Pirrie's WRITING IV class is working on! To reserve your spot email: areoch@secondcity.com Spaces are limited, so it's first come first served!!! Jennifer Whalen is a Toronto based writer and Second City Alumni. She wrote for five seasons on “This Hour Has 22 Minutes,” two of them as Head Writer. In addition she's worked on “The Ron James Show,” ”The Jon Dore Show” and the critically acclaimed “Gavin...
Monday, 25 March 2013
Thursday, 21 March 2013
The Second City is proud to announce the opening of The Second City's 101st Revue, Let Them Eat Chaos. Reviewing press are invited to attend the show on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at The Second City Mainstage Theatre (1616 N. Wells Street). A Grand Opening is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 8:00 p.m.For better or worse, we're someone to everyone. Sometimes the title is friend and sometimes the title is enemy - unfortunately,...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
When The Second City paired up with University of Michigan-born theater company Team StarKid, a new sketch show, Airport for Birds, was born. Daniel Strauss of The Second City Touring Company and Team StarKid describes the group as "some super funny friends of mine from college who basically run the Internet," with their big hit "A Very Potter Musical." He says they tried to make the show very similar to a Second City show. "People brought in scripts or pitches, and we'd work them and rework them in rehearsals to get them to where we wanted," he...
Monday, 18 March 2013
Anne Libera, The Director of Comedy Studies at Columbia College and Author of The Second City Almanac of Improvisation, talks with WGN's Brian Noonan about Columbia College and The Second City's latest collaboration: a Bachelor's Degree in Comedy Studies.Listen to the WGN InterviewRead CJ Toledano's personal Comedy Studies experience.Click here for more information on Comedy Studies.Click here for information on Spring and Summer Camps and Class...
Friday, 15 March 2013
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
When e.t.c. actor Mike Kosinski first saw a Second City show, he knew that was what he wanted to do. But he was terrified of improv. To face his fear, he enrolled in the Second City Training Center. "Learning how to do it scenically is so different than just sitting around and joking with your friends," says Kosinski. Soon he was taking improv classes everywhere around the city of Chicago. He learned how to make choices to heighten certain scenes,...
Saturday, 9 March 2013
Two of America's finest comedic institutions, The Onion and The Second City, announced today that they are partnering to present a first-of-its-kind theatrical event called The Onion Live!The nationwide touring show, which will debut Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at the Capitol Theater in Columbus, OH, will combine The Onion's insightful, award-winning satire with The Second City's expert stage production. Audiences won't just see the topical headlines that make The Onion famous–they'll also learn the history of America's Finest News Source and be...
Friday, 8 March 2013
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Celebrating their 15th anniversary, this year's Festival is their largest yet with more than 150 teams in over 90 shows on 20 different stages. The Second City is excited to host 3 great shows from the Chicago Improv Festival this year.Tuesday, April 2, 8pmHeadliners: Lucas Neff & Craig CackowskiOpening Act - Cook County Social ClubSecond City e.t.c stageTickets: $20GET TICKETSWednesday, April 3, 8pmHeadliners: Scott Adsit & Jet EvelethOpening Act - Virgin DaquiriSecond City e.t.c. stageTickets: $20GET TICKETSSunday, April 7, 8pmHeadliners:...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
A new revue hit the stage at The Second City Toronto last night, and critics have been quick to heap praise on the new production and its cast. The Meme-ing of Life -- the Second City's 71st Mainstage Revue in Toronto -- has an amazing opening night attended my members of the media, as well as many generations of Second City alumni. The Toronto Star awarded the show four stars, and called The Meme-ing of Life "the most deliciously subversive comic stealth bomb of a show that the company has created in many years. It's also very, very, very, very,...
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Growing out of our Comedy Studies program with Columbia College, we're thrilled to announce the world's first four-year degree in Comedy Writing and Performance.Anne Libera, Director of the Comedy Writing and Performance Program, says, "The most successful comedians of our day - from Tina Fey and Louis CK to Chris Rock and Lena Dunham are writer/performer/producers. The new degree requires students to study both writing and performance, to do improvisation, physical clowning, and stand-up. Most college programs have focused on medium as opposed...
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