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Special performance:BARACK STARSby THE SECOND CITY, EXTENDED to August 9! Late night show just added: Media Sponsor:      About the Show
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THE SECOND CITY hosts beginner improv workshops:August 8th, 2PMONE DAY WORKSHOP, $100 The Second City’s Improv for Beginners focuses on teaching students the building blocks of improvisation. Students enrolled in these classes who have little to no improv or acting training can have a great time learning and playing with our facilitators. This workshop teaches improv through concepts such as Yes, and…, Explore and Heighten, Relationship, Give and Take Focus, and Active Listening. These workshops are one-day events that are:
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE AUGUST 8th CLASS...
KNOCK, KNOCK BARACK... Who's WhoCASTLilly Allison is a Chicago native and is thrilled to be part of the theatre she grew up admiring. As a 14-year-old drama major at Lincoln Park High School, she first discovered improv and quickly began studying and performing at The Annoyance Theater. She can currently be seen in Annoyance’s President Bush Is A Great Man, Grabass, and Crickets. She also studied improv at iO with the Cougars. Lilly has studied acting at DePaul’s Theatre School and The Neighborhood Playhouse in N.Y.C. When not on stage, Lilly is cutting hair at Big Hair, the coolest salon in Chicago. She thanks her amazing parents, Mick, Jen, Patty Miller, and the rest of her family and friends for their constant love and support. Brooke Bagnall is overjoyed to be performing with The Second City. Originally from North Carolina, Brooke got a BA in Drama and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, where she performed with the fabulous Mama's Pot Roast. In Chicago, she has trained and performed at iO Chicago, Second City, and the Annoyance. She has been fortunate to play with many amazing people in Chicago, including the groups Quincy, Blaire and the Republic, as well as in the Annoyance shows Arm Soup, The Invention Show, Grabass, Splatter Theatre, and Love is Dead. She recently premiered her first solo show, idiot: a love story in pieces. She wants to send love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Chip, Josh and all her family and friends. Abby McEnany couldn't be happier that she is working with The Second City. She currently performs with the critically acclaimed all-female improv troupe Sirens. This summer she appeared in A&E, a two-person sketch show (with Erin McEvoy), as part of the Unhinged Series at The Second City. She studied improvisation at The Second City Training Center, iO, and the Annoyance. Last summer she performed in Maine at ImprovAcadia, Bar Harbor's improv venue. She is fortunate to be surrounded by loving and supportive family and friends. Sam Richardson is thrilled and honored to be performing with The Second City. He joins the cast from the Second City Detroit where he was an understudy, performing in the Mainstage reviews Bobble Heads of State, Michigan Impossible, and Night of the Living Debt, and alternative productions such as After the Beanstalk and The Best of Second City. In Detroit, Sam can be found improvising with the Planet Ant Home Team and his two person troupe Boy Meets Girl. Other theatre credits include Pedro Orsini's Parade of Peniless Players (Planet Ant Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Abreact Theatre), and Cancer! The Musical (New York Fringe Festival). Tim Sniffen is happy to join this cast with The Second City. Before this, Tim worked at the Boom Chicago Theater in Amsterdam for two and a half years. He also wrote and performed in Competing Elderly British Detectives, a two-man show with Second City alum Brendan Dowling; and he performs with Baby Wants Candy, Chicago’s improvised musical troupe. Hello to his family and their flower shop. Seth Weitberg is honored beyond belief to perform with The Second City. He began performing comedy with Duke University Improv and has been seen at the iO Theater with Armando Diaz, Bullet Lounge, Nogoodnicks, The Frank Hayes 4, and The Late Night Late Show. He has two one-man shows, the john doe project, a 2004 Single File Festival selection, and America Gives Itself a Hero’s Welcome and has been heard and seen on Mancow’s Morning Madhouse and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Seth is a former co-head writer for 104.3 JackFM and writes the blogs for politicoool.blogspot.com as his alter ego, Matty. He thanks his friends and family for their relentless support, and would be very happy if you checked out the best podcast on the planet at thechicagosessions.com. PRODUCTION Marc Warzecha (Director) lives in Los Angeles and has appeared on MAD TV and Reno 911! Marc has worked with The Second City as both an actor and director, most recently directing Pratfall of Civilization at The Second City ETC, for which he has received a Joseph Jefferson nomination for Best Director. Other directing credits include War! Now in it's 4th Smash Year! (Joseph Jefferson nominee - Best Director, Best Revue, Best Ensemble) on The Second City Chicago Mainstage, The Not Ready for $3.99 Prime Rib Players at The Second City Las Vegas, and The Second City Touring Company. Acting credits include six resident stage reviews at The Second City Detroit and Romeo and Juliet the Musical at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Marc is the host for No Waiting with Marc Warzecha, which is a blog (www.nowaitingshow.com) and live talk show that satirizes news and politics, most recently performed at the Comedy Central Stage in Hollywood. The Second City was established on December 16, 1959 and is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. The Second City has always been known as a launching pad for North America’s best and brightest comedic talent. Second City Theatricals works both with the prestigious alumni of the theatre as well as the next crop of comedy stars in the making to develop truly hilarious and original shows. Second City Theatricals is the entertainment division of the legendary comedy theatre that created a variety of musicals, revues, and performance pieces for audiences all over the world. Past productions include: Hamlet! The Musical, Romeo and Juliet the Musical, and Rod Blagojevich Superstar! with Chicago Shakespeare Theater; the national tour of Sex and The Second City; The Pajama Men at Steppenwolf Garage and Edinburgh Fringe Festival; and full time revues on seven Norwegian Cruise Line vessels. Second City Theatricals is currently creating an original production with Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival. Schedule & Prices
Tues 7/14 at 8pm (Pay-What-You-Can) Tues 7/21 at 8pm Tues 7/28 at 8pm Tues 8/4 at 8pm Prices
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