"American Imperil" Makes Angeleno Magazine's Top 10 Events for January

The Friday night showcase at Second City Hollywood, "American Imperil," was picked as one of the top 10 events in January by Angeleno Magazine. See the full list of events here.

Alum Jackie Hoffman's "Jackie Five-Oh" Opens in LA

Alum Jackie Hoffman's Jackie Five-Oh! is having it's West Coast Premiere on January 13-22 at the Renburg Theatre. The show has been called "scathingly brilliant," "hilariously grumpy," and "savagely funny."

Second City Alum, Keegan-Michael Key, Stars with Jordan Peele in Comedy Central's "Key and Peele" Sketch Series

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele make their debut on Tuesday, January 31 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Key was a member of Second City Detroit's mainstage cast as well as the Second City Chicago's e.t.c. theatre, where he wrote and performed shows "Holy War, Batman!" and "Curious George Goes to War" for which he won several Joseph Jefferson Awards (which honor excellence in Chicago theater). Read the whole release here.

Check out Keegan-Michael Key's sketch informing potential students of how cool Second City Training Center classes are here (Not Safe for Work):

Joshua Funk Interviewed by ithentic.com

Joshua Funk, Vice President of Television Development and New Media & Artistic Director, The Second City Training Center Hollywood, talks New Media Production. Click here to read the article.

Celebrities Performing at Second City Hollywood this November and December

The Second City Studio Stage in Hollywood welcomes many favorite celebrities in the coming weeks! Jim Belushi continues his run of performances wih Rob Belushi and John Barinholtz in "Sheldon" at 8pm Nov 14. Paul F. Tompkins will guest in "Late Night with Howie Kremer" Dec 9. Fred Willard's "MoHos" continue their monthly run at Second City Hollywood with an appearance in the "Twice as Nice" charity show Dec 10. Bob Odenkirk will also be appearing Dec 10 in the show "Second City This Week." And Molly Ringwald is the special guest host for "Second City This Week's" last show of the year on Dec 17!

Tickets for all shows are aavailable here.

SC Touring Company Alumn and LA Faculty Member featured on Two and A Half Men

Our own Monika Smith is heading to CBS' Two and Half Men. The former prankster on MTV's Disaster Date is scheduled to guest star on the Oct. 24 episode as Kiki, a girl Walden (Ashton Kutcher) and Alan (Jon Cryer) meet at a bar. Monika is a teacher in our Hollywood training center where she assisted in the development of our Long Form program and currently teaches in our Improv, Conservatory and Long Form levels.

Check out the announcement in The Hollywood Reporter.

Congratulations Monika!

Steve Carell Talks with NPR About His "First Big Break’ with The Second City

Carell talks with a caller about his first big break with The Second City as a performer during an interview with NPR. Click here to hear the whole interview.

World Premiere of Walter, starring alum Paul Dooley at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival

Walter, written & directed by Second City Hollywood's Jonathan Browning, will have its world premiere at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (LA Shorts Fest) on Sunday, July 24th at 3:15pm. Walter stars Paul Dooley, a proud Second City Alum (1959, Compass Players) who has appeared in a number of iconic films including; Slap Shot, Breaking Away, Popeye, Sixteen Candles, A Mighty Wind and many more. The short also stars Leslie McManus & Joe Kaplan, both graduates of Chicago's Second City Training Center.

Jonathan & Leslie are Co-Founders of Screaming Frog Productions and their short films have screened in over 300 international film festivals and have been honored with over 35 International awards.

To get more information about the screening please go to LA Shorts Fest.

Send Your Kids to Second City Fantasy Camp – August 1 – 4

This summer, we're excited to bring our summer camp to Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas! For 5 day/4 nights, we're training 11 – 14 in the art of improvisation and helping them to write an original show that's all their own. The Second City Fantasy Camp includes all training & instruction from Second City teachers, lunch for 3 days and an amenity package. Click here for complete details.

Second City Network Short Wins CANAL + Award in Paris

The short film, "Competition in the Work Place" was recently honored with the CANAL + Award at the Festival International des Tres Courts. This International Film Festival is an event without borders, with screenings held during three days simultaneously in seventy cities in France and fifteen other countries. The flagship of the festival is the international competition, representing the best of the global audiovisual production of the year.

"Competition in the Work Place" was directed by Joshua Funk, stars Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele, was produced by Mark Kienlen and was crewed by Mike Damanskis.

List of Award Winners and more information on the festival