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Proudly celebrating 52 years in Toronto, The Second City presents their 90th Mainstage revue! Duel Citizens is a fast-paced comedy spectacle stacked with razor-sharp satire, hilarious songs, ridiculous characters and, of course, the signature improv comedy that The Second City is world famous for. Written and performed by a completely Canadian cast and crew, this show joyfully skewers politics, pop culture, and everything in between. From full-blown national tantrums to the absurdities of daily life, come laugh with The Second City as we turn chaos into comedy.
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Duel Citizens

The Second City’s 113th Mainstage Revue This Too Shall Slap is a wild sketch comedy show that spins the familiar into the absurd&#8230; and makes the absurd feel oddly familiar. Performed by a hilarious six-person ensemble who specialize in chaos, charm, and comedic whiplash, this show will keep you laughing, guessing, and possibly questioning your entire reality. Join us for a night where nothing is what it seems. Except the laughter. That’s real.  
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This Too Shall Slap

Baby Wants Candy is a completely improvised, full band musical! Having performed over 3,000 improvised musicals to thousands of fans from Chicago to New York to Singapore to Scotland, this group not only performs in Chicago, New York, and LA but also tours internationally, including multiple sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!
BWC cast &amp; alumni include Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Peter Gwinn (Colbert Report), Thomas Middleditch (HBO&#8217;s Silicon Valley), Lauren Conlan Adams (Kimmy Schmidt), Jessica McKenna (Party Over Here), Nicole Parker (Elephaba in Wickedon Broadway) and many more. Hailed as &#8220;Critic&#8217;s Pick&#8221; from the New York Times and &#8220;Best Improv Ensemble&#8221; from the Chicago Magazine, this is one improv show you don&#8217;t want to miss!

Baby Wants Candy, the Completely Improvised Full-Band Musical!

Strap in and spiral out – The Second City’s 49th e.t.c. Revue takes sketch and improv comedy to brilliantly unhinged new heights. The Chaos Theory of Everything blends razor-sharp satire, audience interaction, and clever, character-driven comedy to explore how wildly connected (and deeply chaotic) it all really is. Smart, hilarious, and full of surprises, this is one laughter-filled ride you won’t want to miss.
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The Chaos Theory of Everything

Chill AF Presents the best comedians Chicago has to offer, plus special drop-ins from prominent name comedians you’ve seen on SNL, Comedy Central, and Netflix

Chill AF Presents

The Second City is throwing the ultimate comedy party to celebrate 65 years of legendary laughs! The Best of The Second City: 65 Years of Funny brings together hilarious songs, unforgettable characters, and iconic sketches written for our stages by comedy greats like Tina Fey, Bill Murray, Catherine O’Hara, Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert, and so many more. Now, these classics are reimagined and brought to life by the funniest live comedy performers working today. Buckle up for a high-energy rollercoaster through six and a half decades of revolutionary satire and groundbreaking improv comedy.
Whether you’re a die-hard fan or discovering Second City for the first time, this is your chance to be part of the cutting-edge comedy tradition that’s been setting the bar for over half a century. Join us and see why The Second City is the past, present, and future of comedy.
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The Best of the Second City: 65 Years of Funny

Fifth Floor Walkup is a fever dream of hysterical weirdness. It’s madcap, what-the heck-just-happened, screwball sketch comedy with a motley cast of The Second City and UCB-trained writer/performers. Fifth Floor stitches together a brand-new show every time with high-production theatrical sketches, original music, and digital shorts. Featuring: DW Ardern, Curtis Stevens, Graham McClanahan, Laura Lynn Lester, Mikayla Sherfy, Nick Adam Humphries, Ian McPhee, and Allison Love.

Fifth Floor Walkup

Middle and High School Ensemble Show

The witches are back—and they’re a lot gayer than you remember.
Hailed by Playbill as “a drag spectacle like no other” and praised by Out Magazine for “reinventing queer nightlife theater,” Fagtasia now takes on Oz with its most ambitious production yet. Wicked (Part 1) brings Glinda and Elphaba’s undeniably sapphic bond center stage—expect Broadway-level choreography, dazzling costuming, and a cast of superstars turning Emerald City into a glitter-soaked queer utopia.
For the first time ever, Fagtasia comes to a brand-new venue with a fully seated show: immersive theatrical box seating, cocktails &amp; food delivered straight to your seat, and copious air conditioning (thank Oz). Whether you’re a die-hard Wicked stan or just here for the camp chaos, this first installment of Wicked the Fagtasia way will leave you cackling louder than Elphaba on a broomstick.
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Fagtasia Presents: Wickedt (Part 1)

What would happen if the main characters of the play you were in never came on stage? If they didn’t just simply miss their cue, but somehow up and vanished? What if every word, every move, every thought you have&#8230; has already been scripted for you? The Ensemble is a play adapted from José Sanchis Sinisterra&#8217;s work Los Figurantes, exploring free will, identity, and just how many people you can fit on a stage. There are no small parts–only cowards.

Live at The Second City: The Ensemble

ANARCHY: The Improvised Rock Opera is a completely sung and completely improvised rock musical featuring Chicago&#8217;s finest musical improvisers &#8211; with live band! Using one audience suggestion, these one-night-only comedy rock operas showcase big voices with bigger stakes. What could go wrong?

ANARCHY: The Improvised Rock Opera

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Am I The A**hole

The Infinite Wrench is a dynamic, mind-bending barrage of 30 original plays that the NY Neo-Futurists try to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays and new combinations of plays every performance, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and challenge the fourth wall head-on.
Check out our Halloween special show: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/shows/new-york/the-infinite-fright-nyc">The Infinite Fright</a> 
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Check out our mainstage show: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/shows/new-york/the-infinite-wrench-hits-the-mainstage-nyc">THE INFINITE WRENCH</a>

The New York Neo-Futurists Present: THE INFINITE WRENCH

Millennials take on Generation X in a battle to see which generation is funnier. The audience votes at the end of the show. Featuring some of the best comics in Chicago, Hosted by Todd Glover

Standup Throw Down Millennials VS Gen X

The Second City Conservatory is an advanced six-level program dedicated to the art of utilizing improvisation as a tool to create a Second City-style revue, the cornerstone of The Second City Training Centre. Come out to see the work of these emerging improvisers and sketch comedians!

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