The World's Premier School of Comedy
We’ve got classes for all age levels.
Try one of our classes at the legendary Second City Training Center. Classes begin every few months and fill up quickly, so be sure to book your spot today!
The New York Times Spent ‘An Afternoon with SCTV’
“I just didn’t know if anybody would show up.” -Joe Flaherty
Watch Second City Alums Take A Short, Strange Trip For The National Film Board
With Steve Carell, Catherine O’Hara, Dave Thomas, Nia Vardalos & Fred Willard
Second City’s Andrew Alexander Honoured With The Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to all the 2018 laureates.
So, What’s The Second City?
The Second City has been bringing the funny for over 50 years, but here’s the short version.
We began as a small comedy theater, and have grown to become today’s leading brand in improv-based sketch comedy. With a variety of theaters, training centers and full-time, touring ensembles, you can find us all over the world.
We’ve also taken improv off the stage, expanding our business to include collaborations with corporate clients, and television and film productions.
And we have more than a handful of successful Second City alum that we aren’t too modest to mention, like Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Bill Murray, and Keegan-Michael Key.
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Misc. News
1959 Kitchen & Bar
Hungry? Thirsty? Come see us in 1959.
The 2018 Course Catalog
Explore our Chicago classes in the handy-dandy digital catalog.
Explore Vol. II of The Second City Playbill
Click around and stay a while.