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RICH ALFONSO (he/him) is excited to be a part of the Touring Company along with these amazing people! He was a recipient of the 2016 NBC/Universal Bob Curry Fellowship and has worked as a cast member for The Second City’s Black History Month Show, touring aboard Norwegian Cruise Line and as an understudy for the ETC Resident Stage. Other credits include being a featured performer in the 2019 NBC Break Out Comedy Festival, his two man team Spic & Tan and his solo show at the Annoyance, I.C.E. Box which was featured on WBEZ Radio and NPR. He is represented by BMG Talent. Follow Rich on Twitter/Instagram/TikTok @rich_alfonso
ZOE AGAPINAN is so excited to be performing with The Second City! Zoe is a California-born and Chicago-based actor, writer and comedian. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Theater Arts and a minor in Economics (just in case). She is an alumni of The Second City’s Severn Darden Graduate Program, and a 2022 Bob Curry Fellow. Performance highlights include: She The People (The Second City), fair dinkum (CiC Theater), FELT (iO Theater, CiC Theater), and Holy F*ck Comedy Hour (Annoyance Theater). Follow her on Instagram (@z0three) and TikTok (@thereal_lilzo)!
TINA ARFAEE (they/any) has been writing and performing in Chicago since 2012, most notably at The Annoyance Theater with Matt Damon Improv. With MDI, she wrote and starred in the web series In-Diana. She has also appeared on an episode of Chicago Fire, Centered the web series, and short film The Sweatshirt. Tina is a graduate of The Second City/NBC Universal Bob Curry Fellowship. Please reach out directly if you are interested in starting a Dolly Parton cover band. She is repped by Big Mouth Talent. @tinatwocats
KENNEDY BALDWIN is an improviser, writer and actress born and raised in Chicago. She attended Western Illinois University, where she studied music business. She started taking improv classes at The Second City at the beginning of 2016 and has been in love with it ever since! In 2019, Kennedy completed the Severn Darden Graduate Program, and in 2020, she was a recipient of the Bob Curry Fellowship at Second City. She now produces the smallprov show at Logan Square Improv.
Most merely adopt the laughter. KARL BRADLEY was born in it, molded by it. Karl didn’t hear the laugh track until already an adult, and by then, found it nothing but deafening. Karl is unrepresented, emotionally.
MAUREEN BOUGHEY is thrilled to be a member of the Second City Touring Company. With The Second City, Maureen has also performed at The Kennedy Center in Generation Gap, aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Gem, and as an understudy in the Mainstage productions Algorithm Nation or the Static Quo and Happy to Be Here. She is a graduate of the Syracuse University Drama Department and is the co-host of comedy/horror podcast, Creep Street Podcast. Love to her family, Dylan, and Banshee. @maureen_boughey @creepstreetpodcast
JENELLE CHEYNE originally hails from Vancouver, Canada and is delighted to be a part of The Second City Touring Company. She is an actor, writer, comedian and frequent water aerobics participant. You can also see her perform at The Annoyance. Check her out online too! @jamealchameal
JILLIAN EBANKS (she/her) is thrilled to be a member of The Second City National Touring Company. An artist originally from New Jersey, she was awarded the 2018 NBC Bob Curry Fellowship. Past shows include America; It’s Complicated! at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The Black History Month Show. She is the co-creator and co-producer of B.A.P.S Comedy. With a degree in sociology she refuses to use, Ebanks hopes all her hard work pays off one day when Ben & Jerry’s asks her to create her very own ice cream flavor. Also, like, an invitation to the Met Gala would be cool. Follow her at @Curlyhairnocare for pictures with hella filters. She is currently represented by Grossman & Jack Talent.
DEB DUNCAN is so excited to be performing with The Second City! She’s a comedian, actress and musician proudly hailing from Akron, OH. She co-produces and hosts the podcast, Queer Movie Night and can be seen performing around town with Randy and the LF’s. She also has a band with her wife, The Q’s and you can check out their album, Us Who Know, which is available on all streaming platforms! Follow her on Instagram @debradbag and @debraduncan on Twitter. Thank you to her best friend and love of her life, Kayla and their pup, Bea.
GEORGE ELROD (he/him/they/them) was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a graduate from DePaul University, and The ACADEMY at Black Box Theatre Chicago. They’ve performed with the Second City in Deck The Hallmark; Not Safe For Werk; Late Night Date Night; and has understudied Second City’s Mainstage and E.T.C. sketch revues. TV credit includes Somebody Somewhere on HBO. He’s rep’d by Grossman & Jack Talent. Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Justin, and Patty. Follow him on Insta/twitter/TikTok: @XoGossipGeorge
CLAIRE FAVRET (she/her) writes and performs all around Chicago, but most often at Second City, iO theater, CIC theater, and The Annoyance. She has contributed headlines for Clickhole and co-wrote an episodic comedy podcast/radio play called A Winkle In Time. It’s about the Winklevoss brothers traveling through time to patent inventions and fight their nemesis, Mark Zuckerberg. It’s on iTunes and all the other podcast places!
LEILA GORSTEIN (she/her) is thrilled to perform with The Second City! Leila comes from Charleston, SC and received her B.A. in Theater from Indiana University. Leila has performed all over Chicago and has gone abroad with Second City aboard the NCL Breakaway. Currently, Leila is a cast member and writer on the morning show Toon in with Me, which plays weekdays on MeTV. Thank you to Leila’s family, who makes laughter a part of her every day. You can follow her on Instagram @lolgorstein
DYLAN HACKWORTH (he/him) is thrilled to be on the Second City’s touring company with RedCo! He performed aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line’s ship, The Gem, and with the improvised action movie Lethal Action Force. Along with his lovely wife Maureen, Dylan co-hosts the weekly comedy-horror show Creep Street Podcast, which is available everywhere you get your podcasts. Dylan is represented by Actors Talent Group. Follow Creep Street podcast on Instagram @creepstreetpodcast. Much love to his wife Maureen and their dog Banshee!
MAYA HAUGHTON is an actor and teaching artist based out of Chicago, IL. She is currently an actor at The Second City and has performed in a variety of ensembles including, Improv Brunch; Late Night Date Night; The Best of The Second City; Legendary Laughs; Let’s Make It Perfectly Queer: A Salute to Pride; Dysfunctional Family Affair; The Second City’s Black History Month Show; the National Touring Company, Second City Theatricals on the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Epic and in the corporate realm with The Second City Works. Additionally, Maya has been an understudy for The Second City’s mainstage shows, Do the Right Thing, No Worries if Not and Do You Believe in Madness?. Additional casts include Baby Wants Candy, The Musical Armando (iO), and Improv Asylum (Boston).
HANNAH INGLE (she/her) originally from Missouri, has been living and performing in Chicago since 2014. A former member of Second City’s Severn Darden Graduate Program, Hannah can be seen performing comedy all around the city. Hannah particularly loves performing with her musical comedy duo Ruth and Elaine. (@RuthandElaine) Hannah would like to thank her family and friends for their ongoing love and support, and David for always reminding her to dream big. Besides all that – Hannah is generally happy to be here and would absolutely love to pet your dog!
JAVID IQBAL (he/him) is bald, will never have hair on top again, and has a well lined up beard! You may recognize him from his 2 second appearance at the 2:08 mark in the music video for the very recent 2008 smash hit “Lookin Boy” by Hotstylz & Yung Joc…..and yes, that’s him. Javid’s also been in tons of other good stuff, just trust. In his spare time he watches and films comedy performed by his precious kids Jamil & Jamilah. You can catch Javid on TikTok @TheRealJavid or really on any social media and he is absolutely not too proud to beg for a follow, so please, God, please, follow him. Javid is represented by Paonessa Talent.
A southside Chicago native, BILL LETZ (he/him) loves being a part of this city’s wonderful comedy community. He is a proud graduate of Second City’s Conservatory and Musical program as well as iO’s Training program. He has been a part of many great shows and teams but some of his favorites include Daffodil, Ghost Car, Tubbs Ave, pH, Improvised Gilmore Girls, and The Treehouse Pipers. He is so happy to be a part of Second City’s BlueCo along with his amazing and mega talented castmates. Thanks to Bill and Meth, Cath and Scoops, and his family and friends for all their support. Pics of his dog Two Scoops of Cookies and Cream @letzey on the gram.
CHAS LILLY is a Chicago-based writer, performer, and improviser from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He regularly performs with “fair dinkum” at CiC theater and the Chicago improv darlings “Randy.” He recently produced the album Us Who Know for Chicago folk band The Q’s.
PRESTON PARKER is thrilled to perform with The Second City National Touring Company. Originally from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, previous credits with Second City include The Best Friggin’ Songs of the Second City, and understudying for the Mainstage and Touring Company. Other sketch work has been featured at Austin Out of Bounds Festival, Chicago SketchFest and Austin SketchFest. He also writes and composes original musicals, including The Election of William Henry Harrison (Best Ensemble, Premier Premieres Festival), When Jared Met Ivanka, and Titanic 2042 (Best Musical nominee, Chicago Reader). He is the proud Champion of the 2019 ESPN1000 Holiday Parody Song Contest. You can follow him on Instagram @prestonleeparker to see too few photos of himself and way too many photos of his cat, Kuzco. Overwhelming love and gratitude to Bianca, Ashley, Shelby, Dad, and Mom, always
CASSIDY RUSSELL (she/her) has been doing improv since middle school (cool!). In addition to performing with Second City, she is a resident director at Chicago’s Annoyance Theater, where she also performs and teaches. She has taught and performed improv internationally for the past decade and is honestly just really joyful that this is what she gets to do with her life. Cassidy has appeared in multiple (multiple!) local car commercials.
TIM METZLER (he/him) comes from Wisconsin and has spent the past decade as a comedian in Chicago. He’s represented by the amazing Paonessa Talent Agency. Most recently he shot an Amazon commercial and will appear in the next Kindle campaign. He’s understudied multiple Mainstage shows at Second City and is part of the National Touring Company. His voice work is on Spotify with the AM 1066 Radio Parody Podcast (@am1066) and The Garden Boys (@gardenboyshaha). He’s a member of Baby Wants Candy: The Improvised Musical, he’s a humorist for Greener Pastures Magazine (@greenerpastsat) and he’s a Featured Fantasy Sports Writer for FantasyPros. His free time is spent cooking and laughing with his wife Beth. For Tim’s work on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram, please see @timmy_the_metz
YAZMIN RAMOS (she/her) is a Chicago native who is thrilled to be performing with The Second City National Touring Company. She most recently performed in The Revolution Will Be Improvised at the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington D.C. Other highlights include: The Second City’s She The People Tour (Boston – Huntington Theatre Company, San Diego Rep), The Holy Fuck Comedy Hour (Annoyance Theatre), and Burlesque is More (Annoyance Theatre). She is currently staffed as a writer on MeTV’s Toon In With Me and has appeared in a few television roles. Represented by Grossman & Jack Talent.
CATHARINE SAVAGE (she/her) is delighted to perform with The Second City! A Massachusetts native, she moved to Chicago after graduating from Brown University with a B.A. in History and Gender Studies. She is a proud graduate of The Second City Training Center’s Conservatory and Severn Darden Graduate Program, as well as iO’s training program. She has performed with her team Artemis and in the Armando Diaz Experience at iO. Thank you to her dog nephew Chance for always believing in her. She is represented by BMG Talent. Follow her on twitter: @CatharineSavage
CONNER STUMM (he/him) is excited to be performing in his first show with The Second City. He recently wrote and performed as Batman in The Batman Show at the Annoyance Theater, and performs weekly with his improv team, Creamboy, at the iO Theater. He was also recently nominated in the Chicago Reader for 2023’s Best Comedian (non standup). Conner is represented by Paonessa Talent and you can follow him on Instagram at @connerscomedy. Special thanks to Joe Gustafson for buying a Value ticket, enjoy the show from the nosebleeds, bud.
ANNIE SULLIVAN is a writer, performer, and all-around
sweetheart originally from Kansas City and an alum of Columbia College Chicago. She is currently an understudy for The Second City National Touring Company. Additionally, she is a performer on the improv team Devil’s Daughter and a cast member of The Annoyance’s weekly sketch show, HOLY F*CK. Follow her on Twitter @whitemystery95 or follow her on the streets of Logan Square.
ROSS TAYLOR (he/him) is originally from St. James, Missouri and favorite Second City credits include performing at the Kennedy Center and understudying for the e.t.c. and the Touring Company. Before moving to Chicago, Ross spent seven years in New York City, performing and teaching regularly at Magnet Theater. He majored in Theater at the University of Missouri. Eternal thanks to Jen, Loki and all the heroes on Producer’s Row! @rosstaylornyc
MAX THOMAS (he/him) was raised on Jimi Hendrix, Rick James, & Soy Milk. He was destined to become a comedian. His Chicago credits include NBC Break Out Comedy Festival & 2018 Bob Curry Fellow (The Second City); Dutchmasters (Jackalope Theater); In The Blood (Red Tape Theater); Jitney (Congo Square Theater); Othello (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); LAWD the CVS Is Burning (MPAACT Theatre). Max studied at The School at Steppenwolf, Second City & B.A.D.A. When he is not acting he is performing stand-up & spoken word improv with his team PREACH. He thanks family, friends, & James Baldwin for reminding him he is not alone.
ADISA WILLIAMS (she/her) is originally from both Boston and Kingston, Jamaica. (This cannot be further explained). She is currently a writer for YouTube News show: Gay News and actor/writer for web series Bennie and Barbara. She is currently in the 2020 Second City NBCUniversal Bob Curry Fellowship. When not on stage or behind a camera, you can catch her in the middle of a ring of Krispy Kreme doughnuts because she likes being surrounded by greatness. Previous credits include: iO’s House Sketch Team, iO’s diOversity Scholars, ComedySportz Seattle Ensemble. Huge thank you to her Chicago family and friends. Follow @runoftheschmill on Instagram and @schmilliams on Twitter/TikTok
BRITTANI YAWN (she/her) is a performer and writer based in Chicago. Originally from Cleveland, OH, Brittani moved to Chicago after earning her BA in Theatre from Miami University. Some of her recent credits include Poison (The Plagiarists), The Suffrage Plays (Artemisia Theatre), and The Ridiculous Darkness (Sideshow Theatre Company). She has also performed with Black Lives Black Words International Project, Hell in a Handbag Productions, the Annoyance, and iO, among others. You can catch her improvising at multiple comedy spaces in Chicago. Brittani is a 2021 NBC Universal/Second City Bob Curry Fellow.
CARISA BARRECA (Director, she/her) is honored to be Directing Blue Co! She is an alum of The Second City’s resident stage, where she wrote and performed in three critically acclaimed revues. Most recently she was honored to direct the 111th Mainstage Show, Don’t Quit Your Daydream! Along with the Mainstage, she also directed the award-winning show She The People, Second City’s SING OUT and Deck The Hallmark. She has had the honor of performing at Lyric Opera of Chicago with Sir Patrick Stewart and Reneé Fleming in The Second City’s Guide to the Opera at Goodman Theatre; The Kennedy Center with Twist Your Dickens; and wrote and performed in Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Second City’s collaboration The Art of Falling. Follow her @Cinderisa.
JEFF GRIGGS (Director) is the author of the book Guru; My Days with Del Close and a Director/Performer/Teacher at Second City. He’s a faculty member of the Second City Film School and is a professor at Depaul University and Columbia College. He has performed improv and sketch at theaters around the world and is a current director for the Second City Touring Company.
ANNE LIBERA (Director, she/her) is an Associate Professor and coordinates the degree in Comedy Writing and Performance at Columbia College Chicago. She is an Artistic Consultant and Director of Comedy Studies for The Second City. She served as Director of Pedagogy for The Second Science Project in partnership with the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago. Her directing credits include: The Madness of Curious George, Computer Chips and Salsa, The Second City Goes to War, Are You There God? It’s Me, Katniss Everdeen, and Second City touring productions all over the world.
Anne has presented on topics in improvisation and comedy for Aspen Ideas Festival, Code Conference, Chicago Ideas Week, Twitter, and guest lectured at the Stanford Business School and Northwestern University. Her book Funnier: A Theory of Comedy with Practical Applications will be published by Northwestern University Press.
Twitter:@AnneLibera1
ROB WILSON (Director) hailing from Virginia has made the most of his time in Chicago, most recently playing Joel on the first season of FOX’s “The Big Leap”. He has also appeared alongside Terrence Howard on FOX’s “Empire”, SHOWTIME’s “Shameless”. Rob has performed on every stage at The Second City as well as touring the nation with both The Second City’s Touring Company and The Westside Theater’s Mission Improvable. He made his Second City Directorial debut last year with SuperAfroWavyDrippy-ExtraBrillantDope Show. He has since directed the critically acclaimed Shamilton and The Dopeness. He does other stuff too but right now he’s kinda enjoying this directing thing. He hopes ya have fun. Rob is repped by Stewart Talent and on IG he is @Rob_Willsun
JOHN LOVE (Musical Director) is a musician/actor based out of Chicago, IL. He currently tours with The Second City and plays piano for a collective in Chicago called The North and Wells Band. He gives all of his love and appreciation to his family and friends; especially his Mom, his sister, E & A, and his dear friend KB.
TONY BELSITO (Musical Director) is a Chicago-based musician and performer originally from Duluth, Minnesota. Previous MD credits include Second City’s HouseCo, TourCo, SuperAfroWavyDrippyExtra-BrilliantDopeShow, and Dance Like There Are Black People Watching. Guitarist for Kid Copter, studio musician for Ersatz Records, and releaser of original music streaming under my name, Tony Belsito. If you’d like to know more, just ask. Yes, you can have a link to the playlist.
MICHAEL OLDHAM (Musical Director) is a composer and pianist who weaves artwork, story, and imagination into his work. Whether experimenting with looping videos on Instagram as the “parts” of a piece that anyone can play (Music In Segments – 2018), utilizing repeating gif images of old silent films as inspiration for a twelve-movement work (Music In Gifs – 2019), translating great works of art into music (Suggestion Box: Art – 2020, The Egon Schiele Pieces – 2021), writing art songs, musical theater, pop songs, or commercial ad work, Michael’s thirst for unusual storytelling through music is never quenched.
PAUL SOTTNIK (Music Director) is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter and performer currently living, teaching and working in Chicago, IL. Since earning a BA in music from Fredonia University they have worked extensively as a dance accompanist with many great companies including Hubbard Street Dance, The Joffrey Ballet and Ballet Austin. They have composed music for “Echo Modern Dance Collective” and “A Theater in the Dark”. Follow them @SottnikMusic or at www.melacollective.com/sottnik-music
BREE BARTMAN (Stage Manager) For the past 10 years, she’s been hiding in the shadows at several theaters around Chicago, including The Second City and the long running show, Bye Bye Liver. When she’s not at Second City, you can find her slinging sass at Ed Debevic’s! Please enjoy the show!!!
INDIGO COAR (Stage Manager) (they/them) is thrilled to be a stage manager for the Touring Company! Indigo is a Chicago-based theatre technician, specializing in stage management and technical direction. They started working with Second City as a virtual stage manager back in mid-2021, shortly after first moving to Chicago. They earned their BFA in technical theatre at LIU Post University in New York. Indigo has been enjoying delving into the world of improv and sketch comedy following their much larger experience in the musical theatre world.
REBECCA GILMAN (Stage Manager) divides her time between stage managing, directing, and acting. Since arriving in Chicago, she has stage managed the world premiere of Malapert Love with the Artistic Home (2023 Jeff Award for Best New Work) and has been working as a stage manager for The Second City and iO Theater. Rebecca received her BA in theatre from UAA in 2015. Directing credits include Little Women: The Musical (2021), Grounded (2021), and The Crucible (2019) with the Kenai Performers. Favorite acting credits include Missy Miller in The Marvelous Wonderettes (Addie Camp Dining Car 2022), Maxine in Night of the Iguana (UAA Theatre and Dance 2014), and Sister Aloysius in Doubt: A Parable (TTR 2014). Favorite stage management credits are Gravidity (TTR 2014 and VTC 2014) along with [title of show] (2013), Other Desert Cities (2015), Antony and Cleopatra (2016), and The Great American Trailer Park Musical (2017) at Cyrano’s Theatre Company.
BRYON HENDERSON (Producer, he/him) is a Chicago native and Producer for the Touring Company. He has his Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami, FL with emphasis on Music Business and Performance in Voice and on Viola. He has worked with many award-winning and national recording artists to produce live events and concerts. Bryon has worked for Second City Works and served as Producer for SuperAfroWavyDrippyExtra-BrilliantDopeShow, and Dance Like There Are Black People Watching. He is currently co-starring in the life-long comedy of marriage, 3 kids and a dog.
KRISTEN AVILES is from the beautiful sunshine place of Staten Island, NY. After moving to Chicago in 2017 she is now a Chicago based comedian, improviser and beautiful singer. You can currently catch her sometimes in Clued-in (Second City), Shamilton (Second City), The Mermaids (Annoyance) or as an understudy for Alex Bellisle in Great Altercations right here in the e.t.c! If you want to follow along and see where she will be next, you can follow her on everything @kris10aviles
ANDREW BALDWIN (Understudy, he/him) is a musician, comedian, and writer from Wisconsin. Since moving to Chicago, he has trained at the Second City Conservatory and The Annoyance. In addition to performing improv and sketch throughout Chicago, he has performed as an understudy for Second City’s 110th mainstage show Do The Right Thing, No Worries If Not, teaches at The Annoyance Theater, and is an ensemble member of Shamilton, Baby Wants Candy, and Satirical Race Theory. Sometimes he can still be spotted playing percussion around the city to feel like he isn’t wasting his music degrees. Instagram: @andrew_on_drums. Rep: Grossman&Jack Talent.
ANNA BORTNICK (Understudy) is an actor and improviser originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She received her B.F.A. from Boston University and has trained at the Eugene O’Neill National Theater Institute. Anna also performs with the musical improv company, BABY WANTS CANDY and SHAMILTON (Edinburgh Fringe, The Second City) and is a current resident company member at iO Theater. www.annabortnick.com
DENVER COLLINS (he/him) (@denverfromohio) is a writer, actor and improvisor who hails from the scenic Cuyahoga Valley in Ohio. He studied Journalism at Kent State University and taught English abroad before moving to Chicago in 2012. He joined Second City as an Understudy for the Touring Company RedCo in 2023. He performs regularly with the cast of Best of Annoyance Sketch (@bestofannoyancesketch) and iO’s improv ensemble Kohl’s Cash (@kohlscash.io). When he’s not performing, you can also see him outside riding his bike pretty much everywhere.
TYLER DeLOATCH (Understudy) (he/they) is an actor, improviser, and singer based in Chicago. Chicago credits include Assassins (Theo Ubique), The Threepenny Opera (Theo Ubique), Rock of Ages (one night replacement) (Mercury Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Kokandy Productions, Jeff winner; Best Musical Production), The Virginian (City Lit Theatre), Rent (Possibilities Theatre), and Laughterreise (in association with Fourth Coast Ensemble). Tyler is a member of musical improv teams Baby Wants Candy, Shamilton (Second City Skybox), and Riff (iO). Tyler is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and of Coker University with a degree in Music with an emphasis in Musical Theatre. Represented by Lily’s Talent.
MENAKA DEOLEKAR (Understudy) is comedian, actor, and taxpayer who would like to thank the cast and crew of Out of the House Party for having her understudy! Menaka graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s in Human Resources and in Acting, and has spent the past year living in Spain. She is a proud recipient of the 2018 Bob Curry Fellowship and has been lucky enough to perform sketch revues and scripted works at Steppenwolf Theatre, The Goodman, Writer’s Theatre and Jackalope Theatre among others. Past credits include Teatro Vista’s Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), ‘Night Mother (Jessie Cates), Uncle Vanya (Yelena Andreyevna), Dog Sees God (Marcy). You can see her improvise with Stir Friday Night, and perform theatre, stand up, and sketch comedy around Chicago. Special thanks to Ray for running lines with her and Grossman & Jack Talent for being the best agency! Most importantly, Menaka would not be anywhere without God, and her Mom and Dad’s endless love and support, and would especially like to pay tribute to her Little Brother.
Instagram: Mxnaka, Twitter: HakunaMenakah
ERIC GREENBAUM (Understudy) is from the wonderful town of New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from New York University with a BFA in Drama, and finished his time at school in The Second City’s Comedy Studies Program during the spring of 2021. You can find him around Chicago performing comedy and theatre, and he might even sing for you! He would like to thank his family and friends very very much for helping him pursue this little dream of his. Eric is a freak who doesn’t have social media, but you can follow him and his shows on his website, ericgreenbaum.com
MASOOD HAQUE (Understudy, he/him) is a comedian, actor, and director based in Chicago. He has completed the Bob Curry Fellowship, been a house ensemble member at Second City Theater, as well as associate directed their resident stage E.T.C. production, The Best Decision You Ever Made. Masood is a founding member of the comedy troupe Club Asia, the former Artistic Director for Stir-Friday Night, and has lent his voice to various VO projects. He has also filmed multiple projects with Weird Life Films, been a witch on the critically acclaimed web series Brujos and is currently online playing tabletop role-playing games on streams sponsored by Hasbro, Blue Microphones, and others. You can find out what Masood’s up to on his Twitter and Instagram @mahrudeboi, or just see pictures of his cats.
Dani Nicole James is an actor and curve model from Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. She can be seen improvising all around Chicago. She is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory and the School at Steppenwolf. Her most recent credit is her one woman show “You Can Cry When You Get Home” which she performed at Steppenwolf Theatre Company as part of The Lookout series. She has also modeled nationally and locally. Some favorites include Macys, Famous Footwear, and HUM Nutrition.She is represented by 10MGMT and 10 Talent Agency in Chicago.F or upcoming shows and cute outfits Instagram: @Dani_James
MAX LAZERINE (Understudy, he/him) is a writer, performer from Minneapolis Minnesota and is an alum of Columbia College Chicago. Max is a performer with The Annoyance’s HOLY F*CK COMEDY HOUR and can be seen around town with his sketch duo Max and Annie. You can follow this bad boy on twitter @Maxlazerine
DAVE LYZENGA (Understudy, he/him) is an actor, improvisor, and software engineer. You can find him performing all over Chicago at iO (The Teenagers, The Musical Armando, RIFF, Dreamboat), The Revival (The Living Newspaper), The Second City (Baby Wants Candy), and CSz Chicago (ComedySportz Ensemble), and up in Grand Rapids with his independent team (Pop Scholars). He has worked in Bar Harbor for ImprovAcadia, aboard a cruise ship for The Second City Theatricals, and in a Class 10 clean room for Purdue University. Recently, Dave performed right here in Dysfunctional Family Affair (u/s) and wrote a solo show all about his very own dysfunctional family (Dave Lyzenga’s A Good Guy).
LAURA MAYNARD (Understudy) was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee before moving to Chicago in 2015. She studied Comedy Writing and Performance at Columbia College Chicago, graduating in 2019. She can be seen improvising all over town with the iO Harold team Slice and independent team Cool Aunt. She wouldn’t be here without her parents, so John and Laura if you’re reading this – I love you! You can follow her on Twitter and Letterboxd at @mrsdennisquaid
PHYLICIA McLEOD (Understudy) is an improviser, writer, voice over actress, and teacher based in Chicago, IL. She began her comedy career at Second City Chicago and completed the conservatory & Bob Curry Fellowship programs. You can hear her as she co-host the podcast Unlearning or in her head learning how to read Tarot Cards.
LAURA MULCAHY (Understudy, she/her) moved to Chicago many years ago from the lakes of Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is an actor and improviser around Chicago and can be found at the Annoyance Theater, iO, and Logan Square Improv. She is also a contributor to ‘Reductress.’
KEVIN NOONAN (Understudy, he/him) is a writer and performer originally from Overland Park, Kansas, thrilled to perform with Second City. Kevin previously wrote and performed at the Pack Theater in Los Angeles with house ensembles Very Famous and Nobody Yell At Me. Other past credits include red carpet journalist, SAT tutor, working salad orders at a cafe in the mall, and almost Blockbuster Video cashier, until the store closed down on what was supposed to be his first day of work. His instagram is @kevin.noonan4.
AUDREY SCHIFFHAUER (Understudy, she/her) is originally from Buffalo, NY, and has performed improv and sketch comedy in Chicago for seven years, including Second City, iO Theater, The Annoyance and CIC. She is excited to be performing with her friends again after missing comedy so much in the last year, although her cat Lily is not thrilled that she seems to be leaving the house more often.
TRAVIS STUEBING (Understudy) is an actor, writer and comedian originally hailing from Texas. While having performed with many regional theaters, locally he is a graduate of iO and The Annoyance’s Improv programs, Second City’s Conservatory, and is also an alum of Second City’s Severn Darden Graduate Program. He’s also contributed voice work to the anime One Piece and The Onion’s podcast The Topical. He couldn’t be more proud to be apart of The National Touring Company as an understudy. He’d like to thank his family for all of their support, and Katie, for being the best partner to run lines with. You can find him on Twitter: travis_stuebing & Instagram: travis.stuebing
DARYN ROBINSON (she/her) is a writer and performer originally from Washington, D.C. She is thrilled to understudy for The Second City Touring Company! She also performs in other shows around Chicago, including Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical (Second City), Improvised Jane Austen (iO Theatre), My Best Friend is Black (Lincoln Lodge), and more. Daryn holds an MFA from Northwestern University (‘23) and her writing has been published in The Onion. Many thanks to her beloved co-producers, Mom and Dad! You can follow her on Instagram @daryn_2dream.
KAI ELISE (Understudy Music Director) (she/they) can be spotted in the wild playing dueling pianos around Chicago and dancing at late night Tango milongas. She debuted at Second City with the inaugural Victor Wong Fellowship in their sold-out show It’s A Bao Damn Time as a music director. She has directed musical theatre camps and shows around the midwest with Central Wi Children’s Theatre, The Stage School, and the East End Players. Her most recent project was writing and orchestrating Say Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Parody. She uses innovative patches and loops with Ableton to play keys with Chicago Loud 9, Aya Ito, and to build her own solo shows. Her debut album under the name Kai Zhi Hundred called To My Selfish was recently released on all platforms. She can be found on IG and tiktok as @kaionthekeys
BRYCE HALLIDAY (Understudy Music Director) is an Australian musician and audio producer, who has been based in Chicago since 2022. Since completing his Bachelor of Music at the Australian Institute of Music in 2012, Bryce has created music and sound design for a huge variety of projects, with a focus towards sketch and improvised comedy. In Chicago, he has been a music director at the renowned Second City, The Annoyance and iO theatres, and in 2023 he toured with original members of the US ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ cast. His compositions can be found in video games (Birdsketball, Particulars), films (Diagnosis, Jimbra) and podcasts (Snowball, Conversations From The Abyss). Before moving to the USA, Bryce worked for five years at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation where he produced several acclaimed podcasts. Including the cult-hit comedy documentary ‘Finding Drago’ and the stand up comedy series ‘Alice Fraser Trilogy’, which Apple Podcasts named in their ‘Best Australian Podcasts’ 2018 list.
GABBY OWENS (Understudy Stage Manager, she/they) has been bouncing around the Chicago theater world since she moved here in 2018. When she’s not in a theater, she can frequently be found working as a dog walker, trying to get all the fresh air and puppy therapy that stage managing rarely offers. Past credits include: Richard III (Babes with Blades), Krugozor (Theatre Evolve), Matter Dance’s 2023 Spring Concert, Labyrinth (Broken Nose Theatre), Language Rooms (Broken Nose Theatre), Queen of the Mist (Firebrand Theatre).
DEVONTE E. WASHINGTON (Understudy Stage Manager) is a Chicago native. Born and raised on the southside. He started working in production over 10 years ago and hasn’t looked back. He has molded his skills by learning the aspects of designing and building shows from scratch. His Talenst have been used with many events,venues and shows throughout the city. Getting better with every show he wants to continue to get better at what he does while continuously learning more and more .
