Cast-and-Crew-Best-Of-SC-Brooklyn

Performed by:

Lisa Albano, Tristan Lee Griffin, Patrick McCartney, Colin Rourke, Miranda Rozas & Winnie Stack

Director: Ashley Blair

Musical Director & Sound Design: Jonathan Wagner

Stage Manager: Eliza Dillon

Lighting Designer: Kayla Freeman

Managing Producer: Matt Prigge

Associate Producer: Katie Coyle

Technical Director: Kurt Cruz

Technical Coordinator: Sebastian Hernandez

Created by: Alan Kliffer


The Ensemble

Lisa Albano

Lisa Albano/Ensemble is an actor & writer based in New York. With a degree in International Relations and zero desire to work for the government, she moved to Chicago where she studied & performed improv and sketch at various theaters including iO Chicago and Logan Square Improv. When Lisa’s not performing at The Second City, you can find her performing around New York with her improv team, The Good Time, or online at @lisa.albano on Instagram and @girlfriendlis on TikTok. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Mike, Rose, David & Erika, I couldn’t do this without you!

Tristan Lee Griffin

Tristan Lee Griffin/Ensemble is a NYC-based comedic actor and writer, originally from Rome, Georgia. From 2017-2020, he was a house sketch comedy performer at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre.  In 2019, Tristan performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal as a New Face: Characters. He’s very excited to be part of Second City’s NYCo cast. Tristan’s acting credits include: Dickinson, White House Plumbers, That Damn Michael Che, American Horror Story, WeCrashed, The Politician, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and The Intern.

Patrick McCartney

Patrick McCartney/Ensemble is an actor, director, and teacher from New York City. He is thrilled to be a part of The Second City NYC. Besides playing with his ensemble in NYCO he understudies Ben Rameka in the Mainstage production Ruthless Acts of Kindness. He can be seen improvising monthly in Bareilles and McCartney along with many pop-up gigs. He teaches improv and acting at The PIT in Manhattan. He loves dogs, rainy days, and the smell of a mass market paperback.

Colin Rourke

Colin Rourke/Ensemble Hailing from Chicago, Colin Rourke is an actor and writer who has trained under and performed for The Second City, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, iO Theater and Logan Square Improv. He’s been featured in Buzzfeed and Comedy Central’s “The Gag” and was selected as one of the creators to watch at the 2022 NY Comedy Festival, along with his sketch team “Please Stop Crying”. You can catch him improvising weekly with his best friends “The Good Time” at BCC, and follow him on social: @ballin_rourke. He wants to give a shout out to his nieces and nephew, even though they cannot read yet. Oh well, Uncle Colin loves you!

Miranda Rozas

Miranda Rozas/Ensemble  is a Brooklyn-based improviser, musician, and actress. Originally from Louisiana (and she won’t shut up about it), Miranda moved to Chicago where she trained and performed with The Second City, the iO Theater, Logan Square Improv, and CIC theater for 6 years. When she’s not performing with Second City, you can catch her improvising every Thursday night with “The Good Time” at 7pm at BCC, or around the city singing and jamming original songs with her band “Spare Room”. Follow her on instagram @sexydragonbuttmuncher or Tiktok @thesexydragon. She accepts any and all discussions about crawfish and how good it is.

Winnie Stack

Winnie Stack/Ensemble is an actor and comedian from Los Angeles. In 2019 Winnie moved to Brooklyn where she was cast on the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Maude team “Peaches” where she performed original characters every month. After discovering her childhood journals in 2021, she developed a solo show called “@Jenna” about how the actress Pam from “The Office” was her gay awakening. She’s performed the show to several sold out audiences at theatres in New York and Los Angeles. Winnie performs regularly with her two sketch groups “One Bad Egg” and “Sleepover” at The Brooklyn Comedy Collective and Caveat. She is absolutely thrilled to be a part of the Second City Presents team in Williamsburg every other Monday!

Production Team

 

MATT PRIGGE / Producer, Second City Brooklyn is thrilled to be producing The Second City Brooklyn’s inaugural sketch revue. Before starting with The Second City, Matt served as Producing Artistic Director at The Peoples Improv Theater (The PIT NYC), after producing dozens of sketch shows at the theater. Matt’s eclectic producing background includes commercials, narrative short films, audiobooks, web series, and campaign ads. He’s also an experienced arts educator, who has taught hundreds of NYC public school students through organizations such as The Story Pirates. Matt is a proud alumnus of Ithaca College’s Theater Department, and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre through The National Theater Institute.

 

KATIE COYLE / Associate Producer (she/her) is so excited to be a part of The Second City! Born and raised in Alaska, she took the typical Alaskan path by moving to New York City and working as a Story Logger on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. A tale as old as time! She previously also worked on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Queer Eye, Love & Marriage: Huntsville, and Search Party. Love to her family and friends!

 

KURT CRUZ / Technical Director is a musician, comedian, and Technical Director. Previously, he was the Technical Director at the Upright Citizens Brigade – Hell’s Kitchen and Caveat NYC. He is also a freelance audio mixer, podcast editor, and live-stream technician. When he’s not behind the tech booth, you can find him performing improv and music at various venues throughout NYC. Check out his solo indie music project, Kuko, on all streaming platforms. kukomusic.com

 

JONATHON WAGNER / Musical Director & Sound Design is an actor/musician based in NYC. He made his Broadway debut in 2015 as the original understudy for “Dewey Finn” in School of Rock: the musical, performing the role over 140 times. Off-Broadway and Regional Credits include: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tuacahn – 1st Regional Wonka!), #DateMe (Westside), 25th Annual …Spelling Bee (TATC), The Last 5 Years (Steel Beam), High Fidelity (Route 66) and The People vs Friar Laurence (Second City/Steppenwolf 2nd Stage).Jonathan has been with The Second City on and off since 2001, both teaching and music directing various “Co’s” (including: two of their National Touring Companies, SC Cincy: Pride and Porkopolis, two tours on NCL Second City at Sea and the Severn Darden Graduate Program). He was the MD for the Chicago Improv Festival and their house team Storybox, from 2006-2010. He has also music directed improv teams Baby Wants Candy, ComedySportz (Chicago and NYC), RIFF, Mansical, GULP! and Anarchy: the Improvised Rock Opera. Jonathan has also composed and collaborated on several musicals. His most recent project is a musical adaptation of Ryan Andrews’ illustrated fairy tale, Sarah and the Seed with book-lyricist Juliet Mazer-Schmidt. www.sarahandtheseed.com


Understudies 


Becky Abrams

Becky Abrams is a Brooklyn-based actor, storyteller, and voiceover artist. She trained with The Upright Citizens Brigade and was a featured sketch performer on UCBTNY house teams Nipsey, Roanoke, and Moriarty. Her half-hour solo show “Santa’s Girlfriend” enjoyed a run in Spring 2023. She appears in countless commercial spots, and her voice is featured in Audible’s “Heads Will Roll” (alongside the voices of Kate McKinnon, Meryl Streep, and Tim Gunn). She also wrote, starred in, and co-directed a short film called “Always Left Handed.”

Caitlin Hollis

Caitlin Hollis is from Atlanta, GA where she started her comedy journey at Dad’s Garage. She’s a graduate of the Severn Darden Graduate Program in Chicago and former iO Harold Team member. Currently she’s running a film festival, FIFF, with her friend, True Walters, at Flop House Comedy every last Wednesday of the month. So much love to her family without whom she wouldn’t be funny.

Aaron LaRoche

Aaron LaRoche is an actor/writer based out of New York. A graduate of the David Lynch Screenwriting MFA he is a vessel for the absurd. He performs improv all over with his indie team Branded Silk and My Momma’s Biscuits. Besides comedy he is also a drummer and member of the bands Skorts and Ghost Kitchen. He is thankful for his family and friends and anyone who still loves to laugh. Let’s get weird.

Hannah Rehak

Hannah Rehak is honored to join the incredible cast at Second City New York! Hannah is a Chicago native with over a decade’s worth of experience in improv and sketch comedy. When not on stage, Hannah can be found producing the pop culture podcast Material Girls, directing short films or rearranging her furniture. Follow her @hmrehak on Instagram or learn more about her work at hannahrehak.com

Andy Rowell

Andy Rowell (he/him/his) is an actor, comedian, and writer based in Brooklyn. In Chicago, Andy worked alongside his peers at the Annoyance Theatre, iO Comedy Network, and the Second City mainstage. He is best known for his appearance on America’s Got Talent as “The Tequila Guy”, a character described by Simon Cowell as “So stupid, I loved it.” Follow @theandyrowell for more.

Micah Sterenberg

Micah Sterenberg started improvising in Chicago over a decade ago. He is a veteran of the Second City, Annoyance, and iO, where he was a member of house teams Meridian and Tone. Currently, he appears in That Damn Michael Che and created the long-running live show Bit Tank and Global Influencer SummitCon. Micah performs at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective with What Makes You Laugh and Demon Time, as well as with NYC’s top improv team, Olestra.

Adrien Pellerin

Adrien Pellerin is a musical comedian based in NYC. He has music directed numerous improvised musicals all over the world, including Baby Wants Candy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Shitzprobe at the New York Comedy Festival, and Blank! The Musical at Green Room 42. He co-created Stupid Music Videos, a digital series with over 3 million views. As a writer-actor, his work has been featured by Comedy Central, Adult Swim, Funny Or Die, Vulture, Mashable, UCB, The PIT, and NYC Public Access TV. Insta: @adrienpellerin More at www.AdrienPellerin.com

Ammon Taylor

Ammon Taylor is an award-winning pianist, composer, and music director. He works in scripted and improvised theatre, arts education, comedy, and musical theatre. By day he teaches music to kids and adults alike, and by night he performs and writes musicals.

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