Cast-and-Crew-Mainstage

CARISA BARECCA
Director (she/her/hers)  is thrilled to be directing the 114th Mainstage revue. A Chicago native and longtime member of The Second City, Carisa has been performing, writing, creating, and directing there for over 15 years.
As a director, her credits include the Jeff Award–nominated revues Best Kept Secret: Tell Everyone! and Don’t Quit Your Daydream! She also directed and associate-directed the Helen Hayes Award–winning show She The People, and has proudly helmed The Second City’s National Touring Company (Blue), SING OUT, and Deck the Hallmark.
Outside of The Second City, Carisa is the proud founder and Artistic Director of Matter Dance Company, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. She is endlessly grateful to this incredible cast for their hard work and generosity in creating this glorious show, and sends all her thanks to Kevin for literally everything. Follow her adventures in directing/acting/dogs/baking @Cinderisa.

JAMES DUGAN
Assistant to the Director was born in California but moved to Chicago after college to find out what this whole “winter” thing is about. He quickly became a staple of the Chicago comedy scene, performing and teaching at Second City, iO Theater, The Annoyance, and other stages all over the city. James has performed on cruise ships with The Second City and is an ensemble member with High Stakes Productions. He is also a teacher at the iO Theater. He has directed several productions, including Anytime But Now, Long Time Gone: A Dixie Chicks Musical, and Improv: The Play. You can currently catch him performing in The Armando, Blueprint, Clued In, Hitchcocktails, and Whirled News Tonight.

DEVONTE E. WASHINGTON
Stage Manager (he/him/his) is a Chicago native. Born and raised on the southside. He has been working in production for over 10 years. He is excited to join The Second City for this production. He has worked for many theater companies over the years. This is his 2nd MainStage Revue after working Mainstage 113 (This Too Shall Slap), three Black Excellence shows and one show at Woolly Mammoth in DC. He is also an Ensemble Member with Shattered Globe Theater Company. He works throughout the city on multiple events and shows as a freelancer as well. Every show he does is dedicated to the people who support him. Enjoy the show!

RYAN MIERA
Music Director, Original Music & Sound Design (he/him/his) is thrilled to be doing his third Mainstage revue with The Second City. He’s a four year alum of The Second City National Touring Company. He’s music directed in Chicago since 2005 at everywhere from iO, The Annoyance, ComedySportz, MCL, Baby Wants Candy, as well as aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines with The Second City. His band, Yellow Pills, is available to stream/buy music on all digital music platforms.

JOHN KELLY
Lead Technical Director (he/him/his) is excited to lead the technical and design team for the Second City’s 113th Revue. He has been the technical director at the Second City in Chicago since 2022 and has overseen the last years worth of revues on the Chicago MainStage, e.t.c. stage, Toronto and New York MainStage venues. The 113th revue marks John’s ninth revue on those stages. John would like to specifically thank the amazing Technical Direction staff, stage managers, the designers, carpenters, electricians, painters and technicians who made this show possible. Outside of Second City, John has worked as a lighting designer since 2010. His design and technical portofilo can be found at www.johnkellydesigns.com

KYLE ANDERSON
Lighting Designer (he/him/his) is proud to return to Second City for his umpteenth revue. He spent 17 years with the company as a Stage Manager, Technical Director, and Lighting Designer. Today he is the Technical Director at the historic Studebaker Theater in The Fine Arts Building. His past Second City revues include Apes of Wrath, (e.t.c.), Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not (Mainstage), and Ruthless Acts of Kindness (New York).

CHARLETTE SAN JUAN
Producers Assistant is a Theatre Artist hailing from Manila, Philippines. She has recently worked on Eureka Day! (2026), Twenty Sided Tavern, National Tour (2025), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, First National Tour (2024), Death Becomes Her (2024), MJ The Musical, First National Tour (2023), as well as Second City revues: “Black & Highly Flavored” (2026) “This Too Shall Slap” (2025-2026), “Chaos Theory of Everything”(2025), “Devil’s in the Detours” (2024), “Don’t Quit Your Daydream” (2024). “Eat, Pray, Bigfoot in Love” (2023). She is a proud grad of the University of the Philippines, Theatre Arts program. Currently, she is a Stage Manager for multiple stages at the Second City, including Resident Stages (MainStage and E.T.C. Theatre) and the National Touring Company.

ELEANOR KAHN
Scenic Designer (she/her/hers) has worked extensively as a scenic designer, as well as an experiential, immersive, event and community-focused artist and designer. Career highlights include: scenic design for Iron & Wine on the national Outside Problems tour; creative director + designer for an immersive lobby activation at the Harris Theater for English National Ballet’s production of CREATURE; designer for a 2019 art activation in Millennium Park as well as two live events at J. Pritzker Pavilion; and details designer for Hebru Brantley’s Nevermore Park. Scenic design highlights include: The Fly Honey Show (2018-present); FORTS! Build Your Own Adventure (co-creator + designer); Milo Imagines the World (Chicago Childrens’ Theatre); Notes from the Field (Timeline Theatre); Hairy Ape (Oracle Productions); and NOVA which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She was named one of NewCity Magazine’s Top 50 Players Who Really Perform for Chicago in 2025. Eleanor has an MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University. Her full portfolio can be viewed at www.eleanorkahn.com. Kahn is a proud member of USA 829

PAIGE MACKEY
Producer (she/her) started out at Second City in the comedy camps at age 11. A career motivated child, she knew she wanted to stay in the building as long as possible. 14 years later and Paige pinches herself every day. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2022 with a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance, as well as a minor in Marketing. Throughout college she worked in the summer camps and then the box office, with the Sunday morning box office shift being her favorite (and least productive). With a life spanning across 8 states, TourCo felt like the perfect launching point into the production world. Now moving into resident programming, Paige is excited to reach new audiences closer to home. When Paige isn’t squinting at a spread sheet, she can be found walking by the lake thinking profound thoughts.