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The Second City Toronto Tourco

Performed by:
Conor Bradbury
Chelsea Larkin
Shohana Sharmin Sicilia
Scott Yamamura
Gavin Pounds
Tiyawnda

Directed By: Kyle Dooley
Assistant Director: Tricia Black 
Music Director: Jordan Armstrong
Stage Manager: Seann Murray
Technical Director: John Kelly
Technical Supervisor: Connor Low
Producer: Susan Waycik
Artistic Consultant: Carly Heffernan

About the Artists

CONOR BRADBURY

CONOR BRADBURY (Ensemble) (He/Him) is an actor and comedian who has been performing in Toronto for almost two decades. He is a founding member of multi award winning comedy troupe Sex T-Rex (Just For Laughs Best Comedy, Toronto Sketchfest: Best of Fest, Toronto Fringe: Best Comedy). He is a regular performer with Bad Dog Theatre (Hookup, D&D Live, Theatresports) and has recently appeared in The Howland Company’s Entrances and Exits. His film and TV credits include What We Do in the Shadows (FX), Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) and Homeschooled (CBC). He was also once on an episode of Cash Cab. Instagram: @conorbury

CHELSEA LARKIN

CHELSEA LARKIN (Ensemble) (She/Her) is an actress, comedian, writer, and singer. Comedy is what Chelsea loves doing best and where she shines most! Some of Chelsea’s favourite recent comedy credits include multiple performances with The Second City, Just For Laughs- New Faces: Characters, her multi-award-winning solo show at the 2022 Toronto Fringe Fest, ‘The Chels Stands Alone’, and CTV’s ‘Children Ruin Everything’. Chelsea performs improv and sketch regularly all over the city- seriously, like all the time. Go find her! When Chelsea was a child she met John Candy in an elevator and he told her to “follow her dreams”- well, she’s doing it!

SHOHANA SHARMIN SICILIA

SHOHANA SHARMIN SICILIA (Ensemble) (She/Her) is a Bangladeshi-born comedian, writer, and theatre artist, and now lives in Toronto with her adorable antisocial cat Ariel. Shohana is a proud Muslim queer woman of colour. She is a recipient of the 2020 Queer Emerging Artist Award at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Shohana is the creator and a cast member of the critically acclaimed award-winning dark sketch comedy revue Dead Parents Society. She presented her solo show Come Here Often? at the 2019 Queer Pride at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. She has performed in comedy and theatre festivals across North America with her award-winning troupe Not Oasis (2017 The Toronto Fringe Patrons Pick, NOW Critic’s Pick). She wishes she could be more like her mother.

SCOTT YAMAMURA

SCOTT YAMAMURA (Ensemble) (He/Him) Being a part of the Second City Tourco cast has been Scott’s lifelong dream. You reading this are now also a part of said dream. Now that he has achieved it, please enjoy his slow descent into oblivion/madness/some sort of mix of the two. Outside of Second City you can catch him on Season 3 of Transplant, the movie entitled, “The Incident Report” or on his hit podcast “What’s with all the YAMS there’s too many YAMS here!”. He is currently enrolled at UCLA in a dramatic television writing program, just to keep things spicy. 

GAVIN POUNDS

GAVIN POUNDS (Ensemble) (He/Him) is a comedian and actor originally from Barrie, Ontario. He can be found emerging from the sewer, or performing improv & sketch comedy in Toronto. As a longtime fan of Canadian comedy, Gavin is beyond excited to perform at The Second City with such a talented group.

TIYAWNDA

TIYAWNDA (Ensemble) (She/Her) is a Toronto based writer and performer whose main focuses include playwriting; creative nonfiction; and performing sketch, stand-up, improv, and musical comedy. Tia is excited to join Second City’s Touring Company after understudying for the last two mainstage revues, and being one of Second City’s 2019 Bob Curry Fellows.

JORDAN ARMSTRONG

JORDAN ARMSTRONG (Music Director) (She/Her) is a composer, musical director, and performer known for her improvised accompaniment and band leading. Highlights include composing for and musical directing three critically-acclaimed Second City Mainstage reviews, Death Ray Cabaret (Best of the Fest, Outstanding Performance, Outstanding Production Toronto Fringe 2019), One Night Only (Dora nominee, Outstanding Musical Direction), The Adventures of Tom Shadow (Canadian Comedy Award winner), CBC Kids The Story Store and the spontaneous live music show Improv Karaoke. Her solo debut EP “Dual” is available on all streaming platforms.

SEANN MURRAY

SEANN MURRAY (Stage Manager) (He/Him) is an actor, improvisor and stage manager from Fredericton, N.B., where he got his start with Theatre Free Radical. Selected SM credits include Second City’s If I could #Throwback Time, Laura Ramoso’s Frances, Ron Pederson’s Miracle on Queen St. and the Canadian Comedy Award winning The Adventures of Tom Shadow. Seann is also the head technician for Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, and a member of multi-award winning comedy company Sex T-Rex.

KYLE DOOLEY

KYLE DOOLEY (Director) (He/Him) is an actor and writer who got his start with the multiple Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch troupe Picnicface. After millions of youtube hits, touring the country with live shows and festivals like Just for Laughs and getting praise from the likes of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay on Funnyordie.com,Picnicface got its own TV show on the Comedy network. As a writer Kyle has contributed sketch comedy to TripTank (Comedy Central), The Irrelevant Show (CBC Radio) and he was a cast member of four Main Stage Revues at Second City Toronto. Kyle also writes and acts for children’s and adult animation including Gary and His Demons (Amazon Prime, Comedy Central UK), Cupcake & Dino: General Services (Netflix) and Ollie’s Pack (Nickelodeon.) Kyle also wrote and acted on the hit preschool show Miss Persona (Treehouse) which was nominated for a daytime Emmy. You can hear him playing a goofy robot on the upcoming season of Paw Patrol. Check out his lovely wife Hannah in the current Mainstage Show! 

TRICIA BLACK

TRICIA BLACK (Assistant Director) (She/They) is an multi-award winning actor, comedian, writer and songwriter. They hold two Canadian Screen Award’s for their performances in the indie web series Band Ladies and the hit animation Summer Memories. Tricia is an alumna of The Second City, and the Creative Director for Tweed & Company Theatre. They hold two Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Live Production, A Sketch Comedy Extravaganza Eleganza and Best Ensemble, She The People. They have appeared in Baroness Von Sketch (CBC), What We Do In The Shadows (FX), Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (Disney) and Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias (Lifetime/Cineflix), Summer Memories (Aircraft Pictures), Dear David: The Haunting of Adam Ellis (Lionsgate/Buzzfeed) and Pretty Hard Cases (CBC).

Tourco Understudies

BRIA BROWN (Understudy for Tiyawnda)

RHYS NAYLOR (Understudy for Gavin Pounds)

ANDERS YATES (Understudy for Conor Bradbury)

GILLIAN BARTOLUCCI (Understudy for Chelsea Larkin)

GHAZAL GHIAMI (Understudy for Shohana Sharmin Sicilia)

SHAUN HUNTER (Understudy for Scott Yamamura)

DAVID SHARPE (Understudy Stage Manager)

JAMES ATIN-GODDEN (Understudy Music Director)

ATHENA SO (Understudy Music Director)

SOPHI MURIAS (Understudy Stage Manager)

Andrea Miller (Understudy Stage Manager)


Special Thanks

Special thanks to all those who supported us on this production, including: Emily Al-Jbouri (Production Manager, Stages), Mark Andrada & The Second City Front-Of-House & Security Team.


This production is being performed by professional Artists who are members of Canadian
Actors’ Equity Association engaged under the Equity Second City Agreement.

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