Event Rentals – New York
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We’re Second City and we’re guessing the answer is “Yes, And.”
Our Spaces:
Mainstage:
200-seat, cabaret-style theater offers an interactive setting in one of comedy’s most iconic institutions.
Humor activates our sense of wonder. And that’s when we learn. The Second City Works asynchronous learning library uses humor to help your team learn, grow and improve. Through ready-to-view, pro-crafted training modules that span topics like ethics and compliance, anti-harassment, talent development and more,we offer a fresh approach to training content unseen in the market today.
We craft custom content, events, and experiences that help your team engage and connect. Use our world-class facilities to host your event, incorporate Second City programming, like an emcee or tailored comedy show, into your company meetings, or leverage our talent and writers to support a brand activation. Let’s collaborate to deliver engaging, relevant experiences in a surprising way.
Our Clients
Types of challenges we help address
Through the tenets of improvisation, our programs help develop skills for everything from communication and collaboration to leadership, agility and ideation. A few examples include:
- Making your sales story better connect with customers
- Strengthening feedback mechanisms
- Elevate public speaking prowess
- Navigating difficult conversations
- Unlock the power of negotiation skills
- Maximizing the impact of diverse teams
- Blending two cultures after a merger or acquisition
- Fostering greater collaboration across functions
- Cultivating leadership at every level
- Strengthening employee engagement and retention
- Using an abundance mindset when generating creative ideas
- Adapting to a changing market
- Being nimble and accelerating innovation
- Promoting flexibility and problem solving across functions
- Navigating the needs of diverse audiences
- Boosting the effectiveness of sales and marketing
- Instilling leaders with tools to inspire confidence
- Helping founders approach prospective investors
- Teaching students to appreciate different perspectives
- Building empathy and bedside manner among healthcare providers
FAQs
In a word, yes. For over 30 years, we’ve helped transform over 600 Fortune 1000 companies (and counting) through research-based improv techniques pioneered on our stages. The “super skills” that participants take away from our training drives tangible improvements in business performance and boosts employee engagement.
Our programs are thoughtfully tailored to mirror the realities of your workplace. First, we dive deep into your world—getting a handle on what makes your business tick and the hurdles you’re facing. Then, we sculpt content to hit at the heart of your needs. Everything we do is designed to ensure that our training sticks and makes the right impact for years to come.
Second City Works is rooted in over six decades of entertaining excellence, producing some of the most renowned talent in the country. For over 30 years, we’ve harnessed this unique expertise to bring improvisation’s magic into the corporate realm. Through humor, empathy and honesty, our programs are designed to break up well-worn human dynamics, behavior and routines to create better performance for your business.
Absolutely! Whether you’re a small startup or a multinational corporation, our programs are scalable to suit the size and scope of your organization, ensuring that every participant benefits regardless of the group size.
Yes, integration is key. We partner together to integrate your existing training materials or modules into our improvisation-based framework. This approach helps reinforce your own training efforts and ensures that our work enhances them.
Well to that we say, “Yes, And,” because you’re in the perfect place to elevate your creative or entertainment needs. Organizing a corporate outing, igniting a brand activation, or pulling off a stellar off-site? With over 65 years of honing our craft in world-class entertainment, we guarantee a hit that’s tailor-made for your objectives.
Let’s Inspire Better Performance
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