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Chicago Shows
The Winner…of Our Discontent
The Second City’s latest revue The Winner… of Our Discontent asks if it’s broken, should we fi...
Best of The Second City
Mondays at 8pm. Come see where it all began! The Best of The Second City features some of the best...
The Roast of George Wendt with Roastmaster Jason Sudeikis
It’s a night guaranteed to destroy one of the world’s most beloved comedy legends, George Wendt-...
She the People: Girlfriends’ Guide to Sisters Doing it for Themselves
Thursdays & Saturdays at 8:30pm. We’ll bet you 72 cents on the dollar (or much, much less!) yo...
The Second City’s 106th Mainstage Revue
Be part of Second City history and get an exclusive look at all new material for The Second City's 1...
Behind the Bentwood
Fridays at 5:30pm. A lot has changed over the last 58 years at Second City, but one thing has remain...
The Second City’s Neighborhood Tour
The Second City kicks off another glorious summer with the return of “The Second City’s Neighbor...
Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno
The Second City e.t.c.’s 41st revue, Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno, reminds us there is...
The Second City’s Fast, Loud & Funny
Now Playing: Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm The struggle is fake, folks, but...
The Second City’s Legendary Laughs
"A hilarious night out...the best of Chicago comedy!" - The Real Chicago [embed]https://vimeo.com...
Totally Ridiculous: An Improvised Show That’s Better Than Recess
A 50-minute interactive, scriptless, completely improvised show for kids, tailored to audiences ages...
The Best of The Second City
We dug deep into 57 years’ worth of laughter to bring you the very best...and boy, are our arms ti...
Improv All-Stars
Now Playing: Mondays at 7pm. See Chicago’s finest improvisers under the direction of the legendary...
The Boys
The Boys. We make it worse. Join Susan Messing and Rachael Mason for an evening of unfettered improv...
Baby Wants Candy
Baby Wants Candy, one of the most celebrated and popular comedy ensembles in the world, is thrilled...
Swiss Cheese Parachutes
The latest original, one-act revue from the Training Center's Severn Darden Graduate Program. Featur...
Twisty
Come see the newest house ensemble of our very own Severn Darden Graduate Program perform improv eve...
Infinite Sundaes
Infinite Sundaes is a showcase of some of the best singprov talent in town. Featuring short form, lo...
MADCAP!
Check out this house ensemble from the Training Center’s Severn Darden Graduate Program perform...
13 Treasons Why
13 Treasons Why examines the sights, sounds, and citizens of a nation scrambling to conceal, fix, an...
The Devos Wears Prada: A Midwestern Education
The Devos Wears Prada: A Midwestern Education is a one act sketch show that explores America’s edu...
Hot Town Summer Second City
Final Showcase for The Second City Training Center Directing Program! Tickets: $13 General $11...
Inside The Actors Studio Apartment
Forget fame-- actors mostly dream of paying their rent on time. These five might not be famous yet,...
The Second City’s Holidazed & Confused: Mandatory Merriment
The Second City's Holidazed and Confused Revue. Laugh your way through Second City's all new holiday...
The Mad Men present Jon Hamm’s Pool House
The Mad Men present Jon Hamm's Pool House In the height of Summer 2017, a company of bohemian act...
Gary Fuentes Daytime BBQ
Gary Fuentes Daytime BBQ, is a one-act sketch revue, brought to you by some of Chicago's top comedic...
Level 6 Conservatory Shows
Come out to the E.T.C. on Monday nights for performances by Level 6 Conservatory students. Sets inc...
COACHED ENSEMBLES
Talented newcomers from The Second City Training Center's A-E program take the stage for a 8-week ru...
Sketch Cast
$10 general, $8 students, $5 TC students. Sketch Cast: Writing Program Ensembles! Wednesdays at 1...
Those Who Can’t
Join the Training Center Faculty for a night of Improv! Tickets $5!
Jumping Off a Clef
Join the faculty for a night of musical improv! $5 tickets
Pillow Fight
Pillow Fight! The games will take place Fridays at 10pm, July 28th and August 4th (with a final c...
Jam Sandwich
Jam Sandwich Improv! Comedy! Excitement! An all-new improvised show featuring faculty and stud...
Improv Nerd with Jimmy Carrane
“Improv Nerd with Jimmy Carrane," is a live interview show hosted by Jimmy Carrane, a well-known i...
Jimmy and Johnnie
Jimmy Carrane and John Hildreth improvise with a special guest. First Sunday of the month at 7pm in...
You & Me
YOU & ME is a two-person, entirely improvised, no suggestion set with Michael Patrick Thornton &...
Cambridge Footlights International Tour: Dream Sequence
Our planet is on the brink of oblivion. On a space station in the near yet distant future, five dele...
Stamptown Presents Zach & Viggo: Dream Team
Stamptown Presents Zach & Viggo: Dream Team Fresh off a twenty-month tour of Europe, The US and...
The Chill as Fuck Show
A variety showcase featuring some of Chicago's most talented comedians, musicians, and more. With n...
We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Get There
Don’t sit at home and worry about your relationships. Come see We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Ge...
Writing 5 Demos
Writing 5 Demos Writing 5 Students sketches are showcased in a professional-style cold walk....
Level Cs – Skybox
Level C Demonstrations Friday August 18th - Skybox 7:00- Mark Czoske (Sunday) 7:30-Rene Duquesn...
Level Es – Skybox
Level E Shows Saturday August 26th - Skybox 7:00-Anneliese Toft (Wednesday) 8:00-Ali Barthwell...
Music Improv Class Shows 1-5
Music Improv Class Shows - End of Term Performances. Sunday August 27th – DeMaat 7:30 PM –MI...
Stand-Up 101
Stand-Up End-of-Term Shows Friday August 25 -DeMaat 7:00-Stand up 101 - KJ Whitehead (Wednesday)...
Stand-Up 201
Stand-Up End-of-Term Shows Sunday August 27 -DeMaat 6:00 - Stand up 201- Chris Condren (Thursday...
Writing the Humorous Memoir Showcase
Writing the Humorous Memoir" Sunday August 27th- The Beat Lounge 5:30- Nancy Beckett 6:30pm - N...
Ten Dollar Comedy
Ten Dollar Comedy is a weekly showcase featuring some of Chicago's best improv, stand up, and sketch...
That Sunday Show
that sunday show is a monthly variety hour featuring comedic acts of novelty and artistic intrigue....
MILF Life Crisis
Milf Life Crisis What happens when you’re newly divorced with kids? You go dating every other we...
The Second City’s Improv All-Stars: After Midnight
The Second City’s been “interactive” since 1959. See the finest improvisers in Chicago unde...
Doomed
It's 2017 and tensions run high. We ask ourselves questions every day: Am I safe? Can I trust this?...
Boombox
Armed with only a 1979 boombox, Hannah Starr plays along with the mixtape and brings the audience al...
My Strange Half-Ton Mermaid Addiction Plus Eight: An Improvised TLC Special
Turn your dials to The Learning Channel for hour long special unlike anything you’ve seen before....
Evan and Mary-Jane: We Think We Met You Somewhere, One Time
This one hour musical comedy review reintroduces Evan & Mary-Jane (Evan Mills and Brittany Flynn...
Frogprov
Frogprov is a collective of Chicagoans who improvise in both English and French, sometimes at the sa...
Oddities
Join us for an evening of 6 short plays written by Gregory Dodds and directed by faculty member Dere...
Big Little Waffle Fries: A Genuine Horse Mystery
Welcome to Steedsville, Montana where three city slickers must make their way through an Odyssey of...
Excelsior! A Comic Book Sketch & Improv Revue
Excelsior! A Comic Book Sketch & Improv Revue presents superheroes never seen before, alongside...
The Seven Sisters, Comedy Variety Hour
The Seven Sisters Comedy Variety Hour features comedic stylings and feats of talent from the best pe...
Jury Duty
Ever been cut off in traffic? Sibling wore your clothes without asking? Boyfriend squeezed your bran...
LaLaLa & Order
LALALA & ORDER Each night, the ensemble creates a new, full length musical mystery based on sugge...
#SummerSkool
Class is in session! Go back to high school to re-live all of your greatest moments—from prom date...
The Seventh Trump-Et Sounds
What happens when rising sea levels wipe out all of the coastal blue states!? Come see for yourse...
Where All The White Sneakers At?
Where All The White Sneakers At? puts a spotlight on diverse characters and perspectives while focus...
Kick the World
“Kick The World” is a time capsule of the insanity that is today’s America. This one-man sketc...
Chair
When nothing happens, is nothing happening? Depends on who's watching. Does that mean anything? Depe...
Tabby Kat
Sister duo Amanda and Katarina Hoffman prove that funny runs in the family in their two-woman show T...
Mission: Unpossible!
Mission: Unpossible! A mysterious fog, a facade has come over Townsville, and everything is no lo...
Future Queens Club
A comedy show by women, for people. Cast: Dallas Koelling, Noa Rosenberg, Erin Ryan, and Violet O...
Henrik And George: Genuinely Having a Good Time
Join two friends, Henrik and George, for an evening of sketch comedy that explores the worlds of bes...
Roast My Instagram
We're back! Are you “missing Miami beaches” but really just want an excuse to post that #TBT...
Separate But Equal
Separate But Equal Two distinct musical styles come together but do not collide in this one-nigh...
Stuntmen and Friends
The Stuntmen have invited two talented groups, Improvised Jane Austen, and Clown Car to Sicily, to j...
One Night Only: Hopscotch with Straight-Up Ghost
We're not sure whether our name refers to the children's game or jumping around while drinking. But...
Nectar
Nectar promises to provide a night of laughter from great Chicago comedians. Tickets: $13 Genera...
Possum Blossom & Friends
Dearest Comedy Lover, WE HAVE ONE HECK OF A SHOW FOR YOU! Get ready to laugh your butt off with l...
One Night Only: Random Fandom
Random Fandom featuring Six Degrees of Sexperation and Labia Majora! Just a bunch of nerds who p...
One Night Only: JERKS with Sebastian & Jarrell Scott Barnes
JERKS / Sebastian / Jarrell Scott Barnes The JERKS Theatre Company is proud to return to the Seco...
UPSCALE: An Evening of Live Music & Stand-Up
Thursdays at 10pm this summer UP is thrilled to bring back UPSCALE: An Evening Of Live Music &am...
Best of Second City – Late Night
Monday nights at 10pm this Summer The Second City is a legendary Chicago comedy company, founded in...
One Night Only: Kevin
From just one suggestion, our improv team will delight you with scenes made up on the spot. We are a...
One Night Only: Sugar Bits
Sugar Bits Come out and see these three hilarious women make fools of themselves on stage! You wo...
One Night Only: LiveWire and Kentuppy Fried Chippen
LiveWire and Kentuppy Fried Chippen LiveWire takes its name from a newspaper column in a small In...
TONYFYSH presents Sandwich Night with Cool Aunt and Danny & Arnold
Two improv duos and a team make a classic improv comedy sandwich! This sandwich starts with the char...
One Night Only: The PSATs with The New 40
The PSATs with The New 40 Using all the information your teachers said you'd never need, this gro...
One Night Only: Breakfast of Champions
The improv collective Breakfast of Champions invites you to a night of improv performed by Second Ci...
One Night Only: Knerds with Opener Rumble
Knerds with Opener Rumble Knerds is a form in which we use an audience suggestion to inspire 2 sh...
One Night Only: Erotic Shipwreck
Erotic Shipwreck A crew of Second City graduates has crashed into Donny's Skybox Theatre. Their o...
One Night Only: Kentuppy Fried Chippen
Kentuppy Fried Chippen Oh, it's you! Come and join us, would you please, for a night of fast-pace...
One Night Only: Impromptu Proposals with Special Guest Same Difference
Impromptu Proposals hosts a unique engagement party to celebrate their recent commitment. This diver...
She The People: Girlfriends’ Guide To Sisters Doing It For Themselves
We’ll bet you 72 cents on the dollar you’ll fall head over patriarchal heels for the women of Se...
One Night Only: Mind Cookies & Casual Anxiety
Mind Cookies and Casual Anxiety Two for the price of one! Come see as Mind Cookies bring deliciou...
The Second City’s Holidazed and Confused: Mandatory Merriment
The Second City's Holidazed and Confused. Laugh your way through Second City's all new holiday revue...
