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After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of crime, secrets, and scandals right before your eyes. The performers will keep track of facts, follow leads, and conclude who is the murderer, all while you take in a comedy experience unlike any you’ve seen before. During the show, they’ll employ the tropes, character archetypes, and influences of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Nick and Nora Charles, Encyclopedia Brown, and just a dash of Scooby-Doo.

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The Second City’s 113th Mainstage Revue This Too Shall Slap is a wild sketch comedy show that spins the familiar into the absurd&#8230; and makes the absurd feel oddly familiar. Performed by a hilarious six-person ensemble who specialize in chaos, charm, and comedic whiplash, this show will keep you laughing, guessing, and possibly questioning your entire reality. Join us for a night where nothing is what it seems. Except the laughter. That’s real.  
Group of 16 or more? We’ll make it easy—reach out to <a href="mailto:groupschi@secondcity.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">groupschi@secondcity.com</a>

This Too Shall Slap

Ever heard of this show &#8220;Hamilton&#8221;?
Shamilton is just like that, but (ahem) better! Expect the same level of hip hop, incredible songs, moving storytelling, stunning choreography and powerhouse singing&#8230; except made up on the spot.
The New York Times called Shamilton “One of the top 5 comedy shows to catch”.
Comedy supergroup Baby Wants Candy presents &#8220;Shamilton!&#8221;, the Hamilton-inspired hip hop improvised musical created in 2016 in LA and playing to sold out crowds all over the place, including the Kennedy Center in DC, a national touring company and weekly sold out shows in New York and LA.
Join the Shamilton cast as they improvise an epic musical based on a historical figure or celebrity of your choosing&#8230;including Genghis Khan, Kim Kardashian, Mr. Rogers, or even basketball playing superdog Air Bud. You decide!
It&#8217;s the show Lin-Manuel Miranda calls, &#8220;cease and desist!&#8221;

SHAMILTON, THE IMPROVISED HIP-HOP AMERICAN MUSICAL!

The Second City is throwing the ultimate comedy party to celebrate 65 years of legendary laughs! The Best of The Second City: 65 Years of Funny brings together hilarious songs, unforgettable characters, and iconic sketches written for our stages by comedy greats like Tina Fey, Bill Murray, Catherine O’Hara, Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert, and so many more. Now, these classics are reimagined and brought to life by the funniest live comedy performers working today. Buckle up for a high-energy rollercoaster through six and a half decades of revolutionary satire and groundbreaking improv comedy.
Whether you’re a die-hard fan or discovering Second City for the first time, this is your chance to be part of the cutting-edge comedy tradition that’s been setting the bar for over half a century. Join us and see why The Second City is the past, present, and future of comedy.
Group of 16 or more? We’ll make it easy—reach out to <a href="mailto:groupschi@secondcity.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">groupschi@secondcity.com</a>

The Best of the Second City: 65 Years of Funny

Come see The Second City e.t.c.’s brand new 49th Revue. This is the most exciting time to see a show on our stages. The cast is fresh, new material is worked into the show every night, and your laughter in the audience helps shape the final show!
Group of 16 or more? We’ll make it easy—reach out to <a href="mailto:groupschi@secondcity.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">groupschi@secondcity.com</a>

The Second City e.t.c. 49th Revue

Hot Girlz are back at the Second City Training Center! They bring their unique brand of sketch, improv and music to you just in time for your Spring girls night out. Exploring topics like adulting, bodies, love and, what it means to be 6 modern women trying their best. Somehow heartbreak feels good in a place like this.

Hot Girls 2 – Too Hot Too Awkward

We’re having a fire! …sale. From the group that brought you “Tenne(SHE) William’s: The Glass MENagerie” and “Goosebumps…but from laughing”, their latest show is flying off the shelves! “Liquidation Sale” is a night of fun and lascivious sketch comedy that’ll have you skanking in the aisles! Come see your favorite Uncle Tommy, a podcast from an undead humanoid, or watch love take flight. All these sketches must go— but just like the weather, nobody knows what’s going to happen next (Sponsored by Pointecliffe &amp; Pointecliffe) Directed by Andy Bolduc

Liquidation Sale

Coors Memories is a late-night nostalgic sketch show &#8211; 4.2% ABV and 95.8% core memories. In our 60-minute sketch revue, we&#8217;ll share old memories and make new memories&#8230; and it’ll take you back to the nights you used to gab with your best friends until the sun came up, without any of the pressures of adult responsibilities. Grab a drink, find a comfortable chair, and the sketch comedy is on the house. Cheers!

Coors Memories

Our cast turns audience-suggested parties into long form improv extravaganzas. Each week, one of our performers takes the reins as the party host, leading you through the celebration. Meanwhile, our quirky characters stop at nothing to ensure they get exactly what they want out of the party.

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<div class="ewa-rteLine">Study Hall is now in session! This unique comedy show, making its Chicago debut, mixes lectures with improv comedy to create a show that is both entertaining and educational! Special guests from the world of academia in Chicago and beyond will lecture on a topic from their field after which our cast of some of Chicago’s best improvisers will use what they learned (or didn&#8217;t learn) to create hilarious scenes right before your eyes! You’ll learn a little and laugh a lot. Don’t be tardy!</div>
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<div class="ewa-rteLine">Study Hall has been running regularly in Philadelphia since 2011 and will soon debut in Indianapolis. Study Hall has been performed with The Franklin Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences, Museum of the American Revolution, Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania, LaSalle University, Thomas Jefferson University, Arizona State University, and multiple times at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Study Hall is produced by Crossroads Comedy Theater, a 501c3 company based in Indianapolis, Indiana.</div>
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