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Proudly celebrating 52 years in Toronto, The Second City presents their 90th Mainstage revue! Duel Citizens is a fast-paced comedy spectacle stacked with razor-sharp satire, hilarious songs, ridiculous characters and, of course, the signature improv comedy that The Second City is world famous for. Written and performed by a completely Canadian cast and crew, this show joyfully skewers politics, pop culture, and everything in between. From full-blown national tantrums to the absurdities of daily life, come laugh with The Second City as we turn chaos into comedy.
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Duel Citizens

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.  
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This Too Shall Slap

Baby Wants Candy is a completely improvised, full band musical! Having performed over 3,000 improvised musicals to thousands of fans from Chicago to New York to Singapore to Scotland, this group not only performs in Chicago, New York, and LA but also tours internationally, including multiple sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!
BWC cast &amp; alumni include Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Peter Gwinn (Colbert Report), Thomas Middleditch (HBO&#8217;s Silicon Valley), Lauren Conlan Adams (Kimmy Schmidt), Jessica McKenna (Party Over Here), Nicole Parker (Elephaba in Wickedon Broadway) and many more. Hailed as &#8220;Critic&#8217;s Pick&#8221; from the New York Times and &#8220;Best Improv Ensemble&#8221; from the Chicago Magazine, this is one improv show you don&#8217;t want to miss!

Baby Wants Candy, the Completely Improvised Full-Band Musical!

Strap in and spiral out – The Second City’s 49th e.t.c. Revue takes sketch and improv comedy to brilliantly unhinged new heights. The Chaos Theory of Everything blends razor-sharp satire, audience interaction, and clever, character-driven comedy to explore how wildly connected (and deeply chaotic) it all really is. Smart, hilarious, and full of surprises, this is one laughter-filled ride you won’t want to miss.
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The Chaos Theory of Everything

Chill AF Presents the best comedians Chicago has to offer, plus special drop-ins from prominent name comedians you’ve seen on SNL, Comedy Central, and Netflix

Chill AF Presents

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.
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The Best of the Second City: 65 Years of Funny

Step inside a world of wills, trusts, and deadly secrets in the improvised comedy: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way. Inspired by Agatha Christie, seven improvisers will weave together a made-up murder mystery, sparked by the audience&#8217;s suggestion of an unusual inherited object. Who will uncover the secrets and who will pay the price? In this family nothing is certain &#8230; except that someone won&#8217;t make it out alive.
Savagely funny and shockingly intelligent, Clued In is “infectiously fun” (Marissa Oberlander, The Chicago Reader). High Stakes Productions is collaborating with the world famous Second City to bring this thrilling and hilarious improvised experience to life and this is your opportunity to claim your seat for this immersive theatre experience. Each show someone new will be done-in, can you figure out who dunnit alongside the detective?

Clued In: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

An original episode of Seinfeld that descends into a Lynchian nightmare. Starring a cast of current &amp; former members of the Second City, the Sketchersons, and the Bad Dog Theatre Company. Winner of Best of Fringe at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival, a Toronto Star Critics Pick, and an Official Selection of Just For LaughsTO.

Live at Second City: David Lynch’s Seinfeld

Coming to you live from the monster world, join your witch and werewolf hosts, Liv and Arlo, in the Halloween-themed improv show of a lifetime. They’ll explain their monster traditions, perform interactive fortune-telling, and with your help, summon several ghosts (played by Toronto’s improv superstars, Sex T-Rex) who will compete for the title of ‘Official Mascot of Halloween’. You can ask questions of the candidates and participate in a comical costume contest. So come in your Halloween best and vote for your favourite ghost!
Featuring very special guests, Sex T-Rex! Check them out on their instagram, @sextrexcomedy!
Based on the podcast Hex Girlfriends, but don’t worry if you haven’t listened before. The show will be very self-explanatory, featuring three brand new guests! You can check us out on our website,https://hexgirlfriends.com, on Instagram @hexgirlfriendspod and listen wherever you get your podcasts.

The Halloween Spooktacular (Presented by Hex Girlfriends)

SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way is served hot and fresh every weekend at The Second City New York! Just like your favorite bodega breakfast sandwich, this fully improvised show comes stacked with whatever you’re craving. With a rotating ensemble of performers behind the counter each night, no two shows are ever the same. Every performance is a made-to-order mix of wit, chaos, and New York flavor.

SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way

ANARCHY: The Improvised Rock Opera is a completely sung and completely improvised rock musical featuring Chicago&#8217;s finest musical improvisers &#8211; with live band! Using one audience suggestion, these one-night-only comedy rock operas showcase big voices with bigger stakes. What could go wrong?

ANARCHY: The Improvised Rock Opera

The World’s Best Hip-Hop Improv Comedy Show 
“If you can’t decide between going to a comedy show and going to a party, these guys have you covered both ways”- TIMEOUTNY
With a cast of improv comedy veterans in New York City, North Coast’s explosive performances have been packing comedy venues, universities, and festivals nationwide since 2009. Built around a single suggestion from an audience member, the show’s improvised scenes escalate into full-blown hip-hop songs, facilitated by resident beatboxer, Doctor Brick.
With their seamless melding of comedic timing and freestyle rapping abilities, North Coast frequently blurs the line between comedy show and concert, drawing audiences from the comedy, hip-hop, and theater communities for an experience that has been hailed as “mind-blowing” and “next level” by critics and audiences alike.
“A lot of shows proclaim, ‘You’ve never seen anything quite like it.’ In North Coast’s case, that is actually true.”-THE VILLAGE VOICE
“If you get a chance to see North Coast, see North Coast!” – The Portland Mercury
Featuring: RJ Williams, Mel Rubin, Luke Miller, Stephanie Rae, Raquel Palmas, Douglas Widick, Billy Soco, Adam Payne, and Dr. Brick

North Coast Hip Hop Improv

The Infinite Wrench is a dynamic, mind-bending barrage of 30 original plays that the NY Neo-Futurists try to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays and new combinations of plays every performance, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and challenge the fourth wall head-on.
Check out our Halloween special show: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/shows/new-york/the-infinite-fright-nyc">The Infinite Fright</a> 
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Check out our mainstage show: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/shows/new-york/the-infinite-wrench-hits-the-mainstage-nyc">THE INFINITE WRENCH</a>

The New York Neo-Futurists Present: THE INFINITE WRENCH

Millennials take on Generation X in a battle to see which generation is funnier. The audience votes at the end of the show. Featuring some of the best comics in Chicago, Hosted by Todd Glover

Standup Throw Down Millennials VS Gen X

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