LETTERS TO SANTA, 24 HOUR IMPROV AND MUSIC BENEFIT! |
This broadcast aired on Tue, Dec 18, at 6:00 PM
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Second City e.t.c. Theatre - Tuesday, December 18 6pm - Wednesday, December 19 @ 6pm
$20 ticket good for all 24 hours (as long as you can find a seat). Tickets to be purchased at the door the night of the event. This event is open to all ages. Chicago Liquor laws and curfew laws... More
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Aidy Bryant is from Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Chicago to attend Columbia College. She's stuck around ever since, performing with several groups. She trained with iO Chicago, an improvisation and comedy theater, and the Annoyance Theater in the city. Bryant has performed with such comedy groups as Virgin Daiquiri and Baby Wants Candy, a group that improvises... More
Over 20 years in the making, singer songwriter Glen Hansard will release his first solo album, Rhythm and Repose, on Plateau on June 15 (Anti Records for the rest of the world).
Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film Once, for which he won an Academy Award, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard’s first album of new material... More
Best known for his work with The Frames, The Swell Season and in the feature film Once, for which he won an Academy Award, Rhythm and Repose is Hansard’s first album of new material... More
Jeffrey Scot "Jeff" Tweedy (born August 25, 1967) is an American songwriter, musician and leader of the band Wilco. Tweedy joined rockabilly band The Plebes with high school friend Jay Farrar in the early 1980s, but Tweedy's musical interests caused one of Farrar's brothers to quit. The Plebes changed their name to The Primitives in 1984, and... More
30 for 30- A private living room concert. You pick 30 songs for JEFF TWEEDY to play in your living room for you and 29 friends. Last year this item went for $23,000.
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Arguably the biggest party band of the late-'70s punk/new wave era was the B-52's, which featured a total of three singers: bouffant wig-wearing frontwoman Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, as well as the just-as-quirky Fred Schneider. Born on July 1 in Newark, NJ, Schneider moved to Athens, GA, to attend college in the early '70s -- first studying wildlife... More
Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist and backup vocalist of the alternative rock band the Pixies, and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Breeders. Deal first joined the Pixies in January 1986 as the band's bassist, adopting the stage name Mrs. John Murphy for the band's... More
Cecily Strong is an Oak Park, Illinois native who graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a degree in Theater. She trained and performs regularly at Second City, ImprovOlympic and iO Chicago, . She has appeared at the Chicago Sketchfest, Chicago Just for Laughs, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has performed at numerous theaters in was even a member... More
Fred Armisen is an American comedian, musician, and actor best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and portraying off-color foreign characters in various comedy films including EuroTrip, Anchorman, and Cop Out. With his comedy partner, Carrie Brownstein, Armisen is the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series... More
...w/ Fred Armisen of SNL
What does post-punk soul look like? Six and a half feet of raw emotion and sweat, with one leather boot planted in gutsy R&B, the other in taut minimalist grind. Snarling at the crowd beneath an afro pompadour, while indulging in a sly wink, singing to you directly, and here to make you dance. What does post-punk soul look like? It... More
What does post-punk soul look like? Six and a half feet of raw emotion and sweat, with one leather boot planted in gutsy R&B, the other in taut minimalist grind. Snarling at the crowd beneath an afro pompadour, while indulging in a sly wink, singing to you directly, and here to make you dance. What does post-punk soul look like? It... More
Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970), better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music. After releasing material under his own name, he adopted the "Bonnie... More
Steven Frank Albini (pronounced /ælˈbiːni/) (born July 22, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer, and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner, and engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex located in Chicago, and has worked with... More
Nathaniel Read "Nate" Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician, sabermetrician, psephologist, and writer. Silver first gained public recognition for developing PECOTA, a system for forecasting the performance and career development of Major League Baseball players, which he sold to and then managed for Baseball Prospectus from 2003 to... More
“Very pleasant to listen to and sort of not at the same time.” -Popped Culture UK Perhaps the best description of what Jenny’s music does to the listener. A blend of beauty and strangeness, soothing and off-kilter. Bits of folk, jazz, electronica and rock woven together in an experimental yet accessible honeycomb hybrid of sound. And with each new project, a... More
Robbie Fulks is an American alternative country artist originally from Pennsylvania but who is a longtime Chicago, Illinois resident. He has released 11 albums over a career spanning more than 20 years.
Fulks is known for his disdain of mainstream modern country and the country music industry, as exemplified by his scorching rebuke of Nashville titled "Fuck... More
Fulks is known for his disdain of mainstream modern country and the country music industry, as exemplified by his scorching rebuke of Nashville titled "Fuck... More
The Blisters are Hayden Holbert, Henry Mosher, Tory Postilion-Lopez, and Spencer Tweedy. Since playing their first gig at age seven, they've spent nearly a decade together performing across Chicago at venues like The Hideout, Metro, Subterranean, and Schubas. Characterized by a healthy blend of folk, rock, and folk-rock, The Blisters are rambunctious yet... More
Ryan Archibald- Ryan is a veteran of The Second City performing on their resident stage in Las Vegas and many other productions including: The Second City Charmed and Dangerous (Baltimore), The Second City Does Cincinnati: Pride and Porkopolis, and the National Touring Company. Ryan spent three years in Amsterdam as an ensemble member of Boom Chicago where he helped... More
Emily Candini is a California native that has been performing for over 20 years. Obsessively in love with comedy since the age of two, she has always known her path. After years of modern and classical theater she moved to Mecca (Chicago) to study improvisation, writing and sketch with The Second City, iO Chicago and Annoyance theaters. After six years of writing and... More
In 2005, while working for The Second City National Touring Company, I started working as a copywriter for Draft FCB. Almost four years later, I am still in love with both copywriting and improvising/performing. Bottom line: I know how fortunate I am to be able to do something I love. Other bottom line: I hope I'm lucky enough to keep doing it. More
Sue Gillan has worked at The Second City in Chicago as a resident stage actress and writer, as well as directing two reviews: She Titled Deemed Indecent by FCC, and From Fear To Eternity. An Evanston native, Sue used to come and watch the free improv sets and continues to be blown away that now she's allowed to play in them. Sue is also co-founder of Brain Drain... More
Native and perpetual Chicagoan Scott Goldstein is honored to be directing for the Second City. A graduate of Northwestern University as well as the training centers of Second City, IO, and the Annoyance, previous directing credits include Color Deaf, Buckle, Disappointed Men, Tommy's Place, and Bodyslam! The Rise and Fall of CAWC. As a performer he as appeared in... More
Improvises with The Reckoning, Fishnutz. Sometimes writes little things--McSweeney's, JMWW, Kugelmass. Son of a gun. More
Shelly Gossman grew up in Iowa. She attended St. Olaf College and The National Theatre Institute before moving to Chicago to study improv. Shelly toured with The Second City prior to spending a year performing at The Second City Las Vegas. This is her third Mainstage revue. She would like to thank Ben, her family, and her friends for their constant love, support, and... More
Paul Grondy has been performing since 1992 and teaching at iO since 1997. He typically teaches level 4 at iO on the Harold. He is married to Sue Salvi and they have two children.
Member of Frank Booth, iO Road Show & Carl and the Passions. He performed in Edinburgh in Harold on the Holyrood in 1995. With Frank Booth he performed in Therapy and Frank Booth in the... More
Member of Frank Booth, iO Road Show & Carl and the Passions. He performed in Edinburgh in Harold on the Holyrood in 1995. With Frank Booth he performed in Therapy and Frank Booth in the... More
T. J. Jagodowski (b. September 2, 1971, Holyoke, Massachusetts) is an American comedian, actor, and improvisational performer who lives in Chicago. He has been a member of The Second City as well as a performer and teacher at iO, formerly known as "Improv Olympic". He has appeared in movies such as Stranger Than Fiction, The Ice Harvest, No Sleep Till Madison,... More
Brendan Jennings is honored to be a part of The Second City. He was born and raised in East Patchogue NY, is a graduate of Xavier University (OH) and honed his love for improv at SAK Comedy Lab in Orlando Florida. Brendan has toured with The Second City’s Touring Company, performed with Baby Wants Candy and in many shows at iO including Ginger Snaps and Cook County... More
Mike Kosinski (Ensemble) is honored to be a part of his first review on the e.t.c. stage. Prior to joining this cast, he toured the U.S. with Second City's Touring Company (GreenGroup), the high seas with Second City aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines, and Bar Harbor, ME as a cast member of ImprovAcadia. In Chicago, Mike trained and performed at The Annoyance Theater,... More
Mike O’Brien is what might be called Web nouveau: he’s earnest rather than snarky and seems genuinely baffled by meme culture. Yet O’Brien, who didn’t even have a Twitter account until September, has become famous — at least on the Internet — as the host of “7 Minutes in Heaven,” an extremely funny Web show based on the adolescent make-out... More
Sam is excited to be part the Mainstage cast of The Second City. A native of Detroit, he performed at The Second City Detroit, Planet Ant and other theatres in the city until moving to Chicago to join The Second City Touring Company. He also performed in shows such as Barack Stars and Rod Blagojevich Superstar. He would like to thank his friends and his family and Green... More
"Saturday Night Live" officially announced Monday what long has been known in the Chicago sketch and improv community: Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong are headed to the show. All three new “SNL” hires hail from the Chicago comedy scene.
For Robinson, TV was clearly in his future. After making his mark in 2011’s “South Side of... More
For Robinson, TV was clearly in his future. After making his mark in 2011’s “South Side of... More
Rebecca Sohn has been a member of The Annoyance since 1992 and began teaching in ‘97. She taught for The Second City Training Center for many years and currently teaches workshops all over the country with her 3 woman long-form group, Switchboard. She improvises with Switchboard and Bad Touch and has been TJ’s guest improviser in "TJ and Dave." Her... More
Rich, a twenty-year veteran of the Chicago improv scene, has been teaching at The Annoyance Theatre for the last nine years. As a student at The Annoyance, The Second City, and IO he’s trained under many astounding teachers including Mick Napier, Del Close and Martin daMaat. He has performed with groups including The Annoyance Theatre, The Second City Touring... More