CURRENT PROJECTS:
Clued In, The Improvised Murder Mystery every Friday and Saturday at The Second City in Chicago.
After getting a single suggestion from the audience, a cast of six professional comedians will designate a detective and create a tale of crime, secrets and scandals right before your eyes. Upcoming Performances:
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ComedySportz is a hilarious interactive 90-minute show where two teams compete for your laughs in comedy scenes, songs and games right on the spot based on your suggestions.
All Performances at iO Chicago (1501 N Kinsbury Ave). Produced by Malarkey Theater. Upcoming Performances:
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Hitch*Cocktails is the award-winning improvised thriller/drinking game that has been delighting audiences for 12+ years! Performances are every Friday at 9:30pm at The Annoyance Theatre & Bar!
"Bruce Phillips in particular actually looks like a guy who would show up in a Hitchcock film, and more than anyone in the group, he has a real sense of what kind of performance that requires." - The Chicago Tribune Upcoming Performances:
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Understudying THE CHAOS THEORY OF EVERYTHING at The Second City (e.t.c.)
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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.
Upcoming Performance: July 25 @ 7:00 & 10:00 PM |
Currently Understudying NO GROWNUPS ALLOWED at The Second City
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Kids, are you tired of grown-ups constantly telling you what to do? When to wake up, when to do homework, even making you do chores?! Well, on Saturdays at 2pm at the Second City, it’s the kids’ turn to run the world! In this high-energy and fast-paced sketch and improv show, kids give all the ideas and even get the chance to get onstage! *Grown-ups are absolutely allowed because kids can’t drive or pay for tickets (the Tooth Fairy has not kept up with the pace of inflation.)
Upcoming Performance: July 26 @ 2:00 PM |
ALSO CATCH ME IN...
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Trigger Happy
Saturdays @ 7:00pm The Annoyance Theatre & Bar Mentalism meets improv comedy in the entirely unique form created by Annoyance founder Mick Napier. There is truly nothing else like it. Upcoming Performances: August 2 - 30 @ 7:00 PM |
PAST PROJECTS:
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The Devil is in the Detours
The Second City's 112 Mainstage Revue Led by Rob Wilson (Associate Artistic Director and Black By Popular Demand: a Black Excellence Revue director) with Tyler Davis assistant directing, this Mainstage show featuring returning ensemble members Andy Bolduc, Jordan Stafford, Sara Stock as Stage Manager, and Ryan Miera as Music Director along with e.t.c. alum Laurel Krabacher and introducing new ensemble members Adonis Holmes, Hannah Ingle, and Adisa Williams. Don't Quit Your Daydream
The Second City's 111 Mainstage Revue Make a wish! It’s The Second City’s 111th Revue Don’t Quit Your Daydream! Leave your 9 to 5 grind behind and join our extraordinary ensemble as you take the test to get into Black Heaven, get a hot flash inside the world of post-menopausal Barbie, and navigate the rules of having an imaginary friend with benefits. Do the Right Thing: No Worries If Not
The Second City's 110 Mainstage Revue The Second City is sorry not sorry for making you laugh with the 110th Mainstage revue, Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not. Leave your worries at the door and come laugh yourself into euphoria at the things we have in common, navigating relationships, code-switching, and even high school on TV. Life is good and the multiverse is real in this interactive experience that has everything you want in a comedy show: Stage combat! Truth bombs! Very intrusive vibe checks! The One: The Matrix Parody Musical
The Den Theatre The One: The Matrix Parody Musical combines hilarity & harmony to poke fun at everyone's favorite digitally dystopian 90’s classic. Audiences join Neo as he goes down the musical rabbit hole to learn his real purpose. The two-act story with intermission features an original score, dance battles, pop songs, and puppets, all in a D.I.Y. style! This is THE ONE parody musical you won’t want to miss! Münsterspiel by Gregory Peters
The Plagiarists From the untethered mind of artistic director Gregory Peters comes Münsterspiel: a true-ish tragicomedy about the Anabaptist takeover of the city of Münster in 1534. Pushing the Protestant Reformation to full-on revolution, their communist theocracy held out against a year-and-a-half long siege. Inspired in part by Greil Marcus’s Lipstick Traces, Münsterspiel is a dadaist romp through the Reformation Alamo, a time travel odyssey through what-could-have-been and what-could-come, and a prayer for the end of the world. HeLa by J. Nicole Brooks
Sideshow Theatre Company 1951: A mother of five visits the “colored” gynecology ward of Johns Hopkins, knowing something unusual is happening in her body. 1981: A child watches Carl Sagan’s Cosmos on a basement television in Chicago as her auntie plays bid whist upstairs with the neighbors. The Distant Future: A gold-plated flying saucer hovers over the Earth, its pilot watching and waiting patiently as stars gently twinkle in her hair. All three stories connect, collide and expand, blending Afrofuturism with the true story of Henrietta Lacks and one little girl’s love of science. Directed by Jonathan L. Green. Anna Karenina
Lifeline Theatre As a wave of profound upheaval sweeps through Russian society, it is a time of impossible choices. Anna is torn between raising her cherished son and languishing in a lifeless marriage, or sacrificing everything to follow her lover Alexei into disgrace. Innocents will suffer, hearts will be broken, and families will be torn apart as two couples learn that living truthfully is no simple thing. A world premiere based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Adapted by Jessica Wright Buha. Directed by Amanda Link. DEATH BY EVENING
The Second City Directed: Annaliese Toft Death by Evening is where Chicago’s best comedians push the envelope. From sketch to improv, music to drag, stand up to storytelling–anything is fair game. Prepare yourself for a variety hour full of unique, dark, political, and experimental comedy featuring a rotating lineup of talent from The Second City’s Touring Company as well as invited guest players. ALIEN LOCUSTS FROM BEYOND THE STARS
by C.J. Tuor directed by Bruce Phillips A 1940's genre radio play parodying the 1996 box office hit "Independence Day", complete with commercial radio sponsorships. The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man's best weapon is the will to survive. Playing June 29, June 30 and July 1 at MCL Theater (3310 N Sheffield Ave) |
