The Second City Training Center is inviting Chicagoans to take self-care seriously—and playfully—this summer with a full week of free drop-in improv classes in celebration of International Self-Care ...

CHICAGO — Del Close must be looking down in triumph from the afterlife, with or without the skull he famously wished to be donated after his death in 1999 to the Goodman Theatre’s props department for ...

An improv class can be more than just fun and games. There's a freedom in saying "yes, and," in coming from a place of yes, that I hadn't considered until I took Improv 1 at The Second City in ...

What do Tina Fey, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Mike Myers, Martin Short, Stephen Colbert, Gilda Radner, Joan Rivers and Chris Farley have in common? They all got their start at The Second City — the ...

On a rainy Thursday afternoon, Rossanna Figuera found herself standing in a circle with a group of strangers in a large, square room with black walls. She held an imaginary ball in her hands, then ...

The Second City e.t.c. will present its next hit show Improv Supernova, a fully improvised explosion of comedy starting January 22. While Second City is legendary for both razor-sharp sketch comedy ...

Second City has started a new improv show inspired by Star Trek. “Starship Edsel: An Improvised Star Trek Satire” has officially hit the stage at Second City. The crew beamed down to the WGN Studios ...

“Bluebird” in this case is not The Bluebird live music venue in Bloomington. This Bluebird (bluebirdimprov.com/) is a touring company of lauded comedians (TV ...

The Second City comedy troupe has been around for 65 years with a home base in Chicago. Dozens of superstars, from John Belushi and Gilda Radner to Amy Poehler and Jason Sudeikis, got their first big ...

Kelly talks to Jenny Raymond from the Harnish Foundation and Julie Dumais Osborne from The Second City Training Center to talk about a new partnership that offers free improv-based leadership training ...

CHICAGO — It’s showtime at the Second City Theater in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. Some people with Parkinson’s Disease are turning to improv to boost their cognitive skills and spend more time ...