**SOLD OUT** The Second City
Presented by Off Square Theatre Company and Center Presents
**SOLD OUT** The Second City
Presented by Off Square Theatre Company and Center Presents
The Center Theater
January 14 | 7:00 PM
Presented by Off Square Theatre Company and Center Presents
The Center Theater
January 14 | 7:00 PM
The Second City returns to Jackson!
Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second
City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy
revolution began.The small cabaret theater has grown to become the most influential
and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating
art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.
Co-founded by Spolin’s son, Paul Sills, along with Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins, The
Second City was experimental and unconventional in its approach to both theater
and comedy. Almost immediately, alumni of The Second City, including Alan Arkin,
Joan Rivers, Fred Willard, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, launched the
theater into the international spotlight.
In 1976, Second City launched “SCTV,” which has been hailed as one of the greatest
sketch comedy series of all time. The two-time Emmy winner featured an all-star
cast made up of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Eugene
Levy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, and Rick Moranis.
Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company, continuing
to produce premier talent in all three of its locations--Chicago, Toronto, and
Hollywood--and entertaining more than one million audience members a year. From
Steve Carell to Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert to Tina Fey, Chris Farley to Mike
Myers, Second City’s imprint is all over film, television, and beyond.
Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second
City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy
revolution began.The small cabaret theater has grown to become the most influential
and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating
art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.
Co-founded by Spolin’s son, Paul Sills, along with Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins, The
Second City was experimental and unconventional in its approach to both theater
and comedy. Almost immediately, alumni of The Second City, including Alan Arkin,
Joan Rivers, Fred Willard, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, launched the
theater into the international spotlight.
In 1976, Second City launched “SCTV,” which has been hailed as one of the greatest
sketch comedy series of all time. The two-time Emmy winner featured an all-star
cast made up of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Eugene
Levy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, and Rick Moranis.
Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company, continuing
to produce premier talent in all three of its locations--Chicago, Toronto, and
Hollywood--and entertaining more than one million audience members a year. From
Steve Carell to Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert to Tina Fey, Chris Farley to Mike
Myers, Second City’s imprint is all over film, television, and beyond.