The Second City - Comedy Shows in Chicago, Toronto & Hollywood- Over 50 Years of Funny

The World's Premier School of Comedy

We’ve got classes for all age levels.

Try one of our classes at the legendary Second City Training Center. Classes begin every few months and fill up quickly, so be sure to book your spot today!

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Improv Level A

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Comedy Camps (ages 8-18)

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Summer Adult Immersions

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Mark Zuckerberg covers the camera and microphone jack of his Macbook with tape. At first, I thought that’s quite kinky, but whatever he does on his own time doesn’t affect me.

Shonda Rhimes Couldn’t Even Write This Excellence

Did y’all see that Jesse Williams speech during the BET Awards? Before you read another sentence, follow the jump, and then come back!

An Updated Meeting Agenda for the European Council

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So, what’s The Second City?

The Second City has been bringing the funny for over 50 years, but here’s the short version.

We began as a small comedy theater, and have grown to become today’s leading brand in improv-based sketch comedy. With a variety of theaters, training centers and full-time, touring ensembles, you can find us all over the world.

We’ve also taken improv off the stage, expanding our business to include collaborations with corporate clients, and television and film productions.

And we have more than a handful of successful Second City alum that we aren’t too modest to mention, like Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Bill Murray, and Keegan-Michael Key.

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Misc. News

1959 Kitchen & Bar

Hungry? Thirsty? Come see us in 1959

Second City/Second Wednesdays at ArcLight Cinemas

ArcLight Cinemas and The Second City bring the Second Wednesday screening series to Chicago

Second City Neighborhood Tour

The Second City kicks off another glorious summer with the return of “The Second City’s Neighborhood Tour”.

Second City Gift Cards

Best. Gift. Ever. = Second City Gift Cards.

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Afro-Futurism is the future of comedy. The vanguard of Chicago’s hippest African-American talent deliver the street satire and cultural cosmologies of a city on the brink.