We welcome our first Canadian Second citizen of the 21st century with Jason Derosse, who reminds Joe of their improbable first meeting on the Toronto Main Stage and also gives us a great account of what the comedy scene in Toronto was in the 2010's. Later on Joe gets envious about the respect improvisers are paid up north and makes a big deal about remembering the name of a comedy producer in Toronto. Did you remember to rate and review us? (I'm assuming you are a subscriber at this poin...

Emily Wilson comes on to trade insults with the host, in order to maintain consistency in their relationship. She also talks about her non-typical road to the main stage, the pressure to perform (especially for the 50th anniversary show) and the various ways we go about motivating ourselves. *Trigger Warning: this episode contains scenes of alcohol consumption and also one of the most touching and simultaniously disgusting stories in the history of backstage pranks. You know what isn't a...

Tracy Thorpe delights us with sooooo many great stories from her years at the Second City, including our second eyewitness account of the TourCo van that almost went over the Mountain! In fact, she had so many great stories that we didn't even GET to talking about the most epic bizco gig in history, we may need a part 2! *Tracy also corrected our host (off air) on the authorship of the brilliant song "Helium". Apologies to John Hildreth, the writer of the greatest song ever about a noble gas....

After numerous attempts to schedule this episode we finally tracked down Maribeth Monroe! Joe Gets his most embarrassing moment at Second City (amongst many) out of the way up top before a rollicking romp through Maribeth's Second City years. From her precocious start in Detroit to the......mixed reaction she and some others got upon arriving in Chicago including stories of mystery and intrigue and stalkers! *to any concerned listeners everything works out in the end and no improvisers were h...

Jamison Webb (no relation to Webb Telescope) joins us to talk about the Webb telescope. We also discuss the many Florida Gator contributions to the improv community which makes Joe mention the 96 Fiesta bowl. We also talk about the post 50th anniversary years and the wealth of talent in that era. We also hope each of you listeners are able to book a national commercial that runs for years.... Subscribe Rate and Review!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/secondcitizenspod/Twitter: https...

Today's episode exemplifies the idea of the Second City "family". Although Joe and Suzy had never actually met beyond introductions before our recording, within seconds they immediately began back and forth banter like siblings or old pals. Joe talks about how Second Citizens don't take shit from anyone and Suzy immediately proves it by schooling Joe on the real reason behind some of those behaviors. We also get a first hand telling of the most infamous Tourco story EVER! I'm talking about th...

Brendan Jennings jumps onto the show to talk about the pros and cons of going into a Second City show as a long term understudy, and how he dealt with keeping expectations at bay. We also ruminate on not believing what people tell you and how Brendan eventually got to write his own shows on the ETC! We also believe that Brendan and our host are the only people in Second City History to understudy one another for the same parts in the same show. We didn't talk about Subscribing, Rating a...

After some technical difficulties in our first crack at an episode our host and Rob Janas sit down for take two to talk about Northwestern University and it's lengthy improv roster, the IO road show and of course the Second City! You may ask why I even mention that this was a second recording and it's because the improv chemistry between Rob and Joe that only comes from performing thousands of free shows together makes it SEEM like it's a first episode. *Except for any parts where we might me...

*NOTE* This episode was recorded a few weeks before The Second City announced that they will be opening a New York theater in 2023 (Hooray!), while at the same time removing all evidence of the Los Angeles theater from their website without alerting any of the Second Citizens still teaching for them out here. (BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!)- on with the show. The Second City Los Angeles has contributed mightily to the comedy output of the company and no one was more vital to the LA theater than Dwayne...

Lance Kinsey (whom we've decided to call Uncle Lance- you'll hear) joins us to talk about how improv and the second city method influenced the writing and directing of his movie "All Stars" (Featuring multiple Second City Alums), and how it continues to inform his process today. Lance's interview was recorded shortly after the passing of his good friend and Second City Legend Mike Haggerty (Joyce had to find him another job so he would stop doing Second City shows) and this episode is d...