SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way
Sep
13

SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way

SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way is served hot and fresh every weekend at The Second City New York! Just like your favorite bodega breakfast sandwich, this fully improvised show comes stacked with whatever you’re craving. With a rotating ensemble of performers behind the counter each night, no two shows are ever the same. Every performance is a made-to-order mix of wit, chaos, and New York flavor.

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SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way
Sep
19

SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way

SaltPepperKetchup: Improv All the Way is served hot and fresh every weekend at The Second City New York! Just like your favorite bodega breakfast sandwich, this fully improvised show comes stacked with whatever you’re craving. With a rotating ensemble of performers behind the counter each night, no two shows are ever the same. Every performance is a made-to-order mix of wit, chaos, and New York flavor.

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Fuck It Film Festival
Sep
28

Fuck It Film Festival

Join us at The Second City for a night of short film screenings at Fuck It Fest! The writers, actors, and directors involved will be premiering original work all made with the spirit of spontaneity. FIFF was built to foster a community for writers, actors, and directors around their love of filmmaking by picking up a camera and shooting something! Get ready for an hour filled with original non-stop fun & laughter.

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Featuring:
Caitlin Hollis - @thenameshollis
Hannah Rehak - @hmrehak

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The Good Time
Aug
14

The Good Time

The Good Time is a fully improvised show based on one suggestion from the audience. The Good Time is a team made up of Chicago improv veterans who have performed at The Second City, iO Chicago, The Annoyance, Logan Square Improv. This show will feature Hannah Rehak and Cat Huck.

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Short Film Screening
Aug
5

Short Film Screening

A screening party featuring short works by Chicago filmmakers! The night will include a brief introduction, screening, and time for questions and mingling at the end.

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7pm-7:15pm | Arrival

7:15pm-7:30pm | Find your seats

7:30pm- 9:30 | Screening

9:30pm-10pm| Q&A and/or mingling and wrap

  • Poachers (Elias Ginsberg, 13 mins.)

  • Wolf in Crown (Kevin Viselka, 15 mins.)

  • The Last Stand of Bobby Coe (Ned Baker, 11:45)

  • TBA Nick DiMaso

  • Brief Intermission

  • A Perfect Pair (Hannah Rehak, 9:10)

  • FERN (Mary Tilden and Katherine Bourne Taylor, 10:16)

  • TBA Will Sonheim/Nina Slesinger

  • Check Please (Shane Chung, 9:38)

  • Poinsettia Tears (Jack Pochop, 8:44)

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The Overthinking Hour
Jul
29

The Overthinking Hour

Comedians from all around performing in a variety hour with music, stand up, improv, and more. No cover, great drinks, great show. This show will feature Hannah Rehak and Cat Huck.

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Material Girls Live Show
Jul
3

Material Girls Live Show

Beloved scholarly pop culture podcast, Material Girls, is coming to the Rio Theatre for a one-night-only live show. Featuring familiar segments from the show, as well as some new shenanigans, the night is sure to be a hoot!

Join co-hosts Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman for an evening of playful banter, deep(ish) academic dives, and visual gags only possible in person! Better yet? The show will feature friends of the pod and podcast royalty, Helen Zalzman and Martin Austwick (The Allusionist). Come for the bits, stay for the insights!

To learn more about Material Girls check out their website or Patreon!

Thursday, July 3
Doors 6:30 pm | Show 7:15 pm

$25+ s/c Early Bird (Until June 27)
$30+ s/c General Admission

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Fuck It Film Festival
May
30

Fuck It Film Festival

Join us at The Second City for a night of short film screenings at Fuck It Fest! The writers, actors, and directors involved will be premiering original work all made with the spirit of spontaneity. FIFF was built to foster a community for writers, actors, and directors around their love of filmmaking by picking up a camera and shooting something! Get ready for an hour filled with original non-stop fun & laughter.

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Featuring:
Caitlin Hollis - @thenameshollis
Hannah Rehak - @hmrehak
True Walters - @verdad_walters

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The Good Time
May
29

The Good Time

The Good Time is a fully improvised show based on one suggestion from the audience. The Good Time is a team made up of Chicago improv veterans who have performed at The Second City, iO Chicago, The Annoyance, Logan Square Improv. This show will feature Hannah Rehak and Winnie Stack.

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PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show
May
18

PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show

These days it feels like catastrophe is around every corner. Whether you’re trying to make new friends at a party, reminiscing about lost love, or fleeing a house fire, the ride of life never stops. Can a positive attitude and out-of-box thinking be the fix? Perhaps the answer is to sing your way through the storm or to invest everything in the people you love! Perhaps it’s as simple as asking for what you really want — be that a chair, a friend at work, or someone to try your blueberry pie. No matter what, one thing is clear, sometimes you just have to get out of your own way.

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Mouth-to-Mouth
May
15

Mouth-to-Mouth

Join co-hosts Hannah Rehak and Cara Michelle Smith for an hour of comedic essays. Featuring contributors to The New Yorker, GQ, Reductress and more, Mouth-to-Mouth is a showcase of some of New York's most exciting storytellers.

Featuring:

Hannah Rehak (@hmrehak)(Second City, Reductress)

Cara Michelle Smith (@carachute)(McSweeney's, The New Yorker, Salon)

Lillian Stone (@originalspinstr)(McSweeney’s, The New Yorker, Slate)

And More!

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PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show
May
11

PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show

These days it feels like catastrophe is around every corner. Whether you’re trying to make new friends at a party, reminiscing about lost love, or fleeing a house fire, the ride of life never stops. Can a positive attitude and out-of-box thinking be the fix? Perhaps the answer is to sing your way through the storm or to invest everything in the people you love! Perhaps it’s as simple as asking for what you really want — be that a chair, a friend at work, or someone to try your blueberry pie. No matter what, one thing is clear, sometimes you just have to get out of your own way.

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The Good Time
May
8

The Good Time

The Good Time is a fully improvised show based on one suggestion from the audience. The Good Time is a team made up of Chicago improv veterans who have performed at The Second City, iO Chicago, The Annoyance, Logan Square Improv.

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PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show
May
4

PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show

These days it feels like catastrophe is around every corner. Whether you’re trying to make new friends at a party, reminiscing about lost love, or fleeing a house fire, the ride of life never stops. Can a positive attitude and out-of-box thinking be the fix? Perhaps the answer is to sing your way through the storm or to invest everything in the people you love! Perhaps it’s as simple as asking for what you really want — be that a chair, a friend at work, or someone to try your blueberry pie. No matter what, one thing is clear, sometimes you just have to get out of your own way.

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PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show
Apr
27

PunK Intended: A Second City Grad Revue Show

These days it feels like catastrophe is around every corner. Whether you’re trying to make new friends at a party, reminiscing about lost love, or fleeing a house fire, the ride of life never stops. Can a positive attitude and out-of-box thinking be the fix? Perhaps the answer is to sing your way through the storm or to invest everything in the people you love! Perhaps it’s as simple as asking for what you really want — be that a chair, a friend at work, or someone to try your blueberry pie. No matter what, one thing is clear, sometimes you just have to get out of your own way.

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