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| Maltz Jupiter Theatre To Present The Best of the Second City |
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maltz writes, "What do Jim Belushi, Bill Murray, Jon Candy, Gilda Radner, Dan Ackroyd, Martin Short and Mike Myers have in common? Wrong. The correct answer is, they all started at Second City. On Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13 at 8 pm The Maltz Jupiter Theatre will present two performances of The Best of The Second City."
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This is a continuation and expansion of the Maltz’ Friday night innovative comedy presentations. This show will feature Second City Comedians Aimee McKay, Jordan Klepper, Tim Mason, Dave Colan, Anel Sudik, Sarah Haskins and Stephanie McCullough as Musical Director.
Second City, known as the “World’s Greatest Comedy Theatre,” started as a small cabaret in 1959 in Chicago and is now a full fledged comedy institution with a former award winning television show (SCTV), comedy educational and training centers and world-wide touring comedy and theatrical shows. The alumni cast list reads like a who’s who in comedy legends.
Tickets are just $18 and can be purchased at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Box Office, online at www.jupitertheatre.org or by phone 561-575-2223 or 800-445-1666. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre opened in February, 2004 as a 550-seat, nonprofit community-based professional regional theatre and is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is located at 1001 Indiantown Road and A1A in Jupiter.
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Cast Bios:
Aimee McKay Aimee began improvising while living in London, England where she sold used American vacuum cleaners over the phone to pay for classes. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, she appeared with Theatre Sports, Boston Creem and the children's musical improv group, Pocket Full of Tales. Since moving to Chicago, she has performed with The Dirty Half Dozen, Shibboleth, Mr. Sir, Drowning Da Vinci and traveled to the Toronto Improv Festival with the all-female group Lipschtick. Aimee is wicked proud to have co-written and performed a two-woman sketch show, "Two-Faced" which was featured as part of the Second City Unhinged series. She also regularly performs at the Improv Olympic theatre.
Jordan Klepper is honored to be a part of the Second City Touring Company. He grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan where he attended Kalamazoo College. After that he moved to Chicago to perform. He has performed and continues to perform at Chicago's Improv Olympic in the shows "Whirled News Tonight," "Cougars," "The Late Night Late Show," and "Shared Property." He is also very proud to be a part of the independent improvisation and sketch comedy group, "American Dream."
Tim Mason has spent more than half his life improvising. Having started out performing at Lighten Up Theater in Kansas City, Tim later moved to Chicago where he has spent much of his time as a member of the Improv Olympic house team, Deep Schwa. Tim is a founding member of the critically acclaimed sketch comedy group, Brick. He is also a longtime ensemble member of Comedy Sportz of Chicago, and he performs with the Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience and Hootenanny at IO.
Dave Colan was born in Hershey, PA and grew up in Alabama and Wisconsin. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin and being rejected by 14 different grad schools, he decided to move to Chicago to study improvisation. He is a founding member of the ensemble Mister Fancypants, based at the Playground Theater. He also performs at Improv Olympic with Mayhem, and occasionally performs with the groups Yourapeein and The Mighty wherever they can find stage time. Most recently, he appeared in “The Neutrino Project,” an improvised show shot on video, and “Dr. Obvious Presents” where he got to make fun of the A-Team. He also appeared as Ted McGillicutty in the award winning short – “Ted McGillicutty, Man of Action
Sarah Haskins is thrilled to perform with the Second City National Touring Company. After graduating from Harvard University, she returned to Chicago, her hometown, to study and perform improv and sketch comedy. She has -and continues to - perform in many shows at Chicago's ImprovOlympic theater, including "Whirled News Tonight", "The Beatbox", "Striking Out"and with the ensemble "Hall of Presidents." At Improv Olympic she is currently directing and writing for the cult hit "The Late Night Late Show With Mark Luge." She also delights in performing with the sketch/improv collective American Dream, and immensely enjoyed traveling to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the one-act improvised play "Chairs" in 2003.
Stephanie McCullough, Psy.D. (Musical Director) is an award-winning concert pianist and improviser as well as psychologist. Her training began at the College Conservatory of Music in Ohio, where she studied as the then only female composer and piano performer. She came to Chicago to complete her doctorate in Psychology and while maintaining her passion for playing and composing she was thrilled to discover the world of sketch comedy and improv. Her memorable improv experiences include playing with Wayne Brady on tour, performing for five years with Comedy Sportz, performing for Second City Unhinged, GayCo, Baby Wants Candy, and many original musicals she's written, including Kung Fu musical, The Fandom Menace, and M.C.Willie and Music Factory. She also teaches music improv at the Second City training center and the CIF.
Josh Miller (Stage manager) After graduation from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in directing he proceeded to not use it by working as a Casting Associate for NBC (America's Most Talented Kid and Average Joe 2: Hawaii) and as a Segment Producer for E! Entertainment TV (Celebrity Perks, Hollywood Love Stories: Hot and Hitched, and Tipped to Success). While stage managing the world premier of Second City's, "The People Vs. Friar Laurence: The Man Who Killed Romeo & Juliet," he realized that while edifying, the hard hitting intellectual television shows he was working on weren't satisfying.
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Posted on Aug 05, 2005 13:54pm.
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