List of alumni of the Second City

The following are notable writers, performers, directors, and musicians who have performed with the Second City. [cite web|url=http://www.secondcity.com/?id=history/alumni|publisher=secondcity.com|accessdate=March 31|accessyear=2007|title=The Second City | Alumni]

Notable alumni of the Second City Chicago mainstage

(Theatre opened 1959)

1959/1960s

* (1959) Severn Darden
* (1959) Paul Sills
* (1959) Barbara Harris "(Nashville)"
* (1960) Paul Sand ("The Hot Rock")
* (1960) Alan Arkin ("The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming", "Little Miss Sunshine")
* (1961) Joan Rivers
* (1961) Avery Schreiber (Burns & Schreiber)
* (1961) Melinda Dillon ("A Christmas Story", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind")
* (1961) Bill Alton
* (1961) Del Close ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
* (1963) Jack Burns (Burns & Schreiber, "Fridays")
* (1963) Avery Schreiber
* (1964) David Steinberg ("The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", "The Tonight Show")
* (1965) Robert Klein ("Comedy Tonight", "SNL")
* (1965) Fred Willard ("Fernwood 2Nite", "Roseanne", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "A Mighty Wind","The Tonight Show with Jay Leno")
* (1965) Judy Graubart ("The Electric Company")
* (1967) Peter Boyle ("Young Frankenstein", "Everybody Loves Raymond")
* (1969) Joe Flaherty ("SCTV", "Freaks and Geeks")
* (1969) Brian Doyle-Murray ("JFK", "SNL", "Groundhog Day", "Caddyshack")
* (1969) Harold Ramis ("SCTV", "Ghostbusters", "Stripes")

1970s

* (1971) John Belushi ("SNL", "Animal House", "The Blues Brothers", "Neighbors")
* (1973) Bill Murray ("SNL", "Groundhog Day", "Lost in Translation", "Caddyshack", "Ghostbusters", "Meatballs", "Stripes")
* (1973) Betty Thomas ("Hill Street Blues")
* (1973) Dan Aykroyd ("SNL", "Ghostbusters", "Driving Miss Daisy", "The Blues Brothers")
* (1974) Eugene Levy ("SCTV", "A Mighty Wind", "American Pie")
* (1975) Dave Thomas ("SCTV", ("Strange Brew", "Grace Under Fire (TV series)")
* (1975) George Wendt ("Cheers")
* (1976) Shelley Long ("Cheers")
* (1978) James Belushi ("SNL", "According to Jim")
* (1978) Tim Kazurinsky ("SNL", "Police Academy")
* (1979) Mary Gross ("SNL", "Hot to Trot", "Feds")

1980s

* (1982) Meagen Fay ("Kingdom Hospital", "Six Feet Under", "Desperate Housewives")
* (1983) Richard Kind ("Mad About You", "Spin City")
* (1985) Andy Dick ("The Ben Stiller Show", "NewsRadio", "Less Than Perfect")
* (1986) Dan Castellaneta ("The Tracey Ullman Show", "The Simpsons")
* (1986) Bonnie Hunt ("Life With Bonnie, Cheaper by the Dozen, Cars")
* (1988) Mike Myers ("SNL", "Wayne's World", "", "Shrek")
* (1989) Joel Murray (One Crazy Summer, Dharma and Greg, Mad Men)
* (1989) David Pasquesi ("Strangers with Candy", "TJ & Dave")
* (1989) Chris Farley ("SNL", "Tommy Boy", "Black Sheep")
* (1989) Tim Meadows ("SNL", "The Ladies Man", "Mean Girls")
* (1989) Tim O'Malley ("Return to Me", "Godshow")
* (1987) Ryan Stiles ("Who's Line Is It Anyway", "Two and a half men", "The Drew Carey Show")

1990s

* (1990) Bob Odenkirk ("Mr. Show")
* (1991) Steve Carell ("The Daily Show", "The Office", "The 40-Year Old Virgin", "Little Miss Sunshine")
* (1991) Jeff Garlin ("Curb Your Enthusiasm", "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With")
* (1991) Ian Gomez ("The Drew Carey Show")
* (1991) Nia Vardalos ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding")
* (1992) Paul Dinello ("Strangers with Candy", "Exit 57")
* (1992) Amy Sedaris ("Strangers with Candy", "Exit 57")
* (1993) Stephen Colbert ("The Daily Show", "The Colbert Report", "Strangers with Candy", "Exit 57")
* (1994) Scott Adsit ("Mr. Show", "30 Rock", "Moral Orel")
* (1994) David Koechner ("SNL", "", "The Office", "The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show")
* (1994) Nancy Walls ("Saturday Night Live", The Daily Show", "The Office")
* (1995) Rachel Dratch ("SNL", "30 Rock")
* (1995) Adam McKay ("SNL", ', ')
* (1996) Tina Fey ("SNL", "Mean Girls", "Baby Mama", "30 Rock")
* (1996) Amy Poehler ("SNL", "Baby Mama", "30 Rock")
* (1996) Horatio Sanz ("SNL", "The New Guy", "Fillmore!")
* (1996) Mick Napier (Annoyance Theater, "Next Comedy Legend")
* (1997) T. J. Jagodowski ("The Ice Harvest")
* (1997) Jim Zulevic ("Seinfeld", "Curb Your Enthusiasm")
* (1998) Stephnie Weir ("MADtv", "Big Day")
* (1998) Susan Messing (Annoyance Theater, "Let's Go to Prison", "Messing With a Friend")
* (1999) Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock")

2000s

* (2001) Keegan-Michael Key ("MADtv", "The Planet's Funniest Animals")
* (2004) Frank Caeti "MADtv"

Notable alumni of the Second City Toronto mainstage

(Theatre opened 1973)

1970s

* (1973) Dan Aykroyd ("SNL", "Ghostbusters", "The Blues Brothers")
* (1973) Jayne Eastwood ("SCTV", "This is Wonderland")
* (1973) Joe Flaherty ("SCTV")
* (1973) Brian Doyle Murray ("SNL", "Caddyshack", "JFK", "Groundhog Day")
* (1973) Gilda Radner ("SNL")
* (1973) Bernard Sahlins
* (1974) John Candy ("SCTV", "Uncle Buck", "Canadian Bacon")
* (1974) Eugene Levy ("SCTV", "American Pie", "A Mighty Wind")
* (1974) Catherine O'Hara ("SCTV", "Home Alone", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind")
* (1974) Rosemary Radcliffe ("Coming Up Rosie", "Anne of Green Gables")
* (1974) Sheldon Patinkin
* (1975) Andrea Martin ("SCTV", "My Big Fat Greek Wedding")
* (1975) Dave Thomas ("SCTV", "Strange Brew")
* (1976) Peter Aykroyd
* (1977) Del Close (I.O.)
* (1977) Robin Duke ("SNL", "SCTV")
* (1977) Martin Short ("SCTV", "SNL", "Father of the Bride", "")
* (1977) Dave Thompson
* (1979) Derek McGrath
* (1979) Tony Rosato ("SCTV", "SNL")

1980s

* (1982) Don Lake ("The Bonnie Hunt Show", The Dave Thomas Comedy Show")
* (1983) Debra McGrath ("Getting Along Famously", "Little Mosque on the Prairie")
* (1983) Bruce Hunter ("Loose Moose Theatre", "Puppets Who Kill")
* (1983) Adrian Truss ("The Care Bears Movie")
* (1983) Ron James ("Blackfly")
* (1985) Dana Andersen
* (1985) Linda Kash
* (1985) Scott Thompson ("The Kids In The Hall", "The Larry Sanders Show")
* (1985) Kevin McDonald ("The Kids In The Hall", "Lilo & Stitch")
* (1985) Dave Foley ("The Kids In The Hall", "NewsRadio")
* (1986) Mike Myers ("SNL", "Wayne's World", "", "Shrek"),
* (1986) Deborah Theaker
* (1987) Ryan Stiles ("The Drew Carey Show", "Whose Line Is It Anyway?")
* (1988) Neil Crone ("Little Mosque on the Prairie")
* (1988) Colin Mochrie ("Blackfly", "Whose Line Is It Anyway?")
* (1988) Tim Sims ("The Red Green Show")
* (1988) Mark Wilson ("The Red Green Show", "The High Life")
* (1989) Patrick McKenna ("The Red Green Show", "Traders")

1990s

* (1990) Kathryn Greenwood ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?")
* (1990) Karen Hines ("The Newsroom", "Man of the Year")
* (1990) Gary Pearson
* (1995) Albert Howell ("Loose Moose Theatre", "The Devil's Advocates")
* (1995) Teresa Pavlinek ("History Bites", "The Jane Show")
* (1996) Jennifer Irwin
* (1996) Bob Martin ("Puppets Who Kill")
* (1997) Arnold Pinnock ("Get Rich or Die Tryin'")
* (1998) Gavin Crawford ("The Gavin Crawford Show", "This Hour Has 22 Minutes")
* (1998) Jerry C. Minor ("SNL", "Mr. Show")
* (1998) Doug Morency

2000s

* (2000) Sandy Jobin-Bevans ("Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle", "The Gavin Crawford Show")
* (2000) Geri Hall ("This Hour Has 22 Minutes")
* (2001) Aurora Browne ("Comedy Inc.")
* (2002) Pat Kelly ("Loose Moose Theatre", "Intern Academy")
* (2004) Rebecca Northan ("Loose Moose Theatre", "Alice, I Think", "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium")
* (2005) Lauren Ash
* (2005) Mick Napier (Annoyance Theater, "Next Comedy Legend")
* (2005) Anand Rajaram

Notable alumni of the Second City Detroit mainstage

(Theatre opened 1993 in downtown Detroit, relocated to Novi, Michigan in 2005)
* (1993) Colin Ferguson ("Eureka")
* (1993) Jerry C. Minor ("SNL", "Mr. Show")
* (1993) Suzy Nakamura ("The West Wing, Curb Your Enthusiasm")
* (1993) Angela Shelton (Frangela, "Best Week Ever")
* (1996) Larry Joe Campbell ("According to Jim")
* (1997) Keegan-Michael Key ("MADtv", "The Planet's Funniest Animals")
* (1998) Nyima Funk ("Wild 'N Out", "Thank God You're Here")
* (1997) Brandon Johnson ("Punk'd, BSTV")

Notable alumni of the Second City Las Vegas mainstage

(Theatre opened 2001)
* (2001) Frank Caeti ("MADtv")
* (2001) Mick Napier (Annoyance Theater, "Next Comedy Legend")
* (2001) Jason Sudeikis ("SNL")
* (2001) Kay Cannon ("30 Rock")
* (2001) Dan Bakkedahl ("The Daily Show")

Notable alumni of the Second City Cleveland mainstage

(Theatre opened 2002)
* (2002) Jack Hourigan ("How to Boil Water")

Notable Music Directors of Second City

*Jan Randall (Edmonton, Toronto, Santa Monica)

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