We ask Nate DuFort and Adam Peacock, two Detroit good ol' boys who moved to Chicago to make their place at The Second City, about their personal paths, the differences between the DET and CHI improv scenes, and what they're up to now.
Read MoreBack in 2010, I was a fresh-faced improviser with a year of Second City classes and then a year of writing, rehearsing and putting up a show under my belt. Auditions for the newest Go launch group were coming up, and I kept hearing endless variations of the above.
Read MoreIn March 2017 Gary Lehman and I had the fortunate opportunity to travel to France to take part in the Subito Festival International de Théâtre d'Improvisation.
Read MoreAs you might have noticed, Go’s new show, Skit Parade, features scripted sketch comedy. Or, you might have checked out one of our other written shows, like Now That’s What I Call a Show About Music, or Manger Things. Because doing sketch or written shows is a goal for a lot of people in our community, I thought I’d pass along some things I learned as an actor in college that can be applied to performing scripted material. (And they said a Minor in Theater Arts was a risky move!!!)
Read MoreWhile the world was going through the 18-month long version of Dante's Inferno, otherwise known as the 2016 Presidential Election, Tim Kay and Jess Loria asked me to take on the task of directing them in Go Comedy!'s most politically charged production (to date), NEWSish.
Read MoreWhen I moved to Chicago after college graduation, I thought I’d take a couple years of writing classes then casually write a Second City Mainstage revue then probably be headed to NYC to write for Saturday Night Live and get to hang out with Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon all the time
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