Assisted Listening System
Assistive listening devices are available upon request.
Parking
The Second City provides accessible parking and seating at every performance.
Wheelchair Info
Each theater is equipped with wheelchair accessible and/or companion seats.
It all started with children’s games. Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. Co-founded by Bernie Sahlins, Howard Alk, and Spolin’s son Paull Sills, the small cabaret theater grew to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.
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