Too Many Cooks Spoil the Melting Pot

Evolution of a show by 6 writers at the Second City's Training Center in Chicago

Thursday, August 24, 2006

7th inning stretch






















Three shows down, 2 more to go. Last week, on a dreary rainy Friday night, we had another sellout. Every show has been different--not surprising, given all the variables--the weather, the audience's intelligence and energy level, what kind of week the cast had, and so on. We also had a new element added to the line-up: another blackout, that recent events inspired Al to write. --J. P. Stephenson

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Sellout!






We just finished the second of five shows--a sellout crowd, helped in no small part by a "party bus" of 50+ from Milwaukee, friends of Al Correa, one of the writers. The audience was great and the cast has never been better--timing was sharp, especially in making adjustments so the audience's laughter didn't drown out subsequent lines. -- J.P. Stephenson