Cast-and-Crew-etc

Ensemble

Production & Creative Teams

ANTHONY LEBLANC
Director (he/him/his) works at Nickelodeon/Paramount doing talent development and as an on-set acting coach on such hit shows as The Reboot of All That and The Really Loud House. He acted as Interim Executive Producer of The Second City in 2020. Previously, LeBlanc served as an Artistic Director for The Second City Inc., as well as a part-time faculty member at Columbia College Chicago. Anthony is a Second City alum who wrote and performed in two original Chicago Mainstage revues, Taming of the Flu and the Jeff Award-nominated America: All Better!. He has been a teacher and resident director for Second City, directing several resident stage and theatrical productions in Chicago and Washington, D.C., including The Winner … of Our Discontent (Chicago Mainstage), Soul Brother, Where Art Thou? (The Second City e.t.c.), Generation Gap at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Helen Hayes-nominated Nothing to Lose (But Our Chains) at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. And Independently including The Magic Negro and Other Blackity Blackness as Told by an African-American Man Who Also Happens to be Black at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.  A native of Beaumont, Texas, Anthony holds a degree in Computer Science and Physics from Loyola University New Orleans.  Anthony is an autistic Blerd dedicated to promoting Neurodiversity and DEI in comedy. 

JULIA MORALES
Associate Director (she/her/hers) is a performer, writer, director, teacher, and mentor originally from Houston, Texas. She attended the University of Houston – School of Theatre & Dance and graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Jules first studied improv comedy in Houston and later moved to New York in 2008 after receiving the NBC Diversity Scholarship to study both sketch and improv comedy. She later moved to Chicago in 2015 while performing with the Second City Theatricals on the Norwegian Cruise Line. She was a 2018 Bob Curry Fellow and was later cast as an ensemble member of the Second City Green Co Touring Company. She is a Second City alum having completed two Mainstage revues, Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not and Don’t Quit Your Daydream. Most recently, she directed the 2025 Bob Curry Fellowship Showcase, Minority Report: What Had Happened Was and she was the Associate Director for the Black Excellence show, We Always Bounce Black at Second City. Jules performs, directs, and teaches at various theaters in the Chicago community. She is also an adjunct teacher and director at The Theatre School at DePaul University Comedy Studies program. Jules is a master movie buff, a self-care enthusiast, and an avid traveler. Follow her journey on IG @callmejules. 

ABBY BEGGS
Stage Manager, Lighting Designer & Associate Technical Director (She/Her) is happy to be back working with the Second City again! Originally hailing from Boston, she moved to Chicago in 2015 to pursue design, production management, and stage management. Her past credits include: Legendary Laughs, She the People, Deck the Hallmark. Gaslight District (The Second City); Bagatelle, Cunning Little Vixen, L’Enfant et les Sortileges, L’incoronazione di Poppea (Roosevelt University); Blue Window (Brown Box Theatre Project); Gallo (Guerilla Opera), Boeing Boeing, Barefoot in the Park, Good People, The Scene (Dorset Theatre Festival), and Fen (Whistler in the Dark,) among others. abbybeggs.com @scworker

JOHN LOVE
Music Director, Original Music & Sound Design (He/Him) from Arenzville, IL plays music for a living. An alumnus of The Second City’s National Touring Company, he has played pianos (mostly good, some bad) all across the country and Chicago. This is his second resident stage show for SC coming on the heels of “Oh, The Places You’ll Glow”. He pursues original musical endeavors available on Spotify/social media under his full government, Kid Copter, Vienna, and The North and Wells Band. He also works as a producer/composer/studio musician for Ersatz Records. Follow his amateur but pretty good photography – @johnnylove34. All his love to his family and friends; especially to Mom, to Wendy, E & A, and dear friend KB.

THOMAS J. TROUP II (Tom2) 
Producer, Resident Stages (He/Him) is the Producer The Second City Chicago’s Resident Stages; the Mainstage and the e.t.c. Theater. He joined the production team from his previous role as Managing Producer of the legendary Annoyance Theatre. The Second City producing credits include: the Joseph Jefferson Award winning 111th Mainstage Revue: Don’t Quit Your Daydream, the Jeff Nominated 47th e.t.c. Revue: Oh, the Places You’ll GLOW!, the 109th Mainstage Revue: Together at Last, the 46th e.t.c. Revues: Great Altercations & Eat, Pray, Bigfoot in Love, Queer Eye: The Musical Parody, Sing Out (The Best Friggin’ Songs of the Second City), Late Night Date Night and She’s Giving: The Second City Supports Trans Rights. He thanks his incredible husband for the endless love and support. “Dream Big. Only you can limit your dreams.”

JOHN KELLY
Lead Technical Director (He/Him) is very excited to be overseeing the technical and design elements of his fourth revue with The Second City. Previous revues include Chicago MainStage 111: Don’t Quit Your Daydream, Chicago ETC: Eat, Pray, Bigfoot in Love; Toronto MainStage Revues: Skylines the Limit and Chaos Menu: Disorder Up. He wants to thank the amazing team of designers and technicians for their amazing work. Outside of his work as Technical Director, he has worked as a lighting designer and is an ensemble member with Strawdog Theatre Company. For his design protfolio, visit www.johnkellydesigns.com

DANIEL PARSONS
Associate Technical Director (He/Him) While new to the Second City, Daniel has been a theatre technician in Chicago for the past 8 years. As an Electrician, Run Crew Member, Production Manager and Stage Manager Daniel has supported a number of productions with various storefront theatres, Teatro ZinZanni, Blue Man Group and is a company member with Playmaker’s Laboratory Theatre. Daniel is originally from Ohio and has a Bachelors in Technical Theatre from Kent State University.

SHAYNA PATEL
Scenic Designer (She/Her) is grateful to design at The Second City. Her credits include A View From The Bridge (Shattered Globe), Junie B. Jones and Dory Fantasmagory (Young People’s Theatre Chicago), That Must Be The Entrance To Heaven and Sancocho (Vision Latino Theatre Company), and National Merit (Boho Theatre Company). Born in England, she later moved to Chicago for college and fell in love with the city. She holds a BA, Summa Cum Laude- Theatre Design. shaynadesigns.com

kCLARE MCKELLASTON
Wardrobe Stylist (She/Her) is a Chicago-based costume artist. Recent credits: Season 1 of AppleTV’s The Shining Girls (Set Costumer); The Woman in Black (Associate Designer, US Tour); We’re All In This Room Together, Don’t Quit Your Daydream (The Second City); Laura and the Sea (Rivendell); Lieutenant of Inishmore, Wit, Equus (Aston Rep); Cripple of Inishmaan, The Laramie Project (Redtwist); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Young Frankenstein (Metropolis PAC); Don’t Look Back/Must Look Back (Pivot Arts). kClare manages the Costume Shop at Columbia College Chicago and is a proud member of IATSE Local 769. www.kClare.com