The Second City’s original productions mix sketch and improv, delivering sharp satire, spontaneous laughs, and a unique experience every time.
Second City Productions
Spend the night with The Second City! This brand-new show (consensually) roasts everything that turns us on – and off – about love, dating, and relationships. From meet-cutes and awkward one-night stands to getting ghosted like you’re Patrick Swayze making pottery, The Second City Swipes Right is your ultimate comedy date night. So, whether you’re locked in, single af, or in a “situationship,” laugh your way through the chaos with an electric cast serving The Second City’s world-famous brand of sketch, music, and improv comedy. It’s giving hilarity, it’s giving relatable, it’s giving… a night you don’t want to miss.
Second City New York Mainstage
Second City Productions
The Second City celebrates year one in New York with a high-energy mix of our signature improv comedy alongside hilarious songs, classic characters, and vintage sketches – handpicked from our comedy archive, written by some of the funniest minds on the planet, and remixed by Brooklyn’s boldest comedic voices.
From the stages that launched icons like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Keegan-Michael Key, and so many more comes Sketch and The City performed by our unstoppable New York cast. Step into the comedy legacy that’s been changing the game for 65 years.
Second City New York Mainstage
Second City Productions
One of NYC’s greatest comedy shows of all time is back and BETTER than ever! Hosted by your mother’s favorite patron saint of the Bronx Petey DeAbreu & booked by comedy consigliere Mikala Knezevich, Better Days comedy showcases the best comedians from across the universe brought to you right here in Brooklyn at The Second City every Sunday night. The next time you’re available and want a laugh just slide thru like a drive thru and we’ll be here! P.S. the French Fries are amazing.
The Second City New York has partnered with Comic Relief US in raising funds for children and families from under-resourced communities as they recover and rebuild their lives after the LA wildfires. SCNY will donate 50% of proceeds from the performance of Better Days on March 9 to support Comic Relief US’s grantee partners providing relief efforts in LA.
Second City New York Mainstage | The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Hosted by The Second City, these visiting productions bring popular, acclaimed shows from guest performers to our stage.
Visiting Productions
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Visiting Productions
Rat Candy is a perfect comedy variety show performed by NYC’s greatest and grimiest vermin. Hosted and produced by Anya Ptacek and Bekah Hess (2 rats standing on top of each other wearing a trench coat to look like humans), this show features standup, sketch, songs, and sometimes…SOMETIMES tap dancing. Proceeds from the show will be donated to Trans Youth Equality Foundation, which you can learn more about here: https://www.transyouthequality.org/
Second City New York Mainstage
Visiting Productions
Monroe Martin has spent his whole life dodging—problems, responsibilities, even success. In The Escape Artist, he’s finally turning around to face it all… and making it hilarious.
With his signature mix of sharp storytelling, raw honesty, and effortless charm, Monroe dives into the chaos of his past—his family, the foster care system, and all the ridiculous ways he’s tried (and failed) to outrun life. It’s real, it’s funny, and it’s Monroe at his most unfiltered.
Second City in Blackout Cabaret - Chicago
Visiting Productions
Yerrrlywood, Producedby LeniPenny, is a hit show at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles that features the best comedians from the east coast. Now coming to its hometown NYC with the best east coast comics.
Second City New York Mainstage
Visiting Productions
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Visiting Productions
Roy Wood Jr in casual conversations with comedians and some regular people about the things that really matter to them most. There will also be jokes.
Second City New York Mainstage
Visiting Productions
NY Based Comedians Lucas Zelnick (Comedy Central) and Jamie Wolf (Don’t Tell Comedy) return from traveling the country for a weekly new material and crowdwork show along with some of their favorite comedians and friends.
Second City New York Mainstage
Visiting Productions
Get ready for a night full of laughter and fun as Poly Diaz makes her Second City Theater debut! Audiences fell in love with Poly’sRománticatyle and sharp sense of humor during her latest tour, “Romántica,” and now it’s The Big Apple’s turn. So, mark your calendars for the monthly Spanish language show that you definitely don’t want to miss. Poly will host the show (en español, of course), and perform along with her special guests .
About Poly Diaz:
Stand up Comedian, broadcaster, and actress. Originally from Venezuela, Poly began her comedy career participating in open-mics when she moved to Mexico City 6 years ago. Her latest one woman show called “Romántica” toured more than 45 cities in Latin America, Europe and The US.
Second City New York Mainstage
Visiting Productions
An overly proud latine improv show starring Taylor Gonzalez & Julian Hernandez. Featuring special guests and cumbias spun by dj plantpapi. havanaclub.nyc
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Visiting Productions
The Infinite Wrench is a dynamic, mind-bending barrage of 30 original plays that the NY Neo-Futurists try to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays and new combinations of plays every performance, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and challenge the fourth wall head-on.
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Visiting Productions
Second City New York Mainstage
Visiting Productions
The Yesterday Show, Late Tonight Daily is a topical stand up show mirroring the format of a late night show. Lukas will deliver the news and bring out guest comedians for a night full of laughs.
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Showcasing The Second City’s students, these performances feature the talent from our current training center programs.
Second City New York Mainstage | The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Training Center at Second City New York Mainstage
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
Second City New York Mainstage
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
The Second City New York Blackbox Theater
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