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The Second City Detroit was a comedy theater and training center in Novi, Michigan. It was the Second City's third mainstage location in North America following the Second City Chicago and Toronto. [47] Originally established in September 1993 in downtown Detroit, [47] it relocated to a strip mall in Novi in 2005.
1.3 Chicago ETC (1983-present) 1.4 New York Mainstage (2024-present) ... producers, and musicians who have collaborated on revues at The Second City. [1]
Life and career. Sills was born Paul Silverberg in Chicago, Illinois, to a family who believed in the teachings of modern-day Judaism. His mother was teacher and writer Viola Spolin, who authored the first book on improvisation techniques, Improvisation for the Theater. [1] Spolin in turn was the student of play therapy theorist Neva Boyd. [2]
City of Big Shoulders. [edit] "City of Big Shoulders" is a nickname coined by Carl Sandburg in his 1914 poem " Chicago," which describes the city as "stormy, husky, [and] brawling." It is the last of several nicknames in the poem; the others hint at the city's major industrial activities, for example, the meat-packing industry and railroad ...
Bernard Sahlins. Bernard Sahlins (/ ˈsɑːlɪnz /; August 20, 1922 – June 16, 2013) was an American writer, director and comedian best known as a founder of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe with Paul Sills and Howard Alk in 1959. [1] Sahlins also opened the Second City Theatre in Toronto in 1973.
The Second City Training Center was founded in the mid-1980s to facilitate the growing demand for workshops and instruction from the Second City theatre. The Training Centers are located in Chicago and [1] Toronto. [2] Satellite Centers formerly existed in Metro Detroit, Las Vegas, Cleveland, New York City [3] and Los Angeles.
Martin de Maat. Martin de Maat (January 12, 1949 – February 15, 2001) was a teacher and artistic director at The Second City in Chicago. He also taught at Columbia College and Players Workshop. He studied under Viola Spolin.
Created in 1971 by Josephine Forsberg, The Players Workshop was Chicago's only official school of improvisation for over a decade. [1] Although it was never officially a part of The Second City cabaret theater, The Players Workshop was often referred to as Players Workshop Of The Second City, due to the school's close affiliation with the famous sketch comedy stage.