Laugh your winter blues away with The Second City at Edmonds Center for the Arts

Second City Cast will appear at the
Edmonds Center for the Arts

Laugh Out Loud and chase away your winter doldrums as Edmonds Center for the Arts welcomes The Second City for a return engagement, Saturday February 18, 2012 at 7:30pm. Tickets are available on-line or by phone at 425-275-9595; ticket prices $35-$40, $15 youth. Additional service charges apply.

Celebrating “52 years of funny”, The Second City began in Chicago in 1959, launched by a group of creative and intellectual University of Chicago students in an environment that was ripe for social and political satire. Their popularity quickly spread and world comedy domination began with their first Broadway appearance in 1961 and their first London appearance in 1962. The Second City firmly established its comedy reputation with the debut of Saturday Night Live in 1974, featuring Second City alumni John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray and Gilda Radner.

From the company that launched the careers of John Candy, Martin Short, Jane Lynch, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and many more, comes the next generation of comedy’s best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy and Second City’s trademark improvisation. 

Whether ripped from the morning headlines or a classic gem from their 52-year archives, The Second City is always a laugh-out-loud hit. With theatres and Training Centers in Chicago and Toronto, a Training Center in Hollywood, 11 full time touring ensembles, corporate and theatrical divisions as well as television and film operations, The Second City has been called "a Comedy Empire" by the New York Times. This year’s production at ECA will feature four fresh new faces and one returning veteran. The name might be the same but the show is always different!

Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA), is a non-profit performing arts facility located in picturesque downtown Edmonds, Washington. Located in the historic original Edmonds High School building, ECA was remodeled and opened in October 2006 to be a cultural resource for the Puget Sound region through performing arts presentations, community partnerships and education outreach programs.