The Second City is very excited to announce the recipients of the first annual Bob Curry Fellowship. The sixteen recipients are Ali Barthwell, Sam Bailey, Lisa Beasley, Shantira Jackson, Peter Kim, Lauren Malara, Torian Miller, Saliha Muttalib, Chucho Perez, Dewayne Perkins, Patrick Rowland, Rashawn Nadine Scott, Niccole Thurman, Travis Turner, Kimberly Michelle Vaughn, and Damian Jason White.
The Fellowship will begin on Tuesday, March 25th with master classes taking place at the Second City Training Center for eight weeks on Tuesday and Thursday 4pm - 7pm.
A culminating and celebratory showcase for family, friends and Second City staff is scheduled in the e.t.c. theatre Wednesday, May 28th. Time is yet to be determined.
As you may be aware, this is an exciting piece of history at Second City. With this new fellowship program instituted, we are delighted to mentor the inaugural group of Bob Curry Fellowship recipients. We received over 140 submissions and auditioned 85 applicants. Thank you to all of the amazing talent who came out to auditions. These decisions were not easy, but we look forward to creating access and opening more doors for talent interested in pursuing a career in comedy!
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Improv Diversity Starts at The Roots
Chicago's Tribune published a great story on diversity in the Chicago comedy community and highlighted the role of Second City's Outreach & Diversity program has played on increasing opportunities for people of color in comedy.
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