2022 Events

Pensacola State College and The Foo Foo Festival present: The Second City Touring Company in “Out of the House Party!,” on Wednesday, Nov. 9

The Second City’s Touring Company is back, live, and in person! Join our raring-to-go cast of comedians for this laugh-packed adventure. From improv games to classic sketches from the archives, this experience is a great way for us all to laugh our way into the new normal. We can’t wait to welcome you back to The Second City where laughs (but not masks!) are mandatory.

The Second City is the pinnacle of improv comedy, and it all started with children’s games.

Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater has grown to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.

Co-founded by Spolin’s son, Paul Sills, along with Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins, The Second City was experimental and unconventional in its approach to both theater and comedy. Almost immediately, alumni of The Second City, including Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Fred Willard, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, and John Belushi, launched the theater into the international spotlight.

In 1976, Second City launched “SCTV,” which has been hailed as one of the greatest sketch comedy series of all time. The two-time Emmy winner featured an all-star cast made up of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, and Rick Moranis.

Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company, continuing to produce premier talent in all three of its locations–Chicago, Toronto, and Hollywood–and entertaining more than one million audience members a year. From Steve Carell to Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert to Tina Fey, Chris Farley to Mike Myers, Second City’s imprint is all over film, television, and beyond. In addition to its stages, Second City Touring Companies perform electrifying revues and original productions across North America and abroad.

In addition to its stages, Second City Touring Companies perform electrifying revues and original productions across North America and abroad. Our creative collaborations have produced thrilling and critically acclaimed work in partnership with organizations like the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Cruise Line, the New York Comedy Festival, and the Chicago Bulls.

Second City Training Centers in Chicago, Toronto, Hollywood, and online teach thousands of students a year, and the opening of the Harold Ramis Film School in 2016 gave the world the first film school dedicated to comedy. Finally, Second City Works is an industry leader in bringing improv-based methodologies to businesses and organizations of all types.

We hope you enjoy the show…after all, it’s been almost 60 years in the making.

Performers

The individual cast members are still going through the audition process. As soon as those are made available to the college, we will immediately share them with the Foo Foo Fest committee.

The Details

• Wednesday, November 9, 2022
• Doors open at 7:00 p.m., show begins at 7:30 p.m.
• There will be two forty-five-minute productions with a fifteen-minute intermission.

Location

• The Ashmore Auditorium at Pensacola State College
• *Box Office is Located in Building 6

Ticket Information

PSC Presale Date: 09/23/22

Available to the Public: 09/30/22

• Tickets Required, All Seats Reserved
• General Public $11
• Seniors, Children, Non-PSC students $9
• Senior Club Members, PSC Alumni Association, Staff, Faculty $7
• Free to PSC students.
• Tickets Available Here

All proceeds will benefit PSC Performing Arts student scholarships.