The Second City

I’m currently directing for The Second City’s shows aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line (Spirit, Dawn, Gem, Pearl, Star) — and also served as director for The Second City National Touring Company. I’ve also directed corporate shows for Second City Communications, and short films for The Second City Network.

MelanComedy: Chicago

In October 2007, I directed Andy Ross’ very funny 1-man show from NYC at the Annoyance Theater.

MelanComedy: NYC

Andy Ross’ 1-Man Show at the PIT Theater in NYC. Features great monologues, new and classic — including the guy from German Club.

NewPlay: NYC

NewPlay is a 1-act improvised play at the Magnet Theater featuring some of NYC’s most skilled long-form improvisers. With Peter Grosz, Deb Downing Grosz, Ed Herbstman, Katie Caussin, Melanie Hoopes, Jonathan Karpinos and Kelly Haran.

HERO

HERO is an improvised 1-act play starring some of my favorite improvisers: Brian Boland, Jet Eveleth, Holly Laurent, Brendan Jennings, Pat McKenna, and Claudia Wallace. Lights + Sound by Emmy winner Scotty Iseri. Wednesdays at 8 pm at iO Chicago through Winter 2008.

Play

2-act improvised play at iO Chicago starring Damian Arnold, Dan Bakkedahl, Deb Downing Grosz, Jet Eveleth, Alex Fendrich, Peter Grosz, T.J. Jagodowski, and Holly Laurent.

War of the Worlds (original radio play)

Recreation of the original “War of the Worlds” broadcast. With Brad Dunn, Matt Edwards, Joel Friend, Dave Gordon, John B. Leen, Steve Lehtman, David Tibble, Joshua Perry Kaufmann, and Nicholas C. Ward.

Sound by Nick Keenan. Lighting by Yousif Mohamed. Costumes by Vicky J. Strei. Production Management by Corey Harrison. Stage Management by Amanda S. Johnson. Sound Engineering by William A. Franz. Master Electrics by Michael Wagner. Asst. Stage Management by Carly Hengels. Asst. Production Management by Melissa A. Neal.

Listen to the audio file below — it’s a live recording of our staged recreation of this historical radio broadcast.

RobotJox + MetalStorm

Double Feature!

Connor Kalista directed MetalStorm And I directed RobotJox.

With Kate James, Justin Kaufmann, Adam Witt, Stephen Schmidt, Joe Dempsey, Diana Slickman, and Dina Connolly as part of the NeoFuturist’s “It Came from the NeoFuturariam.”