List of alumni of the Second City

The following are notable writers, performers, stage managers, directors, producers, and musicians who have collaborated on revues at The Second City.

Alumni of Current Resident Stages Chicago Mainstage (1959-present) 1959 – Howard Alk, Roger Bowen, Severn Darden, Andrew Duncan, Barbara Harris, Mina Kolb, William Mathieu, Sheldon Patinkin, Bernard Sahlins, Paul Sills, Eugene Troobnick 1960 – Alan Arkin, Paul Sand, Joyce Sloane 1961 – Bill Alton, John Brent, Hamilton Camp, Del Close, Melinda Dillon, Anthony Holland, Zohra Lampert, Alan Myerson, Joan Rivers, Avery Schreiber 1962 – Mona Burr, Dennis Cunningham, Dick Schaal 1963 – Jack Burns, MacIntyre Dixon, Ann Elder, Judy Elder, Melissa 'Sally' Hart, Richard Libertini, Omar Shapli 1964 – Ian Davidson, Eugene Kadish, Fred Kaz, Harv Robbin, David Steinberg 1965 – Joan Bassie, Robert Benedetti, Alex Canaan, Sondra Caron, Josephine Forsberg, Judy Graubart, Robert Klein, David Paulsen, Fred Willard 1966 – Bob Curry, Sid Grossfeld, Sandy Holt, Jon Shank, David Walsh, Penny White 1967 – J.J. Barry, Peter Boyle, Martin Harvey Friedberg, Burt Heyman, Lynne Lipton, Ira Miller 1968 – Murphy Dunne, Michael Miller, Carol Robinson 1969 – David Blum, Martin de Maat, Jim Fisher, Joe Flaherty, Nate Herman, Pamela Hoffman, Roberta Maguire, Judy Morgan, Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Eric Ross, Cyril Simon, Paul Taylor 1971 – John Belushi, Eugenie Ross-Leming, Dan Ziskie 1972 – Dave Rasche, Ann Ryerson 1973 – John Candy, Stephanie Cotsirilos, Tino Insana, Bill Murray, Jim Staahl, Betty Thomas 1974 – Dan Aykroyd, Cassandra Danz, Don DePollo, Michael J. Gellman, Allan Guttman, Deborah Harmon, Richard Kurtzman, Eugene Levy, Raul Moncada, Rosemary Radcliffe, Gilda Radner, Mert Rich, Doug Steckler, Dave Thomas, Paul Zegler 1975 – Bernadette Birkett, Miriam Flynn, George Wendt 1976 – Will Aldis, Eric Boardman, Steven Kampmann, Shelley Long, Jim Sherman 1977 – Cynthia Cavalenes, Larry Coven 1978 – James Belushi, Tim Kazurinsky, Audrie Neenan, Lawrence J. Perkins, Maria Ricossa 1979 – Danny Breen, Mary Gross, Bruce Jarchow, Nancy McCabe-Kelly 1980 – Meagen Fay, Lance Kinsey, Rob Riley 1981 – Susan Bugg, John Kapelos, Rick Thomas 1982 – Nonie Newton-Breen, Cheryl Sloane, Craig Taylor 1983 – Bekka Eaton, Ed Greenberg, Michael Hagerty, Isabella Hofmann, Richard Kind 1985 – Andrew Alexander, Mindy Bell, Jim Fay, Mona Lyden, Len Stuart 1986 – Dan Castellaneta, Rick Hall, Bonnie Hunt, Maureen Kelly, Harry Murphy 1987 – Steve Assad, Kevin Crowley, Aaron Freeman, Ruby Streak, Barbara Wallace, Ron West 1988 – Joe Liss, Mike Myers 1989 – Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Joel Murray, David Pasquesi, Judith Scott, Holly Wortell 1990 – Tom Gianas, Bob Odenkirk, Tim O'Malley, Jill Talley 1991 – Fran Adams, Cynthia Caponera, Steve Carell, Michael McCarthy, John Rubano 1992 – Paul Dinello, Kelly Leonard, Ruth Rudnick, Amy Sedaris 1993 – Stephen Colbert, David Razowsky 1994 – Scott Adsit, Scott Allman, Jackie Hoffman 1995 – Rachel Dratch, Jon Glaser, Jenna Jolovitz, Adam McKay 1996 – Kevin Dorff, Tina Fey, Mick Napier 1997 – Jim Zulevic 1998 – Rachel Hamilton, T. J. Jagodowski, Susan Messing, Jeff Richmond, Tami Sagher, Rich Talarico, Stephnie Weir 1999 – Rob Bogart, Ed Furman, Beth Kligerman 2000 – Craig Cackowski, Sue Gillan, Angela Shelton 2001 – Debra Downing, Nyima Funk, Martin Garcia, Michael Kennard, David Pompeii 2002 – Brian Boland, Josh Funk, Robin Hammond, Alison Riley, Al Samuels, Abby Sher 2003 – Dan Bakkedahl, Lisa Brooke, Liz Cackowski, Antoine McKay, Jean Villepique 2004 – Brian Gallivan, Maribeth Monroe, Claudia Michelle Wallace 2005 – Matt Craig, Molly Erdman 2006 – Joe Canale, Ithamar Enriquez, Kirk Hanley, Marc Warzecha 2007 – Matt Hovde, Brad Morris, Amber Ruffin 2008 – Lauren Ash, Jim Carlson, Shelly Gossman, Anthony LeBlanc, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Emily Wilson 2009 – Andy St. Clair, Diana Martinez 2010 – Allison Bills, Tim Mason, Julie Nichols, Sam Richardson, Tim Robinson, Monica Wilson 2011 – Edgar Blackmon, Billy Bungeroth, Holly Laurent, Katie Rich, Jeremy Smith, Meghan Teal 2012 – Tim Baltz, Mary Sohn, Steve Waltien 2013 – Ross Bryant, Tawny Newsome 2014 – Ryan Bernier, Jesse Case, Chelsea Devantez, John Hartman, Paul Jurewicz, Mike Kosinski, Jacob Shuda, Daniel Strauss, Christine Tawfik, Emily Walker 2015 – Rashawn Nadine Scott, Sarah Shook, Jamison Webb 2016 – Shantira Jackson, Kelsey Kinney, Martin Morrow, Vinnie Pillarella, Lesley Stone 2017 – Ryan Asher, Tyler Davis, Jen Hoyt, Jeffrey Murdoch, Tien Tran, Nate Varrone 2018 – Emma Pope, Kimberly Michelle Vaughn 2019 – Mary Catherine Curran, Sarah Dell'Amico, Jaci Entwisle, Nick Gage, Andrew Knox, Dawn Kusinski, Asia Martin, Jordan Savusa, Adam Schreck 2021 – Adam Archer, Jeff Bouthiette, Jon Carr, Evan Mills, Anneliese Toft 2022 – Andy Bolduc, E.J. Cameron, Jen Ellison, Kiley Fitzgerald, Claire McFadden, Julia Morales, Sara Stock 2023 — Carisa Barreca, Ryan Miera, Jordan Stafford, Leila Gorstein, Jeff Griggs, Brittani Yawn, Tim Metzler, Meghan Babbe 2024 — Adonis Holmes, Hannah Ingle, Laurel Krabacher, Adisa Williams, Rob Wilson 2025 — Leila Gorstein, Bill Letz, Devonte E. Washington 2026 — Cat McDonnell, Zoe McKee, Eddie Mujica, Preston Parker, Yazmin Ramos

Toronto (1973-present) 1973 – Dan Aykroyd, Andrew Alexander, Valri Bromfield, Jayne Eastwood, Gino Empry, Joe Flaherty, Fred Kaz, Brian Doyle-Murray, Gilda Radner, Bernard Sahlins, Gerry Salsberg, Sam Shopsowitz, Joyce Sloane 1974 – John Candy, Suzette Couture, Todd Jeffrey-Ellis, Piers Gilson, Allan Guttman, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Sheldon Patinkin, Jim Patry, Mitchell Gold, Rosemary Radcliffe, Whitney S. Smith 1975 – Carol Cassis, Ben Gordon, Andrea Martin, John Monteith, Sharon H. Smith, Dave Thomas 1976 – Peter Aykroyd, Brenda Donohue 1977 – Del Close, Robin Duke, Steven Kampmann, Robin McCullouch, Martin Short, Dave Thompson, Peter Torokvei 1978 – Scott Baker, Sally Cochrane, Cathy Gallant, Len Stuart 1979 – Maggie Butterfield, Don DePollo, Don Dickinson, Melissa Ellis, Derek McGrath, Tony Rosato, Kim Sisson, Mary Charlotte Wilcox 1980 – Tom Baker, Gabe Cohen, Steve Ehrlick, John Hemphill, Kathleen Laskey, Denise Pidgeon, Wendy Slutsky 1981 – Ken Innes, Jerrold Karch, Deborah Kimmett, Jan Randall 1982 – Michael J. Gellman, Don Lake 1983 – Donald Adams, Bob Derkach, June Graham, Bruce Hunter, Ron James, Madelyn Keane, Debra McGrath, Lyn Okkerse, Bruce Pirrie, Jane Schoettle, Blaine Slekirk, Adrian Truss 1984 – Sandra Balcovske, Karen Poce 1985 – Dana Andersen, Bob Bainborough, Kevin Frank, Linda Kash, Dorothy Tenute 1986 – David Huband, Jeff Michalski, Mike Myers, Deborah Theaker, Mark Wilson 1987 – Tamar Malic, Ryan Stiles, Audrey Webb 1988 – Neil Crone, Wendy Hopkins, Lindsay Leese, Colin Mochrie, Alana Shields, Tim Sims 1989 – Patrick McKenna 1990 – Kathryn Greenwood, Karen Hines, Gary Pearson, Ed Sahely 1991 – Chris Earle, Nick Johne, Tara Charendoff, Jenny Parsons, Judith Scott, Peter Sherk, Brian Smith 1993 – Andrew Currie, Jackie Harris, Steve Morel, Paul O'Sullivan, Jonathan Wilson 1994 – Lori Nasso, Janet van de Graaf 1995 – Tamara Bick, Kerry Garnier, Albert Howell, Nancy Marino, Teresa Pavlinek 1996 – Jennifer Irwin, Mollie Jacques, Bob Martin, Jack Mosshammer 1997 – James Carroll, Marc Hickox, Melody Johnson, Arnold Pinnock, Angela V. Shelton 1998 – Mark Andrada, Gavin Crawford, Tracy Dawson, Andrew Dollar, Marypat Farrell, Jerry Minor, Doug Morency, Lee Smart, Gina Sorell, Jennifer Whalen 1999 – Paul Bates, Lisa Brooke, Kevin Dorff, K. McPherson Jones 2000 – Geri Hall, Carolyn Taylor, Sandy Jobin-Bevans 2001 – Aurora Browne, Jennifer Goodhue, Paul Constable, Nathan David Shore 2002 – Pat Kelly, Matt Baram 2003 – Jamillah Ross, Naomi Snieckus 2004 – Derek Flores, Rebecca Northan 2005 – Anand Rajaram, Lauren Ash, Steven DelBalso, Mick Napier, Klaus Peter Schuller 2006 – Jim Annan, Scott Montgomery, Matthew Reid 2007 – Marty Adams, Darryl Hinds, Karen Parker, Leslie Seiler 2008 – Ashley Botting, Kerry Griffin, Reid Janisse 2009 – Rob Baker, Dale Boyer, Adam Cawley, Caitlin Howden 2010 – Inessa Frantowski, Kris Siddiqi 2011 – Ashley Comeau, Jason DeRosse, Nigel Downer, Alastair Forbes, Carly Heffernan 2012 – Christina Cicko, Stacey McGunnigle 2013 – Craig Brown, Jan Caruana, Allison Price, Sophie Santerre, Connor Thompson, Kevin Vidal 2014 – Sarah Hillier, Etan Muskat, Kevin Whalen 2015 – Leigh Cameron, Kyle Dooley, Becky Johnson, Meg Maguire, Kirsten Rasmussen 2016 – Roger Bainbridge, Brandon Hackett, Lindsay Mullan, Ann Pornel 2017 – Georgia Priestly Brown, Nadine Djoury, Devon Hyland, Colin Munch, Paloma Nuñez, Allana Reoch 2018 – Jordan Armstrong, Christine Groom, Jen Hoyt, Sharjil Rasool, Chris Wilson 2019 – Tricia Black, Alan Shane Lewis, Natalie Metcalfe, Clare McConnell, Seann Murray, PHATT al 2020 – Andrew Bushell, Nkasi Ogbonnah, Gary Rideout, Hannah Spear 2021 – Connor Low 2022 – Andy Assaf, Andy Hull, David McIntosh, Jillian Welsh 2023 – Coko Galore, Devon Henderson, Liz Johnston, Matt Keevins, Shane O'Regan, Ron Pedersen 2024 — Conor Bradbury, Christian Smith, Tiyawnda, Scott Yamamura 2025 — Elise Wattman

Chicago ETC (1983-present) 1983 – Bill Applebaum, Rob Bronstein, Don DePollo, Jim Fay, Susan Gauthier, Carey Goldenberg, Jeff Michalski, Jane Morris, Bernard Sahlins, Joyce Sloane, Ruby Streak 1984 – Steve Assad, Dan Castellaneta, Isabella Hofmann, Maureen Kelly, Harry Murphy 1985 – Andrew Alexander, Len Stuart 1986 – Mark Belden, Mindy Bell, Kevin Crowley, Kevin Doyle, Joe Keefe, Barbara Wallace 1987 – Chris Barnes, Madeleine Belden, Joe Liss, Ron West 1988 – Laura Hall, Judith Scott, Jill Talley, Holly Wortell 1989 – Mark Beltzman, Dan Gillogly, Nate Herman, Michael McCarthy, Ruth Rudnick 1990 – Fran Adams, Steve Carell, Tom Gianas, John Rubano 1991 – Rose Abdoo, Megan Moore Burns, Peter Burns, Ken Hudson Campbell, David Razowsky 1992 – Scott Allman, Stephen Colbert, Ian Gomez, Jackie Hoffman, Jenna Jolovitz, Kelly Leonard 1993 – Scott Adsit, Michael Broh, Jimmy Doyle, Norm Holly, Nia Vardalos 1994 – John Hildreth 1995 – Adam McKay, Jeff Richmond, Aaron Rhodes, Dee Ryan, Brian Stack, Miriam Tolan, Jim Zulevic 1996 – Neil Flynn, Laura Krafft, Jerry C. Minor, Horatio Sanz, Peter Zahradnick 1997 – Aaron Carney, Matt Dwyer, Rachel Hamilton, Mick Napier, Rebecca Sohn, Rich Talarico 1998 – Craig Cackowski, Kristin Ford, Noah Gregoropoulos, Tami Sagher 1999 – Ali Farahnakian, Martin Garcia, Sue Gillan, Beth Kligerman, Jack McBrayer, David Pompeii, Lyn Pusztai, Klaus Peter Schuller, Angela V. Shelton, Trey Stone, Michael Thomas 2000 – Rob Bogart, Dexter Bullard, Andy Cobb, Debra Downing, Abby Sher 2001 – Sam Albert, Joshua Funk, T. J. Jagodowski, Keegan-Michael Key 2002 – Peter Grosz, Nyima Funk, Jean Villepique 2003 – Jeremy Wilcox 2004 – Lee Brackett, Jen Bills, Rebecca Drysdale, Ithamar Enriquez, Robin Hammond, Frank Caeti, Matt Craig, Alison Riley 2005 – Rebecca Sage Allen, Jim Carlson, Alex Fendrich, Robert Janas, Chad Krueger, Niki Lindgren, Nicky Margolis 2006 – Amanda Blake Davis, Kirk Hanley, Andy St. Clair 2007 – W. Shane Oman, Marc Warzecha 2008 – Christina Anthony, Mike Descoteaux, Tom Flanigan, Megan Grano, Laura Grey, Matt Hovde, Timothy Edward Mason, Bruce Pirrie, Joseph Ruffner 2009 – Beth Melewski 2010 – Tim Baltz, Billy Bungeroth, Jesse Case, Brendan Jennings, Mary Sohn, Monica Wilson 2011 – Kyle Anderson, Aidy Bryant, Jessica Joy, Michael Lehrer, Jeremy Smith 2012 – Ryan Bernier, Mike Kosinski, Tawny Newsome, Andĕl Sudik, Chris Witaske 2013 – Carisa Barreca, Brooke Breit, Alex Kliner, Punam Patel 2014 – Jen Ellison, Eddie Mujica, Asher Perlman, Chris Redd, Tim Ryder 2015 – Lisa Beasley, Anthony LeBlanc, Scott Morehead, Rashawn Nadine Scott 2016 – Aasia Lashay Bullock, Laura Hum, Peter Kim, Katie Klein, Julie Marchiano 2017 – Sayjal Joshi, Andrew Knox, Alan Linic, Jasbir Singh, Jacob Shuda, Lesley Stone, Tien Tran 2018 – E.R. Fightmaster, Jen Hoyt, Katie Kershaw, Anneliese Toft