Susan Messing News

DSI Comedy Theater recently announced the departure of founder and Executive Producer Zach Ward to take the helm at ImprovBoston.

It's here! I-A is again proud to host the Kansas City Improv Festival, now in its tenth year! Our headliners are Jason Sudeikis's Der Monkenpickel and Messing with a Friend, with Chicago legends Susan Messing and TJ Jagodowski. Please join us at the festival, and at the after-parties!Here's some information, press release style: In 1994, Kansas City hosted the first independent improv festival in the U.S., including groups from faraway places like... Iowa. We're bigger now.

It's here! I-A is again proud to host the Kansas City Improv Festival, now in its tenth year! Our headliners are Jason Sudeikis's Der Monkenpickel and Messing with a Friend, with Chicago legends Susan Messing and TJ Jagodowski. Please join us at the festival, and at the after-parties!Here's some information, press release style: In 1994, Kansas City hosted the first independent improv festival in the U.S., including groups from faraway places like... Iowa. We're bigger now.

Susan Messing will be visiting PHIT for one weekend only August 6-8th, and we couldn't be more excited. As a graduate from Northwestern University a former performer on The Second City mainstage and an ensemble member of Annoyance Theatre she has one of the most extensive resumes in the country. Her essays have been published in The Second City Almanac of Improvisation and in Charna Halpern's book, Art By Committee, and she has performed on NBC's Late Friday, Comedy Central's Premium Blend along with her puppet Jolly, and showcased at the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.

Susan Messing will be visiting PHIT for one weekend only August 6-8th, and we couldn't be more excited. As a graduate from Northwestern University a former performer on The Second City mainstage and an ensemble member of Annoyance Theatre she has one of the most extensive resumes in the country. Her essays have been published in The Second City Almanac of Improvisation and in Charna Halpern's book, Art By Committee, and she has performed on NBC's Late Friday, Comedy Central's Premium Blend along with her puppet Jolly, and showcased at the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.

Susan Messing will be visiting PHIT for one weekend only August 6-8th, and we couldn't be more excited. As a graduate from Northwestern University a former performer on The Second City mainstage and an ensemble member of Annoyance Theatre she has one of the most extensive resumes in the country. Her essays have been published in The Second City Almanac of Improvisation and in Charna Halpern's book, Art By Committee, and she has performed on NBC's Late Friday, Comedy Central's Premium Blend along with her puppet Jolly, and showcased at the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.

A Whirlwind of Comedy Prepares to Descend on Chicago for a Second Year as TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS - Ellen DeGeneres, Cedric The Entertainer, Denis Leary, Russell Peters, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton, Aziz Ansari and Bob Odenkirk Lined Up for Festival Taking Place June 15-19, 2010, With More Exciting Talent to be Announced Soon.

A Whirlwind of Comedy Prepares to Descend on Chicago for a Second Year as TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS - Ellen DeGeneres, Cedric The Entertainer, Denis Leary, Russell Peters, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton, Aziz Ansari and Bob Odenkirk Lined Up for Festival Taking Place June 15-19, 2010, With More Exciting Talent to be Announced Soon.

A Whirlwind of Comedy Prepares to Descend on Chicago for a Second Year as TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS - Ellen DeGeneres, Cedric The Entertainer, Denis Leary, Russell Peters, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton, Aziz Ansari and Bob Odenkirk Lined Up for Festival Taking Place June 15-19, 2010, With More Exciting Talent to be Announced Soon.

A Whirlwind of Comedy Prepares to Descend on Chicago for a Second Year as TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS - Ellen DeGeneres, Cedric The Entertainer, Denis Leary, Russell Peters, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton, Aziz Ansari and Bob Odenkirk Lined Up for Festival Taking Place June 15-19, 2010, With More Exciting Talent to be Announced Soon.

Sideshow Theatre Company is bringing girl power back with a vengeance for the sixth time with The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestler's CLLAW VI! As arm wrestling leagues pop up all over this great country, Sideshow is proud to produce and host the Chicago League's sixth match benefiting Sideshow Theatre Company and Gilda's Club Chicago.

Sideshow Theatre Company is bringing girl power back with a vengeance for the sixth time with The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestler's CLLAW VI! As arm wrestling leagues pop up all over this great country, Sideshow is proud to produce and host the Chicago League's sixth match benefiting Sideshow Theatre Company and Gilda's Club Chicago.

A Whirlwind of Comedy Prepares to Descend on Chicago for a Second Year as TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS - Ellen DeGeneres, Cedric The Entertainer, Denis Leary, Russell Peters, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton, Aziz Ansari and Bob Odenkirk Lined Up for Festival Taking Place June 15-19, 2010, With More Exciting Talent to be Announced Soon.

Magnet Theater presents POPE! The Musical on Saturdays, December 5, 12 and 19, 2009 at 7pm at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC.

Magnet Theater presents POPE! The Musical on Saturdays, December 5, 12 and 19, 2009 at 7pm at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC.

Magnet Theater presents POPE! The Musical on Saturdays, December 5, 12 and 19, 2009 at 7pm at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC.

Magnet Theater presents POPE! The Musical on Saturdays, December 5, 12 and 19, 2009 at 7pm at 254 W. 29th Street, ground floor (between 7th and 8th Avenues), NYC.

To celebrate The Second City's 50th Anniversary, the legendary comedy theatre will host a weekend of performances, panel discussions and screenings at its intimate theatres on Wells Street and in The Piper's Alley Complex in Chicago on Friday, December 11th through Sunday, December 13th. See below for a complete list of events for the weekend.

Two of the biggest names in comedy - TBS and Just For Laughs - have lined up a roster of extraordinary comedians for the premiere edition of TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS in Chicago, which will run Wednesday, June 17 - Sunday, June 21. Among the many top-name talents scheduled to appear are Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Short, George Lopez, Bill Engvall, David Alan Grier, Tim Meadows, Lisa Lampanelli, Jimmy Fallon, Russell Peters, Louis CK, Jim Jefferies, Bob Odenkirk and Mike Epps, to name a few.

Two of the biggest names in comedy - TBS and Just For Laughs - have lined up a roster of extraordinary comedians for the premiere edition of TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS in Chicago, which will run Wednesday, June 17 - Sunday, June 21. Among the many top-name talents scheduled to appear are Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Short, George Lopez, Bill Engvall, David Alan Grier, Tim Meadows, Lisa Lampanelli, Jimmy Fallon, Russell Peters, Louis CK, Jim Jefferies, Bob Odenkirk and Mike Epps, to name a few.