A.d.d. Comedy With Dave Razowsky

Lucas Neff. Lucas is a Chicago-born actor who’s played Jimmy Chance in the FOX series “Raising Hope.” Lucas was also in John Sayles film “Amigo,” the mini-series "7p/10e,” and will be seen in the upcoming film “Glitch.” Lucas improvises in “Odd Man,” at iO West in Los Angeles.

Dean Haglund. Dean is best known as Richard ‘Ringo’ Langly, one of the “Lone Gunmen” on FOX’s “X-Files.” Dean was also a star on FOX’s series “The Lone Gunmen,” as well as having appeared on “Bones,” and “Robocop.” Dean’s also a painter, an inventor of the Chillpak to chill laptops, and the host of the podcast "Chillpak Hollywood Hour.”

John Kapelos. Second City alum John Kapelos has been in “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles,” “Roxanne,” and “Nothing in Common.” John’s had recurring roles on “Justified,” “Queer as Folk,” and “Desperate Housewives.” He also co-starred in “Seinfeld,” “Monk,” and “The West Wing.”

Bill Chott. Bill is an alum of The Second City, having toured with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. He was a regular on “The Dana Carvey Show” (also starring Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert), and “Wizards of Waverly Place.” Bill was in “Freaks and Geeks,” “Monk,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and in the films “Galaxy Quest,” “Dude, Where’s My Car,” and “The Ringer.”

Becky Thyre. Becky has been on "Arrested Development," “Weeds," "Parks and Recreation," "Mr. Show," "True Blood," "Six Feet Under," just to name a few. She’s a playwright who’s work has been seen at Sacred Fools theater’s cult classic “Serial Killers.”

Kelly Leonard. Kelly is the Executive Vice President of The Second City and President of Second City Theatricals. Kelly’s worked at the Second City since 1988, and has produced revues there that have included Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Seth Myers, Adam McKay, Rachel Dratch, Amy Sedaris, and scores of others. Kelly’s recent productions included “The Second City’s ‘A Christmas Carol: Twist My Dickens,’” and “The Second City Guide to Opera” featuring Renee Fleming and Patrick Stewart with Lyric Opera Chicago.

Alison Riley. Alison has worked at The Second City since 1985, having risen through the ranks to general manager and now Co-Producer. She’s seen many generations of performers there, including Dan Castellaneta, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and many others. Dave recorded this podcast on location at The Second City in Chicago.

Jean Villepique. Jean is an alum of The Second City and iO, and wrote and performed in three solo shows at UCB in LA. Jean’s been on “30 Rock,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Office,” "Modern Family,” among other TV and film appearances. She can be seen in the soft-rock cover duo “The Artists,” with Kit Pongetti.

Natasha Pearl Hansen. Natasha is a stand-up comedian who performs across the country including The World Famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Caroline's on Broadway in New York, and South by Southwest in Austin. She has also performed at The Del Close Comedy Festival and is currently working on "Spare Change" a film from the producers of "Orange Is the New Black" and "Weeds."

Anil Kumar. Anil is a classically trained actor who has been in “State of Affairs,” “The Cape,” “24,” “Six Feet Under,” among other television appearances. Anil was in the Broadway production of “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,”and has just completed a run “Rise and Shine (I Thought I Was White),” an autobiographical play.

Steve Hofstetter. Steve is the host and excutive producer of "Laughs" on Fox Network. He has appeared on CBS' "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,"E's "True Hollywood Story,"Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood,"ESPN's "Quite Frankly," and ABC's Barbara Walters Special," among others. He is a former weekly columnist for Sports Illustrated and the NHL. His fifth album "Pick Your Battles" reached #1 on iTunes' comedy charts. 

Laura Hall. Laura is the musical director for “Whose Line is it Anyway?,” She’s toured nationally with “Drew Carey and The Improv Allstars,” and has played for The Groundlings, Annoyance Theater, iO, “Opening Night: The Musical,” and Theatresports. She is an alum of The Second City, where she was also the musical director. She travels the country playing in her band “The Sweet Potatoes,” and teaches musical improv with her husband Second City alum (and former ADD Comedy guest) Rick Hall. At the end of today's interview we have a special bonus track of Laura's band "The Sweet Potatoes." performing "Anyone but Me." More info about Laura can be found at her website http://www.laurahall.com/

Eric Hunicutt. Eric is a veteran improvisor, actor, improv coach, and acting teacher who has performed at Austin’s “Out of Bounds” comedy festival, The North Carolina Arts Festival, and weekly in iO West’s “The Reckoning.” Eric is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, teaches with the prestigious Steppenwolf Classes West, Second City, Warner Loughlin Studios, and iO West.

Paul Vaillancourt co-founded with Charna Halpern iO West. He’s a well-respected teacher at iO, having studied with Del Close. He’s appeared at UCB in New York, and in television has been seen on “The Drew Carey Show,” “Girls Behaving Badly,” and the UPN sitcom “Half & Half.” Paul has written for MTV, VH1, USA, Oxygen, Bravo, and AMC.

Mitch Rouse. Mitch is an alum of Second City, and, with Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello, created the cult comedy classics “Exit 57” and “Strangers with Candy.” Mitch wrote and directed the movies “Employee of the Month” and “Without a Paddle.” Mitch also created, wrote and directed “Factory,” Spike TV’s first venture into comedy, starring improv legend Dave Pasquesi.

Maripat Donovan. Maripat is the star and co-writer of "Late Night Catechism," which won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award. There have been six sequels to Late Night. In Chicago, Maripat earned two Joseph Jefferson Awards for her role in "Portrait of a Shiksa" as member of the ensemble The Good Times are Killing Me. She’s presently traveling around the country with her new show "I Married a Neanderthal, and Other Modern Problems."

Ann Ryerson is a Second City alum who was directed by Harold Ramis, and was in casts with Bill Murray, John Belushi, Betty Thomas. She’s been in “Caddyshack,” “Minority Report,” and “A Wedding.” Ann was a regular on “Pvt. Benjamin,” and has appeared in “Mad Men,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and numerous episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” as the recurring character Nan Funkhouser.

Edi Patterson. Edi is a member of The Groundlings who’s written for Saturday Night Live, is a regular on Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence’s “Partners,” and has been on “Californication,” “2 Broke Girls,” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Edi has also performed with Drew Carey’s “Improv-A-Ganza” shows in Las Vegas.

Jaime Moyer. Jaime is a Second City alum, who has been in “Parks and Recreation,” “Bonnie Blake: Parole Officer,” and has had recurring guest roles on “Jennifer Falls” on TVland. Jaime performs regularly at iO West and The Second City Hollywood.

John Lehr. John co-created and stars in the Hulu series “Quick Draw.” John also co-created and starred in TBS’s “10 Items or Less.” Both series rely heavily on improvisation. John was one of the original Geico Cavemen, has also appeared in the films “The Sweetest Thing,” and has performed at Steppenwolf Theatre, Organic Theater, and The Montreal Comedy Festival.