Shows

DANI JAMES (she/her) is so excited to be performing with The Second City’s National touring company!!  She is an actor and writer originally from Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. She got her B.A in acting from Columbia College Chicago and is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf. In 2021 her solo show ‘You can Cry When You Get Home’ was chosen to be a part of the LookOut series at the Steppenwolf theatre. You can see her weekly at the iO theatre performing with Blast! (TGIBM) and The Armando. Or around the city as a part of the sketch group Hot Girlz Comedy. She is represented by Grossman & Jack talent. If you like her outfit, follow her on instagram @dani_james  

MAX LAZERINE is an actor and improviser from Minneapolis Minnesota. He received his BA from Columbia College Chicago. He can be seen performing with the legendary Holy F**k comedy hour at the annoyance and also with his writing partner and best friend Annie Sullivan 

Emily Anderson (she/her) is a comedian and actor who studied Theatre and Creative Writing at Northwestern University. Favorite credits include Her Honor Jane Byrne (Lookingglass Theatre), understudying The Second City mainstage and e.t.c. revues The Devil Is In the Detours and Best Kept Secret: Tell Everyone!, and solo show Mean to Me: An OCD Odyssey. She improvises with Whirled News Tonight (iO Theater), improv duo ME Time, and impersonates her own mother as the creator/host of the variety show, Doing Our Moms. Emily is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent. You can follow her on Instagram: @emilytheobsessed and @doingourmom

Zoe McKee (she/her) is a comedian and actor originally from Oklahoma City. As a black, queer, big, hot, funny lady, her greatest passion is making others laugh! With big dreams in her funny bone, Zoe studied at Columbia College Chicago and graduated in Comedy Writing and Performance. Before being a part of the Second City Touring company (BlueCo), she understudied for the Second City Mainstage Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not, and Don’t Quit Your Daydream. Zoe is proudly represented by Paonessa Talent. You can find her on Instagram at @zoeisaslug.  

Dominic Rescigno (he/him/his) is a comedian, writer, and actor from Chicago. He starred as Antoni in QUEER EYE: THE MUSICAL PARODY at The Second City, where he also understudied DON’T QUIT YOUR DAYDREAM and DO THE RIGHT THING, NO WORRIES IF NOT on the Mainstage. Other credits include CHILDREN OF EDEN at the Cadillac Palace (with Stephen Schwartz!), MY FAIR LADY and DEAD MAN WALKING at Lyric Opera of Chicago, TONY N’ TINA’S WEDDING, and performances with iO Chicago, The Annoyance, The Onion, ClickHole, Walt Disney World, and more. His web series, The Dominics, has been critically ignored. Love and thanks to Cody, Lottie, and his family for all the support. www.dominicrescigno.com| @dominicrescigno

Cassidy Russell (she/her) has been doing improv since middle school (cool!). She’s a member of Chicago’s longest running improv team, Deep Schwa, as well as Annoyance Theatre house team Sight Unseen. She directs plays and teaches improv around Chicago, and in the summer she gets to teach comedy classes in Alaska at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp (an actual dream!). Touring with the Second City is another actual dream, and she’s very, very happy to be doing it. Cassidy has pretended to eat chicken on camera so many times and was once in a commercial where all four of the other actors were cats. She’s appeared in multiple (multiple!) local car commercials. Follow her on Instagram @ramblingcass IF YOU WANT.