CHICAGO — Chicago’s Second City comedy theater, which has seen significant recent turnover in creative and administrative staff, will honor its illustrious roots and help its own future with a new artistic advisory board of illustrious former performers, as curated by alum Stephen Colbert.
The 15 members announced Tuesday include Steve Carell, Dwayne Colbert, Tina Fey, Keegan-Michael Key, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jane Lynch, Tim Meadows, Peter Murrieta, Suzy Nakamura, Catherine O’Hara, Sam Richardson, Jeff Richmond, Jason Sudeikis and Robin Thede with Colbert as chair.
Colbert, who is on the management board of directors of Second City’s current owner, Strauss Zelnick’s private equity firm ZMC, had previously announced his involvement in the curation of an artistic board to assist Second City. The roster now has been filled out.
