Randy Havens
(Ensemble)
Randy is an actor and member of the Dad's Garage Improv Ensemble. Recent theater credits include
20/4 at Agathas,
Griefers at Dad's Garage Theater, and
Screwmachine/Eyecandy at PushPush Theater. He's also had guest roles on Tyler Perry's
House of Payne and Fox's
Past Life. He is super excited to be working with The Second City.
Tara Ochs
(Ensemble)
Tara is a graduate of FSU and a regular improviser at Dad’s Garage Theater in Atlanta. She was a company member at ComedySportz (LA); ACME Comedy Theater (LA); and has also improvised for London Theatresports and Baulhaus Ost, Berlin. Tara has appeared in several national commercials and such shows as
One Tree Hill,
Army Wives,
Samantha Who? and
Close to Home. She was recently seen in the film
Life As We Know It.
Amy Roeder
(Ensemble)
Amy is thrilled to be a part of Second City! She has been seen in three Second City Theatricals revues at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA and also onboard NCL Star and NCL Epic. Recently, Amy performed with Improv Acadia in Bar Harbor, Maine. Amy holds a BFA in acting from the University of Evansville and an MFA from the University of Georgia. Many thanks to The Second City for this opportunity and to her husband, Eric.
Micah Sherman
(Ensemble)
Micah is a graduate of the University of Georgia and has performed with Second City in Denver and Boston. He just finished a very successful run of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with renowned musical improv group Baby Wants Candy. Micah was also in
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. That's right,
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
Ric Walker
(Ensemble)
Ric is thrilled to return to the Alliance Theatre. Ric performed in Second City's first Atlanta revue,
Too Busy to Hate... Too Hard to Commute. During a performance of that show, he actually sat on Mayor Shirley Franklin's lap and serenaded her. He hopes Mayor Reed does not expect the same treatment. Ric is a busy actor, teacher, and writer in Chicago. Ric also wants you to know that YOU are his favorite audience member. ;)
Claudia Michelle Wallace
(Ensemble)
Claudia is a native Chicagoan and has performed with The Second City Touring Company, Urban Gateways, Mystery Machine, Pat Shay Dancers, Armando Diaz Experience, and the New York-based group Asscat. Claudia also wrote and performed in
Black for More: The Dirty Ass Rhoda Comeback Show and
The Deb & Claudia Show. On-camera credits include
Early Edition (CBS),
ER (NBC), and
What About Joan? (ABC). Films include:
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With,
Let's Go To Prison,
Fred Claus,
The Poker House, and
Witless Protection. Claudia is an alumna of The Second City Mainstage with
Red Scare,
Iraqtile Dysfunction, and
War, now in its fourth smash year.
Billy Bungeroth
(Director)
Billy extends his love and thanks to The Second City, Eric Dolphy, Powell-Peralta Skateboards, TI, The Anarchist Cookbook, Matt Hovde, Marrs Blackmon, Alison Mf''n Riley, Butter, A. Rimbaud, Lupe Fiasco, Dominique Wilkins, JC Brooks & the Black Panther Party, Bande a Part, Coca-Cola and dependable Murray's Pomade - not to mention his lovely wife Alicia Keys/The City of Atlanta/Patricia Neal circa 1963.
T.J. Shanoff
(Writer)
Second City credits include:
Jewsical: The Musical! (composer/lyricist, director);
An Evening with Martin Short (musical director);
Sex and The Second City (composer/lyricist); directing several shows aboard NCL ships; and composing music and lyrics for customized The Second City shows in Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Other credits include: Disney Cruise Line (musical director/emcee), Chicago Emmy Awards (musical director), Sporting News Radio (host) and WCKG-FM Chicago (host). T.J. co-created MyCampFriends.com, an online haven for all things summer camp. Sign up today!
Seth Weitberg
(Writer)
Seth has previously written two revues for The Second City Theatricals, in Boston and right here at the Alliance. He is a regular contributor to the Chicago Tribune and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the author of three one-man shows, and the blogs
The Week in Rebuke, and the creator of The Chicago Sessions podcast. All of his love to Lauran, his family, and the Boston Red Sox.
Matthew Loren Cohen
(Musical Director)
Matthew is a classically trained pianist from New York City who has been music directing for The Second City since 2009. In New York, Matthew co-created the award-winning improvised musical,
The Next Big Broadway Musical!, now in its 11th year of production, and he music directed
The Nuclear Family, an improvised musical that had a successful off-Broadway run and appeared as part of Dad’s Garage’s 2005–06 season here in Atlanta.