2N + Quipfire!

Come see Second Nature perform with Quipfire!, Princeton University’s renowned improv comedy troupe. The troupe is joining us as part of their West Coast tour. Unlike our regular shows, this show will take place outdoors, under the VKC arches.  The show will start at 9pm.

Second Nature Spring 2008 Show Schedule

  • 1/18 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
    • Our first show back at Ground Zero for 2008!
  • 1/25 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
  • 1/27 Sunday 9pm, VKC
    • with special guests Quipfire from Princeton
  • 2/1 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
    • with guest monologists, June Red
  • 2/8 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
    • WGA Support Show with guest monologist, Paul Wolff (writer of Home Improvement, Remington Steele)
  • 2/13 Wednesday 11pm, Ground Zero

    • WGA Support Show with guest monologist, Tom Lennon (writer/actor on Reno 911!, The State, writer of Night at the Museum)
  • 2/22 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
    • WGA Support Show with guest monologist, Will Sasso (writer/actor MADtv)
  • 2/29 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
    • WGA Support Show with guest monologist, Lauren Weedman (writer/correspondent, The Daily Show)
  • 3/7 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
  • 3/13 Wednesday 11pm, Ground Zero
  • 3/28 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
  • 4/1 Tuesday 11pm, Ground Zero
    • April Fool’s Prank Show
  • 4/11 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
  • 4/17 Thursday 6pm - midnight, Location TBA
  • 4/18 Friday 6pm - midnight, Ground Zero
  • 4/19 Saturday 6pm - midnight, Ground Zero
  • 4/25 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero
  • 5/2 Friday 11pm, Ground Zero

Fracas! V dates announced

Angela Kinsey and Melora Hardin of The Office at Fracas! IVThe Fifth Annual Fracas! Improv Festival, hosted by Second Nature, will take place April 17-19, 2008.

Second Nature founded Fracas! in 2003 as the first purely collegiate improv festival in the country. Unlike other improv festivals, Fracas! centers around the experience of the college improviser. Only college troupes are permitted to perform in the three-day festival, where they also participate in professional workshops with some of the best improvisers in the country. [Read more →]

Side Projects

Audition Side

Best Training at USC

Professional Help

In the past six years, Second Nature and its alumni have developed a reputation for being a passionate, talented young troupe. As a result, we have been fortunate enough to work with some really talented people.

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  • ↑ The Office’s Angela Kinsey and Melora Hardin at Second Nature’s Fracas!
Seth Morris, Ed Helms and Chad Carter at Second Nature\'s Fracas!
  • ↑ Seth Morris, Ed Helms, and Chad Carter at the 5th Annual Fracas!
Tom Lennon (Reno 911!, The State) performs an Armando with Second Nature
  • ↑ Tom Lennon (Reno 911!, The State) performs an Armando at Second Nature’s WGA Support Show

In addition to regular workshops, the members of Second Nature can expect monthly workshops with professional improvisers who we’ve forged relationships with. Second Nature has worked with:

  • If you’re interested in comedy, Second Nature is the place for you.
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  • ↑Second Nature with Yale’s Purple Crayon, during our March 2007 tour

A Network of Friends and Alumni

Our alumni are currently working and writing for TV and film, or performing at the top improv theatres in Los Angeles, including ImprovOlympic and The Upright Citizen’s Brigade.  Second Nature has close relationships with improv troupes at more than 30 other Universities. In the past two years, we’ve performed joint shows with more than a dozen other college improv troupes including Yale’s famous Purple Crayon. We also perform regularly to paying audiences all over Los Angeles.

Serious About Comedy

While Second Nature focuses purely on Improv, our current members and alumni do both stand up and sketch comedy.  Because of our involvement within the LA comedy scene, there are plenty of opportunities for members of Second Nature to perform sketch, stand-up and improv at some of the top venues in Los Angeles.  We love comedy. SO much. Of course, many people on Second Nature are just here to have fun - and that’s A-Okay too.

The Fracas! Improv Podcast

Check out Second Nature’s Improv Podcast, where we talk to people like Frank Caeti (The Second City, MADtv), Angela Kinsey (ImprovOlympic, NBC’s The Office) and Seth Morris (artistic director, The Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre), about improv.

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  • ↑ Second Nature performs ‘The Facebook Show’ at Ground Zero
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  • ↑ Justin and Max performing a Harold
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  • ↑ Second Nature after performing with The Office’s Kate Flannery
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  • ↑ A full house at the Ground Zero Performance Cafe during one of Second Nature’s Friday night shows

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