The members of Second Nature come from all over the country to improvise with us in Los Angeles.  Our bios can be found below.  Also, check out our alumni, and click here for our publicity shots.

Nick Eliafan

Nick Eliafan (Undeclared) is a junior from Los Angeles, California. Before joining Second Nature, Nick played on his high school’s ComedySportz team for two years. Nick plans on becoming a business major with an emphasis in marketing. Aside from playing Frank ‘n’ Furter in his high school’s production of Rocky Horror, Nick has yet to accomplish something worth admiration.

Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson (BA, Economics) is a sophomore from Chicago, IL. Back in Chicago, Chris took classes with The Second City , where he helped form the improv troupe Backhanded Compliment. The group roamed the countryside of Chicago, performing at The Second City and Lakeshore Theater until disbanding in 2004. In addition to improv, Chris enjoys thoroughbred horse racing, and wearing Hawaiian shirts.

Dan Lippert

Dan Lippert (BA, Theatre) is a Senior at USC. He transferred from the University of Arizona where he was a member of the school’s prestigious short form improv comedy troupe, The Charles Darwin Experience. Since leaving Arizona Dan has studied at The Second City in Chicago and The Groundlings here in L.A. as well as performing with the improv troupe, Darwin L.A. Last year, he was seen on the USC stage as Matvey in A Month in the Country and as Big Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest . Dan also starred in the Ed Wood Film Festival Juried Best Picture and Audience Choice film, Grimlak Attak and the USC Business Film Festival Award Winning short, iDate .

Allison Raskin

Allison Raskin (BFA Writing for Screen and Television) is a sophomore from Westchester, New York. In New York, Allison trained with The Second City, and performed in numerous plays as a student at Choate Rosemary Hall. She most recently interned at Punched in the Head , a production company based in Brooklyn.

Max Schneller

Max Schneller (BA, Theatre) is a senior from Great Falls, Virginia. During his junior year, he attended the Advanced London Theatre Program at the British American Dramatic Academy where he appeared in Summerfolk and Mariana Pineda . He now pursues a minor in Neuroscience while auditioning and working outside of school. He has studied with the UCB Theatre L.A. , Play it by Ear (Canterbury, England), The Noise Next Door (London, England), and Neil Mullarkey (The Comedy Store Players; London, England). Max is a certified mixologist, PADI Open Water Diver, and avid paintball player.

Zachary Sigelko

Zachary Sigelko (BA, Film) is a sophomore from Chicago, Illinois. Zachary has worked with the Lyric Opera , the Redmoon , Steppenwolf , Lookingglass , and Strange Tree theater companies, has taken classes at Second City, and has studied circus arts at the Actors Gymnasium . He collects typewriters, cameras, figural light bulbs, and old hats.