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Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2018
From the archive: What we've learned in the year since the last Women's March

Looking back on the year of #MeToo
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Archive Dive, News, Gender Issues, #MeToo, Women's March, #MeToo, intersectional feminism, Brian Posen, sexism, Nasty Women, Wonder Woman, Newberry Library, protests

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2018
Chicago is the best city for comedy, but men are fucking it up

Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Comedy, Women's Issues, sexual harassment, Brian Posen, Sketch Fest, Matthew Payne, Ex Fest, Aziz Ansari, Bechdel test

Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2018
Video
Chicago Ex Fest canceled amid allegations of sexual misconduct against its organizer

Matthew Payne cancels the comedy festival that he intended to be an alternative to SketchFest.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Comedy, News, Ex Fest, SketchFest, Matthew Payne, Brian Posen, Becca Brown, sexual misconduct, Video

Arts & Culture, Feature Jan 10, 2018
Brian Posen is gone. Stage 773 goes on.

After the powerful Chicago comedy-scene figure's departure amid harassment allegations, the theater behind SketchFest begins a new era without him.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Feature, SketchFest, Brian Posen, harassment, comedy, Harvey Weinstein, Jill Valentine, Becca Brown, Chicago Ex Fest, Matthew Payne, Laura Michaud, Stage 773, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Katie Johnston-Smith, Nerdologues, #boycottchicagosketchfest, #boycottstage773, Annoyance Theatre, Susan Messing, Chicago Tribune, Kerry Sheehan, Second City, Cupid Has a Heart On

Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2017
Video
Brian Posen resigns from Stage 773 amid harassment allegations

"Due to the comments online about me being shared at this time, I am more of a distraction right now," Posen wrote on Facebook.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: News, Arts, Comedy, Brian Posen, Stage 773, Second City, Columbia College, sexual harassment, comedy, Sketchfest, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 1, 2017
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now

A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Martin McDonagh, Bluebird Arts, Luda Lopatina Solomon, Jaimelyn Gray, Kate Harris, The Best of Bri-Ko, Brian Posen, Brian Peterlin, Tim Soszko, Blue Man Group, clowning, sketch comedy, silent comedy, Carmina Burana, The Columnist, David Auburn, Philip Earl Johnson, Keira Fromm, American Blues Theater, Creatives, Irvine Welsh, Don De Grazio, Chicago Theatre Workshop, Simple Minds, Happy Mondays, Tom Mullen, AstonRep Theatre Company, Alexandra Bennett, Sarah C. Lo, Debra Rodkin, Jeremiah Barr, Derek Bertelsen, Eugene Onegin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Lyric Opera, Alexander Pushkin, Michael Levine, Robert Carsen, Metropolitan Opera, Mariusz Kwiecień, Ana María Martínez, Alisa Kolosova, Charles Castronovo, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Aleyo Perez, Collaboraction, Gender Breakdown, Profiles Theatre, Not in Our House, Dani Bryant, Erica Vannon, Forum Productions, Jesus the Jew as Told by His Brother James, Steven Strafford, the Cuckoo's Theater Project, Redtwist Theatre, Language of Angels, Naomi Iizuka, Jenna Liddle, Marc James, Private Eyes, Steven Dietz, Piccolo Theatre, Michael D. Graham, Megan DeLay, Kurt Preopper, Edward Fraim, Venus in Fur, David Ives, Circle Theatre, Zach Livingston, Arti Ishak, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Charlotte Drover

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jan 6, 2016
In its 15th year, SketchFest is bigger than ever

The comedy festival features reunions, breakouts, and plenty of comedy.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Chicago SketchFest, Brian Posen, Stage 773, sketch comedy, Heavyweights, T.J. Miller, Danny Pudi, Siblings of Doctors

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 8, 2014
Recommended
Sketchfest comes of age

The 13th annual sketch comedy festival features 150 troupes over two long weekends.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Boat, Chekhov, The Usual Suspects, Fuct, Siblings of Doctors, Ranjit Souri, Rasika Mathur, Danny Pudi, Community, Foil Arms and Hog, Cupid Players, Brian Posen, Virgin Daiquiri, Feminine Gentlemen, Off Off Broadzway, GayCo, Salsation Theatre Company, Urlakis and Cusick, Jablonski!, Kerpatty, Hey Look a Pig!, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Mar 20, 2013
The La Ronde Project fucks its way up the social ladder

Street Tempo Theatre stages an orgy of a repertory festival.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Shakespeare, Polonius, Hamlet, Arthur Schnitzler, Reigen, Austro-Hungarian caste system, La Ronde, Vienna, HBO, Girls, Social media, Street Tempo Theatre, La Ronde Project, David Hare, The Blue Room, Joe DiPietro, Fucking Men, Improvised La Ronde, Tim Curtis, Stacie Barra, Brandon Galatz, Laura Sturm, Brian Posen, Cody Spellman, Improvised La Ronde, Stage 773

Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Dec 28, 2012
Biggest. Sketchfest. Ever.

The twelfth Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival offers 130 acts
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Comedy Critic's Choice, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Bri-Ko, Cupid Players, Brian Posen, Street Tempo Theatre, Stage 773, Rabbit Rabbit, Puterbaugh Sisterz, Off Off Broadway, Stupid Time Machine, Heavyweight, FUCT, Chloe Sevigny's Fanny Pack

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 22, 2011
Brian Posen, the comedian trainer

'The more I teach, the less I know. The more I dig in, the more I realize I don't know anything about this.'
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, People Issue 2011, Brian Posen, Second City, Second City Training Center, Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Glencoe, North Shore, improv, Stage 773

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Sidebar Jan 6, 2011
Chicago SketchFest

The 10th SketchFest, touted as the nation's largest event of its kind, features 150 performances by 129 sketch troupes comprising more than 800 artists.
- By Tony Adler and John V. Santore
- Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, Brian Posen, Theatre Building Chicago, Stage 773, SketchFest, SketchFest Chicago, Cupid Players, Bri-Ko, pH Productions, Best Church of God, Maximum Party Zone, Monsters from the Id, Williams & Martinez, Puterbaugh Sisters, Jablonski!, Blaire, Dark Eyed Strangers, The Adults, best Chicago sketch group

Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2010
Theatre Building Chicago, Minus the Building

A sale is apparently in the works for Theatre Building Chicago.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Onstage, Comedy, Arts, Theatre Building Chicago, Lukaba Productions, Brian Posen, Craig Wilson, TBC, Joan Mazzonelli, Chris Jones

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 19, 2009
The Second City Archive

Selections from the Reader's archives about the legendary comedic institution
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Second City, Del Close, Paul Sills, Charna Halpern, Dan Bakkedahl, Robert Smigel, Harold Ramis, Allison Silverman, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posen, Aaron Freeman

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From the archive: What we've learned in the year since the last Women's March

Looking back on the year of #MeToo

Chicago is the best city for comedy, but men are fucking it up

Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.

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Chicago Ex Fest canceled amid allegations of sexual misconduct against its organizer

Matthew Payne cancels the comedy festival that he intended to be an alternative to SketchFest.

Brian Posen is gone. Stage 773 goes on.

After the powerful Chicago comedy-scene figure's departure amid harassment allegations, the theater behind SketchFest begins a new era without him.

Video
Brian Posen resigns from Stage 773 amid harassment allegations

"Due to the comments online about me being shared at this time, I am more of a distraction right now," Posen wrote on Facebook.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now

A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.

In its 15th year, SketchFest is bigger than ever

The comedy festival features reunions, breakouts, and plenty of comedy.

Recommended
Sketchfest comes of age

The 13th annual sketch comedy festival features 150 troupes over two long weekends.

The La Ronde Project fucks its way up the social ladder

Street Tempo Theatre stages an orgy of a repertory festival.

Biggest. Sketchfest. Ever.

The twelfth Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival offers 130 acts

Brian Posen, the comedian trainer

'The more I teach, the less I know. The more I dig in, the more I realize I don't know anything about this.'

Chicago SketchFest

The 10th SketchFest, touted as the nation's largest event of its kind, features 150 performances by 129 sketch troupes comprising more than 800 artists.

Theatre Building Chicago, Minus the Building

A sale is apparently in the works for Theatre Building Chicago.

The Second City Archive

Selections from the Reader's archives about the legendary comedic institution

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Looking back on the year of #MeToo

Dear men of Chicago comedy: We can do better.

Matthew Payne cancels the comedy festival that he intended to be an alternative to SketchFest.

After the powerful Chicago comedy-scene figure's departure amid harassment allegations, the theater behind SketchFest begins a new era without him.

"Due to the comments online about me being shared at this time, I am more of a distraction right now," Posen wrote on Facebook.

A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.

The comedy festival features reunions, breakouts, and plenty of comedy.

The 13th annual sketch comedy festival features 150 troupes over two long weekends.

Street Tempo Theatre stages an orgy of a repertory festival.

The twelfth Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival offers 130 acts

'The more I teach, the less I know. The more I dig in, the more I realize I don't know anything about this.'

The 10th SketchFest, touted as the nation's largest event of its kind, features 150 performances by 129 sketch troupes comprising more than 800 artists.

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Selections from the Reader's archives about the legendary comedic institution

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