Opening Night Battles Hate with Comedy at Second City Hollywood

Second City Hollywood is starting 2017 off combatting xenophobia, racism, and misogyny with satirical comedy.

Fridays at 8pm • HisPanic Attack •Feb 10-April 28 • $12

Are you afraid Latinos are taking your jobs? Your Medicaid? Your wife? You should be. Because we are, but first we'll make you laugh about it. Don't have a panic attack, come have a HisPanic Attack. It's a fun 45 minute vacation...just don't drink the water! An original sketch comedy show written and performed by Roxana Altamirano, Mario Barra, Jorge Berrios, David Luna, Jay Pichardo, Jennifer Polania Garcia, and Xochitl Romero. Directed by Martin Garcia. Assistant Director, Chris Trovador. Musical Direction by Darcy Kendall.

Saturdays at 8pm • Jetzo & Ithamar • Feb 11-April 29

For one magical night, Jetzo - a father-son comedy team from the small fishing village of Nagoya, Japan - will get to live their lifelong dream of headlining an international variety show in America with their comedy hero, Ithamar Enriquez. It's the feel-good spectacle of the millennium, full of live music, dance, physical comedy and audience interaction. Cast: Chad Damiani, Juzo Yoshida, and Ithamar Enriquez.

About The Second City:

The Second City celebrates over 58 years of cutting edge satiric revues and continues to deliver the leading voices in comedy while touring the globe. Today, The Second City Training Center is the largest school of improvisation and sketch comedy in the world. The Second City Hollywood Studio Theatre is located at 6560 Hollywood Blvd. LA, CA 90028.

Our alumni list reads like a who's who of American comedy, as it includes: Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, RoBert Klein, Peter Boyle, Harold Ramis, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, George Wendt, Martin Short, John Candy, Bonnie Hunt, Ryan Stiles, Jack McBrayer, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Keegan-Michael Key and countless others. Los Angeles is the world capital of the Entertainment Industry and The Second City Hollywood is in the heart of it on Hollywood Boulevard. The Training Center follows the traditions developed by these groundbreaking and innovative men and women while encouraging the continued growth and development of the art forms of comedy and improvisation.

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