In this episode Alyssa tells Hugh Yemen about Second City and its lasting impact on improv. SHOW NOTES: Chicago Tribune: More improvised exits at Second City in management shake-upPlaybill: Hate Speech in the Audience Causes Chicago Cast Member to Call It QuitsLeague of Chicago TheatresU of News: Improv ExplainedChicago Tribune: When Abbie Hoffman took the Second City stage during Chicago Seven trialChicago Tribune: Discontent all around at Second City in ‘The Winner … of Our Discontent’Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s iO Theater is hit by accusations of racism and a petition demanding changeNYT: Viola Spolin, 88, a Teacher Who Inspired Improv TheaterThe Difference between Spolin Games and Popular ImprovHuffPost: Why Ayn Rand Does Not Matter (and Viola Spolin Does)NPR Illinois: From Hull House to Second City: How Chicago immigrants helped change theaterKitty Wants a CornerSpolin Games OnlineChicago Tribune ArchiveThe Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy TheaterA Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in ChicagoImprov Nation: How We Made a Great American ArtNational Women's History Museum: Jane AdamsWTTW: Inventing ImprovViola Spolin Quotes About ImprovisationInto the Unknown with Viola SpolinA Profile of Viola SpolinViola Spolin BioBACKSTAGE: What Is the Viola Spolin Method? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices