The Second City Training Center
Comedy club in Chicago, IllinoisWikipedia
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Sep 24, 2026
Paige BourneGUEST
And, you know, that's like a year long program.
Paige BourneGUEST
And I really came out of the Second City Conservatory with so many tools in my writing tool belt.
Paige BourneGUEST
And so now I mostly write comedy sketches.
Paige BourneGUEST
I feel more and more comfortable doing that now that I've been doing it for a couple of years.
Craig ConantHOST
Ah.
Craig ConantHOST
Uh, no, I always like bringing up that we started together at the Second City Training Center.
Jeremiah WatkinsGUEST
Of course.
Jeremiah WatkinsGUEST
Of course.
Paul GrondyGUEST
S- so that was f- fun and weird and, and, uh, a, a life-changing moment a- actually [laughs] 'cause I think I had missed maybe the audition sign up to do the training center downtown.
Paul GrondyGUEST
So, when I had called, they're like, "Oh, I'm sorry, you, you know, you have to wait whatever months to get into the training center." And by then I had known a couple people in class, and they had mentioned something about a theater called The IO, The ImprovOlympic, and they said that, "Yeah, you get classes there, and you can get on a team right away and start performing." And I knew that Second City Training Center, you wouldn't necessarily get to be on stage until near the end of your five levels.
Paul GrondyGUEST
I'm like, "Oh, well, that's great.
Paul GrondyGUEST
I think I wanna do that." I had had a theater background and studied theater in college, and I thought I was a little more ready to get on stage.