Rochester summers have never been so cool

Overview
The Second City Summer Spectacular
Girl Talk: The Musical
Cast & Crew

Geva kicks off it's Sizzling Summer Series with a cool, new comedy revue by Chicago's The Second City. After you've laughed your way through the crazy comedy and silly songs of The Second City Summer Spectacular, it's girls night in the Nextstage with Girl Talk. Brought to you by the same producer that brought you Girl's Night: The Musical, you'll be singing and dancing the night away.

Subscribers and groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets now. Subscribers can call the Box Office at 232-4382. Groups of 10 or more can call 232-1366 x3057 or email cbrown@gevatheatre.org.

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The Second City Summer Spectacular

July 6 - July 31

The Second City Summer Spectacular breezes into Rochester with a fresh new mix of Second City classics and Chicago-style improv. From the Oval Office to the bedroom, no topic or subject matter is off limits for The Second City.

Call the Box Office at 232-4382 to receive your special discount! Groups of 10 or more can call 232-1366 x3057 or email cbrown@gevatheatre.org.

Produced with Support From:

Girl Talk: The Musical

July 25 - August 27

Escape to Geva's intimate Nextstage to sing, dance, and laugh your cares away! From the author and producers of Girls Night: The Musical comes a new show that continues the party! After 10 years, the hit "Girl Talk" radio show must end and the girls are going out in style! Packed with songs artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Aretha Franklin, Carrie Underwood, and more!

Girl Talk Guest DJ’s
SURPRISE GUEST - July 25, 7pm
Justine Paige (WBEE) - July 30, 3pm & 7pm
Terry Clifford (WBEE) - August 1, 7pm
Justine Paige (WBEE) - August 3, 7pm
Jesse (WBEE) - August 4, 7pm
Jesse (WBEE) - August 5, 7pm
Jesse (WBEE) - August 6, 3pm & 7pm
Justine Paige (WBEE) - August 10, 7pm
Justine Paige (WBEE) - August 17, 7pm
Justine Paige (WBEE) - August 20, 3pm & 7pm
Meghan Carter (WPXY) - August 23, 7pm
Meghan Carter (WPXY) - August 24, 7pm
Meghan Carter (WPXY) - August 26, 7pm

Call the Box Office at 232-4382 to receive your special discount! Groups of 10 or more can call 232-1366 x3057 or email cbrown@gevatheatre.org.

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Cast & Crew of The Second City Summer Spectacular

MICHAEL KOSINSKI is so happy to be making his Geva Theatre Center debut with The Second City National Touring Company! Prior to touring on land, he toured the seas of Hawaii, the Caribbean, Alaska, Bermuda, and Europe with The Second City aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines and is happy to answer any questions about cruising you may have. In Chicago, Mike has performed at ComedySportz, the i.O. Theater, The Annoyance, and The Playground. Big thanks to his cast mates, teachers, and directors past and present!

RACHEL MILLER makes her Geva Theatre Center debut and loves being a part of The Second City. Favorite credits include Green Co., Second City’s Philadelphia production The City of Nutterly Love: Funny as Bell, guitar/vocal improv duo Vlad & Rachel, The Podcast, Breathing On Cougarness, the 5-1/2 years she spent in Amsterdam with Boom Chicago, comedy festivals in Edinburgh, Singapore and Berlin, and freestyle rapping at U2’s “Vertigo” European Tour Party. Love and thanks to family, friends, bosses, this cast, Ryan, her dog Lulu, and especially Andrew.

EILEEN MONTELIONE makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in The Second City Summer Spectacular. She loves Quantum Physics, writing bios and hating mayonnaise! She studied Acting at UIC and Theatre of Moscow Southwest and has traveled the world, writing for and performing on stage and screen. She has toured with Second City Theatricals and is now a proud understudy of The Second City Mainstage and The Second City e.t.c. Eileen is one half of Sit-and-Run (with Joel Wiersema), one of Chicago’s favorite comedy duos. Recently, she performed in David Cromer’s Jeff-Recommended production Cherrywood (Mary-Arrchie Theatre) and became a company member of The Old-World Theatre. Eileen would like to thank EVERYONE, especially her teachers.

TAWNY NEWSOME returns to Geva Theatre Center where she appeared in I’ll Be Geneseeing You: The Second City Does Rochester earlier this season. She is excited to be part of such a talented ensemble! A DePaul alum, Tawny has worked as an actor for many Chicago companies, including Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Victory Gardens, Writers' Theatre, Porchlight Music Theater, Collaboraction, and Walkabout Theater. Additionally, Tawny appears as a singer and DJ with several Chicago bands ranging from indie rock to electropop. She frequently tours with local post-punk group Jon Langford and Skull Orchard, who recently showcased at this year's South By Southwest in Austin, TX. Their latest album, Old Devils, was released on Bloodshot Records in August of 2010.

TIM RYDER is honored to be making his Geva Theatre Center debut and performing with The Second City. He is a native of southern Illinois and a graduate of Drake University. While at Drake he founded DICEY, the university's first improv troupe. Since moving to Chicago, he has performed with The Second City Touring Company, ComedySportz, Baby Wants Candy, The Beatbox, Sears Tower (iO) and The Senate (The Playground Theater). He thanks his family for their love and support and his wife Rebecca for loving him enough to put up with his shenanigans.

ALEX KLINER (Music Director) is honored to join Second City's Touring Company and to be making his Geva Theatre Center debut. A recent transplant to Chicago, Alex has been acting, directing, music directing, and sound designing in the Baltimore/Washington, DC area for several years. Alex is the Executive Artistic Director for the Chicago-based Lights Out Theatre Company (www.lightsouttheatre.org). Outside of performing, Alex enjoys winning arguments on the internet and free-style rapping about seafood. Alex received his BA in Theatre Performance from Towson University in 2007 and a Graduate Certificate in Arts Management from American University in 2009.

RYAN BERNIER (Director) is thrilled to be directing the Second City Touring Company and making his Geva Theatre Center debut. His directing credits include Second City's Six Degrees of Desperation, Him & Her, Deadly Sins, Battle Masters, An Unscripted Romance, and Hitler Sisters: The Musical. Ryan assistant directed the Second City e.t.c.'s The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life, as well as The Second City: Miracle on 1280 Peachtree Street. Ryan wrote, performed and toured with veteran sketch group Money in the Pants. He studied at Suffolk University and Improv Asylum in Boston, as well as the Annoyance, iO, the Second City conservatory and directing programs in Chicago. Ryan teaches at the Second City Training Center. He thanks Laura for all her support.

LAURA HUM (Stage Manager) is delighted to be joining Second City and making her Geva Theatre Center debut. She recently ventured to the mystical lands near Philadelphia as the company manager for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and stage manager for their WillPower Tour. She also recently stage managed in the not-so-mystical and far more cow-ridden lands of Columbus, OH, where she received her Bachelor’s Degree from The Ohio State University.

Cast & Crew of Girl Talk: The Musical

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