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The Second City's She The People
Performed by:
Lexi Alioto
Alex Bellisle
Marla Cáceres
Mary Catherine Curran
Jillian Ebanks
Sayjal Joshi
Director & Choreographer: Carisa Barreca
Musical Director: Lisa McQueen
Stage Manager: Bree Bartman
Artist Director: Jen Ellison
Managing Producer: Jeremy Smith
Written by: The Casts of The Second City
All actors and stage managers are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers. All musicians are members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208.
The Ensemble
Lexi Alioto
LEXI ALIOTO (Ensemble) (she/her) is thrilled to be back performing with The Second City. She is currently an understudy for Second City’s e.t.c. Revue, Oh The Places You’ll Glow! Previously, she has been seen in SC’s She The People both at home in Chicago and on tour in Boston & San Diego. She is an alumni of Second City’s Severn Darden Graduate Programs TWISTY and Infinite Sundaes. She has improvised, written, and performed all over the Chicago stages, notably: The Annoyance (Bite Sized Broadway), Baby Wants Candy, and The Playground (Queer Eye: The Musical Parody). She is proudly repped by Grossman & Jack Talent. Follow her @aalioto92.
Alex Bellisle
ALEX BELLISLE (Ensemble) (She/Her/Hers) is thrilled to be performing with this rockstar group! Alex is a Chicago-based actress and comedian with a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Houston. She has appeared in the critically acclaimed She the People at The Second City’s UP Comedy Club and Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. Other credits include Chicago P.D. (NBC) and in the short First Holiday. Alex would like to thank the cast, Jack, and her personal graphic designer and wife, also named Alex (you’re welcome). Follow her @alexbellisle.
Marla Cáceres
MARLA CáCERES (Ensemble) is thrilled to be performing with She The People! She was a writer for the first two iterations of the show, and has also written and performed with Second City debuts in the Kennedy Center, LaJolla Playhouse, and the Arscht Center in Miami, her hometown. Marla assistant directed the recent revue at the Second City ETC theatre, and has worked as a writer for branded content at The Onion and multiple ad agencies. She thanks her husband James and kids Wyatt and Juniper, who are way funnier than she is.
Mary Catherine Curran
MARY CATHERINE CURRAN (Ensemble) is so excited to perform in this show with these incredible humans! Originally from PG County, MD, she studied theater performance at the University of Maryland (Go Terps) and trained with The Second City Training Center’s Conservatory Program and iO Theater in Chicago. Curran has improvised, written, performed, and directed shows all over Chicago, and her Second City credits include: Together At Last; Happy to Be Here; Do You Believe In Madness (Mainstage, Chicago); She the People (Chicago); America: It’s Complicated (Kennedy Center, DC); and Love, Factually (Kennedy Center). Curran loves her Sister, Mom, and Grandmom; her entirely-too-large-to-name-here family; her friends who are her family; every woman who has helped her; Pointless Theater; The Annoyance; and basketball. Follow @itismarycatherine on insta and @ismarycatherine on Twitter for great content. As always, everything she does is for her dad, Timm.
Jillian Ebanks
JILLIAN EBANKS (Ensemble) is excited to be performing in this show! She just recently traveled with The Second City Touring Company for the last two years. An artist originally from New Jersey, she is the co-creator and co-producer of BAPS Comedy. Jillian can also be seen performing stand-up throughout the city of Chicago. She is currently represented by Grossman & Jack Talent. Follow her at @Curlyhairnocare.
Sayjal Joshi
SAYJAL JOSHI (Ensemble) grew up in Greensboro, NC where she co-founded a really cool improv comedy club called The Idiot Box. Credits include FOX’s Empire and Presumed Innocent, The Kennedy Center, The Goodman, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, The Second City e.t.c., The Second City Touring Company, Norwegian Cruise Line, The Annoyance, Laugh Out Loud Theater, The Improvised Shakespeare Company, and critically acclaimed Asian-American sketch ensemble, Stir- Friday Night! Writing and podcast credits include The Paper Machete, Just for Laughs, and Hello, from the Magic Tavern. She has a cat called Mouse, a dog called Bowie, and an awesome husband called Steve.
Production Team
CARISA BARRECA (Director) (she/her) is honored to be directing She the People! She is an alum of The Second City’s resident stage, where she wrote and performed in three critically acclaimed revues. Most recently she was honored to direct the 111th Mainstage Show, Don’t Quit Your Daydream! Along with the Mainstage, she also directed the award-winning show She The People, Second City’s SING OUT, and Deck The Hallmark. She has had the honor of performing at Lyric Opera of Chicago with Sir Patrick Stewart and Reneé Fleming in The Second City’s Guide to the Opera at Goodman Theatre; The Kennedy Center with Twist Your Dickens; and wrote and performed in Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Second City’s collaboration The Art of Falling. Follow her @Cinderisa
BREE BARTMAN (Stage Manager) is the Stage Manager for this production! For the past 10 years, she’s been hiding in the shadows at several theaters around Chicago, including The Second City and the long-running show, Bye Bye Liver. When she’s not at Second City, you can find her slinging sass at Ed Debevic’s! Please enjoy the show!!!
LISA MCQUEEN (Music Director) toured with The Second City and also played runs at Atlanta’s Alliance Theater, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Rochester’s GEVA Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Barbados Holder’s Festival, and Boom Chicago Amsterdam. This autumn, she joined the national tour of “WHOSE LIVE IS IT ANYWAY” featuring Ryan Stiles. She was Music Director for the Off-Bway Production of Wildmen! with George Wendt and The People vs. Friar Lawrence at Chicago Shakespeare with Keegan-Michael Key. She also performed MD duties for Bob Odenkirk’s Sketch Show at Annoyance Theater. A long time Annoyance Ensemble Member, Lisa has composed the original musicals: Shark Tank, the Musical, Forty Whacks, The Dead Boy Scout Musical, and Raven and The Messenger among others. Lisa is a working jazz pianist in the Chicago area and has performed at SIGNATURE ROOM, ANDY’S, WINTER’S, LE PIANO, DAVENPORT’s PIANO BAR, EPIPHANY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MARTYRS’, QUEENIE’S and PETE MILLER’s JAZZ CLUB to name a few. Lisa also leads The Rolling Clones, a Stones tribute band. lisamcqueenmusic.com
Understudies
ZOE AGAPINAN (Understudy) is so excited to be performing with The Second City! Zoe is a California-born and Chicago-based actor and writer. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with her degree in Theater Arts, and a minor in Economics (just in case!). She is an alumni of The Second City’s Severn Darden Graduate Program, and a 2022 Bob Curry Fellow. Besides understudying at The Second City, Zoe also regularly performs at The Saturday Show (Logan Square Improv) and The Armando Diaz Experience (iO Theater). You can follow her on Instagram @z0three and TikTok @thereal_lilzo!
