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Addition of non-prose, non-encyclopedic lists and timeline
I have moved a large amount of non-encyclopedic, non-prose lists to here. They also contain a ton of weird format tags, indicating that they were probably cut and pasted from a website. Perhaps it can be used in the future. I removed it because 1) there was no source cited for much of the material, 2) it was a list; articles should be primarily prose, 3) there was no indication that an encyclopedia article about this group should list every member. Chris vLS (talk) 09:50, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Former Resident Company Members (NYC) (Listed Chronologically)

 * George Todisco (Founding Member) ø
 * Linda Gelman (Founding Member) †ø
 * Bill McLaughlin (Founding Member)
 * Carol Schindler (Founding Member)
 * Paul Zuckerman (Founding Member) ø
 * Rick Crom (Founding Member/Musical Director))
 * Christopher Oyen (Founding Member) ø
 * David Regal
 * Eddie Ellner (Musical Director)
 * Judy Nazemetz
 * Terry Sommer
 * John Cameron Telfer
 * Rick Simpson
 * Judith Searcy
 * Harry Prichett
 * Wayne Barker (Musical Director)
 * Wendy Chatman
 * Carole Buggé
 * Carl Kissin †∆
 * John Webber
 * Leslie Upson
 * Gary Adler (Musical Director)
 * Andy Daly
 * Frank Spitznagel (Musical Director)
 * Denny Siegel
 * Sean Conroy
 * John O'Donnell
 * Joe DeGise II ƒ
 * Victor Varnado
 * Joe O'Brien
 * Rob Schiffmann †π
 * Tara Copeland
 * Mike Leffingwell
 * Eugene Cordero
 * Morgan Phillips
 * Kimmy Gatewood
 * Travis Ploeger (Musical Director)
 * Annie Schiffmann, née Figenshu
 * Canedy Knowles
 * Kobi Libii
 * Stefan Schick
 * Rick Hip-Flores (Musical Director)
 * Malachi Nimmons, Jr.
 * Julia Young
 * Assaf Gleizners (Musical Director)

Former National Touring Company Members (Listed Alphabetically)

 * Pete Aguero
 * Jessica Allen
 * Larry Bell
 * Tony Carnevale
 * David Chernicoff
 * Jeff Clinkenbeard
 * Claudia Cogan
 * Mike Colasuonno
 * Colton Dunn
 * Jamie Denbo
 * Brian Finkelstein
 * Jason Fletcher
 * Sharon Fogerty
 * Adrianne Frost
 * Danny Glover
 * Alison Grambs
 * Wendy Herlich
 * Suzanne Hevner
 * Sharon Jensen
 * Lisa Jolley
 * Anthony King
 * Rachel Korowitz
 * Annie Lebeau œ
 * Meg Sweeney Lawless
 * Beth Littleford
 * Simone Lutz
 * Jono Manelli œ
 * Michael Martin
 * Andy McCann
 * Robert McCaskill †
 * John McMahon π
 * Caitlin Miller
 * David Miner ø
 * Jim Mironchik œ
 * Julie Mullen
 * Jen Nails
 * Doug Nervik π
 * Susan Peahl
 * Eddie Pepitone
 * Steve Purnick
 * Joe Perce
 * Molly Prather
 * Ian Prior
 * Mary Purdy
 * Deb Rabbai
 * Amy Rhodes
 * Charlie Sanders
 * Michael Sansonia π
 * Celia Schaefer
 * Ben Schecter œ
 * Paul Scheer
 * Jeff Scherer
 * Rory Scholl
 * Ann Scobie
 * Danielle Schnieder
 * Joe Schwartz
 * Ges Selmont ø
 * Eliza Skinner
 * Rich Sommer
 * Chris Tallman
 * John Ten Eyck
 * Peter Tolan ¥
 * Nelson Walters
 * Amy Wilson
 * Linda Wallem

Resident Company Timeline (NYC)
The Chicago City Limits Improvisational Theatre 534 W 42nd St.


 * 1980- George Todisco, Linda Gelman, Bill McLaughlin, Carol Schindler, Paul Zuckerman, Rick Crom (Musical Director), Christopher Oyen (Stage Manager/Actor)

The Jan Hus Playhouse 351 E 74th St.

'''Todisco leaves the show due to illness. He, sadly, dies in February, 1982.'''

* 1981- New Cast: David Regal, Gelman, McLaughlin, Schindler, Zuckerman, Crom

McLaughlin leaves company to join The First Amendment.

* 1982- New Cast: Regal, Gelman, Christopher Oyen, Schindler, Zuckerman, Crom

Crom leaves the main stage.

* 1983- New Cast: Regal, Gelman, Oyen, Schindler, Zuckerman, Eddie Ellner (Musical Director)

Gelman leaves the main stage. Continues as director of National Touring Company.

* 1985- New Cast: Regal, Judy Nazemetz, Oyen, Schindler, Zuckerman, Ellner

Nazemetz leaves the company.

* 1987- New Cast: Regal, Terry Sommer, Oyen, Schindler, Zuckerman, Ellner

'''Oyen leaves the company. The Chicago City Limits National Touring Company wins the 1987 (inaugural) Manhattan Association of Cabaret & Clubs (MAC) Award for "Best Comedy/Improv Group".'''

* 1988- New Cast: Regal, Sommer, John Cameron Telfer, Schindler, Zuckerman, Ellner

'''Regal leaves the company. The Chicago City Limits National Touring Company with The 1988 Manhattan Association of Cabaret & Clubs (MAC) Award for "Best Comedy/Improv Group".'''

* 1988- New Cast: Rick Simpson, Sommer, Telfer, Schindler, Zuckerman, Ellner

Schindler leaves the company.

* 1988- New Cast: Simpson, Sommer, Telfer, Judith Searcy, Zuckerman, Ellner

'''Zuckerman leaves the main stage. Continues as Exec. Producer/Artistic Director.'''

* 1989- New Cast: Simpson, Sommer, Telfer, Searcy, Harry Prichett, Ellner

'''Ellner leaves the show due to illness. He, sadly, dies on January 15, 1992.'''

* 1990- New Cast: Simpson, Sommer, Telfer, Searcy, Prichett, Wayne Barker (Musical Director)

Sommer leaves the company.

* 1990- New Cast: Simpson, Wendy Chatman/Carole Buggé (split role), Telfer, Searcy, Prichett, Barker

Prichett leaves the company.

* 1991- New Cast: Simpson, Chatman/Buggé, Telfer, Searcy, Carl Kissin, Barker

'''Simpson, Buggé and Searcy are replaced by the production team. Chatman leaves the company.'''

* 1993- New Cast: Telfer, Kissin, Leslie Upson, John Webber, Barker

PLAYBILL® picks up CCL as an Off-Broadway client.

Barker leaves the main stage.

* 1993- New Cast: Telfer, Kissin, Upson, Webber, Gary Adler (Musical Director)

'''Co-producers: David Miner and Ges Selmont are instrumental in CCL reestablishing its own theatre. The company ceases all performances at The Jan Hus Playhouse and move the show down to a converted movie house on 1st Avenue. This is done with no break in the company's performance schedule.'''

The Chicago City Limits Theatre 1105 1st Ave.

Webber leaves the company.

* 1995- New Cast: Telfer, Kissin, Upson, Andy Daly, Adler

Adler leaves the main stage.

* 1996- New Cast: Telfer, Kissin, Upson, Daly, Frank Spitznagel (Musical Director)

Upson leaves the company.

* 1996- New Cast: Telfer, Kissin, Denny Siegel, Daly, Spitznagel

Daly leaves the company.

* 1997- New Cast: Telfer Kissin, Siegel, Sean Conroy, Spitznagel

Telfer and Conroy leave the company.

* 1998- New Cast: John O'Donnell, Kissin, Siegel, Joe DeGise II, Spitznagel

PLAYBILL® drops CCL as an Off-Broadway client.

O'Donnell leaves the main stage.

* 2000- New Cast: Victor Varnardo, Kissin, Siegel, DeGise II, Joe O'Brien, Spitznagel

'''Kissin leaves the main stage. O'Brien leaves the company.'''

* 2002- New Cast: Varnardo, Rob Schiffmann, Siegel, DeGise II, Spitznagel

Siegel leaves the company.

* 2002- New Cast: Varnardo, Schiffmann, Tara Copeland, DeGise II, Spitznagel

Varnardo leaves the company, and Spitznagel leaves the main stage.

* 2003- New Cast: Michael Leffingwell, Schiffmann, Copeland, DeGise II, Travis Ploeger (Musical Director)

The Chicago City Limits Theatre closes on November 2, 2003, ending CCL's continuous run of over 24 years.

The Broadway Comedy Club 318 W 53rd St.

'''Leffingwell leaves the main stage. The show officially opens on March 11, 2004, performing 3 shows/week.'''

The club main stage still features 4 performers and an accompanist, but now consists of a larger, rotating cast. DeGise II, Schiffmann and Ploeger are the most consistently featured players.

* 2004- New Cast: (rotating) Schiffmann, Kimmy Gatewood, Eugene Cordero, Morgan Phillips, DeGise II, Ploeger

Gatewood, Cordero and Phillips appear less on main stage.

* 2006- New Cast: (rotating) Schiffmann, Annie Figenshu, Canedy Knowles, Kobi Libii, Stefan Schick, DeGise II, Rick Hip-Flores (Musical Director)

Knowles and Libii are less frequently seen on the main stage and the cast is far more consistent from night to night.

* 2008- New Cast: Shiffmann, DeGise II, Figenshu, Schick, Hip-Flores

* 2008- The Chicago City Limits main stage company wins the 2008 Manhattan Association of Cabaret & Clubs (MAC) Award for "Best Comedy/Improv Group"

Schiffmann and Figenshu are replaced by the production team.

* 2011- New Cast: (rotating) Schick, DeGise II, Hip-Flores & a rotating cast from the National Touring Company and other past performers.

'''The club show at the Broadway Comedy Club closes in 2013. The troupe goes on hiatus.'''

 The Jan Hus Playhouse 351 E 74th St. 

* 2014- New Cast: DeGise II, Knowles,  Malachi Nimmons, Jr., Julia Young, Assaf Gleizners (Musical Director)

The show at The Jan Hus Playhouse closes in the summer 2016.

Video
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdkLEck7QQ Experimental Interactive TV Project in 1980. (part one)]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAuolj5GrIM Experimental Interactive TV Project in 1980. (part two)]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l02eC0LrFBc Experimental Interactive TV Project in 1980. (part three)]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RmwwYl-tG8 "Face to Face". Founder, George Todisco is interviewed by Rick Crom about CCL's earliest days. (1981)]

CCL performing a "Shoulda Said" scene, featuring: Leslie Upson, Andy Daly, John Cameron Telfer, Carl Kissin and Gary Adler. (1996)¢

A CCL promotional video, featuring: Denny Siegel, Victor Varnado, Joe DeGise II, Carl Kissin, Joe O'Brien and Frank Spitznagel. (2001)¢

¢- Filmed at The Chicago City Limits Theatre 1105 1st Ave, NYC, NY

Some Past Revues
Dented

He She It

Blizzard of ‘81

Chicago City Limits in Sensible Shoes

Chicago City Limits in 3D

Chicago City Limits with Clam Sauce

Nancy Get Your Gun

Choice Cuts

X: The Roman Numeral

Current Jam

Taking Liberties

Taking More Liberties

10 of Inequity

The Best of Chicago City Limits

Scandals of '89

Saddam You're Rockin' the Boat

Power of Suggestion

The Official Comedy Team of the Olympics

Unconventional Wisdom

Generation Ecch

Let Loose the Dogs of Improv

Two Johns Kissin Leslie

That's What You Said

Right to Laugh Party

chicagocitylimits.comedy

Subpoenas Envy

Y2K You’re OK

Lame Duck Soup

Chicago City Limits Gets amBUSHed!

America Idles

Unconventional Humor

Chicago City Limits on Ice

Hus on First