The Second City Launches Victor Wong Fellowship for AAPI Voices in Comedy
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月曜日, 5月 2, 2022
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CHICAGO, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary Chicago comedy institution The Second City is proud to announce the creation of The Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor up-and-coming comedians. Named after The Second City's first Asian American performer and funded by Peng Zhao, CEO of Citadel Securities, and his wife, Cherry Chen, the fellowship will focus on developing the next generation of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) talent.
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- CHICAGO, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary Chicago comedy institution The Second City is proud to announce the creation of The Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor up-and-coming comedians.
- Following the training, the fellows will present a mix of their original comedy, improvisational games, and classic scenes from The Second City archives in a showcase event on a Second City stage in Chicago.
- The Victor Wong Fellowship is the first program by a major comedy theater to exclusively endow AAPI talent.
- Mr. Wong joined The Second City at the encouragement of his close friend and famed theater academic, Viola Spolin.