Godshow

Written and performed by Second City alum Tim O’Malley, Godshow is a true (as best as he can recall) look back at O’Malley’s life coming up in the ranks at Chicago’s famed Second City Theater in the 1990s. With a mix of monologues, scenes, songs, video and improvisation, godshow exposes Tim’s battle with bitterness and sense of entitlement, alcoholism and drug addiction, and downward spiral to hitting his bottom. Then to his recovery, return to the stage and films and search for redemption. Four supporting cast members play everyone from O’Malley’s treatment center mates, to his family, to God.

Kelly Kleiman of The Chicago Reader says: “Godshow is a profane and raucously funny revival meeting . . . O’Malley’s honesty and willingness to go balls to the wall for a laugh, make this confessional evening touching as well as riotous! . . . Resist as you might, you’ll be rooting for him and crying before the end of the evening.”