Craig Cackowski is a long-time improv performer, teacher and coach, and a well-regarded veteran of Chicago’s Second City and iO (Improv Olympic) theaters. Now residing in Los Angeles, he performs ...

Craig Cackowski on ‘Trust Us With Your Life’ and Improv on TVCraig Cackowski is a long-time improv performer, teacher and coach, and a well-regarded veteran of Chicago’s Second City and iO (Improv […] ...

The 2013 Chicago Improv Festival kicked off earlier this week with Craig Cackowski — a veteran Second City and iO performer seen in recent years on NBC’s “Community” — asking the audience for a ...

Energy, confidence and decisiveness are 90% of the battle in improv, i.e. it's not so much what you say as when you say it and how you say it. How comfortable you are on stage will have a huge impact ...

This is the first in a series of Second City archival videos of sketches about Chicago, exclusive to the Tribune. We’ll release a new video once a week. In “Lucky Deal,” featuring Horatio Sanz ...