- Dave Thomas,who you know best from SCTV, is doing a  two day-long workshop at Second City's Training Center October 24-25 called How to Sell Your Comedy and Make Money. The cost is $175 for one day and $300 for two. On the 26th Thomas will host a Writer's Salon that will be $20 and sounds like an abridged version of the training.

- Tony Award winner and director Mary Zimmerman came to Afternoon Shift and talked about her work on Metamorphoses.

- Sweet Bird of Youth hasn't even officially opened yet and it has been extended through October 28, adding five performances.

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