Compass Players
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The Compass Players (or Compass Theater) was a 1950s cabaret-style revue show started by undergraduates at the University of Chicago. Several of the members went on to form The Second City comedy club. The troupe was active from 1955-1958 in Chicago and St. Louis.
[edit] Notable Alumni of the Compass Players
- Alan Alda
- Rose Arrick
- Shelley Berman
- Del Close
- Bob Coughlan
- Severn Darden
- Andrew Duncan
- Theodore J. Flicker
- Barbara Gordon
- Mark Gordon
- Barbara Harris
- Elaine May
- Anne Meara
- Mike Nichols
- David Shepherd
- Paul Sills
- Jerry Stiller
- Byrne Piven
- Joyce Hiller Piven