CARISA BARRECAis thrilled to join the cast of Unelectable You. Carisa is an alumni of the Second City e.t.c Stage where she performed in three resident stage revues. She was also honored to work with Second City at Lyric Opera with Patrick Stewart and Renee Fleming in The Second City’s Guide to the Opera and most recently in the Second City collaboration with Hubbard Street in The Art of Falling. She was awarded “Best Actress” from The Midwest Filmfest for her webseries Doomsdate ( Sincere thanks to The Second City, The Producers, This Amazing Cast, Friends, Family, and Kevin. Follow her candy fueled tweets, instagrams, snapchats @cinderisa.
FRANK CAETISecond City credits: National Touring Company, resident company Chicago and Las Vegas. Regional Theater credits include: Goodman Theatre, Center Theatre Group Los Angeles, La Jolla Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, and Dallas Theater Center. TV credits include: MADtv (Series Regular), Modern Family, Key & Peele, The Hotwives of Orlando, Adam Ruins Everything, Reno 911, and NCIS. Sketch/Improv: Just for Laughs Montreal, Upright Citizens Brigade, iO, iO West, The Second City Hollywood, and one half of the acclaimed duo FrankenMatt. @frankcaeti
CODY DOVE is thankful for performing during this election season when every day feels like Comedy Christmas. He can seen in the film “The Yank” acting alongside Fred Willard and Colm Meaney – and has improvised onstage with everyone from Colin Mochrie to Bob Odenkirk. His credits with The Second City include: “The Second City’s Improv All Stars,” “The Second City’s History of Chicago,” “The Second City 2: Less Pride More Pork” for Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park, Arizona Theater Company’s “The Second City Does Arizona,” and four main stage revues for The Second City Cleveland. He’s proud to be from the great state of New Mexico. Thank you MDC.
ALAN LINIC is a happy to join this all-star cast as part of Unelectable You. He is an alumnus of the Second City Touring Company, and can be seen performing at Chicago’s UP Comedy Club, iO Theater, and online as part of Calamity Group Comedy. He and his wife, Claire, have a book coming out in October called “Our Perfect Marriage.” Follow the two of them at their joint Twitter @WeFoughtAbout and Alan individually @AlanLinic.
IAN OWENSgrew up in Cocoa Beach Florida. He began performing stand-up comedy in Los Angeles in 2009. He studied and performed at The Second City, Los Angeles before being hired as an actor at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. His Briggs Myers test score is ENTP. He is unsure of what that means.
TIEN TRANis a Chicago-based comedian and proud 2016 Second City Bob Curry Fellow. She got her start in comedy as an undergrad at Boston College and has spent the last six years performing with the sketch group Astronaut Theatre at festivals and venues around the country. As a stand-up, she’s performed at showcases throughout the city and was most recently featured at the 2016 Second City NBCUniversal Break Out Comedy Festival. She would like to thank her friends & family, her comedy family, and her Erin & Russ for everything. You can follow her @HankTina