a comedy theatre and training center located in the Detroit suburb Novi, Michigan. It was the Second City's third mainstage theatre in North America following the Second City Chicago and Toronto. Originally established in September 1993 in downtown Detroit, Michigan, the theatre relocated to a strip mall in Novi in 2005, where it remained until it was disbanded in 2009. The original downtown Detroit theater, within the Hockeytown Cafe complex, is now named the City Theater (Detroit), and the Novi location is now named the Andiamo Novi Theatre. The Parents School In the early years of the Second City and Game Theater, several parents and Lincoln Park community members—including Carol and Paul Sills and Mona and Dennis Cunningham—started a progressive school for their children, based on Viola Spolin's Theater Games techniques and philosophy with her son Paul Sills' refinements. Theater Games were gaining recognition and are now incorporated in drama therapy, play therapy, and are used as an educational tool. Early Second City and Game Theater members, as well as some Old Town and Lincoln Park community members, were closely involved, including the Sillses and Cunninghams, Viola Spolin, Joyce and Byrne Piven, John Schultz, Mel Spiegel, and Beverly Gold. The highly progressive curriculum included daily theater games, and some students went on to careers in entertainment. Briefly at the original Old Town theater site at the intersection of Clark, Wells, and Lincoln Avenue, the school moved to several locations in Lincoln Park before it closed in the mid-1970s. Audio recordings Comedy from The Second City (Mercury, 1961) From The Second City (Mercury, 1962) The Sound of My Own Voice and Other Noises: Severn Darden at The Second City (Mercury, 1961) The Second City Writhes Again! (Mercury, 1969) The Cosa Nostra Story (Mercury/Smash) The Second City Survival Kit (Spirit, 1982) Archival audio was released as part of Sheldon Patinkin's book, The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater (2000) Other influences In 1971, The Players Workshop was Chicago's only official school of Improvisation for over a decade. Although it was never officially a part of The Second City cabaret theater, The Players Workshop was often referred to as Players Workshop Of The Second City, due to the school's close affiliation with the famous sketch comedy stage. See also Annoyance Theater iO Theater Under the Gun Theater Theatre in Chicago Upright Citizens Brigade The Groundlings List of museums and cultural