elections, Pep Rosenfeld and Greg Shapiro are joined by Stacey Smith, Emil Struijker-Boudier and Sacha Hoedemaker to create a show called Pep & Greg Save America. The jury is out on whether or not they actually saved it. 2023: Boom Chicago prepares for its big 30th anniversary show in the summer and launches a book with Akashic publishers for a US distribution. The Third edition of the Boom Chicago Comedy Festival (July 5-16) celebrates Boom Chicago's 30 years in Amsterdam and ten years on the Rozengracht. Notable alumni Seth Meyers (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live) was a member of Boom Chicago in the late 1990s. He wrote, directed and starred in Boom productions in Amsterdam, Chicago, London and Edinburgh. Oscar winner Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us, Key and Peele). His recent Nope was the New York Times Best picture of 2022. Three Boom Chicago alumni, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly, created, wrote, starred in, and directed the Emmy award winning Ted Lasso. Amber Ruffin, (The Amber Ruffin Show, writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers). Ike Barinholtz stars in, writes and produces movies and TV shows including (Mindy Project, Suicide Squad, Bad Neighbors, and The Hunt. Kay Cannon wrote for many films, including the Pitch Perfect films. She directed a Boom filled cast in Blockers and wrote and directed a re-imagining of Cinderella for Sony in 2021. Tami Sagher was a writer-producer for Orange is the New Black. She also writes and stars in TV shows like Inside Amy Schumer, 30 Rock, Broad City, and the (improv!) film Don't Think Twice. She is a writer-executive producer on the Hulu series Shrill. Colton Dunn starred in the NBC sitcom Superstore during its very successful, six-year run. He wrote many of the greatest scenes on Key & Peele and, of course, he was also in Blockers. Other successful writer-performers include Dan Oster (MADtv), Liz Cackowski (SNL) and Heather Anne Campbell (Rick and Morty), Allison Silverman (Daily Show, Colbert Report), Pete Grosz, Joe Kelly (How I Met Your Mother), Matt Jones (Breaking Bad), Suzi Barrett (Drunk History), Jessica Lowe (Wrecked), E.R. Fightmaster (Grey's Anatomy), and Carl Tart (MadTV, Party Over Here, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine). The British mockumentary Borderline was created by Mike Orton-Toliver, and directed by Matt Jones. Greg Shapiro was Boom Chicago's anchorman on CCN, Comedy Central News (Netherlands) and Donald Trump in the world-wide Arjen Lubach