The Ronaissance

The Ronaissance

Improvised Friendship

No script, no plan, and decades of saying yes

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Ron Stempkowski
Oct 09, 2026
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It was one thing to sit with my friend Kathy and fill out our Second City Improv Training Center applications and mail them in, but it was another thing entirely to be sitting in the lobby of the iconic Second City at 1616 N. Wells in Old Town, Chicago, waiting for our names to be called. The former was energizing; the latter was terrifying.

But I did it…

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