“Messing with a Friend” is an ongoing comedy improv series, celebrating 15 years, at The Annoyance Theatre off the Belmont El Stop in Chicago. ‘Messing with a Friend’ Featuring Cindy Caponera (inset) & Susan Messing Her credits includes “Norm,” “My Boys,” “Sherri,” “Ground Floor,” plus Showtime’s “Shameless,” “Nurse Jackie.” And “I’m Dying Up Here.” In 2014, she published her collection of essays, “I Triggered Her Bully” – named a Kindle Top-Rated Humor Book – and it’s available both in online and print versions.

She honed her comic skills with two stints in at The Second City, and began her television writing career with the early Comedy Central series, “Exit 57.” She landed a writing gig on “Saturday Night Live” in 1995, and after three seasons on that show has worked as a freelance TV writer ever since. Click MESSING for ticket info.Ĭindy Caponera was born on the Southside of Chicago in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. She’s currently in Chicago and will appear in the ongoing “Messing with a Friend” at the Annoyance Theatre. CHICAGO – When we last talked to author/actor/producer and Chicago native Cindy Caponera in 2017, she was working on the excellent Showtime Network series “I’m Dying Up Here,’ about stand up comics in the 1970s.

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