T.J.

SHANOFF
tjshanoff@gmail.com - www.tjshanoff.com

SELECTED THEATER, SKETCH, AND ADVERTISING

Blank! The Musical Co-Creator/Director
New World Stages & Broadway Comedy Club, Off-Broadway, NYC 2014-Present

The Mad Show Musical (Development Workshop) Music & Lyrics/Musical Director
Warner Brothers Theater Ventures, NYC & Aspen, CO. 2015-2017

Rod Blagojevich, Superstar Composer/Lyricist

Second City e.t.c./Chicago Shakespeare Theater 2009

The Second City’s 50 th Anniversary: On Tour Director

The Second City/Denver Center For Performing Arts 2009-2010

The Second City National Touring Company Musical Director/Director

The Second City 1997-2013/2009-2013

OKRP Freelance Copywriter

Advertising & Content Agency 2014-2015, 2018

Chicago Live! Director/Musical Director/Co-Writer/Emcee

WGN Radio/Chicago Tribune/The Second City 2010-2015

The Power of Prom Co-Writer/Lyricist

Second City Theatricals/Annoyance Productions 2015

Best Of The Second City aboard Norwegian Cruise Line Director (twenty-nine contracts, fleet-wide)
Second City Theatricals 2007-2015

Rush Limbaugh! The M usical Composer/Lyricist

Second City e.t.c. 2010

Jim Belushi And The Board Of Comedy Musical Director (Selected Performances)
Sacred Hearts Touring Productions 2013

An Evening With Martin Short Musical Director (Selected Performances)

Second City Communications 2000-2005

Jewsical – The Musical Composer/Lyricist/Musical Director/Director

Second City e.t.c. and National Tour 2005-2010

Second City Theatricals/Customized productions across America Composer/Lyricist/Co-Writer

N’at’s All, Folks (Pittsburgh Public Theater) 2015
The Second City Does New Jersey (NJPAC) 2014
One If By Land, Late If By T (Virginia Wimberly, Boston) 2011 (Director)
The Second City Does Baltimore (Centerstage) 2011
City Of Nutterly Love (Philadelphia Theater Company) 2010
Too Busy To Hate, Too Hard To Commute (Alliance Theater, Atlanta) 2008
Three Rivers Runs Through It (Pittsburgh Public Theater) 2008

Songs Of The Second City Musical Director

The Second City/Theater On The Lake, Chicago 2000

Sex And The Second City Composer/Lyricist/Musical Director

The Second City/National Tour 2004-2006
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Sing-Along Wizard Of Oz Co-Writer

Broadway In Chicago/National Tour 2002

The Roof Is On Fiddler (A 1980’s Parody Of Fiddler On The Roof) Co-Writer & Director/Musical Director
Improv Olympic, Chicago 2001

SELECTED RADIO, HOSTING & WRITING

Gilda’s Club’s Night Of A Thousand Noogies Host and Emcee

Gilda’s Club Chicago/Park West Theater 2007-Present

The Second City Comedy Network Contributing Writer

The Second City/Secondcity.com 2012-2014

“The Score” Celebrity Roasts (Jeremy Roenick, Ozzie Guillen, Boers and Bernstein) Head Writer
WSCR-AM 670, Chicago/CBS Radio 2011-2013

“Murray In The Morning” (Morning Drive Talk Show) Co-Host

Sporting News Radio Network/Nationally Syndicated 2002-2005

“The Susanna [Negovan] and T.J. Show” (Weekend and Fill-In Weekday Talk Show) Co-Host
WCKG-FM Chicago/CBS Radio 2006-2008

INDUSTRIALS AND CORPORATE

Second City Communications/Second City Works Director/Writer/Musical Director/Host

Chicago, IL, Nationwide and Worldwide (Select list of companies and references available upon request) 1998-Present

Freelance Director/Writer/Musical Director/Host

Chicago, IL, and Nationwide (Select list of companies and references available upon request) 2002-Present

SPECIAL SKILLS

*Extensive knowledge of music and history of/slight obsession with The Beatles.
*Played piano “by ear” since age seven, can play any song after one or two listens.
*Can improvise, sing, and perform customized songs instantaneously, in myriad musical styles.
*Able to play thousands of songs on command including classic and 1980’s rock and pop, musical theater, television themes, and
pop culture references.
*Experience hosting and musically emceeing talk shows and major corporate meetings.
*Former Sports Radio Host, extensive knowledge of NBA basketball

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Emerson College, Boston MA - B.S., Mass Communications, 1996

Harand Camp Of The Theater Arts, Elkhart Lake and Beaver Dam, WI
Camper, counselor, staff member and accompanist at 65 year old theater-focused summer camp, 1985-Present

The Latin School of Chicago, Chicago IL - K-12, 1992