New tina fey comedy5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Fey quickly developed a comedic partnership with troupe member Rachel Dratch. It was there that Fey established herself as a member of The Upright Citizen's Brigade - an improvisational comedy troupe that included Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz (both of whom, Fey would reunite with later on "SNL"). By 1994, Fey was invited to join The Second City's cast - a thrilling accomplishment for anyone who valued American comedy. Her hard work honing her comedic gifts eventually paid off. It was during this period that Fey took what she later described as an "amateurish" stab at stand-up comedy. ![]() Working at the Y by day, Fey spent her nights taking classes at The Second City Training Center. After graduating in 1992, Fey moved to Chicago where she supported herself as a clerk at the YMCA. ![]() In 1988, Fey enrolled at the University of Virginia, where she eventually earned a degree in drama. Intellectually inclined, not surprisingly, Fey excelled in academics. Fey recalled her education beginning at the age of four, when her parents snuck her in to see Mel Brooks' comic classic, "Young Frankenstein" (1974). Born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey in Upper Darby, PA, this multi-talented performer developed her appreciation for comedy at an early age. ![]()
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