“AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE IS EXTREMELY TALENTED AND FUNNY. MUSICAL DIRECTOR JESSE CASE MAKESESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMIC ATMOSPHERE.” - DC Theatre Scene
It was right around July of 2009 that everybody started to realize Barack Obama might not be the messiah. And nothing pokes the bruise of unmet expectations quite like sketch comedy. Hope and Change get a swift kick to the nuts (and live to fight another day) in this dark-edged revue, which twice extended its run and began the ongoing collaboration with Second City that among many other shows produced 2017's Nothing To Lose (But Our Chains).