Howard Alk
1930-1982 · Chicago, IL
Third co-founder of The Second City who coined the theater's name, later pivoted to radical documentary filmmaking with Bob Dylan.
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- Co-founded The Second City in 1959 with Sills and Sahlins; credited with coining the theater's name.
- Earlier member of the Compass Players at the University of Chicago.
- Sold his stake in Second City in the early 1960s to become a full-time documentary filmmaker.
- Directed The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) and edited Bob Dylan's Renaldo and Clara (1978).
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