Compass Players
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The Compass Players were a 1950s cabaret revue show started by alumni, dropouts and hangers-on from the University of Chicago. The troupe was active from 1955-1958 in Chicago and St. Louis. Several of the members went on to form The Second City Theater in 1959.
Alumni
- Alan Alda
- Jane Alexander
- Ed Asner
- Shelley Berman
- Del Close
- Bob Coughlan
- Severn Darden
- Andrew Duncan
- Theodore J. Flicker
- Barbara Gordon
- Mark Gordon
- Valerie Harper
- Barbara Harris
- Linda Lavin
- Ron Leibman
- Elaine May
- Anne Meara
- Mike Nichols
- David Shepherd
- Paul Sills
- Jerry Stiller
