Evanston, Illinois, United States
Please paste your biography here... Lori McClain

Lori was born in Toledo, OH and received her BFA in Acting from Wright State University. Right out of college, she toured the country as a singer in a Top 40 cover band, and moved to Chicago soon after. She is an alumnus of the National Touring Company of The Second City, and was honored to perform with them in Iraq and Kuwait as part of a USO Tour in 2004. She works with Second City's Business Communications and Theatricals divisions, both as a performer and instructor, and recently toured with the musical, “Sex and the Second City.” She is a resident understudy for the Second City Mainstage and ETC shows, recently completing a summer-long run of the ETC show, “Immaculate Deception.” She is a founding member of The WNEP Theater Foundation, with whom she wrote and performed in many productions; most notably, a musical entitled “The Wicked and the Sexed” (New City's 1997 Best Original Musical Production). You may also have seen her improvise with the all-female group, “Sirens,” “ComedySportz” and in their productions “Blind Date,” “Whose Chorus Line Is It Anyway?” (co-creator and director) and “Trois'.” One of her favorite scripted roles was Xena Warrior Princess in “Xena Live!” Lori can also be heard as the lead singer for the jazz group, the “Lori McClain Trio.” She was the artist-in-residence at the University of Chicago Lab School summer drama program in 2005, and currently teaches and coaches numerous improv groups around town. She occasionally improvises with I.O.’s fully improvised rock opera, “Baby Wants Candy,” and is the voice of Shiva in the upcoming “Mortal Kombat” video game series.

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