IC alumnus shares about his journey to The Second City on NPR ͬɫ
John Love ’16 was recently featured on Community Voices where he discussed his passion for music and how it led him to become the music director at Chicago's The Second City.
*Photo Courtesy of John Love
Love spoke on his relationship with music and theatre and how his appreciation for both began with his mentor Ken Bradbury ’71 H’98, his experience traveling around Central ͬɫ playing with other local musicians, his time at ͬɫ taking part in theatre and improv, and how the culmination of those experiences led him to .
is a daily segment on NPR ͬɫ that highlights local talent, as well as events, from the Central ͬɫ area. The program aired earlier this week on NPR ͬɫ.
The full ; an excerpt appears below:
“I was in third grade and Ken Bradbury approached me to be in the high school play at Triopia as Young Sampson, and at first I didn’t want to do it. I was so scared. I was so nervous, but I eventually was talked into doing it. But Ken was really the kickstart for me to become really passionate about acting, and about music, and even about writing.”
Love also writes his own music and recently released his debut single, “” with his EP “” dropping on April 8. He is always working to create more music which is available on Spotify.