George C. Owens, an ensemble member of the touring company presenting “The Second City’s Holiday Revue: It’s a Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Life” at the Copley Theatre in Aurora, is confident that he will always be able to make people laugh.

“I don’t really worry about losing ‘the funny,’ ” Owens said. “I think what people find funny changes from person to person. I think it is something that can be regained, if misplaced, by listening to what people are saying.

“I heard Robin Williams interviewed once and when asked if he ever worried about running out of material he said something along the lines of ‘No, Never. Look out of the window and there’s a world of material to be had.’ That has always really resonated with me.”

For the show, five cast members and one musical director, who accompanies the cast on piano, present a seasonal blend of satire in scenes, songs and improvisation. In addition to Owens, cast members include Leila Gorstein, Jordan Stafford, Kiley Fitzgerald and Jillian Ebanks. Music Director John Love is the pianist.

“The show is a look at the absurdity and hilarity of the holidays,” Owens said. “From family to food and everything in between.”

“The Second City’s Holiday Revue: It’s a Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Life” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays from Nov. 26-Dec. 23 at the newly renovated Copley Theatre in Aurora. The show is for audiences 18 years and older due to strong adult language and content.

Although the revue is holiday-based, references to politics will sneak into the show.

“It is an inherently political time and Second City is a comedy institution that prides itself on political satire,” Owens said. “So, politics will creep in here or there. But it is a holiday show and that has been our focus in writing it.

“The majority of the show is written by the members on stage mixed with some classic Second City holiday material,” Owens continued. “Probably 98% of the show was written by the folks who’ll be performing on stage.”

But creating that final product is not always easy.

“In any comedic process the challenge is always finding what’s funniest, what’s freshest and what’s the most fun for us on stage,” said Owens, who started performing with Second City on a cruise ship in 2016 and has been with the touring company since 2019.

“I think with the holidays specifically, something that has been talked about and parodied since the dawn of time, the challenge lies in finding the new angles and lending our own individual perspectives to make them hilarious.”

Owens is pleased to be performing in a show that will be in one location for a month.

“I think extended runs allow the audience to come back and see how each show is different from the last,” he said. “They get to know us more as individuals and as an ensemble. Plus, I think we pack enough jokes into this show that if folks decide to come back they’ll get to laugh at all the jokes they may have missed the first time because they were laughing.”

Owens has great appreciation for what Second City has been able to achieve over the years.

“I think performing sketch comedy is a fairly unique offering, especially at the caliber and consistency that Second City offers,” Owens said. “It’s not like watching stand-up comedy or even a comedic movie. Sketch comedy is completely its own thing. It is individual, but also collaborative. It is live, with the qualities of a good movie and a good stand up, smashed together for a killer time.”

Randall G. Mielke is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun.