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Home Lukaba Productions was formed in 2002 as the parent company to oversee a number of longrunning theatrical productions including The Cupid Players and the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. Launched in 1999 The Cupid Players now perform the longestrunning musical sketch comedy in ChicagoCupid Has a Heart On. In January 2002 Creative DirectorBrian Posenlaunched the first Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival which annually hosted over 1000 artists performing close to 200 shows. In 2007 Lukaba Productions staff members Brian Posen Brian Peterlin Jill Valentine along with founding Board members Chuck Jesser Alex Meyer and Laura Michaud began searching for a home for their productions and to create an artistic utopia by hosting many of the citys itinerant theater companies.