‘Betcha Didn’t Know Colorado – Channel 2’s Parente Doubles as a Funny Guy

You know Chris Parente as the fun-spirited and energetic morning features reporter on Channel 2. But have you ever wondered where this larger-than-life reporter gets all his energy and chutzpah?

DCN, in an email interview with Parente, has discovered that Parente’s true passion is improvisation. He studied improv at the famed Second City in Chicago in 2000 under the legendary Second City director, Martin deMaat. deMaat taught the likes of Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Sean Hayes and Tina Fey.

While Parente has performed with improv troupes in Indianapolis, Chicago, and Louisville, KY, he has yet to make his mark in Denver’s improv scene, much to DCN’s disappointment.

Admittedly, however, Parente says he is “missing it more and more.”

Let’s hope he’s missing it enough that we’ll be able to catch Parente at the Impulse or Bovine theatres in Denver one of these days!