Lawrence J. "Larry" Perkins

I just heard the news and my heart is heavy with sorrow. He will always have a special place in my heart. He will be missed.
Francie

My sympathies to the Perkins family. He will be missed by all of us!
Brian Delker

I worked with Perk in Chicago and in Toronto on a musical version of "Harvey". He was a great guy. The last time I saw him was a year ago at the 50th anniversary of Second City.
We were all happy to be there but somehow he seemed the happiest. Thanks Perk.

Dear Mrs. Perkins,

It has taken me this long to respond to the news of Larry's passing because I am still in shock. There are very few people who live every moment and to think of him gone is almost too much.
Jack Weirs and I spent so much time in your home hanging out that you probably wondered if we would ever leave! I have many wonderful memories of your family and home. Dinners, late nights, listening to music or recording crazy improvisational bits. Your son was one...

Memorial Service for Lawrence "Perk" will be held on Saturday, Jan. 8th @ 2pm. It will be at Burns and Kish Funeral Home, 8415 Calumet Avenue, Munster, IN 815-836-5000. We hope you can all make it.

Just a note to all that view this obituary. Lawrence's Memorial Service will be at Burns and Kish Funeral Home, Saturday January 8th @ 2pm. they are located at 8415 Calument Avenue, Munster, IN 219-836-5000

Arline,
Your son made a difference in my life.
Perk, as he was invariably known at the Second City, gave me an invaluable chance to work and learn in that theatre he so loved.
He of course was the Stage Manager there, and I got to be his assistant.
For a couple years I was able to observe in action his talent, and the talent of the enormously gifted performers on stage then.
What a chance he gave me.
I didn't say "love" lightly, Arline. Perk relished being part...

On Monday, Tim, Bruce and I happened to be watching one of our vintage Second City shows on Dvd. It included the last scene of a second show Saturday night set. Perk (from his booth) suddenly became the "Voice of God" to mercifully help us save a struggling scene by giving us a perfect "out". Seeing this we laughed and had a wonderful memory of Perk. Now we hear this sad news. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family from members of his Second City family. Nancy Kelly, Tim Kazurinsky and...

Perk was still around The Second City occasionally when I was in the touring company in the 1980s. He filled in as a stage manager a few times for us, he directed a funny show called Staring Back, featuring a cast of disabled people, and would come and watch the improvisations, laughing loudly...at the set ups, rather than the pay offs. One night he visited the show in the ETC with his dog in tow. The dog got loose and came on stage, so I picked him up and carried him around as we...