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James
is our resident bard. Often performing with his guitar, he woos
crowds with his ballads and rock tributes and has become a South
Florida favorite with female audiences. With an unlikely knowledge
of history, Japanese horror films and the Kabbalah, James shines
his light on our audience while making them roar with laughter.
James has performed with Name Change Pending, Laughing
Gas, and Sketch and Soda. James recently completed
a role in the Sean Astin film, Thanks to Gravity. James
makes the past come alive as a history teacher.
Max
is our resident Wunderkind. The leader of the next generation
of improvisation, Max has made a name for himself in local theatre,
performing in many productions. He has performed at the Chicago
Improv Festival, the Miami Improv Festival, the Gainesville Improv
Festival and will perform at many more "improv festivals"
in the future. He is a cast member of the local phenom Child's
Play and Laughing Gas Improv. Max is currently working
on planning his next phase of taking over the world of improv.
Eva
is our resident Linguist. Speaking five languages, she has accumulated
over ten years of experience as an emcee/host and on-camera spokesperson.
Though conceived in Asia ("Made in Hong Kong"), she
was born and raised in Miami (a rarity) and has traveled extensively
around the world including Norway, India and Hialeah. She has
worked freelance on countless commercials, movies, TV shows, industrials,
amusement park videos, children's events, etc. She's even performed
stunt work in movies, but has moved to principal work recently
landing a lead role in "Miami Undercover". Eva is currently
working on learning what few languages there are left that she
doesn't know and visiting the one or two places she hasn't seen.
AJ
is our resident Cuban, which no troupe in South Florida would
be complete without. He has appeared in several plays and student
films in South Florida and appeared in the Andy Garcia film, For
Love or Country. AJ is a drummer in an up and coming band
and can be seen during our shows pounding on anything and everything
to create percussion. AJ has performed for the Actors for Charity
Theatre Alliance, murder mystery shows and for Laughing
Gas. AJ is currently working on several video projects, his
music, and as a clown with Big Apple Circus in their Clown
Care program at Miami Children's Hospital.
Danny
is our resident Contractor, which makes building comedic scenes
a snap. Not just a great improvisational actor, he has toured
the country as a stand-up comic and is a popular DJ in various
South Beach night clubs. He can seen on basic cable on TLC's 
Todd
is our resident Know It All and has done just about everything.
He has appeared in several plays and independent films shot in
South Florida and had a brief but uncredited appearance in The
Fugitive with Harrison Ford. He worked for the Speaker of
the House in Washington, DC, did cost-benefit analysis for the
FAA, and worked on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Todd works in the IT world helping companies get their sites online,
so he might be programming while on stage. Todd has performed
with Improv Olympic in Chicago (now called IO), Cirque
de so Lame, graduated from the Second City and is in
the cast of Laughing Gas. Todd is currently working on
several video projects. 
Jim
is our resident roustabout. A native of Fort Lauderdale, his talents
include songwriting, film acting, and comedy writing/performing.
Jim has performed with Laughing Gas, appeared in dozens
of television commercials, starred in the TV pilot “The Liberty
Hour” and written three screenplays. He is currently partnered
with a globally successful musician as the lyrical half of a songwriting
team. 
Reigan
is our resident Smart-Alec. Having had to defend herself from
all kinds of witty thespians, she developed her natural witty
and sarcastic reflexes. A graduate of the University of Southern
California with a BFA in acting, Riegan has recently transplanted
herself from LA to Boca Raton. She has done everything in the
theatre: from Shakespeare to Comedy Spoof, from painting sets
to directing. Riegan is well established in LA being the co-founder
of Crazy Eddie's Bargain Theatre Company, the first female
member of The Blue House Theatre Company, and a proud member
of Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company. Riegan can
currently be seen working with Model Citizens improv group on
South Beach.
Dustin
is our resident Ringer. Dustin has a vast wealth of experience
in the art of improvisation, having started in 1996 in a dank
underground comedy club with a troupe named Fruitcake. In 1998
he created Palm Beach Community College's improv troupe Cheese
and Crackers, a troupe that continues to draw sell out crowds
whenever they perform. Dustin then helped found the much-celebrated
troupe Mod 27. He is also an accomplished director and
teaches improv workshops.
Ethan
is our resident Mensch. Ethan is castable in just about everything
and is constantly working on commercials, films and just about
anything else. Ethan has been seen in the feature films Big
Trouble, Thanks to Gravity, and All About The Benjamins
and had a featured role in an episode of CSI: Miami. Ethan
is also a member of Laughing Gas. Ethan also writes original
music and is an accomplished pianist.
Andy
is our resident Handsome Man. Andy has appeared in numerous stage,
television and commercial productions. He was a cast member of
the sketch troupe Punch 59, Best Medicine, and is
a current member of Laughing Gas. He appeared on TV in
Miami Vice and Ocean Avenue as well as the movies
Carlita's Secret, 1 Anunnaki and The Bahama Hustle.
Andy is currently working on independent video projects as well
as his constant appearances in commercials.
Maryann
is our resident Secret Agent. By day, she is a doctoral candidate
in Education at the University of Miami. By night, she travels
the world as a Teen Activities Coordinator for Princess Cruise
Lines. Her favorite ports include Amsterdam, Cannes, Cabo San
Lucas, Bora Bora, Skagway, and Halifax. So, if she's not here,
she is probably somewhere on the seven seas teaching sea-sick
tourists how to say neat nautical words like "forecastle." Her
stage credits include The Music Man, Godspell, Tomfoolery,
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged, and
she hosted the cable game show U.M.I.Q. Maryann is also
an accomplished equestrian, soprano, pianist, tap dancer, and
high school English teacher. She speaks 3 1/2 languages, has a
mean tennis serve, and is often tired. She has performed with
both Laughing Gas and Just The Funny. 
Susie
is our resident Classical Actress. Susie attended New World School
of the Arts in Miami and trained in New York and London in Classical
Theater. In New York, Susie is affiliated with several theater
companies including Resistance Theater and Broad Horizons. Her
short play, Mittelschmerz, premiered as part of the Gallery
Players Black Box Festival in Brooklyn, New York. She is regularly
cast in plays and films and has appeared in almost every legitimate
theatre role that you can think of, except Gidot. She has performed
with Laughing Gas and has been seen in almost every theatre
in South Florida. Now you can see her on Showtime in the pilot
for Dexter as a detective.
Valerie
is our resident Ass-kicker and Name-taker. She has appeared onstage
in such plays as Blithe Spirit and Peter Pan. Her
appearances on film include From Justin to Kelly (proving
once and for all that you can be a good actor in a bad movie)
and was the romantic lead in Christmas in Miami (a major
box office hit in Italy). Valerie worked as "Klutzy"
the Clown at Wanadoo City. She is a current member of Laughing
Gas and is an avid sketch writer having also performed with
Sketch and Soda. She also appeared as Carmencita on Univision
in El Gordo y La Flaca. She is currently working on multiple
projects and is actively pursuing a stage career, while being a professional 
Ed
is our resident Energizer. He graduated from the University of
Florida with a BA in theatre and a minor in English, but more
importantly to us studied improv with the Annoyance Theatre in
Chicago. He has performed with the improv troupes STDs
and Just the Funny. He has appeared in many plays including
By the Bog of Cats for the Irish Repertory Theatre in Chicago.
Ed has appeared in numerous commercials and is currently a teacher
at the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theatre.