Kiersten is a trained musical theater actress from Philadelphia PA. She has participated in a number of singing competitions and has been seen on stages in PA and NC. She has appeared as Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show, and Stuart Little in Stuart Little. She has worked with people like Troy McLaughin and Heitzman and Reid honing her skills and is constantly exploring new crafts. Some of her passions outside of the theater include yoga, aerial arts, painting, clothing design, and being a mother.

Shea is a Philadelphia-based actor/singer/all-around creative-type. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Theater with a concentration in acting and a minor in English Literature from Skidmore College in 2015, where she discovered her love of improv and sketch comedy as a member of the Ad-Liberal Artists. With the Ad-Libs, she participated in the Chicago Improv Festival College Tournament, the Brown University Comedy Conference, and four National College Comedy Festivals.

Eric is a performer/writer who spends his time creating spoken-word performance, and improvising with Bright Invention when he isn't working for Verizon as an IT specialist. His own group Wit Jongen Dronken has performed throughout the Philadelphia region.

Kate (she/they) is a performance artist, actor, vocalist, poet, energy worker, and expressive arts facilitator. She utilizes her creative perspective to bust stigmas and increase access to creative process through the power of the performing arts.. She collaborates with a wide range of artists locally and internationally, facilitates healing arts workshops, and composes work which amplifies the personal, political, and universal. Kate's mission is to connect individuals and communities with their own strengths.

The acting bug bit me in seventh grade when I saw the original production of Godspell. Flash forward a few years, and I became a long time member of a local Philadelphia community theater where I served as actor, director, and, producer. This is where I found the value of encouraging and mentoring young kids and teens. To watch them grow strong and confident and see what fine young adults they became made me proud. Later, my path changed to comedy: stand up, sketch, and improv. I had no idea of the power of improv - how it shatters boundaries and can heal as well as teach.

A native of West Philadelphia, Carlo (he/him) is an MC, Actor, Director, Poet, Writer, Educator, and a professor in Drexel’s Theatre Dept. He is a founding member and Co-Artistic director of the award winning African American theatre company, Theatre In The X, known for its celebrated yearly August theatre showcase in Malcolm X Park on 52nd and Pine St. An accomplished Hip-Hop artist, being at the helm of Pac And Biggie is the work of a life time, a culmination of craft and passion, nearly a lifetime in the making He is the author of two collections of poetry, Afloematic and American Atheist.

Latanya (Tanya) Morgan is Southern New Jersey based actor, writer, director, teaching artist, improv performer, acting/improv coach, applied improv corporate trainer and theatre owner/operator. She began her career acting on stage, in films and commercials more than 20 years ago. She spent time as a writer and performer on one of the most popular Philly sketch teams, The Rhubarbs. Tanya performs improv comedy monthly with indie improv teams: Daddy Issues, The NCrowd, NYTEShift, No Diggity and Not Yet Rated. Tanya also continues to act in stage plays and in commercials whenever she can.

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David Sweeny is a multitalented artist, musician and performer based in Germantown. Widely known for his work as his alter ego Johnny Showcase, Sweeny has spent many years in the fringes of the Philadelphia DIY theatre and music communities, seeking to combine the two disciplines in ways that are colorful, joyful and funky. Under Johnny Showcase, he has co-produced 3 full length albums, including a kids album (It’s the Johnny Shortcake Show!), and appeared on Season 16 of America’s Got Talent. Always expanding his palette of expression, David has spent the last two years churning out colorful paintings of birds.

Michelle Pauls is a theatre artist, educator and writer. For over 20 years she ran her own theatre company in Philadelphia (B. Someday/Walking Fish Theatre) where she produced mostly original work. She has worked as an actor mostly in the NY/PA region and won a Barrymore Award for Educational Excellence and Community Service in 2010 from the Philadelphia Theatre Alliance. She is on faculty at Penn State Abington where she teaches acting and devising. She wrote, produced and starred in her own health humanities performance entitled, It’s Complicated…This Gift of Life , for the Philly Fringe Festival, 2023. She is a trained facilitator in Theatre of the Oppressed and has received certification in Positive Psychology with the WholeBeing Institute. She is a founding member and lead singer with the rock band, The Poettes. Michelle is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Philadelphia Dramatist Center, Actors Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild. You can see more about her here: www.michellepauls.com