Alessandra Vite is a comedic writer based in Toronto. She began her career improvising with The Second City and was a member of their National Touring Company. She went on to write for the popular CBC Radio show “Because News”, and wrote for the 27th season of “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”. Alessandra is a seasoned sketch writer and performer, being the head writer and performer of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch troupe “The Sketchersons”. She has also performed at JFL42 with her award-winning sketch troupe “The Flirty Boys”. She was also featured in the Montreal Just For Laughs festival with her Sonar Network-produced podcast, “Shh... I’m Watching A Movie”. You can also catch her selling butt eggs to vampires on FX’s “What We Do In The Shadows”.

She went on to write for the popular CBC Radio show “Because News”, and wrote for the 27th season of “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”.

Alessandra is a seasoned sketch writer and performer, being the head writer and performer of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch troupe “The Sketchersons”.

She has also performed at JFL42 with her award-winning sketch troupe “The Flirty Boys”. She was also featured in the Montreal Just For Laughs festival with her Sonar Network-produced podcast, “Shh… I’m Watching A Movie”.

You can also catch her selling butt eggs to vampires on FX’s “What We Do In The Shadows”.

Alex is a multiple Canadian Comedy Award-nominated writer and performer. He has showcased at improv festivals across North America including performances at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in New York, the Second City Chicago and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Alex has trained with many wonderful instructors including Jeff Griggs (Guru: My Days with Del Close), Jet Eveleth (The Reckoning), Pat O’Brien (Saturday Night Live) and Christian Capozzoli (Aerodynamics of Yes) and cut his teeth as a sketch performer in Sunday Night Live as one of the writing/performing cast members of The Sketchersons.

Alex was the Head Writer and one of the stars of the hugely-acclaimed Feint of Hart immersive comedy rock opera spectacular which began as an artist residency at the University of Toronto and concluded in a run at performance lab space Videofag, as part of their inaugural season.

He has been invited to create new works for the Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Nocturne Halifax (Art at Night), and has created video content for the Toronto Star and VICE.

Alfred Chow is an improviser based out of Toronto. He has been a teacher at different improv schools around the city, has led corporate workshops, and has taught workshops overseas. He has performed internationally in cities such as Chicago (USA), Uppsala (SWE), Oslo (NOR), Sydney (AUS), Brisbane (AUS), Baltimore (USA), Bangkok (THA), and Miami (USA). When in Toronto he produces and performs in the hit show “All of us are Asian”, which runs several times a month at various venues across the city.

Anders Yates is an improviser, actor and writer originally from Montreal. He is a founding member of the improv and sketch comedy troupe Uncalled For, and has also been a member of the comedy/dance company Dance Animal, the queer improv troupe Kinsey Fail and the Second City Touring Company. He has performed in numerous flagship shows at Bad Dog, including Throne of Games, La Grande Jatte and Toronto, I Love You. Recent stage credits include the Off-Mirvish production of the Tony Award winning Oslo (Studio 180) and the world premiere of Shove It Down My Throat (Buddies In Bad Times/Pandemic Theatre). His screen work includes the films Indian Horse, Stockholm and Through Black Spruce, and he can be seen on TV in Nurses, Carter, Titans, Condor, Taken, Murdoch Mysteries and Helix, among others. He is a frequent contributor to the satirical news website The Beaverton.

Andrea Marston is a writer, comedian, and improv and sketch comedy teacher. She has understudied the Second City mainstage and was a part of the Bob Curry Diversity Showcase and the House Company. Andrea has performed and taught in festivals across North America including Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, Zoofest at Off JFL, Combustion, and more. She now performs and teaches regularly at Bad Dog Comedy Theatre where she started off as a Season 2 Featured Player. You can learn more about Andrea’s comedic work online at popgoeandrea.com or follow @popgoesandrea on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok.

Ashley Seaman is an Improvisor, Educator (B.Ed, OCT), TDSB Educational Partner, and Expressive Arts Support Group Facilitator with experience in the Mental Health sector. She’s a faculty member of The Second City Training Centre & Bad Dog Theatre Company, where she teaches Improv to all ages, including classes designed to help folks with anxiety. Ashley also operates Y.A.Y., a company that delivers health-oriented improv workshops to schools, educators, organizations, and community groups.

Callum Wratten is a Canadian Screen Award nominated writer and performer. He has written for CBC, McSweeney's, Funny or Die and The Beaverton. He has performed at Bad Dog Theatre, Big Fork Theatre in Brisbane, and Toronto Sketchfest.

Christian Smith is an Actor, Writer, Sketch Comedian, Improviser and two time Canadian Comedy Award winner from Toronto with over 12 years of sketch comedy experience. Christian is one half of the sketch/improv troupe Soul Decision (JFL, JFL42 & Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival - Best of the Fest 2017). He's performed and taught all across North America and his digital sketch comedy series, Soul Decision Comedy is featured on the CBC.

Cihang Ma (they/them) is a non-binary Chinese-Canadian actor and comedian. You can catch Cihang on your TV as ‘Michelle’ on Departure Season 3 (2022), ‘Detective Kai Huang’ on Hudson & Rex (2023), and hear their voice as ‘River’ in Paw Patrol: Rubble & Crew (2023).  Cihang is an alumnus of the Second City Bob Curry Program, recipient of the Tim Sims Encouragement Award, was named ‘Break-out Improviser’ at Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, and has understudied for Second City’s Mainstage and Touring Company.  Cihang is also classically trained violinist and holds a totally unused Bachelor of Kinesiology Degree (Honours!). They also recently discovered video games and are really enjoying playing the Last of Us II on their friend’s PS4. (They weren’t allowed as a kid.)

Daphney Joseph is bilingual actor, comedian and writer originally from Montréal. She is alumna of the Second City Education Company and the Bad Dog Theatre’s Featured Players.

Her comedy duo, Coko & Daphney, have performed in festivals like Harbourfront's BRAVE Festival 2018, Chicago Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, DCM (New York) and many more. In 2015, she joined the French Improv troupe Les Improbables . She’s also part of the French comedy duo DaFlo, a sketch & improv duo. They have performed at Montreal SketchFest with the troupe Boubbi-Trappe. Daphney has also done stand-up at YukYuks for The Nubian Show, Absolute Comedy, The SheDot Festival, SHADE, and Yas Kween. She has also appeared in Private Eyes (CityTv), Baronness Von Sketch (CBC) and Pranks (TFO)

Devon is a Toronto-based writer and improviser. Her Bad Dog credits include Theatresports, Toronto I Love You, Playlist, The Early Show, and The Rat King. Her comedy duo, TwoSon, wrote and performed the critically-acclaimed An Evening with Devon & Jackie at the 2022 Toronto Fringe. Devon is currently a member of The Second City’s National Touring Company. Her other Second City credits include Improv Showdown and Take Me Out to the Improv: Spooky Edition. Select festival credits: Sketchfest Seattle, Toronto Sketchfest, Vancouver Sketchfest, Improvaganza, Montreal Sketchfest, The Detroit Improv Festival, District Improv, and the Del Close Marathon. IG: @devonhenderson

Edward Choi is a Toronto-based improviser and has been featured in numerous comedy festivals and theatre productions, including: Detroit Improv Festival, Palm Beach Improv Festival, Highwire Improv Festival, World’s Greatest Improv Festival, Asian & Funny, and All of Our Parents Are Asian. Notable programs and theatres where Edward studied improvisation include: Upright Citizens Brigade, The Second City Conservatory, Bad Dog Studio Series, and World’s Greatest Improv School. He is also a licensed professional engineer in the province of Ontario.

Please follow him on Twitter: @edwordchoi

Filipe Dimas is a writer and comedian whose work can be found on The Beaverton, The Leafs Nation, and Air Canada’s enRoute Magazine. As an improviser, he’s been a featured performer at a number of comedy festivals while opening for Tim Meadows and Paul F. Tompkins. While his producer credits include co-creating hit alternative comedy showcase “The Disaster” and its spinoff year end marathon “Disasterfest.”

Florian François is a bilingual actor, writer and improviser.

He graduated from the LongForm Conservatory at Second City, the Narrative Studio at Bad Dog Theatre and regularly performs and teaches improv at festivals around the country in English and French. His recent shows include ‘Before I go’ (Fringe 2024), ‘C’est l’amour’ with Daphney Joseph (Blockbuster Festival - Bad Dog Theatre), ‘The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries’ (Outside the March), Post Humanum (Fringe 2021).

As a film and TV actor, Florian has starred in series such as 'Le Bonheur', 'Good Witch', or 'Mayday', and many short, feature length films, and series including: 'Quebexit' (Amazon Prime), 'La Switch' (Crave) or 'Paris,Ontario' (CBC). In 2017, Bell Media picked up his series Rencontres, which was adapted from the award winning short film Rencontre. With his co producer Brennan Martin, he wrote, produced and starred in the 10 episode series.

Gavin Williams is an improviser and actor currently living in Toronto. Born and raised in London, he studied improvised theatre at Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre under the teachings of Denis Cahill and Keith Johnstone, where he fell in love with the art form. In 2012 he moved to Toronto where he can now be found performing and teaching with the Bad Dog Theatre Company, and is a fixture at live comedy shows such as Theatresports, Two Strikes and Superscene. He regularly teaches improv workshops and classes in the spirit of Keith Johnstone's improvisation style. In addition to improvised theatre, he has performed in a variety of TV shows, including "Murdoch Mysteries", "Schitt's Creek", and "Kim's Convenience".

Hannah Spear is a Dora and Canadian Comedy Award nominated actor and comedian. She recently wrapped a two year run with The Second City Mainstage, with whom Hannah co-created several revues. Her acting credits include Star Trek Discovery, Murdoch Mysteries, New Eden, Versus Valerie, and Tallboys.

Isaac Kessler has been performing, devising, writing, directing, and producing comedic theatre for over 18 years. He is a Canadian Comedy Award multi-nominee as Best Male Improviser and as one half of the award-winning ClownProv juggernaut 2-MAN NO-SHOW alongside his comedic soulmate, Ken Hall. They have performed at over 50 comedy & theatre festivals over the last 15 years. Isaac is also the creator of his solo tour-de-force, 1-MAN NO-SHOW. With direction by Sweet Action Theatre’s Gordon Neill, 1-MAN NO-SHOW won the Artists’ Pick Award at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival - North America’s largest theatre festival.

Isaac is a multi-award-winning director/deviser of five Clown/Bouffon shows with more in development, and has spent the past 13 years training in Clown, Mask, Idiot Work, Bouffon, and LeCoq-based Physical Theatre. He has performed his solo work all over North America. He’s appeared in various TV shows and music videos, including CANADA’S GOT TALENT, and features in a bunch of funny commercials in the U.S. & Canada.

Isaac is a primary instructor and co-founder at Sweet Action Theatre’s Ridiculous Institute of Funny, a brand new curriculum focusing on Creative play and Devised Theatre.

Follow him on IG @isaackessler & TikTok @djmenorah

Jennifer Ferris hails from the east coast and is sure to let that maritime spirit shine through. She has worked as an improv instructor for over a decade teaching students young and old from across Canada. Her passion for improv and the impact that it can have is a driving force behind her work. Jenn also works with the Canadian Improv Games as a Trainer and Regional Producer

Jillian Welsh is a storyteller, Dora Award nominated actor, and Canadian Comedy Award winner. Her storytelling has been featured on This American Life, RISK!, and CBC's Love Me and she is the current Artist-In-Residence with the Replay Storytelling Festival. As a comedy writer and performer, Jillian is an alumni of The Second City MainStage, wrote on the Emmy nominated AppleTV series Jane, and has appeared on I Woke Up a Vampire (Netflix), Run the ‘Burbs (CBC/CW), Workin’ Moms (Netflix), TallBoyz (CBC/Fuse), Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC/IFC) and the sketch series Abroad (OMNI). Jillian received her theatre training from the AMDA and The American Globe Theatre.

John is an improv comedian, writer, and actor from London, UK.

He has previously served as Artistic Director of Bristol Longform Comedy in Bristol, UK, and was a founding member of renowned UK Harold team ‘Jazz Police’.

 He has travelled and performed at the Edinburgh International Improv Festival, Amsterdam Improv Festival, and the Edinburgh and Brighton Free Fringe Festivals.

He has trained with teachers from UCB, Improv Olympic, The Free Association, and The Second City.

 John now teaches and coaches in Toronto with Bad Dog Theatre Company, Annex Improv and The Assembly Improv, and can be seen performing in the city with award-winning team 'SMOOCH' and his one man show, 'One Board Man’.

Ken Hall is a Canadian Comedy Award Winner (Best Breakout Artist) and multiple CCA award nominee, including most recently, Comedic Artist of the Year. Ken plays the lovable Herb and provides motion capture as the body of Pogo in Netflix's THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY.

Ken is also is one-half of the critically acclaimed comedic duo 2-MAN NO-SHOW with his comedic soulmate, Isaac Kessler, and has had the pleasure to work for CIRQUE DE SOLEIL.

Ken has appeared in numerous film and television roles including two seasons on TBS’s hit series PEOPLE OF EARTH and has appeared as a guest on CONAN and most recently performed in Canadian Stage's Shakespeare adaptation of 'As You Like It' for the Dream In High Park series.

Ken teaches Comedic On-Camera Acting, Clownprov and Mindfulness at Bad Dog Theatre, Clown and Public Speaking at The Second City, and improv at The Assembly and The Social Capital Theatre in Toronto.

Ken was recently awarded the Frank McAnulty Award for Faculty Instructor of the Year 2019 at The Second City."

Leigh Cameron is an award winning actor, writer, comedian and alumna of the Toronto Second City MainStage. She’s headlined festivals across North America with her sketch and improv duo The Bloody Marys. Her Fringe credits include Generally Hospital (Director, 2018), 32 Short Sketches about Bees (2017) & Tales of Whoa! (2013). Leigh works frequently in voice over and a selection of her credits includes: Ollie’s Pack, The Remarkable Mr. King, Rusty Rivets, Gary and His Demons & My Little Pony. Most recently Leigh appeared as Phoebe in Canstage’s Dream in High Park production of As You Like It.

Kirsten Rasmussen is an actor/writer/ comedian and peanut sauce enthusiast living in Toronto, Ontario. If you want to see Kirsten on your TV screen you can find her screaming her guts out in Band Ladies on Highball TV, and throwing curveballs in Slo Pitch Season 1 & 2 on Out TV and IFC. Her other credits include Schitt’s Creek, TallBoyz, BitPlayas, Odd Squad, The Beaverton, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Dino Dana and a tiny but dignified masked role in Mrs. America. Kirsten has written on The Snoopy Show for Apple Plus, This Hour Has 22 Minutes on CBC and a new animated series called WELCOME by Titan1 Studios.

Kirsten has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for her work as a live comedian, and sketch director. She’s an alumni of The Second City Toronto’s Mainstage Company where she wrote and starred in three shows, and in their hit feminist revue called She The People,  and she directed the mainstage show,  The Skyline's The Limit.  Kirsten directs sketch for solo artists and groups in Toronto, most notably directing the Canadian Comedy Awarded Extravaganza Eleganza- an all Queer sketch revue, and Dead Parents Society featured in Next Stage 2023.  Kirsten has toured this country, the one below, the high seas, down under and Germany performing sketch and improv. You can follow her @kikirazzle on twitter and Kirsten Rasmussen on Youtube.

Kyah Green (they/them) is a screenwriter, narrative designer and actor from Toronto, Ontario. They graduated with honours from Ryerson University’s Film Studies program where they studied film production with an emphasis on screenwriting. They are best known for their work on Canadian Screen Award winning comedy, Corner Gas; Animated and their performance in CBC Gem’s ‘Queens’. The feature film they are co-writing with Rodrigo Barrisuo (Un Traductor), was selected for the Cannes Festival Residence, Inside Out Development Program and recently made it to the quarter finals of the Academy Nicholls Fellowship.

◦ ◦ Lowen Morrow is a trans masculine theatre and filmmaker, physical comedian, actor, improviser, and puppeteer based in Toronto. They are a core member of comedy company Sex T-Rex: winners of over two dozen awards including 2x Just for Laughs’ Best Comedy and Second City’s Outstanding Comedy awards. Lowen has toured Canada, the US and parts of China with Mermaid Theatre and was awarded the Honourary My Theatre Award for excellence in puppetry. Recently they played the titular character in Tarragon Theatre’s Orphan Song, workshopped a new production of Pinocchio with Bad New Days, and were featured in Featured Creatures’ upcoming film, Dead Lover set to debut next year. Currently they are producing and performing in Swordplay a play of Swords with Sex T-Rex and directing an improvised show for young audiences with Bad Dog Theatre called Captain Galactic as part of Bad Dog’s Comedy on Queen Festival. Coming up they will be co-producing and curating Blockbuster Week- an improvised comedy festival with Bad Dog Theatre and are about to enter pre-production for their short film, Mothballs.

Marcel St. Pierre is a co-founder, alumnus and former Artistic Director of the Bad Dog Theatre Company. An award-winning writer, producer and improvisor, Marcel has performed sketch, stand-up and improv across North America with groups like The Second City (Toronto) and the Canadian Comedy-Award winning Monkey Toast. He currently performs with other Bad Dog founding members in "the world's oldest and stupidest" improv troupe, The Coincidence Men.

Nicole Passmore is a Vancouver-born, Toronto-based improviser, sketch comedian, and actor. She is an alumna of the Second City National Touring Company, a performer and teacher at the Bad Dog Theatre Company, and a member of the award-winning sketch troupe The Sketchersons. She has been featured in festivals across North America, including JFL (Montreal), Improvaganza (Edmonton), Combustion (Toronto), VIIF (Vancouver), Stumptown (Portland), Out of Bounds (Austin), and the Detroit Improv Festival. Her TV credits include Umbrella Academy (Netflix), Popularity Papers (YTV), Bit Playas (CBC), Pinkalicious & Peterrific (PBS), and Doomlands (Roku). And like all comedians, she has a podcast- Self Hell with Nicole and Bita!

Ned Petrie is a Toronto-based writer, actor, and 6-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee. He currently appears on the TV series Blind Sighted (AMI) and Gary & His Demons (Blue Ant Media). Previously, Ned was a writer for Night Sweats (Teletoon) and created the game show pilot The Panel Show for CBC Radio.

PHATT al (pronounced ‘fat al’) is a Dora and Juno nominated actor, MC, digital visual artist, director, song and sketch writer. He’s a Second City Mainstage alumnus. He was the band leading rapper of the Juno nominated NuFunk band ‘God Made ME Funky’. He (and/ or his voice) has appeared in various commercials, TV shows, and movies internationally. You may know him as the Juicy Fruit Man, or the voice of Wendy’s Canada, Rice Krispies Bars, OLG, and Eggo Waffles. He was a featured performer at the NBC Universal Second City Break Out Comedy Festival in Chicago. Al is also a recipient of the Second City’s Bob Curry Fellowship and Bad Dog Theatre’s Creator program. Al is also the creator of ‘Yes Yes Y’all’ and ‘Check The Rhyme’, the only longform improv hip-hop classes in Canada, as well as a member of ‘The Untitled Black Sketch Project’ sketch troupe.

Racquel Belmonte is a seasoned voice actor, improviser, sketch comedian, and pasta aficionado currently living in Toronto, by way of Vancouver, British Columbia. Though best known for her role in the Emmy award-winning cartoon series, The Dragon Prince, Racquel has voiced characters on My Little Pony, LEGO Elves, Dragalia Lost, and more. She frequently performed in a variety of sketch, improv, and variety shows around Vancouver, and has belonged to many ensembles over the years such as her current sketch comedy duo Carmelahhh, Nasty Women Comedy, Tightrope Theater, Blind Tiger Comedy’s sketch and improv house teams, Instant Theater, and VTSL’s Rookie League. She has performed in the Vancouver International Improv Festival, the Del Close Marathon in New York, the Upfront Theatre in Seattle, Rapid Fire Theatre in Edmonton, and in the Toronto Fringe Festival. Racquel is also one of the three creators and producers of SMASH Comedy Fest; a comedy festival and workshop series celebrating comedians who are not straight, white, cis dudes. Currently, you can catch Racquel performing in a variety of improv shows in Toronto, you can hear her if you listen closely to the radio or TV, or you can see her doing live panels and signing merch at fan conventions all over North America.

Rory is a musical director, piano player, and singer from Toronto. He's taught workshops and courses at The Second City, Bad Dog Theatre, and Comedy Bar. Rory is working towards a world where everyone is comfortable singing so we can break into song on the TTC.

Rosh Abdullah (she/her) is a Toronto based comedian, writer, and improviser. Rosh started her improv career in Melbourne, Australia in 2016 before moving back to her hometown and is currently performing on many stages across Toronto as well as teaching at Bad Dog Theatre. Rosh is a season 7 Bad Dog Featured Player, host of the current season of the Bad Dog Theatre Presents: 5 Things podcast and co-host of the comedy podcast BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!, and is the self-published author of the poetry books Really Big Kid and Sad Clown Paradox. When not on stage, you can find Rosh harassing the knights at Medieval Times on their historical accuracy.

Ryan is an actor, improviser, and instructor based out of Toronto from Calgary, Alberta. In addition to teaching improv at The Second City Training Center & Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, and being an alumni of The Second City House Company, Ryan has performed improv in the Carribean with BeerProv on the MSC Seaside, has been featured in Bad Dog Theatre Company's Season 3 Featured Players & Globehead, Big City Improv Festival, Improvaganza 2015 & 2019 (Rapid Fire Theatre), and every sleepy hour of The Kinkonauts' 26-Hour Improv Marathon. You can catch him recurring in Season 16 of CBC's Murdoch Mysteries as Constable Evans!

IG: @rtsheedz

Ti Malik Coleman fell into the cult of improv over ten years ago and has not been seen in the regular world since. He is a Black trans performer with heavy experience of making space for himself and others on stage. As a performer with Baltimore Improv Group, he was in several house troupes before co-founding Casually Dope. Casually Dope (first Minority Re’port) has performed and featured in many cities, including Chicago, New York, Toronto and Calgary; and has been a very loud voice for the underheard and underrepresented on stage.

Ti Malik is also a sought after teacher and performer. He taught core and advanced classes with Baltimore Improv Group and Maryland Improv Group. He is a frequent guest instructor for Bad Dog Theater, winning Favorite Guest Instructor in 2020. They have taught classes and workshops to a number of theaters around the country, and in Canada and London. He also teaches applied improv to corporations and foundations. His deepest love is working with young people, he has taught improv in many schools and works with organizations to bring improv to youth of all access levels.

Also has a special affinity for short form. His first house troupe for BIG was Plan B improv, a storied short form group in Baltimore. There, he developed his love of game and speed and still applies it to his current long form performance. As a part of The Fam, he won Toronto’s 2021 Globehead competition and in 2019 was a 13 time Deathmatch champ with Three The Hard Way.

The joy is in the journey, he looks forward to meeting you on the way!

Tyra Banda is a queer black artist based in Toronto Ontario. She got her first taste of Theatre when she pursued a BA in drama at the University of Alberta. While in Edmonton she was part of Rapid Fire Theatre, as well as multiple Edmonton Fringe shows (Chuckle Ruckus, Big Stupid Improv Show, Theatresports). Tyra moved to Toronto in 2019 for a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance from Humber College, where they recently taught at. She has performed as a cast member of Second City's "Improv All Stars", is a seventh of Toronto's most well behaved improv troupe, "LIttle Miss Normal", and can be often caught on stage performing with Bad Dog, and off stage teaching their classes!

Sage Tyrtle is a professional storyteller who tells stories all over the world, most recently in India. Her stories have been featured on NPR and CBC radio and she is a multiple time Moth StorySLAM winner, one-time Moth GrandSLAM winner, who has also appeared on the PBS tv show Stories From The Stage. She teaches The Art of Storytelling in schools, to individuals, and in corporate settings. Sage Tyrtle’s work is available in New Delta Review, The Offing, Lunch Ticket, and Apex among others. Read more at http://www.tyrtle.com.

Seann is an actor, puppeteer and improviser from Fredericton, N.B. where he started his career with Theatre Free Radical and the NotaBle Acts Festival. Since moving to Toronto and graduating from George Brown’s Performing Arts program, he’s had the pleasure of working with such companies as Soulpepper, Shakespeare in the Ruff, and Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. Seann is a technician and teacher at Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, a stage manager at Second City in Toronto and the principle writer for for multi-award-winning comedy troupe Sex T-Rex. He wrote his honours thesis on how students learn literary genres, and now applies that theory on stage with pretend explosions.

Shanda Bezic is an actor, director and coach based in Toronto. Her directed works have toured around the world. As an actor you can see Shanda in Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), American Gods (Starz), and in the upcoming series Culprits (Disney+) and Accused (FOX). She is the co-founder of the renowned clown duo The Sensationals. Bezic has studied extensively the Lecoq pedagogy (teacher certificatied), physical theatre, clown/masque, devised work, classical theatre, and on camera acting. Shanda's passion is facilitating the creative process, unlocking practical and imaginative techniques through play, authenticity and the body.

Stevey Hunter (they/them) is a queer trans non-binary comedian, actor, writer, and director. They are a versatile performer known for their work with the award winning Halifax improv company: Hello City, and have taught and performed improv across Canada. They are now based in Toronto.

Tamara Shevon is a Toronto-based comic who started her comedic story-telling through wine-coloured glasses in Bejing, China. Since then, she has been blazing through the Toronto scene with her characteristic wit and her lovable ability to flirt with the boundaries of socially acceptable. Tamara produces and hosts the very popular SOS Comedy Show. Tamara has performed stand-up all over China, Canada, and the United States and was second runner-up in the Beijing Improv Comedy Festival. More recently, Tamara has performed at NXNE and JFL42. In 2018, Tamara toured across Ontario with Shawna Edward for the Irritable & Confused Comedy Tour where she was the only black person at each stop. If this wasn’t obvious enough already, Tamara wrote this bio herself which is why she sounds so awesome.

Vance Banzo is a Saulteaux/Cree comedian, actor, and writer born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Currently residing in Toronto, Ontario, Vance is a proud member of award-winning sketch comedy troupe and Series, TALLBOYZ. The second season of the series received three 2022 CSA nominations, winning in all categories. In addition to writing and starring in the series, he was also a contributing director in the third season. As a comedian he has performed on many stages across the country, including the Just For Laughs Toronto Festival and the Gchi Dewin Indigenous Storytelling Festival.