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Zach joins Jennifer and David on a bridge to talk about his long journey through improv, his ideal performance style, and how he's creating a streaming platform for improvised specials!

Zach Atherton is a 20-year improv comedy veteran who started his performing career with the ComedySportz High School League in Los Angeles. His professional improv comedy journey began with ComedySportz Utah which led to him to create the world’s first musical improv theater in 2014 called ImprovBroadway. 

drybarunscripted.com

tiktok.com/@theimprovguy

Michelle joins Jennifer and David on a bridge to talk about her improv start, mono scenes, and her move to LA.

Michelle Gilliam, is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA. Michelle has over 20 years of expertise and experience in improv, and is the Owner and Artistic Director of Improv MKE.

Michelle specializes in leading corporate teams, medical teams,  and various university departments to success by helping them to harness the power of improv as a tool and resource for DEI, creativity, empowerment, communication, fun, and much more.
Michelle has had the opportunity to facilitate  all over the world in Improv. She has worked with teams from: Scotland, Liverpool, Nottingham, Chester, London, India, Africa, Singapore, The Philippines, Norway, Copenhagen, Canada, Lithuania, New Zealand, and the list goes on.

A few companies Michelle has worked with recently:

Marywood University
Marquette University
Concordia University
US BANK, Wealth Management
ComedySportz Manchester, UK
SoftWareOne

Lavender joins Jennifer and David on a bridge to discuss her mom tricking her into an improv audition, what she likes about long form improv, and the rich history of the Flaming Hot Cheetos brand.

Lavender has been doing improv for about 7 years. She started when she was 13 in middle school. Since then she has done many shows, featuring various different styles of improv. She currently does improv at Improvmania and occasionally teaches kids and teens.

improvmania.net

bridgeimprovtheater.com

Jose joins Jennifer on a bridge to discuss his early improv career at ASU, his involvement with the Torch Theatre, and what his future holds.

Jose Gonzalez [he/him] is a Phoenix native who teaches and performs improv comedy at The Torch Theatre, a nonprofit theatre that he helped co-found in 2007. For nearly two decades, Jose has taught all across North America and parts of Europe. He’s performed in numerous festivals and events around the world with various groups and ensembles (Galapagos, VerizonQwest, Mariachi Kittens, Umlautilde, and more). A long-time producer of the Phoenix Improv Festival since its inception, Jose is also the founder and executive producer of Ghostfest, an annual improv marathon. Jose think his mom and her sisters are very funny and he performs monthly as a cast member of the Victrola improvised sketch podcast. [Ghostfest 2021 submissions are open through Wednesday, September 29th at ghostfest.net]

Nancy joins Jennifer and David on a bridge to discuss her improv/stand up background, Louis Anthony Russo, and why she prefers doing cleaner comedy.

“Dr. Nancy” Yeamans is a fun combination of Psychologist, comic and cartoon book author. Dr. Nancy believes that “when you’re laughing, you’re living.“ She provides humor playshops, events and consulting to help bring humor to your life. Check her out at fundoctornancy.com

www.bridgeimprovtheater.com

Meghan joins Jennifer and David on a bridge to discuss her dream of opening a theatre one day, wearing different hats in improv, and her cat Red chips in every now and then.

Meghan (est. 1997) has been doing improv for over 10 years and is the proud co founder and director of Ordered Chaos (est. 2020). She has been running around various theatres trying to get her hands on everything that is the performing arts including stage managing, directing and teaching improv, and can play the mean trombone (don’t ask her too though) She’s currently playing in the virtual world of The Torch Theatre with Around The House and Franklin Institute, is on the main stage cast of The Bridge Improv Theatre, and Hot Girl Summer.

Jay joins Jennifer and David on a Bridge to talk about being positive in comedy, playing to the top of your intelligence, and why he loves clean comedy.

Jay Sukow is the founder of Today Improv and has extensive experience helping businesses drive behavior change through improvisational philosophies and exercises. His students include everyone from beginners to the most experienced performers. His online series “10 Minutes with…” where he improvises a 10 minute scene with someone from across the globe, has over 100,000 views. He has two kids who live in LA and loves Beastie Boys.

wgimprovschool.com

www.bridgeimprovtheater.com

Michael joins Jen and David on a bridge to compare improv to every sport they can think of. Michael talks about a fire in a penthouse in New York. Also, David doesn't play golf.

Michael is a cast member at The Bridge. He also performs monthly at Second Beat Improv Theater with his teams Emeny and RPM. Book Michael to write your website or help with your marketing needs at michaelziman.com

www.bridgeimprovtheater.com