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Jenn Hunter-Tindle is a teacher by day and sleep talker by night. She enjoys escape rooms, cooking, and stationary stores. She once literally fell off a horse, and she’s proud to report she got back on.

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Allie Thomas is a Brooklyn-based educator and career counselor. She specializes in ESOL and currently works with adult learners, though she has experience teaching from pre-K to senior citizens. You can find her at a dive bar, petting dogs, playing trivia, or on the Ultimate field.

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Originally from both St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri (bicoastal), David Wester is a filmmaker, editor, composer, and performer. He was the creator and host of Dave’s Basement, an online video variety show that ran for two ill defined “seasons” during the lockdown of 2020 (it’s ok to say the show was ‘beloved’). Central to his work is wrestling with the unpredictability of the body, the slipperiness of identity, and the deliciousness of fried chicken and other foods. Currently he’s working his day job as a video editor for Hijinx Agency and developing plans for a new “online concern” in 2023 (and there will be a brand new episode of Dave’s Basement on April 2nd, 2023).

Feel free to jump in on the Dave’s Basement discord channel where sometimes he watches movies and episodes of Miami vice but mostly it’s just Dave venting his spleen.

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Talon Bigelow is an actor, writer, improviser, and director, most recently featured in the webseries Dearest Eva. Sarah Thompson is an improviser and author. Together, they’re cohosts of Craigsistential Crisis, a podcast deep-dive into the missed connections section of Craigslist.

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Amine el Filali is a globe and sound traveler. He has performed music internationally, even touring with names like Modest Mouse, and has worked as a brand strategist helping the likes of Nike, Converse and Women’s Sports Foundation tell their most important stories by understanding how humans think, behave and seek meaning and purpose.

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Chris Williams is an educator, a storyteller and workshop leader. He has worked for the Portland Public School District for the past ten years and has recently started to facilitate anti-racist workshops for the organization Engage to Change. He is a published writer and produces a storytelling/community building event called Front Porch Sessions. He is also 1/3 of the international, award winning improv group Broke Gravy, who recently performed at TedX Portland. He currently sits on the board of OK You – a Portland non-profit that focuses on making a more creative and empowered experience for youth when it comes to fear and worry.

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Mike Vaughn is a working actor, dabbling producer, and full-time narcissist. He’s got some credits, and getting older, so he’s looking at other acting venues and ventures, like facilitating the only Loop Group outside of LA on the west coast (as far as he knows). You can hear Mike as the voice of The Killer in Scream: The TV Series, as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the video game Spider-Man Web of Shadows, and many, many more. Check out his IMDb for the full list.

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Elena Afanasiev is an actor, director, and producer. She graduated with a BA in Theater Arts and has been performing for 10+ years. She directed/produced/created an improvised play about choices called IMPACT. She is a first generation immigrant, her parents are from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan making English her second language. Elena has a dog named Mishka and her favorite dish is Phở.

IMPACT opens June 3rd, 2022 and you can purchase tickets at https://impactimprov.com

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Kerry Leek is a librarian, a dancer, and a teacher. She started improv in high school and hasn’t looked back in the 30 years since. She was a founding member of the former Brody Theater, and a member of groups such as Broad Selection, The Narrows, Future Cool, and Nepotism. She is looking for new friends to play cribbage with.

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Jocelyn Brady is a writer, speaker and professional brain jostler who thrives at the intersection of comedy, storytelling and unraveling the mysteries of the human brain. When she’s not being the Bill Nye of the brain (as the creator of her series Tiny Tips), Jocelyn applies her certified Brain Coaching chops to help creative visionaries play to their brains’ greatest potential.

Her first book, Your Brain is a Magical Asshat, is slated for publication in 2022.