stone soup improv
meet the cast!
Our cast members have performed with many
local improvisational groups, including
East Bay Improv, BATS (Bay Area Theater Sports),
and Pan Theater as well as some less local groups including Comedy Sportz, Liquid Fun, SpinProv,
PANTS, The Laughing Stocks and Seven Foot Baby.
local improvisational groups, including
East Bay Improv, BATS (Bay Area Theater Sports),
and Pan Theater as well as some less local groups including Comedy Sportz, Liquid Fun, SpinProv,
PANTS, The Laughing Stocks and Seven Foot Baby.
adriana russell
Adriana Russell previously performed and took classes with East Bay Improv for several years before becoming part of Stone Soup.
alan becker
Alan has performed with the Laughing Stocks in Evanston, Illinois and on
stage at the Midland Center for the Arts in Midland, Michigan.
jennifer simmons
Jennifer is tickled to be a founding member of Stone Soup Improv. Following the untimely end of Blind Boogie Workshop, Jennifer's first improv troupe, she performed, directed, and taught classes with East Bay Improv. Jennifer has improvised for corporate and community events, and led youth workshops with Empower Youniversity. Jennifer loves improv because she gets to sing and dance and it doesn't have to be good.
jonathan stern
Jonathan stumbled onstage at East Bay Improv while returning from the restroom and never left. His love of improv stems from his deep affinity for the random. He is currently exploring written improvisation on his blog. When not improvising Jonathan conducts business meetings in genre and
occasionally flies his airplane.
joy begbie
(Photo and bio coming soon)
kara blanc
(Photo coming soon)
Kara has been improvising since she got up this morning and she hasn't stopped to ask for directions since. She has previously performed with Double Expresso and in Los Angeles in film and television. Kara taught improv classes while living and working at Esalen Institute in Big Sur. When not flying by the seat of her pants, she hangs out on the
teeter-totter playing well with others.
michael della penna
(Photo and bio coming soon)
ryan fuller
Ryan began his improv career in the Comedy Sportz Minneapolis high school league sometime in the early 90s--his team proudly took home the "meaningless trophy" and he's been hooked on improv ever since. He went on to found and direct the troupe Liquid Fun at Boston University, perform with SpinProv and PANTs in Boston, The Laughing Stocks in Chicago and Seven Foot Baby in New York. He was the executive director of the musical comedy revue Special K! at the Kellogg School of Management in 2006 and had a staring roll in "The Jacobs Job". When he's not doing comedy, Ryan is making powerpoint slides.
special thanks to:
dan russell
diana stern
heather kerrihard
ken duffy
All photos by Ken Duffy
(all rights reserved, copyright 2009 Stone Soup Improv)
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dan rosenthal
Dan Rosenthal was a member of Harvard's improv troup On Thin Ice.
While in college, he also wrote, directed and performed a series of
one-act comedies as a member of The Third Party, an ensemble
that included comedic writers, improvisers and actors.
Dan has also performed stand-up comedy in NYC
diana stern
heather kerrihard
ken duffy
All photos by Ken Duffy
(all rights reserved, copyright 2009 Stone Soup Improv)
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alumni
dan rosenthal
Dan Rosenthal was a member of Harvard's improv troup On Thin Ice.
While in college, he also wrote, directed and performed a series of
one-act comedies as a member of The Third Party, an ensemble
that included comedic writers, improvisers and actors.
Dan has also performed stand-up comedy in NYC
emily duffy
Emily has performed with East Bay Improv, and Pan Theater. In 2005 she appeared with her MondrianMobile at the "Just for Laughs" Festival in Montreal, Quebec. She is also the director of the Bay Area's annual ArtCar Fest, and has exhibited artwork for more than a decade including her 1800 pound sculpture, "The BraBall."