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"name": "Edgar Nevarez",
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"bio": "Edgar Nevarez is a theater and film artist currently based in Chicago. He was a recipient of the 2021 NBC/Second City Bob Curry Fellowship and is currently directing Little Orphan Boy The Musical at The Annoyance. Edgar can also be seen performing at several theaters throughout the city on weekly shows such as HitchCocktails, Flex, Kohl's Cash, Escandalo, Wheel of Improv, and many more. Edgar graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2017 where he studied Film/TV. For updates on the work he is producing to help pay off his massive amount of student debt follow @edgarinator on Instagram.",
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"name": "Justin Swinson",
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"bio": "Instructor: AP4",
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"name": "Paige Maney",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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"name": "Rob Grabowski",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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"name": "Ryan Ben",
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"bio": "Ryan Ben has been a performer, writer, and actor living in Chicago since 2008. Ryan has performed and taught for The Second City, The Annoyance Theater, iO, and many other theaters in Chicago. Ryan has over a decade of experience in the non-profit world and has been a facilitator, trainer, and experiential learning designer since 2018. Ryan has significant training in the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging space and as a facilitator with The Second City Works, Ryan has worked with clients such as State Farm Insurance, VRBO, Nuveen, The National Association of Realtors, Indeed, GM, Active Campaign, and BMO Family Office. Ryan loves helping people realize the power of their unique story and spending his time in service of others. Ryan has two kids, Alice Rose and Wilson Miles, and loves reading, playing video games, and still performs regularly with Hitch*Cocktails and CluedIn as a part of High Stakes Productions. Ryan will always laugh at a good prat fall, and you certainly don't have to, but if you do want to fall down on purpose, and safely, oh goodness, please do it, because it's hilarious.",
"email": "ryanjoeben@gmail.com"
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"name": "Justin Swinson",
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"name": "Julia Morales",
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"bio": "Julia Morales is originally from Houston, Texas. She studied at the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance and graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). She is a NBC Diversity Scholarship recipient and studied improv comedy in New York. Julia has written and performed two solo shows, Don't Tell Me To Shut Up and Behind Closed Doors. She is a 2018 Second City Bob Curry Fellowship recipient. Julia has performed on several independent improv teams in the New York and Chicago areas as well as being cast on a Harold team at iO. Currently, she is a cast member of The Second City Green Co Touring Company. She is the founder of the 10,000 Hours program that offers opportunities for students to practice their craft without breaking their budget. In addition to performing and teaching at the Annoyance Theatre, she has accepted the position of Director of Outreach and Diversity. Julia is represented by Paonessa Talent. Learn more about her at www.callmejules.com ",
"email": "jnmorales08@gmail.com"
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"name": "C.J. Tuor",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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{
"name": "Peter Corey",
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"bio": "<span style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Peter Corey isn't usually as suave as his headshot implies – he's quite a dork in real life. The extra finesse is for Hitch*Cocktails, Friday Nights at 10:00 on the Annoyance Mainstage. Performing in improv shows for over two decades and acting even longer, Peter got his education from iO, Second City, Annoyance, Ball State University, and whatever life taught him. When he's not performing in Hitch*Cocktails, you can catch him at Second City in Ten Dollar Comedy and Clued In. And if he's not there, he's probably tethered to laptop, typing furiously while asking himself, \"Is this even good?\"",
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"name": "Alli Stark",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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"name": "James Dugan",
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{
"name": "Catharine Savage",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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{
"name": "Heather Mari",
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{
"name": "Cassidy Russell",
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"bio": "Cassidy Russell has been improvising since middle school (cool!). You can see her perform weekly at the Annoyance with Sight Unseen or at iO with Deep Schwa. Career highlights include getting her tongue cut out in Splatter Theatre and filming a commercial where all four of the other actors were cats. Otherwise, she's worked on It's Christmas Goddamnit (director), I Know What You Did Last Splatter (assistant director), so goddamn many improv and sketch shows, and runs Oddball Social Club. If you're thinking about taking one of her classes, she won a lot of high school theater awards, so she knows what she's talking about. Cassidy has appeared in multiple (multiple!) local car commercials. It's weird how lucky she is to get to work with the people she gets to work with.",
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"name": "Bruce Phillips",
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"bio": "Bruce Phillips (he/him) is an actor and improviser in Chicago. Previous credits include: The Boy Scout Musical (Original Cast), Ask Your Doctor, DankTank, Burlesque is More, Hitch*Cocktails, Clued In: The Improvised Murder Mystery, and FRIGHT. (THEATRICAL): Do The Right Thing, No Worries If Not (u/s performed, The Second City), X (Clark/Cole u/s, Sideshow Theatre Company), Münsterspiel (John, The Plagiarists), Anna Karenina (Karenin, Lifeline Theater). Bruce is a Jeff Award winner for his work designing robots for Heddatron at the Steppenwolf Garage. He currently performs with Malarkey Theater, LOL Theater, and was the primary understudy for Second City’s 110 and 111th Mainstage Revue, and is currently understanding for their 112th Revue currently in process. He is a faculty member at The Annoyance and co-directs the long-running show Trigger Happy. Learn more at brucetheactor.com.",
"email": "brucepphillips@gmail.com"
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{
"name": "Bri Fitzpatrick",
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{
"name": "Ryan Ben",
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{
"name": "Sam Beaver",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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{
"name": "Meredith Weir",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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"name": "Bruce Phillips",
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"bio": "Bruce Phillips is an actor and improviser in Chicago. He is an ensemble member of ComedySportz Chicago and has performed at the Annoyance Theater in The Boy Scout Musical and My So Called After-Life. He also directs and performs with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines in the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray aboard the largest cruise ship in the world: The Oasis of the Seas. Bruce is a Jeff Award winner for Artistic Specialization for his work designing the robots in Heddatron at the Steppenwolf Garage in 2011. He works as the marketing manager for both ComedySportz and Sideshow Theatre Company. For more information check out: www.brucetheactor.com.",
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{
"name": "Paige Maney",
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"bio": "Paige Maney's got it goin on and you can find her in Clued-In at The Second City (Hitch*Cocktails' sister show). ",
"email": "pmaney123@gmail.com"
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{
"name": "Rosie Moan",
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"bio": "Rosie Moan is an actor/writer/comedian and a Chicago transplant She can be seen improvising regularly at iO, the Annoyance, Second City, and with the Ensemble at Laugh Out Loud Theater. You can also catch her story-telling, doing solo work, and as one half of 'Beowulf Improv._��_ Rosie is a graduate of Emerson College and is represented by BMG Talent. Her favorite subjects are Beyonce and RuPauls Drag Race.",
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"name": "Heather Mari",
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"bio": "HEATHER MARI is an actor, improviser, writer, content creator & dancer from Rockville, MD. Recent credits include: Big Deborah (iO Theater), Fire & Beer (The Annoyance), Clued-In (High Stakes Productions), Hitchcocktails (High Stakes Productions), Stir Friday Night (Asian American Theater Co.), GROWN MAN BABY (Blackout Cabaret at The Second City), IT’S A BAO DAMN TIME! (The Second City Victor Wong Fellowship), Fright: An Improvised Horror Movie (High Stakes Productions), Improvised DCOM (Malarkey Comedy), BIG Time (BIG Improv), The Greatest Sketch Show in America (BIG Improv), Wet Pizza (comedy troupe), A++ (comedy troupe), and Melk (comedy troupe).Heather has been featured on Funny or Die, The Second City Network, and Broadway World. She is a co-creator of the comedic TV pilot,https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27738632/ Grinding, and has created comedic content for brands such as Dunkin Donuts, Pepsi, and Snapchat. Previously, Heather was a Saul Zaentz Film Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and trained in comedy at the iO Theater, The Annoyance, The Second City, The Groundlings, CIC Improv, and the Baltimore Improv Group. You can find her onhttp://www.instagram.com/theheathermari IG and http://www.tiktok.com/@theheathermari TikTok @theheathermari",
"email": "theheathermari@gmail.com"
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{
"name": "Ariel Sinha",
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{
"name": "Molly Jones",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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{
"name": "Caleb George",
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"bio": "Caleb George lives in Chicago by way of Arlington, Texas. He attended the University of Houston where he studied Theatre and Film. He was a member of the ComedySportz Houston ensemble for four years until moving to Chicago in 2010. Caleb is apart of several wonderful teams in Chi-town including , Thirsty: The Premier Improv Drinking Party at the Apollo Theatre, his two-man troupe George Lusk, iO's Harold team Artemis and is proud to be a founding member of Chicago Reader's Best Improv Troupe of 2016, HitchCocktails . Caleb travels across the country performing short form with Mission IMPROVable's red team company and you can follow his exploits @CalebGeorgeous on Twitter.",
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{
"name": "Grace Goze",
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"bio": "So much has been said about Grace Goze (she/her), but who is Grace Goze really? Is she a writer and improviser? Sure. Does she hold an MFA in screenwriting with a concentration in comedy from DePaul University? I mean, I guess. Is she an alumna of The Second City's 2024 Victor Wong Fellowship and ensemble member with High Stakes Productions performing in Hitch*Cocktails (The Annoyance Theater) and Clued In: The Improvised Murder Mystery (The Second City)? Who's to say? The answer is yes, but who's to say? I'd say all we know for certain is that she could maybe be an American Girl Doll come to life, and her instagram is @mazingg. ",
"email": "gcgoze@gmail.com"
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{
"name": "Edgar Nevarez",
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{
"name": "Damian Anaya",
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"bio": "Creative Ensemble",
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{
"name": "Steve Nelson",
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"bio": "Steve has been writing, performing, and directing in Chicago since 2007. Past Annoyance credits include original plays Contention, My Two Sons, Blockbuster, and Food Becomes Her. You can see him improvise every Thursday with Sight Unseen and every Sunday with Deep Schwa. ",
"email": "sjnelso@gmail.com"
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{
"name": "Marybeth Kram",
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{
"name": "Laura Marsh",
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"name": "KJ Snyder",
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"name": "KJ Snyder",
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"bio": "KJ (they/all) has performed as an understudy for the second city mainstage, done solo prop comedy as Carrot Bottom, and worked for Cards Against Humanity. IG: carrotbttm (instagram.com/carrotbttm)",
"email": "snyderkevin3@gmail.com"
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"name": "Molly Jones",
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"bio": "Molly Jones, originally from Los Angeles, has been performing in Chicago for 13 years. She has studied comedy at Second City, iO and The Annoyance. She performs in Clued-in: An Improvised Murder Mystery at Second City and Hitch*Cocktails at the Annoyance as part of High Stakes Productions. She also performs in The Armando Diaz Experience at iO. She is a graduate of the University of Miami in FL and works full time at Sprout Social.",
"email": "MollyJones611@gmail.com"
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"name": "C.J. Tuor",
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"bio": "C.J. TUOR (he/him) Illinois State Theater Education Program and Second City Conservatory graduate. He has appeared in Second City’s Life Hacks, After Hours & Star Wars Tribute Show. C.J. works for Jackbox Games where he writes trivia, comedic prompts and sinister game setups. He co-founded High Stakes Productions and performs improvised suspense/mystery/horror in Hitch*Cocktails, Clued In, etc. His parents always supported him and his wife and son are spookier and funnier than him.",
"email": "Coryjtuor@gmail.com"
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{
"name": "Jason Stockdale",
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{
"name": "Cynthia Bangert",
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"message": "Found 38 actors in current shows"
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