Double Trouble

CHRIS GIERYMSKI (COMPOSER) is a composer, orchestrator, actor, writer, music director, and sound designer originally from Northwest Indiana. Recently, he orchestrated Trampoline by David Kirshenbaum and Deborah Abramson, which had its premiere presentation at 54Below. He music directed the comedy sketch show Double Trouble at The Annoyance in Chicago. He also scored the film/sketch horror show Final Girlies at iO Chicago, and his short work Astronomer/Star-Weaver, written with abs wilson, had its premiere production in Albuquerque, NM with FUSION Theatre Company. Selections of his music have been featured at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater. He co-conceived, composed, and music directed A Very Bloody Christmas Carol, which premiered in 2019 at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago, IL. He is an Associate Member of The Impostors Theatre Co. He works and lives as a Piano Teacher, Music Assistant/Copyist, Orchestrator and Composer in NYC.

GABBY SEED (SUMMER/LYRICS) is a writer, comedian, and actor originally from northeast Ohio. She's a graduate of the Second City Writing Program and holds an MFA in Comedy Screenwriting from DePaul University. Recent projects include "Double Trouble" (The Annoyance), "Series Regulars" (iO), and "Zip Zap Zop" (short film). Follow her on instagram at @gabby.seed.

Gabby Lopez is a comedy writer from Jacksonville, Florida. She moved to Chicago to further her studies and graduated with her MFA in Screenwriting, with a concentration in comedy, from DePaul University. She was also a semi-finalist in the Nickelodeon Writer's Program 2022. This is Gabby's third sketch comedy revue and she is excited to have it performed on the Annoyance stage!

Joe Cariola is a Chicago native and a graduate of Loyola University Chicago, where he first got started writing and performing live comedy. He has performed improv, sketch, and stand-up throughout the city for several years and is a recent graduate of the Second City Conservatory. When he is not writing or performing, Joe is sitting in total silence in his unlit apartment.

Lexi is the director, co-writer & co-creator of Double Trouble. Lexi is also a stand up comedian who performs stand up all over Chicago and has co-created multiple sketch shows at iO Theater and The Annoyance. Lexi started her comedy career performing for Oxford Comedy in Oxford, Mississippi where she earned her bachelors degree in journalism and went on to earn her MFA in screenwriting with a comedy concentration at DePaul University and is currently studying acting at Acting Studio Chicago. You can find Lexi performing at Lincoln Lodge, The Annoyance, iO Theater and more!