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1. When laughing, please cover your mouth discreetly. 2. Chortles and guff aws are allowed. Snorting and sarcasm are not. 3. Ladies may remove their gloves but keep them at the ready. 4. No hand holding or shoulder touching will be tolerated. Save that for marriage. 5. Gentlemen - any humor of a political or technical nature may be explained to your date at intermission. 6. Any unchaperoned young ladies will be discreetly removed.

Respectfully, Gladys Hump House Mother Karen is a Groundlings Alum who is thrilled to be directing this show. She directed numerous Main show revues & Sunday shows throughout the years. Most recently recurred on ALMOST PERIOD on Comedy Central. TV credits include TWO BROKE GIRLS, SHAMELESS, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, RAISING HOPE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE NEIGHBORS, NIP/ TUCK,YOUNG AND HUNGRY, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?. Film appearances include THE CAMPAIGN, THE BUCKET LIST and PULP FICTION. VO credits heard on THE SIMPSONS, AMERICAN DAD, FUTURAMA, Karen KING OF THE HILL, JUSTICE LEAGUE and HEAVY Maruyama GEAR. She directs THE BLACK VERSION at Largo at the Coronet which originated at The Groundlings. (Director) She also is part of the directing faculty at the American Film Institute. Scott Beehner’s television appearances include CASUAL, EXTANT, NCIS, MODERN FAMILY, WORKAHOLICS, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, HART OF DIXIE, SUPER FUN NIGHT, UP ALL NIGHT, PERFECT COUPLES, MAD LOVE, WORST WEEK, ZEKE & LUTHER, THUNDERMANS and THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Film credits include GANGSTER SQUAD, Woody Allen’s SWEET AND LOWDOWN, Whit Stillman’s THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO and TOMCATS. Originally from Scott Omaha, Nebraska, Scott is a graduate of Fordham University in New York City and the Actors Studio Beehner MFA Program.

Lauren’s TV credits include 2 BROKE GIRLS, MIGHTY MED, GO ON, WHITNEY, and WEEDS. She has appeared in numerous commercials, independent fi lms, and has performed with UCB in LA and Killing My Lobster in SF. She co-created a popular web series about motherhood called TODAY IN THE PARK. She attended the Stella Adler Conservatory in the Big Apple. Lauren loves The Groundlings and she loves you too. Lauren Burns Tony is totally rad, but mainly because of his hilarious family and friends. He stars as Dewey Finn in Nickelodeon’s SCHOOL OF ROCK. Some of his other credits include HART OF DIXIE, TWO BROKE GIRLS, MODERN FAMILY, and THE DUFF. He is an Eagle Scout, a Black Belt, and a proud graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Tony has performed in the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival and written for the CBS Diversity Showcase. He’s super grateful for his wife Annie and their three Tony rescue pups, Lucy, Tippi, and Maggie!

Cavalero Matt can be seen on the CBS Comedy MAN WITH A PLAN starting this fall. Other TV credits: CLIPPED, THE COMEBACK, MARON, MOM, 2 BROKE GIRLS, WHITNEY, AUSTIN & ALLY, KICKIN’ IT, HARRY’S LAW, TRUE BLOOD, and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. Matt is a pup- peteer in FAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVER which played in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last summer. Matt received his BA from Rider University. He grew up on the Jersey shore and although he lived a block and a half from the beach he spent most of his time indoors play- ing Sega Genesis. Matt is a member of the Dungeons & Dragons podcast CRIT JUICE and Matt still plays a lot of video games (like a real indoor Cook kid). Matt is thrilled to be a member of the Groundlings Main Company! Laurel grew up on the East Coast, went to Colby College in Maine followed by the Circle in the Square Acting Conservatory in New York City. Before moving to Los Angeles, Laurel studied and performed comedy in Chicago at Second City and ImprovOlympic. She also spent a year performing with Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. She can be seen in the movie CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE and on TV shows including ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, MODERN FAMILY, THE OFFICE, 2 BROKE GIRLS, HOT IN CLEVELAND and WORKAHOLICS. Laurel also Laurel plays the character “Jan” in a series of Toyota commercials. And she is a co-creator of The Coppock BreakWomb, a web series on YouTube. H Michael is currently playing the role of Josh on Comedy Central’s REVIEW and voicing multiple characters on the Disney animated show PICKLE AND PEANUT. Other credits include CLIPPED, IDIOTSITTER, NOW WE KNOW, WORKAHOLICS, MOM, DON’T TRUST THE B IN APT 23, HOT IN CLEVELAND, ZEKE AND LUTHOR, and HEROES. H Michael Croner

Mikey is currently a writer for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and MAYA & MARTY. Google Image Mikey for steamy nude pics!

Mikey Day

Allison can be seen in upcoming features BROWSE and THE REPAIRMAN, and recent tv credits include MODERN FAMILY, ANGIE TRIBECA, and CRAZY EX GIRLFRIEND. Allison is currently working with Howler TV on an improvised series set in the world of her burlesque show, SMOKESHOW, which performs monthly at Harvelle’s in Santa Monica. You can see the pilot of SMOKESHOW on Howler.tv It would be way cool if you checked it out. Special skills: cornholeing profi cient, tiny tot gymnastics, Irish Allison exits. Dunbar Josh is thrilled to be a member of the Main Company. His TV and Film Credits include, PARKS AND RECREATION, WORKAHOLICS, TEEN WOLF, BONES, CONAN, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, GAMESHAKERS, IN LIVING COLOR REBOOT, TED, ALLEGIANT: PART 1, THE FIRST TIME, BUCKY AND THE SQUIRRELS, and BACKUP BOYFRIEND. Josh is from Santa Barbara and is a graduate of the BFA acting program at USC. He can be seen performing with his groups Trust Fall and Frenemies. Talk to him Josh about dogs or the Dodgers and he will be happy! Duvendeck

TV credits include: RAISING HOPE, THE COMEBACK, SUPER FUN NIGHT, DOIN’ IT YOURSELF, GOGO BOY INTERRUPTED, and MAD TV. Chris created and produced the sold out YOU PAID TO DIE TONIGHT and THE GALE for The Groundlings Theatre. He is a graduate of The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts and a lifelong member of the California club, having been born and raised in NorCal, which is hella cool. His dad and brother are U.S. Marines and Chris he wears wigs for a living. What a life! Eckert Andrew Friedman’s fi lm credits include: IDENTITY THIEF, WALK OF SHAME, CASUAL ENCOUNTERS (Traverse Media), MAX PAYNE, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, CLOSING ESCROW (Magnolia Pictures), MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND, THE BROTHERS SOLOMON, IT’S US and the upcoming TANGOBORN MENCLENTY, written and directed by Groundlings alum Ted Michaels. Some television credits: FRESH OFF THE BOAT, w/ BOB AND DAVID, CSI, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, COMEDY BANG-BANG, BENCHED, REVIEW, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, HAPPY ENDINGS, Andrew THE BIG C and as Uncle Jack on IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA. He recently worked on Friedman Nasim Pedrad Fox pilot, CHAD. Andrew has been a Groundlings company member for 11 years. Heidi hails from Kansas City, Missouri (Missouri, not Kansas! Sorry if that was aggressive). She likes to think her early character work as an adolescent prank caller prepared her for a life in sketch comedy. She is also an avid sports fan. Go Chiefs! Go Royals! Go Lebron! When she’s not watching sports, she’s playing with her cats. Go Tweaky! Go Cubby Bear! Go Marshall! She is currently writing and performing on the television show, SUPERMANSION on Sony’s Crackle Heidi network. Gardner After growing up on the central coast of Maine, Ryan moved south and attended Stonehill College outside of Boston, Ma. Following a brief career as an offi ce supply salesman, Ryan decided he would start calling himself an actor. Then, he started acting. Ryan’s television credits include SUPERSTORE, HOUSE OF LIES, MODERN FAMILY, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, 2 BROKE GIRLS and BAJILLION DOLLAR PROPERTIES. Film credits include IDENTITY THIEF, SPACE STATION 76 and the upcoming BASTARDS and Ryan MASCOTS. His parents still think he is “visiting” Gaul Los Angeles.

After graduating from Indiana University Patty moved to Los Angeles to work on THE SHOWBIZ SHOW WITH DAVID SPADE. Her most recent acting credits include HASHTAGGERS on E!, THE MIDDLE, 2 BROKE GIRLS, TOSH.0, WEB THERAPY (Showtime), SPOILS BEFORE DYING (IFC), the fi lm CASA DE MI PADRE, and BRICK NOVAX’S DIARY (Sundance Award Winning Short in which she voiced all the female characters). Patty and her writing partner Sofi a Gonzalez just wrapped up staff writing and Patty acting on Season 2 of BARELY FAMOUS. Look out for her playing the role of Patty (a whore Guggenheim nanny) when the show drops on VH1 in May! Kiel is from beautiful Chico, California. He spent his childhood acting in every community theater production he could get his mom to drive him to. This zest for “the craft” led him to UCLA where he studied and learned a whole lot more about it. Then, after cutting his comedy teeth with stand up comedy, Kiel enrolled in the Groundlings school. He is now extremely proud to say he is a member of the Main Company. Kiel currently writes for the show SUPERMANSION, and is a producer for the Kiel Youth in Action Film Collaboration. Kennedy

Kevin’s television credits include MODERN FAMILY, LAST MAN STANDING, UP ALL NIGHT, and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, as well as recurring roles on GREEK, and SVETLANA. Films include, PORTRAIT OF FEMALE DES-PERATION, BEAUTY AND THE BRIEFCASE, and JESUS PEOPLE.

Kevin Kirkpatrick

Anne aspires to play any role in a B Horror Classic by the time she dies. Any role. “There’s a role she’d turn down”. No, there isn’t. Try her. Anne also performs at UCB on the team ‘Outside Dog’ and can be found on twitter @ AnnieLLane. Credits include Showtime’s DICE and the Chris Parnell pilot presentation CREATOR. Seriously though if you’re thinking “I have a horror webseries and I need a dead body”, she **will** do that. Anne Lane Andrew just fi nished shooting the Dreamworks movie OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY. Last season, Andrew was one of the leads of ABC’s CRISTELA. He has recurred on BONES, NCIS:LA, HOUSE, and NIP/TUCK. Other television includes: VEEP, MODERN FAMILY, WORKAHOLICS, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, HOT IN CLEVELAND, ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, GREY’S ANATOMY, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, THE MENTALIST, and CASTLE. On Broadway, Andrew has appeared in the musicals FALSETTOS and TEDDY & ALICE. Other theater includes LES Andrew MISERABLES (national tour), and ROMULUS HUNT (Metropolitan Opera). As a writer, Andrew Leeds co-created and executive produced the NBC pilots BRENDA FOREVER and REX IS NOT YOUR LAWYER.

Lyric is a native of New Orleans, LA (feel fee to invite her to any and all crawfi sh boils ANYDAY!), Alum of Syracuse University (Orangemen all day, every day!), and one of the fresh new faces of the brand spankin’ new MADtv! She enjoys small lap dogs, medium walks on the beach and food. And she’s a Taurus.

Lyric Lewis

Steve’s television credits include: THE GRINDER, EASTBOUND AND DOWN, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, DRUNK HISTORY, and RENO 911! He has also appeared in the fi lms: WRONG, WRONG COPS, COFFEE TOWN AND TAMMY. He’s also written for the cartoon shows ADVENTURE TIME, THE MARVELOUS MISADVENTURES OF FLAPJACK and CAMP LAZLO. Steve Little Laird Macintosh’s recent Television and Film credits include, CON MAN, THE MICK, SCORPION, FAMELESS, NCIS: LA, MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES, YOUNG & HUNGRY, TOSH.0, DANCE CAMP, XOXO and TIM TIMMERMAN: HOPE OF AMERICA.

Laird Macintosh

Jill’s fi lm credits include: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Her recent television credits include MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, HART OF DIXIE, INCREDIBLE CREW, VICTORIOUS. Jill’s Broadway Credits include, CRAZY FOR YOU, BIG THE MU-SICAL, CHICAGO, and PROMISES PROMISES. Jill is married to Dan Sachoff & they have three beautiful children, Danny, Mimi, & Daisy. Jill Matson-Sachoff

If you’re a boy in the 8-14 year-old demographic, you probably recognize Michael as the harried father of KIRBY BUCKETS on Disney XD. If you subscribe to Showtime, you may recognize him as the harried ex-husband of Andrew Dice Clay’s girlfriend in the new show DICE on Showtime. If you’re a fan of IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, you may have seen him play a harried waiter. If you frequent Verdugo Park in Burbank, you may recognize him as the harried father of his two Michael actual daughters. Naughton Edi plays Ms. Abbott on Danny McBride’s upcoming HBO series VICE PRINCIPALS. Some other credits include BLACK-ISH, FX’s PARTNERS, THE LEAGUE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, CALIFORNICATION, 2 BROKE GIRLS, YOU’RE KILLING ME, MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES, guest writing for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and doing voices for WE BARE BEARS. She improvises full length plays with critically acclaimed IMPRO THEATRE, and is 1/2 of MITCH & EDI MAKING LOVE. Twitter & Instagram: @ Edi EdiHasAUnicorn Patterson

Ariane just published a book about her amaz- ing rescue dog called, THE AMAZING NED. Buy it on Amazon.com. Check out Ariane’s podcast Strangely Attractive on iTunes. Ariane’s credits include, PARENTHOOD, TROPHY WIFE, LOST and MODERN FAMILY. But none of the above re- ally matters because what you’re about to see is real, live, in the fl esh theater where anything can happen and no two shows are ever the same. Ariane Price

Lisa is originally from Rockland, Massachusetts where she spent most of her childhood performing roller skating musicals for her neighbors. (Neighbors = a bunch of lawn chairs with one neighbor reading the paper while she roller skated.) Credits include: CLIPPED, MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES, MODERN FAMILY, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, BENCHED, 2 BROKE GIRLS, JIM HENSON’S GOOD MORNING TODAY, LEGIT, INCREDIBLE CREW, Lisa NEWSREADERS & LEVERAGE. Schurga Annie currently plays C.J. Cantwell on HBO’s SILICON VALLEY. Some other credits: SHAMELESS (Reoccurring), DIRTY THIRTY (Lionsgate Feature), BENCHED, FOURSOME, MIKE TYSON’S MYSTERIES, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE OFFICE. She also voiced, wrote, and created cartoons for DISNEY and NICKELODEON and wrote for MTV’s RIDICULOUSNESS and FANTASY FACTORY. Her original one-woman play HOW TO NOT KILL YOURSELF FOR 30 DAYS...AND THE NEXT 330, directed by alumna Michaela Watkins, is Annie enjoying sold out shows here at the Groundlings Sertich and in NY. Come check it out!

Alex recently dazzled America on 2 BROKE GIRLS, THE MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES, MODERN FAMILY, THE THUNDERMANS, SWEDISH DICKS, THE MIDDLE, UNFORGETTABLE and the always hilarious THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. You can see him every election cycle in the Golden Globe and Emmy award winning HBO fi lm RECOUNT, which is coincidentally the best movie ever made. Alex Staggs is a recipient of the Willy Wonka medal for excellence in fantastical entertainment, Alex which is not a real award. Staggs Latest TV credits include: COMEDY BANG! BANG!, DICE, LIFE IN PIECES, DRUNK HISTORY, THE COMEBACK, and BROOKLYN 99. He’ll also be appearing as Offi cer Barton in the new MTV series SWEET/VICIOUS, in the feature fi lms WHY HIM? (starring Bryan Cranston and James Franco) and DEAN (starring Demetri Martin and Kevin Kline). You may have seen Greg performing on the UCB Maude team “Nephew,” in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, or at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival. Presently, he’s developing an animated series and illustrating two children’s books. Greg grew up Greg all the way out in Santa Monica, and graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Creative Worswick Writing. Twitter/Instagram: GregWorswick Matthew Loren Cohen is a classically-trained pianist who has composed music for & music- directed shows at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, among others. Matthew created and music-directed the critically-acclaimed improvised musical Best Musical! (The Groundlings, Porchlight Music Theatre), music- directed The Nuclear Family (The Groundlings, The Belt Theatre) and wrote the original musicals Jason & Ben (New York Musical Theatre Festival) and Broads on Boards (The Matt Cohen Annoyance). He is a faculty member at The (Musical Director) Nerdist and The Second City & music-directs for The Second City. Matthew’s work has been heard on THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, the Sundance Channel and Spike TV.

Greg would like to take this opportunity to pitch his screenplay about a drummer who’s actually the exiled superhero of a planet where drum battles determine the fate of the world. Often suggested title ... Keep Your Day Job Man.

Greg Kanaga

I love playing music for the theatre goers. Of course it’s all about the music. The actors do their best, but the people are really there for the band. I wish the money was better, but these theatre organizations are typically cheap...wait, will somebody see this?

Website: www.larrytreadwell.com Larry Treadwell

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Administrative Staff Managing Director ...... Heather de Michele Marketing & Box Office Manager ...... Nanor Avedissian Business Manager ...... Carrie LaFerle Gergely School Manager ...... Allain Rochel Assistant Box Office Manager...... Jessica Owens School Coordinator...... Jon Hampton School Assistants ...... Sophia Benoit Maddy Dean Markeia McCarty Technical Director ...... Paul Howle Set Design ...... David Potts Front of House Employees...... Maddy Dean Alec Elliot Eric Vue Spencer Ward Publicist ...... BWR, Ron Hofmann Poster Design...... Matthew Buchholtz Program Design ...... Nanor Avedissian Production Staff Musical Director ...... Matt Cohen Musicians ...... Greg Kanaga, Larry Treadwell Stage Managers ...... Paul Chirico Ricky Cruz Lighting Designer ...... Caitlin Rucker Sound Designer ...... Edwin Peraza

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