The Strangers

ANDY SARNO (Performer)

Andy is a Beantown native living in NYC. “Go Sox!” He performed improv and starred in several comedic plays with Pratt Institute’s comedy club, “Up Top Playerz.” He is currently working for Pagani Studios in Dumbo making custom lighting fixtures for residents and businesses. A long time believer that comedy is the best medicine, Andy has been taking two spoonfuls of it everyday and has never felt better.
LAU GALLICO (Performer)

Graphic designer turned fine artist. When she’s not working at a gallery or exhibiting her own art, Lau spends her days painting, illustrating and still does freelance graphic design on the side. Her acting experience stems from starring in local productions such as John the Baptist in Godspell and Golda from Fiddler on the Roof (Oy Vey!). Lau likes cats, death metal, yoga and ironic situations.
RYAN HUBAN (Founder/writer/performer)

Ryan first learned improv in high school and has since studied comedy at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, The Magnet Theater and Armando Diaz Studios. He has appeared on stage as a stand-up comic and performed in countless improv shows over the years, with groups that include “Out of Order” in NJ and “Flea Flurkus” in NYC. Ryan founded Pratt Institute’s comedy club, “Up Top Playerz,” where he taught improvisation and produced and directed comedic plays.
TITO LIVAS (Performer)

Tito was born and raised in Idaho, not to be confused with Iowa or Ohio, and has been a professional actor for the past five years. Touring with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Theatre for Youth, The National Theatre for Children, Princess Cruises, Theatrworks USA, and working a spell at Disney World in Florida. You may have also seen him in the TV shows Law and Order SVU, White Collar, 30 Rock, and several others, but only if you paused the DVR at the exact moment he walked across the screen…living the dream!! Also, look for him as the alien Cyclops in the blockbuster feature film Men In Black III. Yall ready for this?!
DAN CONRAD (Writer/Cartoonist/Performer)
Conrad has been acting for years, performing in over forty stage shows and with multiple improv troupes. Conrad worked as a professorial properties designer for multiple theaters, including the Cortland Repertory Theater. He has directed Egad, What a Cad at BCC and Where There’s No Will by Leon Kaye at NYC’s Medicine Show Theatre. Conrad is writer and co-producer (with Greg Vorob) of “The Power Time Show” a series of short comedy films, some of which can be seen on his website. This led into the production of two web series written by and starring Conrad Overcrowded and Marty and Doug’s New Religion. Co- Produced with Dan Kowalski and Vorob “Marty and Doug” has been featured in multiple film festivals, most recently the East Harlem Film Festival and New Filmmakers Summer Series at Anthology Film Archives. Conrad is currently in production of an animated series, “Panic Attack”, a follow up to his web cartoon Dirty Bear and the Land of Infinite Dreams, as well as a sequel to Marty and Doug’s New Religion. www.thedanconrad.com
TRACY MULL (Performer)

Tracy is just a small-town Idaho girl raised on imagination and spuds. Tracy has a B.S. in Theatre and has worked both as an actor and stage manager for companies such as Idaho Summer Repertory Theatre, Old Town Actors Studio and the National Theatre for Children. Since 2006, she has helped create and perform with improv troupes The Comedy Project, Zygote, HooHaw and MacGuffin. She feels very fortunate for the tremendous amount of talented friends and stage time! Tracy recently has completed the improv study courses at U.C.B and plays most weekends with the National Comedy Theatre in NYC. Tracy’s ultimate dream is to be a Muppet.
DAN KOWALSKI (Director)

Dan is a director based in New York City that brings his passion of storytelling to every project he takes on. He has worked on numerous commercials, music videos, short films and web series. He is currently developing a screenplay called “Breaking the Bank,” a hilarious spoof on the heist movie genre.
PETALUMA VALE (Musician)

Petaluma is a singer-songwriter, harpist, and poet. She has written and performed her own solo material since 2000, and has also been a harpist and backing vocalist for the Boston-based, darkwave jazz band, Jaggery, since 2007. She is delighted to lend a hand or voice to the Strangers when the chance arises. Once upon a time, she was briefly a stowaway member of “Up Top Playerz.” Now, however, she feels she does better contributing to the improv theater experience as an audience member with a surprisingly loud and obnoxious laugh coming from a small and soft-spoken person.