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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, including The Bald Soprano, The Actor’s Nightmare, and For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. Before all this, Ryan used to be involved with community theater, but he kept changing his character’s lines to make them funnier. Improv has satiated Ryan’s discord with playwrights. |
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Tito Livas |
 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 the Upright Citizens Brigade theater and plays most weekends with the National Comedy Theatre in NYC. Tracy’s ultimate dream is to be a Muppet. |
 Dan Conrad Writer | Cartoonist | Performer Conrad has acted in over forty staged shows and performed with multiple improv troupes. He 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 at NYC’s Medicine Show Theatre. Conrad is co-producer and writer of “The Power Time Show,” a series of short comedy films, which led into the production of two web series: Overcrowded and Marty and Doug’s New Religion, both written by and starring Conrad. 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 producing 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. More info on Dan at www.thedanconrad.com |
 Dan KowalskiDirector 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. |
 Ryan NachComposer | Audio Engineer Ryan produces and composes music for advertisements, television, and recording artists. He started producing music for Hip-Hop, R&B, and Pop artists by recording them in his mother’s coat closet at age 15. After working at Def Jam, he started his own recording label, Knock It Out Records, and music production company, Knock It Out Music. He has done work for Avrett Free Ginsberg, ESPN, Bravo Network, and Style Network. Listen to examples of his commercial work below: |
 Petaluma ValeMusician 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. More info on Petaluma at www.petalumavale.com |