Comedy Festival

The following performers are playing at the The CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival from April 9-13, 2008.

When Merv Griffin found her, he instantly made her the comedy star of his revue, Love and Kisses at Resorts in Atlantic City and then Island Fever near Las Vegas. She also caught the eye of the Russ Berrie Company who featured Mrs. Hughes’ likeness and wit in her own line of greeting cards. According to Carol was in 100,000 stores and gift shops throughout the United States. About Mrs. Hughes, Merv said, “She’s my new favorite funny star.” Since then she has appeared in several casino production shows and has opened for Crystal Gayle, Lou Rawls, Brenda Lee and others.

Irwin is a comedy writer and performer currently working as a staff writer for the award-winning Rick Mercer Report. Irwin has made several appearances on CBC radio’s Madly Off in All Directions, and is a regular writer/performer for CBC Radio’s Debaters series.  He has appeared in numerous television comedy specials including Comics!, Comedy Night in Canada, The CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival and Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival. His comedic style has been described as “cleverly thought out introspection,” and it has delighted audiences everywhere he’s performed.

Gerry, a.k.a The Big Bear, is a broadcaster and one of Canada’s favorite Aboriginal stand-up comedians.  In 2004 he made television history by performing North America’s first all Aboriginal stand-up comedy special; CBC’s Welcome to Turtle Island. His comedy credits include performances at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood, his own television special Aboriginal Peoples Television Network called The Big Bear Comedy Show, and appearances on First Nations communities across Canada and the US.  When he’s not on tour with his comedy Gerry "The Big Bear" Barrett is the Morning Host on Manitoba’s Aboriginal Radio Network, NCI-FM.

Jason Beck is a Winnipeg comedian and former journalist who first broke into stand-up in the late 90s and has developed a reputation for wry wit, quick one-liners and over-the-top song parodies. His material is clean, friendly and topical while entirely based on real life experiences. Jason is also known for appearing in the Winnipeg Fringe Festival as a member of the hit 5 Winnipeg Comics stand-up show for the past eight straight years.

Rob Bruneau is a regular host at Canada’s premier comedy club, Rumor’s, right here in Winnipeg. He received rave reviews for his stand-up at the Fringe’s 5 Winnipeg Comics and has appeared on So You Think You’re Funny on CBC and XM Satellite Radio.

Martin était plombier, et comme ça ne débouchait pas, il a décidé de faire autre chose...  Il n’y a pas de sot métier paraît-il.

Martin used to work as a plumber. He soon realized that his career was going down the drain so he plunged into comedy… He’s since discovered that the two careers have absolutely nothing in common!

Bruce Clark is a Winnipeg writer and comic who is one of the few Canadians to have performed on the Tonight Show. He has appeared at Just For Laughs and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and is a regular performer in Las Vegas.  He has sold several television scripts and screenplays and is currently the creator of the new CBC Radio series Elmwood.

Ottawa native Rick Currie has been cracking up Canadian audiences for almost twenty years. His clean, whimsical style has remained popular and has allowed him to perform at the Montreal, Winnipeg and St. John Comedy Festivals, and tour extensively across Canada as well as to Europe and the United States. He has appeared on many different CBC Radio programs including Madly Off In All Directions and The Debaters as well as CTV’s Comedy Now. Rick was a principal writer on CTV’s Open Mike with Mike Bullard for four years.

À sa naissance Yan Dallaire n’avait aucune idée qu’un jour il deviendrait humoriste. Aujourd’hui, c’est en affirmant qu’il l’est qu’il fait le plus rire son public. Yan est nouvellement marié et entièrement dévoué à sa tendre épouse.  D’ailleurs, c’est juste hier qu’elle lui a donné la permission de participer au Festival de l’humour Radio-Canada. Cette fois-ci, c’est un Dallaire transformé qu’on retrouvera sur scène.

From the time he was born, Yan Dallaire had no idea he would become a comedian! Admitting that he is, is what makes his audiences laugh. As a newlywed, he is totally devoted to his new bride and yesterday finally got permission from her to participate in the Festival de l’humour Radio-Canada for the 4th year. Welcome to the stage the newly transformed Yan Dallaire!

Alex Dallas was born and raised in the UK, and came to Canada in 1994. She has performed in many Edinburgh Fringe Festivals since 1982 and virtually every fringe festival in Canada since 1990, sometimes with the raucously popular comedy troupe of Sensible Footwear. She’s played to sell out shows from Toronto to Adelaide, Australia in such shows as BritChick, Drama Queen, Nymphomania and Gagging For a Shag.

Roman is a headlining stand-up comedian, a top Canadian improviser, a TV and film actor, and a traditional theater actor. He is one of only a handful of comedians to have performed in the prestigious HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen and Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival in the same year.  Roman has been seen on CBC’s Comics! and Made in Canada, NBC’s Late Friday, and starred in his own show on CTV called Comedy Inc.

Through motherhood, Kate found her passion for comedy. A speaker, writer, comedian, actress and mother of three, she has the unique ability to find humour in any situation.  A five-time nominee at the Canadian Comedy Awards and star of her own hour-long comedy special on CTV and the Comedy Network, Kate has appeared on Breakfast Television, Star TV, Toronto 1, Prime, WTN, TVO, CBC Radio One’s The Debaters and The Mom Show.  Kate has a monthly article in the Mom and Caregiver magazine and has been published in Today’s Parent magazine.

A former high school phys.ed teacher, Gerry has made quite the name for himself in Canada and across the border.  He won Toronto’s Funniest New Comic in 1999 and went on to tape his own half hour Comedy Now Special on CTV and The Comedy Network. In 2002, Gerry became the first Canadian in 27 years to win the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He has attended a variety of comedy festivals including The US HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. Most recently Gerry finished third on NBC’s Last Comic Standing.

Darrell Dennis is best known for his roles in Northwood, The Rez, and as the host of Bingo and a Movie. Darrell co-founded the comedy troupe Tonto’s Nephews and has performed at gala performances for the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and the Just For Laughs Festival as well as numerous appearances on  CBC radio and CBC  Television. He is also an award winning playwright, an instructor, and a frequent contributor to CBC Radio including the election show Spin Off. Darrell is currently the host of Revision Quest, a ten-part comedy and information take on Aboriginal History for CBC Radio One.

A stand-up comedian and writer, Harry has opened shows for The Tragically Hip and frequently performs at The Canadian Comedy Awards. He has appeared in such television shows as Comics!, Comedy on the Road and Off the Record. He won a CCA in 2004 for Best TV Writing (Special or Episode) as a writer on Toronto 1’s The Toronto Show, and has also written several for awards shows, including the Junos, Genies, NHLs and the Gemini Awards.

Dawn has performed at comedy clubs across North America including New York’s Comic Strip, the New York Comedy Club and the Improv. Currently based in Edmonton, she is a regular at the Laugh Shoppe, the Comedy Factory and the Comic Strip. Dawn has also written for the stage, radio, film and television. Her writing has been featured on Definitely Not the Opera, CBC Radio and APTN. Dawn is currently Writer and Story Editor for By the Rapids on Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network.

Animateur de l’émission Carte blanche à CKSB Radio-Canada et bien connu comme humoriste, Vincent sera maître de cérémonie et animateur de la soirée. Préparez vos blagues, il est prêt à vous passer le micro !

Host of CKSB Radio-Canada’s drive home show and well known as a comedian, Vincent will be master of ceremonies and host of the show.  Prepare your jokes, he’s ready to hand you the mic!

A ten-year vet of the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Derek is the only Canadian winner of the prestigious Vail, Colorado, Invitational Comedy Competition, as well as four-time nominee and the 2004/05 winner of Best Standup Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards. With two Gemini nominations to his name, Derek has appeared on shows such as A&E’s Comedy Hits the Road, CTV’s Comedy Now, CBC TV’s Comics!, CBC Radio’s Madly Off In All Directions, The Multi-Cultural Show and The Halifax Comedy Festival. He recently toured with his one-man comedy show, The Other Shoe Drops.

Lou has recently appeared on The Jane Show on Global and has made television and radio appearances on such shows as Not Just The News, Comics!, Madly Off In All Directions, Definitely Not The Opera and Open Mike with Mike Bullard. A Gemini Award nominee for the CBC special Thick & Thin, Lou is also a comedic and animation writer. He is currently touring Canada with his one-man corporate show entitled, The Angina Monologues, an inspirational, funny, moving, motivational, chronicle of how Lou used humor to help expedite his recovery from a heart attack.

Carrie has been in the business just two years and has been showcased on CBC Radio’s So, You Think You’re Funny and two episodes of The Debaters. In 2006 she won the Great Canadian Laugh Off in Ottawa and in 2007 she made her debut appearance at the Halifax Comedy Festival.

After a quick rise to the Second City Mainstage, Geri has performed in countless film and television roles, including Ken Finkelman’s At The Hotel, the Miramax feature Shall We Dance starring Richard Gere, and the CBC’s Little Mosque on The Prairie, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Mercer Report. Geri is a Canadian Comedy Award winner as well as a Gemini nominee.

Ray is an Arab-American journalist also known for his stand-up comedy. He writes a syndicated column with a particular focus on the Middle East. Ray launched a standup comedy career to advance his agenda of promoting peace through moderation.  He co-founded The Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour with Israeli comedians Charley Warady and Yisrael Campbell and African American Comedian/Journalist Aaron Freeman.  The first tour was launched in January 2007 and broke the Arab Comedian taboo of refusing to appear with Israelis.

Dennis Hull will readily admit to not being anything other than Bobby Hull’s brother, as long as you add he’s the younger brother. And, he’s even been known to answer to someone asking for Brett Hull’s uncle. A name many Canadians and hockey fans know, Dennis Hull played 14 seasons in the NHL and on Team Canada for the landmark The Summit Canada Russia series in 1972. With a number of achievements under his belt, the most significant part of his career came is known as one of the most talented speakers and comedians in all of sports.

Sabrina is the youngest stand-up on Yuk Yuk’s professional roster as well as the youngest artist ever hired by Second City. Her talent has brought her leading roles on Much Music’s Video on Trial, CBC’s Smart Ask and Toronto One’s, the Toronto Show and many appearances on The Hour. Sabrina has performed at the Just For Laughs Festival, recorded a Comedy Now special for CTV and toured with the award-winning comedy tour Allah Made Me Funny. She was also recently a part of Smash the Roof, an all women comedy show.

Since starting his comedy career over a decade ago, Dean has gone on to do television appearances on The Comedy Network’s Comedy at Club 54, CBC’s COMICS !and Global’s Comedy on Stage.  CBC news viewers recognize Dean from his award winning satirical commentaries on shows like Canada Now and Saturday Report. His 1998 play How Do You Know When You’re Done along with Al Rae was named among the Top Ten at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. He currently writes for This Hour Has Twenty Two Minutes.

Don was a featured comedian in the documentary film Redskins, Tricksters and Puppy Stew. He has appeared on CBC Radio’s Madly Off in All Directions, Open Mike with Mike Bullard and Comedy at Club 54. He’s also done his own episode on CTV’s Comedy Now! This is his fourth visit to the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

Chantel has spent that last four years honing her comedic skills in venues and festivals from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay to Montreal. She appears weekly in the improvised soap opera, Spacequest, at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg. In 2006 Chantel made her first appearance at Montreal’s Just for Laugh’s Festival.

Deb has worn many hats in the biz: TV series creator, writer, performer, director and improviser. Some of her notable works include Expecting - a completely improvised feature film in which she appeared alongside her husband, Colin Mochrie. The two have worked together on numerous projects including the TV series Getting Along Famously and Seven Little Monsters. Deb has appeared in Paradise Falls, SCTV, Bizarre and Little Mosque on the Prairie. She continues to perform live with her comedy troupe - Women Fully Clothed.

Kevin McGrath has been making Canadians laugh for over 20 years. He has appeared at nearly every Canadian College and University in Canada. His shows are known to start big and end even bigger. A versatile comedian, Kevin amazes crowds with his songwriting, guitar playing and singing. Kevin is also known for his uncanny impressions. He is also one of the finest and funniest MC’s in the business and has worked with the likes of Gilbert Gottfried, Jeff Beck, Jann Arden, The Northern Pikes and many more.

Stephen Eric McIntyre is an actor/writer/improviser living in Winnipeg. His most recent credits include playing "Bug" in the movie High Life and playing "Uzzie" in the comedy television series Less than Kind. He can also be seen in the mini-series Chasing the Devil and in the films The Horsemen and The Lookout. He is best known as the drug dealer "Mook" in the television series Falcon Beach. Steve is also well known for his improvised comedy.

Since the success of Whose Line is It Anyway?, Colin’s been one busy guy. He’s gone on tour with the WLIIA? gang and a two-man show called An Evening with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood. He’s done two seasons of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, created a TV series for CBC with his wife, Deb McGrath and has appeared in a number of movies and TV series including Blackfly and The Drew Carey Show.  Most recently he’s appeared in the hit comedy series Little Mosque on the Prairie and hosted the Canadian version of FOX’s hit game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.

In June 2000, following a life-long dream to perform stand-up comedy, 37 year old pharmaceutical sales representative Brad Muise stepped on stage for the first time at an open-mic show in Vancouver, BC. Since then, he’s quickly become one of the top headliners in Canada. Brad has written and performed for CBC’s Halifax and Winnipeg Comedy festivals as well as CBC Radio One’s hit comedy The Debaters. This is his third appearance at the WCF.

Brad Oswald is a grown man who gets paid to watch television. Now, THAT’s funny. In addition to holding down every guy’s dream job as television critic for the Winnipeg Free Press, Brad has been performing standup comedy for more than a decade, and is a past winner of Rumor’s Comedy Club’s Funniest Person With a Day Job contest. With his offbeat perspectives on life, current events and the ridiculous notion of drawing a paycheque for lying around in your underwear watching cartoons, Brad serves up a brand of comedy that connects with audiences everywhere and inspires wide-eyed, awestruck admiration from males who want to be just like him when they grow up.

Alan Park is a cross between a stand-up comic and a sit-down satirist. In "Not The Official Story", his weekly commentary on Royal Canadian Air Farce, Alan mocks reality and digs behind the headlines. He’s performed across Canada including the stages of Yuk Yuk’s and a prize-winning appearance at Montreal’s Just For Laughs. Alan has also performed extensively throughout England. He’s starred in his own episode of CTV’s Comedy Now and has written for television talk and comedy shows.

Steve began his full-time comedy career in 1996 when he was fired from his full time copywriting job for making an ad about an amusement park "too amusing". Nominated for "Best Male Stand-up" at the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards, Steve Patterson has emerged as a top international headliner and one of Canada’s best comedic hosts. Before taking of as host on CBC Radio One’s The Debaters, Steve starred in the CBC TV pilot, The Truth About and his own CBC Radio One special, Talking Funny with Steve Patterson.

A performer and writer, Teresa spent four years at The Second City Toronto. Since then, she has co-written and starred in her own half-hour TV special, As I Was Saying, for The Comedy Network. Other TV and film credits include The Sean Cullen Show, Royal Canadian Air Farce, Bless The Child, Sue Thomas F.B.I. and five seasons of the Gemini nominated History Channel series, History Bites. Teresa currently co-writes, produces and stars in The Jane Show. She is also part of the all female sketch comedy troupe, Women Fully Clothed.

Warren was feature in The CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival’s “Life’s Hurtles” Gala in 2006 where - as a cancer survivor - Warren Persowich recounted the zaniness of his story of survival, a journey which amongst other things found him crossing international borders with his ex-wife while holding contraband medical records (albeit, his own) in an unimaginable yet real effort to keep himself alive long enough for Canada’s "free" medical system to ultimately kick in and save his life.

Al Rae is a Winnipeg stand-up comic and comedy writer. He is the winner of the Just for Laughs National Homegrown Comic Competition 2000. Prior to Little Mosque on the Prairie, Al was a writer on the sitcoms Blackfly and Big Sound (GLOBAL) He has hosted two comedy information shows for CBC Radio, That’s Capital about finance and Spin Off, a highly popular election satire show. His eight part comedy drama series Monsoon House with Russell Peters aired on CBC Radio in the fall of 2006.

Considered one of the quickest minds on the scene, Simon has been performing standup since 1978. He is widely regarded as one of Canada’s top MCs and has appeared at clubs, pubs, campuses and corporate events across Canada and in the US.

 Simon has appeared on Just For Laughs, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC’s Comics!, This is Wonderland, The Rick Mercer Report, Queer As Folk and holds the record for most appearances on Open Mike With Mike Bullard. As a writer, Simon’s range is wide with credits on sitcoms, sketch shows, cartoons, and kids shows.

Ali has appeared in TV’s Next Comedy Legend Instant Star, Missing, 72 Hours: True Crimes, Video on Trial and MTV Live. On the festival circuit, he’s appeared at the 2007 Just For Laughs Homegrown Competition, Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh Off and the 2006 Boston International Comedy Festival (Second City).

Lors d’un spectacle d’humour ou d’improvisation,  Michel sait faire rire. Et il le fera encore cette année, avec un spectacle tout neuf et encore plus drôle!

Using stand-up comedy or improv, Michel knows how to make people laugh. And he’ll do it again this year, with an even funnier, brand new show!

Nile has appeared on Much Music’s Video on Trial as well as the film Ham & Cheese. He has written and performed three one-man shows; Fear of a Brown Planet, Evil is the New Good and History: Deleted Scenes and Extras. Nile is currently the writer for CBC Television’s The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.

In the past year and a half, Erica has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival, written for a Comedy Network pilot, taped her own Comedy Now special, written and performed numerous times for CBC Radio and XFM radio and most notably was one of two writer’s for the 21st Annual Gemini Awards, aired on Global Television, for which she won a Leo Award for Best Screenwriting in a Comedy. In 2006 she was one of five Canadian comics selected to entertain the troops in Afghanistan for CBC Television and in 2007 Erica was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-up in Canada.

Mel’s extensive credits range from performing in the Alternative Stand Up Festival in Vancouver; Real Madness Comedy Festival in Toronto; and opening for Randy and Lahey of the Trailer Park Boys. Mel’s appearance at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival All Foul, No Harm show was listed in Uptown Magazine’s Best of the Festival Review and was called the “biggest buzz of the festival.”

Jeff has been an improvisor for ten years, and has performed in festivals across Canada and the U.S. He has been a member of the Winnipeg improv groups: (204), Ummmm Improv, Merry’s Men, Red River Serial, IF 2001-05, The Big Stupid Improv Show, and The Jist. He currently performs his own one-man show called Letters at Large.

Comic by night, mild mannered Optometrist by day, recently Winnipeg’s Rachel Sommers has been trying to spread both laughter and moderately improved eyesight around Manitoba. She was the producer and performer of “Titters!” an all-female comedy show seen in the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2007, which won the coveted People’s Choice Award.

Manoj Sood was born in Mombassa Kenya but grew up in Western Canada. Since he began his career 12 years ago, Manoj has appeared in more than 40 television and feature film productions. Television credits to his name include DaVinci’s Inquest, The Dead Zone, Romeo!, Dead Like Me, Godiva’s and Robson Arms, to name a few. Manoj has also appeared feature films such as American Meltdown, Rat Race, Romeo Must Die and Fetching Cody. Manoj currently finds himself as a regular on the hit CBC series, Little Mosque on the Prairie.

Tim Steeves is well known to comedy fans as a headliner at countless venues across Canada and around the world. Recently he played to sold-out audiences in London, England - and is a favourite at the Montreal International Comedy Festival Just for Laughs. Tim has written for several seasons of This Hour has 22 Minutes, and was nominated for a Gemini for his writing on Talking to Americans with Rick Mercer. A triple Gemini Award winner, Tim is currently a staff writer for CBC Television’s No. 1 comedy show, The Rick Mercer Report.

Brian began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained at the prestigious National Theatre School in Montreal. Since making in the move from actor to comedian, Brian has shared the stage with many famous comedians such as Brent Butt, Rich Hall, Norm MacDonald, and Lorne Elliott. He has been featured twice on CBC Radio’s Madly Off In All Directions.

Paul Sveen is an award winning play write and internationally touring comedian with credits from CTV’S Comedy Now, TSN’s Off The Record, ABC’s America’s Funniest People, The Halifax Comedy Festival, CBC’S Madly Off In All Directions and So You Think You’re Funny. He’s headlined every major comedy club in Canada as well as toured England. He’s a corporate headliner and a national Comedy Club favorite.

Known as the "Bi-Polar Buddha", Tazz is equal parts comedian, and motivational speaker who likes to enlighten, educate and inspire. A familiar face at the WCF, Tazz is one of the most sought-after comedians today. For more than a decade and a half, Tazz has been delighting crowds at fundraiser, corporate events, festivals and television. His many national festival appearances include Just for Laughs, the Moncton Comedy Festival and of course, the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

Jimmy Tingle began his comedy career in 1980 and he has since become one of the top social commentators and humorists in the country. He has appeared on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, The Tonight Show, Larry King Weekend, The Late Show with Conan O’Brien, The American Comedy Awards, as well as his own HBO comedy special. Jimmy’s theatrical credits include writing and starring in his own one man shows Jimmy Tingle’s Uncommon Sense, and Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream which travels to the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland this August.

Martial Tougas a commencé sa carrière de bruiteur / imitateur comme Waggy, le chien de sa grande soeur, Janine. Depuis ce temps, il a choisi d’amuser les gens au lieu de les mordre.

Martial Tougas, sound effects artist / impressionist, got his first big break as Waggy, his sister Janine’s dog. He has since become an entertainer, but his bark is worse than his bite.

Born and raised in Chicago, Azhar is among the world’s leading Muslim standup comedians. As co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Allah Made Me Funny-The Official Muslim Comedy Tour, he has performed in over a dozen countries on five continents, including Egypt in 2007, where he performed the first standup comedy show in that country’s history. A concert-documentary film of the same name is slated for release in 2008. Azhar has appeared on MTV Networks and will be profiled in the upcoming PBS documentary Standup: American Muslim Comics Come of Age, by filmmaker Glenn Baker.

George is a Gemini and three-time Canadian Comedy Award-winning writer, actor and musician based in Toronto. George began writing and performing comedy while he was still in high school with former classmate Al Rae. Their unique style of musical comedy took them across Canada, the United States and Britain with numerous appearances on radio and television. Since then, George has had a successfully eclectic career as a comedic musician in a number of bands and as a writer, including two seasons of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Deb Williams does it all.  She’s a well-known media personality, comedian and co creator/star/producer of Mom’s the Word and Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged. The two international smash hit comedies are her wildly funny, poignant and reassuring take on what it is to be a committedly average person in the age of the super star.

Mike Wilmot’s comedic stylings are known far and wide. He has appeared several times at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, as well as in Ireland, Scandinavia, Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Bangkok, South Africa and Melbourne - where he won the comedy festival’s Barry award in 2003. Back at home, Mike has won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It’s All Gone Pete Tong and made an appearance on Corner Gas.

A stand-up Comedian for more than twelve years, John is described as "a savage amusement" or "a very dry comedic martini”. He has made his deadpan, sarcastic wit a style to be reckoned with. At the 1993 Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, John’s performance was strong enough to earn him a Gemini nomination. Since moving to the U.S in the late 80’s, John has made appearances on The Tonight Show, Fox’s Comic Strip Live, MTV’s Half Hour Comedy Hour, VH-1’s Stand Up Spotlight, and A&E’s An Evening At The Improv. He has worked in comedy clubs and colleges in thirty states and in every Canadian province.

Wife and mother of 3 boys didn’t feel like enough of a title, so in 2006, Heather Witherden added, ’comedian’ to her resumé. She was featured on CBC Radio’s, "So You Think You’re Funny" and also performs improv with Prairie Theatre Exchange. She tells it like it is - ask her family, who wishes she’d use a stage name.

Cory has been an active member of the improv community since, like, before the millennium. Previous Improv credits include: The ACME Improv Co., Always George, Red River Serial, IF 2002-07, various Big Stupid shows, and you can see him every Monday with Soap Scum performing in SpaceQuest, the improvised soap opera.