Michael McCarthy's Comedy Lab
8/15/09
Meet Aimee Auclair from the Comedy Lab Players!

Aimee Auclair is a Los Angeles based actress and director of the Young Stars Theater: a community theatre project primarily for actors ages 8-18.

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Meet Sheldon Coolman from the Comedy Lab Players!

Sheldon Coolman is an L.A. based comedy actor. He hails from Orlando, FL where he honed his live performance skills in the nation's biggest theme parks.

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Meet Lloyd Collins from the Comedy Lab Players!

Lloyd Collins is a comedian, an actor and an entrepreneur.

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Meet Jessie Schneiderman from the Comedy Lab Players!

Jessie “Schneiderpants” Schneiderman is the sassy, spunkilicous co-host/IM girl for LIVE! From the future… with Stuart Paap! Born and raised in Washington, DC, Jessie graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles three years ago to be a comedienne. She has trained at The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City and I.O. West, and has performed all over the country. Jessie does stand-up comedy, improv, hosting and voice over. She is currently a member of the sketch comedy company “Straightjacket Society” and is pretty much just totally hilarious. All of the time.

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Meet JiLL Anenberg from the Comedy Lab Players!


Dancing started her love for performing. JiLL Anenberg grew up competitively dancing, competing in such shows as Dance Caravan and Star Search. She has an infectious outgoing personality and a smile that lights up a room. She has the face of an angel and the mouth of a sailor.

Graduating with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School at ASU, she has applied her writing skills to captivating audiences around the LA comedy circuit. Performing in front of crowds at The Comedy Store, Improv and The Icehouse.

Her experiences and hard work have given her great confidence. She is a breath of fresh air and utterly honest.

JiLL has hosted many shows including Long Beach Fight Night, Yamaha Technology, Redline Car Races and many more. She is always up for anything and lives for extreme adventures.

http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/jillanenberg

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8/9/09
Meet Tricia Pierce from the Comedy Lab Players!

Many moons ago, the incorrigible Tricia Pierce was born. She sprouted from a Cabbage leaf in the greater Los Angeles area (yes, there are a few of us from here). Tricia has been acting (and speaking in third person) since she was young. Her grandfather, a former actor, showed her the ropes and throughout her stunning high school career of musicals and very deep plays, she grew as an actor, and decided this was her calling. She attended California Institute of the Arts until 2004 when she graduated with the all coveted BFA in Acting. She has been keeping busy with short films, long films and many other lengths of films like, EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE (Leala Saunders), DIRTY CHAT (Skie Darling), and the Famecast top three finalist, THE CHANGE UP (Jackie). During her stint at the Ark Theatre Company, she performed, as thongs of crowds may attest to, many brilliant performances. Who could forget her greatness in such shows as SODA POP (Susie), THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED (Adam/ Tricia), and CLOSER (Anna). She also riveted audiences at the Next Stage Theatre in MONTY PYTHONG, THE RETURN(s), and THE IRON MAN SKETCH comedy shows. Most recently she Co-Founded the GYPSY THEATRE COMPANY, joined the COMEDY BROTHEL and BREVITYTV.COM (online sketch troupes similar to Mad TV) and starred in three episodes of an online cooking show where she did absolutely no cooking. And if that’s not enough, the Cartoon Network continues to clamor after her gorgeous voice for the animated show, BLUE DRAGON. She is a working actor and practicing human being. Both, to date, have been great.

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8/2/09
Meet Anna Lee Lawson from the Comedy Lab Players!

Anna Lee Lawson has studied comedy performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Hollywood. She holds a degree in screenwriting from Chapman University.

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Meet Keith Saltojanes from the Comedy Lab Players!

Keith is originally from Connecticut and received his Bachelors degree in Theatre from University of Central Florida Conservatory Program. With his ever-expanding list of film and stage roles, Keith was also a founding member of the long form troupe, the Derelict Toys, with whom he traveled to Chicago and New York to perform in some of the largest comedy festivals in the country, including the Del Close Marathon at UCB Theater. Keith is grateful that comedy is in his life and loves using it in all the work that he does.

For more information visit:
www.keithsaltojanes.com

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Meet Jackie Gold from the Comedy Lab Players!

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, having a sharp sarcastic tongue, was natural and necessary for survival on those tough, middle class Jewish streets. A competitive dancer by age 8, Jackie traveled the country to New Jersey, taking home Gold and Bronze metals. This lasted 6 years. Going the traditional route of success, Jackie performed in all her High School theater productions, mostly playing a prostitute, because those are always the dancing roles. Then she received a memo that there were a shortage of actors in LA, and that her help here would be desperately needed. Not to let the rest of the country down, she packed her bags and tap danced across the country (skipping Texas) to achieve the American Dream in LA.

She spends most of her time now whoring herself out to mass audiences of 20-30 people a night with her comedy. You may ( or may not) have seen her at The Improv, Comedy Store, and various bars scattered around Burbank and the former Route 66.
If you watch a lot of TV, then you have definitely not seen her.

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Meet Dan Amos from the Comedy Lab Players!

Dan Amos recently moved to LA from Vancouver, Canada. His favorite professional stage credits include Hamlet, The Quarrel, the Canadian Passion Play, Room Service, and a one-man version of It's A Wonderful Life, in addition to numerous improv/comedy performances. Most recently he wrote, directed and produced the One Less Stress Comedy Show for Neutrogena, which toured to highschools across the continent. He has trained with The Groundlings and Vancouver Theatresports. In 2007, Dan appeared in the Lifetime vampire-private-detective series entitled Blood Ties, which was reviewed by several critics!

www.danamos.com

Made you click.

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6/21/09
Meet Jenn Winters from the Comedy Lab Players!

Jennifer Winters is a Los Angeles based actress. She performs at the i.O. West and Second City theaters in Hollywood, CA.

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6/1/09
Meet Cassandra Smith from the Comedy Lab Players!

Cassandra Smith is an L.A. based actress.

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5/31/09
Meet David Tieck from the Comedy Lab Players!

David Tieck is a writer/comic from Sydney, Australia. He's performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City, and at the i.O. West in Hollywood.

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Meet Jacqueline Beaulieu from the Comedy Lab Players!

Jacqueline Beaulieu is an actress, stand-up comedian, model and classical ballerina. She is currently studying and performing with Upright Citezens Brigade Theatre LA, IO West (Improv Olympic). She is also studying with Margie Haber Studios in Los Angeles. She has had the great privilege of working with Michael McCarthy, Sondra Lee, Angela Montelbano, Jeffrey Gurian and David Copeland. She has worked in Film, television, theater, radio and the internet. Jacqueline has recently made her debut in stand-up comedy in NYC comedy clubs. Her film credits include "Barbie And The Barber", "Danny's Upstairs" ( A Danny Aiello Pilot), The "Masters of Disguise" Strike Again, My Super-Ex Girlfriend, Spiderman-3 and August. Her television credits include Fringe, 30 Rock, Live! From The Future...With Stuart Paap, Parco P.I., Law and Order SVU and Law & Order. Her theater credits include Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NYC & LA, IO West (Improv Olympic) Comedy clubs, "Writer's Block" and "The Revolving Door". As a classical ballerina Jacqueline worked with New York Theater Ballet and The Metropolitan Repertory Ballet. She was the co-founder and Artistic director for many years at Beaulieu Ballet School where she taught Classical Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Theater Dance and more. She has been a cover model and featured in many nationwide magazines. She is also a recurring guest on Patrice Oneil's radio show "The Black Phil" on XM 202. Jacqueline has been on the judging panel for the New York Festivals for International Film and Video since 2006. She was also an assistant videographer on the Academy Award winning Steven Spielberg project "Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation". She is a graduate of Sacred Heart University with a degree in psychology and literature. She was Miss New York Intercontinental 2001-2002. Jacqueline's future aspirations include being a great film actress with plans of directing and producing.

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4/24/09
Meet Casey Gates from the Comedy Lab Players!

Casey Gates is an L.A. based comic actress. She teaches yoga and includes all Molly Shannon's SNL characters in her repertoire.

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Meet Colleen O'Hare from the Comedy Lab Players!

Colleen O'Hare has studied improv and comedy at the i.O. West and Upright Citizens Brigade.

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Meet Thesy Surface from the Comedy Lab Players!

Thesy (pronounced "Daisy" with a "T") Surface is half-American, half-German but grew up in London, England most her life (yes, she's confused too). She is happy to be part of The Comedy Lab, which through thick and thin keeps her on her toes and uber-able at long, witty line-learning. Thank you Michael for your direction that makes us funnier than we could possibly be on a Saturday morning and Sunday night. And if anyone has any desire to know my rants and raves, go to: www.thesysurface.com. Acting credits are google-able (is that a word?)...you have been warned.

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Meet Popeye V. from the Comedy Lab Players!

Popeye is a product of the Orange County Punk Scene, where he performed and recorded for many years as a singer, songwriter, guitar player and occasional drummer. He played with many prominent local bands, including Farside, The Aquabats and Gameface, and eventually relocated to Los Angeles where he shifted his focus to voiceovers. As a voiceover artist, he has worked in TV, radio, film, animation and video games. Most recently, Popeye has begun working on-camera for short films and commercials.

Popeye auditioned for Comedy Lab Live on a dare, and because he likes to frighten himself regularly.

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2/1/09
Meet Gen Kiyooka from the Comedy Lab Players!

Gen Kiyooka helps out with production at The Comedy Lab LIVE! His duties including checking the ambient smell of the room, arriving too late for a slice of pizza and organizing the chairs into neat, OCD rows.

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Meet Jamie Margolin from the Comedy Lab Players!

Jamie Margolin is the stage manager of Comedy Lab Live! From time to time he gets out from behind the lighting console to read supporting roles in spec scripts and pilots.

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1/1/09
Meet Michael McCarthy from the Comedy Lab Players!

Michael McCarthy is a comic actor/writer/producer. He created the television comedy writing program at i.O. West in Hollywood. Prior to that he taught writing and performed with the Second City Chicago. His former students inhabit the writer's rooms of many popular sitcoms and late night talk shows.

His film credits include the legendary Waiting for Guffman and Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130080/

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