pH Cast

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REPERTORY
pH is a growing company and these are some of our fresh faces. These guys are the future of pH so watch them grow and prepare to take over the comedy world.

	ROB ANDERSON Originally from the Jersey Shore, Rob studied film and theater at James Madison University - nestled in the enchanting and stimulating town of Harrisonburg, VA. He also spent some time in Australia where he realized he hated birds. He moved to Chicago in 2009 and has studied at iO and The Annoyance. He is a member of GayCo and the fifth season winner of the critically acclaimed comedy and talent competition Impress These Apes. He is super excited to be playing with pH and wants to thank his Nana for inspiring him with sporadic e-mails that say things like "Are you doing drugs yet?" and "Obama is a Muslim."
	BEVERLEE BAILEY Beverlee Bailey is so excited to join pH that she just let out a little squeal. Bev is a graduate of The Second City, Comedy Sportz and The Annoyance Theater training programs, but will really dazzle you with her ability to sing TV theme songs from the 80’s & 90’s. Bev can also be seen around town with the dramalicious musical improv group Recapitulation, The Alliance and Gossip Girlz. Some of her most memorable roles include Twinkle the Elf in her 4th grade Christmas pageant, Gussie the hooker in the musical Faceplant and Georgia in the film College Journalism. Thanks to everyone for supporting live theater. Hi mom & dad!
	SHARLA BEAVER Sharla is from Augusta Georgia; home to Walmarts, Jesus, and all you can eat buffets. Tucked away in farmland central, Georgia Southern Unversity resides. This is where she a got a good ol’ college education and graduated with a degree in Theater. She not only walked away with a degree but a husband. Now that’s efficient. Seeking a change of scenery her and her husband moved to Hong Kong and called it home for a fantastic two years. Teaching English through drama and improv activities was her daytime priority and nights were saved for improv. She co-founded and performed with an improv group that brought the funnies to various bars and events around Hong Kong, including a United Nations Charity Event. She was also part of the only regularly performing comedy club in Asia, Take Out Comedy, where she was part of the improv ensemble. She’s been in Chicago for a year now and has decided there’s no way she’s leaving.
	COLLEEN BREEN A Graduate of the IO Theater and Annoyance Theater, Colleen has been performing in Sketch and Improv in Chicago for the past 5 years. She currently performs with FireCup at the IO theater, Kayfabe at ComedySportz Theater, Improvised Jane Austen, and as an artistic associate for GayCo. Previous productions have included Mary Me You Idiot!, Bing Faithful’s Very Merry Nondenominational Holiday Special, Bucket of Blood, and a smattering of performances for Triple Feature at the Annoyance Theater. Past festivals include The Del Close Marathon, DSI Comedy Festival, and Letters to Santa. Big ups to pH and it's amazing cast.
	AUSTIN CAMPION
	DAVE CARO Dave’s first reaction to being taken in by the pH family was yelling out the word “Jawsome”and he is excited to be part of pH’s hilarity. He has trained at IO Chicago and is currently completing his training at Second City Conservatory. He has performed improv at Playground Theater and was a writer/performer with the sketch groups Smart Corky & Team Jamaica.
	JOEY CRANFORD Joey Cranford toured the country with Mission Improvable, performing at comedy clubs, colleges, and venues including Lollapalooza. He has previously performed at IO, Annoyance Theater, and has been a featured guest of the Second City ETC, performing in their improv set after several shows. He also performs in Schaumberg with LOL Theater. In his off time, he is a Chicago double decker tour guide.
	BOB EGAN Bob was born and raised in Chicago. He attended Columbia College in Chicago where he found Improv and drinking. He has studied improv at Second City, Comedy Sportz, Improv Olympic and Annoyance. He is excited to be playing with pH. Bob recently just switched from heroin to methadone.
	JACK FARRELL Jack Thurston Farrell graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a degree in film and psychology. He has written and or produced for ABC, Fox, and Jim Henson Productions. Jack started a short film video site called shortvision.com and is also working on his second web series (first one being dollop.tv). He has completed the Second City writing, music, and conservatory programs. He has completed the I.O improv program and has been a teaching assistant for four years at The Second City for the teen and youth program. He has completed two screenplays. He performs with Jack and the Wolf all over town. He wants to thank everyone involved in pH for this opportunity He is always indebted to his his family and friends, he knows he is the reason we can’t have anything nice around here.
	NANCY FAST Nancy is from Kansas. Nancy has refused to write a bio.
	ED GASS "Young, Middle Class, White, College Educated, Unskilled, Broke, Drunk!" eD grew up in the lovely south suburbs of Chicago. In fact, he still lives there, never quite able to leave his parents home. eD performs Improv in and around the Chicago area and has trained with The Second City Training Center, ImprovOlympic, ComedySportz & Annoyance Productions. eD also has a Degree in Theatre from Illinois State University. You can catch eD also performing with his Improv Team, Mess Hall (myspace.com/messhallimprov), at various other venues in and around Chicago. eD is very excited to be joining pH! eD would like you to know, that if you're very quiet, you can sneak into his parents basement and make out with him.
	BRIAN HENNING Cleveland native Brian Henning quit his job and moved to Chicago to be a poor actor after discovering that his home town most certainly does not rock! He couldn't be happier with the decision. Brian is thrilled to be a part of the pH pHamily. A graduate of the Second City Conservatory and Writing Program and the iO and ComedySportz training centers, Brian has performed improv in all the typical venues including with teams Skeleton Attack and Swoon at iO. In addition, he has written, produced and/or performed in well over a dozen sketch comedy shows throughout the city including Holiday Shows I, II & III, Four Single Guys Present: BROADS!! and Nipple Competition which recently helped close out the 2009 Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. Brian is adept at reaching things on high shelves, is a licensed auctioneer and owes a tremendous amount of gratitude to both his mom and late President William Howard Taft.
	JESS HERRON First and foremost, Jess is absolutely thrilled to be a new member of pH! Jess knew from a very young age that it was her destiny to perform and entertain, and found a natural gravitation towards comedy. Her first and greatest passion is dance, which she has been heavily involved in since the age of 5, but she has recently felt the undeniable pull of the acting and improv world. She moved to Chicago in July 2008, after graduating from Indiana University, and began her first improv classes at Improv Olympic, where she has just recently completed the training program.
	JASON HODGE Jason Hodge is proud to be a member of pH Productions. Born and raised on the northwest side of the city of Chicago, Jason found improv in high school when his father, a Clark St. beat cop, gave him some tickets he had acquired for shows at what was then known as Improv Olympic. Jason immediately fell in love with improv and has made questionable life choices ever since for the sake of performing at venues such as iO Theater (Improv Olympic), The Playground Theater, The Annoyance Theater, and several other bars and venues around town. He has an Associate’s Degree from Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois where he studied Acting and Criminal Justice. He then successfully dropped out of Columbia College after briefly studying Acting and Writing/Producing Television. He also coaches little league baseball and soccer for Edison Park Youth. Jason has been studying and performing improv since he was 19 and though he may at times shows signs of stopping, he won’t.
	STEVE HUND Steve “Gym Shoe” Hund was born and raised in Chicago and was introduced to the world of Improv in high school. He went on to graduate from Columbia College with a BA in Theatre. During his college years, he attended Second City’s Comedy Studies program. He was also a part of pH’s college pharm team Droppin $cience for two years, one of which he spent as the Co-President. Steve is very excited to finally be part of the pHamily!
	MEGAN KELLEHER Megan Kelleher has a degree in Theatre from George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts in Virginia. She has been studying, performing, and directing improv and sketch comedy in Chicago since 2005. Chicago performance credits include shows at Donny's Skybox at The Second City, IO Chicago (formerly Improv Olympic), and The Annoyance. She recently directed two shows at The Annoyance Theatre including "The Annoyance Christmas Pageant". Megan was the 2007 recipient of Second City's Jim Zulevic Award thanks to her year of shameless self-promotion on Youtube. (http://www.youtube.com/happymondaygirl) She occasionally returns to the East Coast to boogie board in the Atlantic Ocean and teach improv workshops.
	BECCA LEVINE Becca Levine is happy to be a new addition to the pH posse! She is from the rocky hills of Colorado. In Chicago, she has studied and performed at iO, The Annoyance, and The Second City’s Conservatory. Becca is a writer and performer with Robot vs. Dinosaur and is currently an Artistic Associate with GayCo. She sends big ups to her loving family for all the support.
	PETE PARSONS Pete Parsons is a Theatre Arts major at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Along with performing with pH he can be found on pH's pHarm team The Cosby Sweaters, where they took third for the Midwest....but not for long. Pete also performs with Party Shark, Hogwash, Battleprov and is an understudy for Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys. When he's not doing stuff behind stage and on stage he explores. Pete does it all.
	PATRICK SERRANO Patrick is a hot sauce aficionado who is excited to add some spice to Ph. He is a graduate of The Second City Musical Conservatory as well as the Comedy Sportz Training Center. He is an alumni of The Second City's Music Improv House Ensemble and a founding member of Recapitulation: Dramalicious musical Improv. Patrick graduated from Frostburg State University with a BA in Theater where he majored in acting and costume design. He also can eat a pound of pasta in one sitting and was a former competitive swimmer!
	KIERAN SULLIVAN Kieran returns to pH after a couple years off to persue his teaching career and getting married!
	MADELINE WAGER Madeline (Maddy) Wager is super pumped to join the pH family. Maddy grew up in Oklahoma City, traveled to Chicago for the love of art, and has since graduated from the Theatre School of Depaul University. She keeps herself busy with improv activities, her Chemically Imbalanced team, Housekeeping, and arts and crafts. She has graduated from the iO Training program and is currently finishing up at The Annoyance.
	MARY WALSH Mary is originally from Prairie Villiage, KS but moved to Chicago about 4 years ago. She will graduate in May from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Theatre/Acting. She is currently a Co-President for pH's college pHarm team, Droppin' $cience. She is also a part of an all female sketch group called Delicious But Unnecessary, which performs at various venues around the Chicago area. Mary is thrilled to be moving up in the pHamily tree.