The Improv Company

Performer/Director

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Caity Curtis (she/her) is an improviser and theatre producer based in Winnipeg. Caity is a co-founder of the Improv Company and is a director with the Winnipeg Improv Festival. She is happiest when coaching Club Soda Improv, teaching improv classes, writing stories, obsessing over a script, and being cozy in a theatre.

Performer/Producer

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Stephen Sim is an internationally renowned improviser,  the Artistic Director of the Winnipeg Improv Festival, and has been improvising professionally for over 30 years. He is the co-founder of The Improv Company. His previous stage credits include “Burns & Allen: Comedy Duo”, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, “Antipodes”, “All My Sons” and in every kind of improv show you can imagine!

Performer

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Jeannine is a Seattle-based Theatre producer, director, and performer, and is delighted to be performing at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival with such a lovely group of people. 

A professional improviser for 20 years, Jeannine has been an ensemble member at Unexpected Productions at the Market Theatre for 10 years, and has previously worked with Jet City Improv and NERDprov. 

She was Artistic Director of Seattle Experimental Theatre, a company she founded, where she created and directed over 40 shows in the company's 9-year run. Her improv work has been featured at Emerald City Comic-Con, Geek Girl Con, Bumbershoot, The Seattle Festival of Improv Theatre, Improvaganza in Honolulu, Hawai'i, and The Denver Improv Festival.

When not making theatre, she can be found writing sci-fi and fantasy stories.

Performer

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Tony Beeman is an improviser, poet, and director based in Seattle, Washington. He is the Assistant Artistic Director at Unexpected Productions, an improvisational theatre company located in Pike Place Market, where he has been performing, teaching, and directing for over 20 years. In Seattle, he is known for his annual portrayal of Edgar Allan Poe and for bringing to life the three ghosts of Christmas in audience-suggested genres. Tony has created and directed more than 50 original productions inspired by theatre, film, and literature, including Four Hearts (in the style of Edward Albee) and Unexpected (Kurt) Vonnegut. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and at festivals across Asia, Europe, and North America. This is his third time performing in Winnipeg—and he's thrilled to be back!

Guest Performer

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Dave Morris is a storyteller and improviser from Victoria, BC. He has performed and taught improvisation around the world, is the artistic director of the Paper Street Theatre Co., and his show 52 Stories won two pick-of-the-fringe awards at last year’s Victoria Fringe. If you’ve never met him, don’t worry, he probably already likes you.

Guest Performer

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Kerri Woloszyn is an actor and improviser from Winnipeg and is thrilled to be part of this incredible team! She is a member of the improv groups Club Soda Improv and the Crosseyed Rascals, has performed as a part of the Improv Fest ensemble, and is an artistic member of the independent theatre company Snakeskin Jacket. You can also see Kerri in Never Swim Alone at this year's Fringe.

Performer/Producer

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Kevin is a comedian, actor, producer, restaurateur, and artist. A founding member of Club Soda Improv and The 28th Minute who can always be found on his podcasts Oops All Segments and What We Do in the Basement, Kevin's was last seen onstage in: A Streetcar Named Desire, The Antipodes, All My Sons, Courtship, The Open House, Confessional, The House of Yes, Rope (The 28th Minute); Middletown (BHTC).

Set Design/Stage Manager

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Jane has wandered around the Winnipeg theatre scene backstage since 2019, making friends, designing sets, props, lighting, and generally lurking in the shadows (where she does her best creative work). She's happy to be back for this year's Fringe, casting lights and sounds upon the clever thespians of The Improv Company. If you like her work, you can find her in the tech booth. If you don't like her work, you can find her out back in the parking lot.