Coaches

Raymond Santos

Hey! I'm Raymond and I'd love to coach your team, sketch or improv-wise. I perform with Shrecc (formerly Lloyd Night, now a monthly show with the Squirrel Theater) and my indie team Mercy Santos (God's Favorite Improv team). I also wrote for BedRock (Maude Night). Plus, I've taken a bunch o...
Schedule updated 4 months ago

David Steele

Hello! I'm a New York based improviser/performer. I've been doing improv in for 10+ years in Florida, Chicago, and New York. I currently perform regularly at Brooklyn Comedy Collective as a part of the BCC house team: What Made You Laugh as well as a part of the Armory house team: Detention I...
Schedule updated 4 months ago

Ryan Barker

Hi - I'd love to coach your group! I started improv in college (as did we all), moved to New York in 2015, and I've taken classes at the UCB & Squirrel Theatres (rip), performing around the city ever since. Sitting on 13 years of improv experience, I'm excited to get out there and stretch my c...
Schedule updated 4 months ago

Emily Dayton Evans

I would love to coach your practice group or improv team! I am on UCB Harold Night (2024), and member of long running improv team The Sisterwives (UCB Cagematch WInners 2019, HBO Women in Comedy Fest performers).
Schedule updated 4 months ago

Ro Rovito

Ro Rovito is a comedian, artist, and dork from New Jersey. They have been an improviser for nearly a decade, studying improv at UCB and Magnet theaters. Like most improvisers, they've been on too many awesome indie teams to count they were most recently on Torpedo! on Megawatt and Focus Group at ...
Schedule updated 4 months ago

Elana Fishbein

Elana is a teacher and performer at the Magnet Theater. She can be seen on stage with the Armando Diaz Experience, Magnet Theater TourCo, solo as Pepita (winner of Inspirado and San Diego's Best of the Fest), and in her two-woman play, Sisters Three (New York Times Critic's Pick). She's featured ...
Schedule updated 6 months ago

Roderick O'Toole

Hello! I'm Rod (he/him) and would love to coach you! Whether you're looking to bolster your fundamentals, experiment with forms, or dig in to team style and identity - it all lights me up. I've performed on UCB Lloyd Night with Buckets! and Blanche, and on various indie teams in the NYC scene,...
Schedule updated 6 months ago

Matt Abedi

Hi! I'm Matt Abedi. I'm a sketch and Megawatt performer at the Magnet Theater! Where have I studied you ask? Well: Upright Citizens Brigade The Annoyance Reckless Theatre The Magnet Washington Improv Theater The Laugh Index Theatre The DC Improv Dojo Comedy. Some people I've s...
Schedule updated 6 months ago

Justin Torres

Hello, If you need to contact me directly, feel free to email me a justindtorres@gmail.com. My rate for groups of under 8 people is $35/hr. I have a lower 2 prov rate, let me know if you're interested. I've been coaching mostly house teams at The Magnet. Recent teams include, Behemoth, Sec...
Schedule updated 6 months ago

Dennis Pacheco

Dennis has been a teacher at the Magnet Theater since June of 2021. He has been performing on stage since 2012. He is an improviser, actor, sketch writer, sketch performer, director, and coach. He studied with Peter McNerney, Russ Armstrong, Louis Kornfeld, Rachel Hamilton, Michael Delaney, Arman...
Schedule updated 6 months ago