Coaches
Kay Mollica
Hi, there! My name is Kay (she / her) and I would love to coach your improv team / practice group OR your sketch team / show. I have been a house team performer for sketch and improv at Magnet Theater. I have some experience with the UCB circuit and have been an actor and musical theater pers...Schedule updated 5 months ago
Richard J. Krysztoforski
Would love to coach your team! If you're looking to take your improv team to the next level, I'm your person: 13+ years experience studying and performing improv in the USA, and internationally. Director/producer for the Cat's Cradle Ensemble, an off-broadway improv comedy team with a resi...Schedule updated 6 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 8 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 9 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 9 months ago
Jessika Stocker
Jessika has been performing improv and sketch since 2005. She's a current megawatt team member at the Magnet on team Boy-Girl Party and at the Armory on team Focus Group. She's also on indie teams BBGT, Turnstile, and Bangin'. She's trained at Magnet, UCB, Annoyance, completed the Second City Con...Schedule updated 9 months ago
Anson Chan
Hey hey! I’m Anson and I'd love to coach your improv group! I've studied at the Magnet and Improvolution and specialize in deepening scenes through emotional work, committing to strong choices, playing dynamic/lived-in characters, improvising at the speed of fun, helping performers overcome fe...Schedule updated 9 months ago