IMPROV SALT LAKE SKETCH COMEDY REVUE
Created by:
Aitch Alexandar, Madeline Bird, Cordelia Brand, Jordan Todd Brown*, Chase Dickerson*, AB Harrison, Zar Hayes, Jackson Holladay*, Clive Iverson*, Miriah Kessler, David Knoell*, Merry Magee, Laurie Mecham*, Oz Morris, Lincoln Oliphant, Syd Peronnet, Koda Smith
* denotes member of Improv Salt Lake
Performer Bios - May 21, 2025
FAMKE ROUMSTEAD - (Host)
Famke Roumstead Edu-Tainer, Life and Death Coach, Sexuality Advocate, Ally and Bon Vivant. Her wholesomely charming NC-17 style "Sexinars" have entertained and illuminated at least hundreds nationwide.
CHASE DICKERSON
Chase started doing improv comedy back in 2012 at The Off Broadway Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City, where he participated in over a dozen parody plays to hone his acting and comedic skills. He has performed with several improvisational comedy troupes in the Salt Lake Valley and currently serves on the board of directors with Improv Salt Lake. The collaboration and creativity of comedy is what he enjoys the most, as well as the great friends he gets to laugh and play with along the way. In his free time, he likes to rock climb and play D&D. He is thrilled to be a part of the sketch comedy show!
ZAR HAYES
Zar Hayes is an actor living in Salt Lake City. He is also a proud father and husband. This is Zar's first major journey into improv and comedy and he's grateful to be a part of such a fun show.
JACKSON HOLLADAY
Jackson is the youngest improv veteran on the Wasatch front. He is the Artistic Director of Improv Broadway in Provo where he performs and teaches. Jackson also directs Basement Comedy in addition to leading classes with Improv Salt Lake. You can also catch Jackson on stage at Comedysportz Provo and Laughing Stock with Off-Broadway Theatre.
MERRY MAGEE
Merry is thrilled to be working with Improv Salt Lake to bring you this sketch revue. Merry holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from Westminster University. Recent credits include: Save the Cow (2024 GSL Fringe), Merry Wives of Windsor (Mad King Productions), A Shayna Maidel (Three Penny Theatre), Go Home Come Back (Plan B - Script in Hand Series), Sparks Fly Upward (SLAC Playwright’s Lab), Scarlet, Cherry Wine in Paper Cups, Train Tracks (Sackerson), Ion, Women of Trachis (Classical Greek Theatre Festival); and The Rapture Happens at Midnight (An Other Theatre Company).
LAURIE MECHAM
SYD PERONNET
Syd Peronnet is an improviser/actor, musician, and director from Salt Lake City. They are a founding member of Majoring in Improv at SLCC. Syd has performed for various troupes, and the last two summers they've been a performer for the Busking Bus's variety show. In 2017, Syd directed and wrote Director's Cut for the Fringe Festival, and in 2024, they directed Three Penny Theatre's production of Generation Red. Syd has a deep love of music and if they had their way, every improv scene would end in a musical number! When they are at home, Syd loves to paint, wire wrap, play guitar, and write. They are ecstatic to be a part of Salt Lake Improv's Sketch Comedy Revue!
KODA SMITH
Koda is honored to work on this show with such an amazing
cast and crew! This is his first time doing sketch comedy, and he hopes to do
more in the future with Improv Salt Lake.
Additional Creative Team
AITCH ALEXANDAR - Writer
Aitch Alexandar is an openly queer, trans-masculine poet,
author, and comedian originally from Walla Walla, Washington. He is a Navy
veteran who currently resides in the Salt Lake City metro area with his family
of felines and his elderly, eccentric father. He’s awkward, funny, and probably
too obsessed with pizza and cats. This is his first time working with a sketch
comedy group; it's truly been an enriching experience.
CORDELIA BRAND - Writer
Cordelia Brand has a Master of Arts in teaching with a theatre emphasis from Westminster College. She received her undergraduate theatre degree with a double emphasis in directing and acting from Weber State University. During the school year, she teaches theatre at Rowland Hall private school and teaches adjunct at the University of Utah each summer in their Youth Theatre program. She has been directing for 30 years and is also a Playwright-in-Residence for Wasatch Theatre Company.
A.B. HARRISON - Writer
AB Harrison is a writer, director, photographer, and educator currently based in Utah. He is funder of SALT MONSTER THEATRE COMPANY, devoted to fostering avant garde theatre and emerging playwrights by producingn original texts that push the boundaries of the stage.
DAVID KNOELL - Director/Writer
David Knoell is an alumn of the Directing Program at The Second City Training Center in Chicago. He has assistant directed for The Second City Tour Co. and created eighteen original sketch comedy shows for Stage 773. He is co-creator of the long-running improv show Jam Sandwich, now its in thirteenth year at The Second City. David writes The Lumpenproletariat Revue on Substack. He is a founding member of Improv Salt Lake. David has an MFA in theatre from the University of Central Florida, and a BA in theatre and philosophy from the University of Nebraska.
OZ MORRIS - Writer
Oz Morris is a local comedian and writer who produces several open mic stand up events around the Salt Lake area.