The Cast of Nashville Improv
Lacie Madison
Lacie was drawn to Nashville by the promise of bright lights and stages full of songwriters, while still only being a 20 minute drive to any part of town. She spends her days at Vanderbilt and assisting nurses. Her nights are spent cooking, visiting casinos, and at various trivia nights around town utilizing her homeschooled education to identify pre and post victorian clothing, civil war facts and music from the 1970’s. Improvising regularly since 2008, you will find her running the business side of things, plotting themes & games for shows, sharing the magic of improv with students and her second favorite part of improv, answering the phone.
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Michael Kearney
Yes you did see him on Drunk History. Michael was born on the island of Oahu, moved all across the country as a Navy brat, became a child actor, won some awards and records, and collected all sorts of accents, cultural references, and preposterous stories along the way. He decided to share his collection of useless information with the world of Improv, where all sorts of strange beasts and mutants live. They have accepted him as one of their own, and allowed his hair to grow long, and his freak flag to fly high.
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Jesse Briggs
Jesse was born and raised in Knoxville, but couldn't go to UT because he's allergic to "Rocky Top," so he went to MTSU and studied TV production. His first job took him to New Orleans where he became an expert in bead-throwing and penny slots. Here in Nashville he's become a Technical Media Operator at News 2 so he can shamelessly plug Nashville Improv whenever he wants. In his free time he enjoys dancing with swingers and mountain folk.
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Ryan Leyhue
Ryan Leyhue's unquenchable thirst for attention naturally led him to the stage, and his equally obnoxious desire to prove to everyone how smart and funny he is led him into Improv. Ryan has performed on stages (real and makeshift) all over the Southeast and selected parts of the coasts, including various theme parks, dinner shows, wrestling rings and pirate ships. Ryan received formal Improv training from the good folks at SAK Comedy Lab in Orlando, Florida and can occasionally be seen teaching a thing or two about a thing or two to the Nashville Improv Company students. Ryan also wrestles alligators. So there's that.
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Jarvis Bynum
You've seen Jarvis Bynum lighting up stages all over Tennessee. Graduate of Austin Peay University he is actively persuing his goal of a fulltime actor. Medical care giver by day, actor, performer and singer with a heart of gold by night. Ask him his favorite song he's listening to on Spotify right now and you won't be disappointed.
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Susan "Lola" Conway
Susan Conway has been called 'Lola' since she was 16 and defiantly continued to wear the Barry Manilow concert T-shirt to her New Jersey high school, prompting detractors to switch from calling her 'Carrot Top' to the Copacabana protagonist. This pivotal moment might have garnered her the votes needed to win class clown. Since then, she has done stand up and sketch work in LA and was enjoyed classes with the UCB in NY. She's traveled to 5 continents and is tremendously fond of meeting people. She teaches ESL to refugees and immigrants when not attempting to stave off Alzheimer's by shaking the synapses in her brain with improv at NIC. She still loves yacht rock and she will always karaoke with you.
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Josh Inocalla
Josh is the son of a psychologist mother who hails from a long line of cowboys and a Ninja Turtle father who upholds an ancient martial arts legacy. He is originally from Vancouver, BC and moved to Nashville on a whim when he heard that the people were comparably nice. Since transplanting himself here, he has worked tirelessly to be the best writer and performer he can be through putting on countless shows focused around stand-up, improv, sketch, live theatre, and film. This work is his one true love and you can tell that to his ex-wife.
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Andrew Glasscock
Andrew is a Tennessee native, raised in parts of Chattanooga that still require directions like "turn off the paved road over the holler" to find. Before the age of two, he figured out that his funny voices and enthusiastic, semi-coherent ramblings made people laugh. His comedic style stayed more or less the same until he tried his hand at improv in 2008. One particular night, in the middle of a sweaty, sold-out university black box theater, he knew he was exactly where he belonged. Andrew is a Middle Tennessee State University alumni, and maintains his "responsible adult" disguise by making digital magic happen at hotels worldwide. He lives under the Nashville airport with his college sweetheart and a pair of good-for-nothing kidneys. |
