KCVImprov

The Competitive Team consists of:
Tristan Euringer
Phoebe Jones
Kira Meyers-Guiden
Nick Rose
Erik Scribner
David Sherren
Brandon Vasko
and Marie Laing... clearly.


The Non-Competitive Team includes:
Sara Connelly
Lewis Coon
Tom Errington
Morgan Gagnon
Tori Langmuir
Shannon McAneney
Abi Miller
Steven Monahan

Phoebe, or Hippo (as she was named for her intense love of hippopotamuses), is a seasoned improvian who enjoys climbing on giant tractors and wearing garbage bags. Being the tallest member of KCVImprov, Phoebe is always the one her teammates come to when they just can’t reach the cookie jar. As a guarder of aquatic lives, she loves wearing spandex and splashing around in H2O without a care in the world. Well, except for hippos. She cares about hippos. A lot. In fact, she is president, vice president, founder, co-founder, secretary, and poster child for the Society for the Loving and Creepy Observation of Hippopotamuses, or (SLCOH). Phoebe is also an advocate for making human-hippo marriage legal, although the government recently paid her off to keep quiet. With more talent than that of a flying squirrel, Phoebe is sure to make you laugh! And laugh again. And then laugh the next day in the middle of a long class lecture when you think about her, causing the entire class to turn and look at you, thinking “Wow. I didn’t know they were schizophrenic.”

Marie is a true improvian, never more herself than when on stage making it all up and laying it all on the line. When she is not doing that you can find her munching on shortbread, chatting on Facebook or strumming her guitar. She looks best when donning her lampshade and is known for her terrific imitation of the voices of many small children all at once [insert shocked gasp here] but most of all she's just one great teammate (despite all the blinking).

On this season of the bachelor...Professional gamer Nick Rose seeks love...this may seem like every other season of The Bachelor, but with this cycle comes more twists, turns and nose dives than ever before. Are you looking for love too? Well look no further! Nick's fiery spirit and unarguable commitment to playing awersome improv games is enough to leave even the most grounded individual with their head in the clouds. His hobbies include reading, reenacting Saturday Night Fever, complete with musical accompainment, and of course like any good bachelor, taking long walks on the beach. His greatest achievement to date is the invention of the yo-yo that always comes back. So what are you waiting for? Pop your collars, break out your magic cards and get ready to duel...this season promises to bring you television at its finest, broadcastin live from the KC Auditorium. See you at the Rose Ceremony

While Erik might be new to the Improv Team and lacks the manly jaw line of Tristan and the gorgeous flowing locks of Sarah, he's still looking forward to this opportunity with great enthusiasm. When he isn't busy being Amish and not believing in technology, he can be found living with his grandparents Muriel and Eustace in the middle of nowhere, where he is learning the finer arts including tea drinking and crochet. We know that he's going to be a great addition to KC Improv if he would only put down the Lays potato chips.

Lavid was rescued by KC Improv from a flock of maurauding seagulls when he was only 14 and we're sure glad we took him in. With his white hair and skin and his constant pecking at everyone else's food, we wonder if his time with the gulls has rubbed off on him a little more than we hoped. Whatever other seagull qualities he has, he certainly has awesome skills on stage and KC Improv is happy to have such a talented player in our flock.

The Werewolfe is back for another great year on the KC Comp Team. Need anything of the top shelf? Brandon's your guy. Able to keep his cool on stage and wack it out with non-stop funny comments, Brandon fits improv in between full moons. His characters are funny, dedicated and you'd swear that he was fully human if you didn't know better. His friends say (and I quote), "He makes you think he's almost human until he howls at the moon like a Jamaican Sean Connery and rips your throat out through your bellybutton". But don't you worry, this fuzzy friend is still fun to be around, even if it takes him a moment or two to see that you're standing right in front of him.

Lewis is a young ambitious unicyclist with a dream of one day competing in the Uni olympics against his swarn enemies the unicylitarians! In his spare time Lewis enjoys Bunny rabbit slippers and bow ties made of other people. He has the ability to shapeshift into any object or living creature at anytime and he uses this to achieve mysterious goals. During the KCVI Improv tryouts Lewis challenged the speed of light to a race on his unicycle around a shooting star and he won by many many miles. Unfortunately his triumphant win destroyed the universe and so he was forced to improv a brand new one. This epic event is in fact what assured his position on the team. This is Lewis's first year on the KC non-comp team and he is super duper excited to show off his extreme knowledge and skills to bring a new level of awesomnessinticity to the team!

Is he just a bedtime story parents tell their children in order to terrify them, or is there something more than fiction to this myth? Many people claim to have seen Tom, even to have conversed with him. Indeed Tom sightings have been reported in the forests of British Colombia, the plains of western Scandinavia, and the downtown area of Kingston Ontario. Eye witness Dave Morrison gave us his account,“ He came around the corner and looked me dead in the eye…. I….. I couldn’t move. My life flashed before my eyes, all I could think about was my family, how I wanted to live to see them again. I blinked, and before I could gasp, he made up a crafty excuse and left. I came back with a camera afterward but he was long gone”. Dave certainly had a close shave, but the surprising thing is that his story is not unique. Tom has built up quite a reputation for escaping video capture with his silver tongued antics and remaining covert with his laid back attitude. Because of these unique talents rumors has spread that Tom has been recruited onto the fabled KCVI improv team. A group mired in shadows and mystery in which Tom would seem very much in place. Should you see Tom, be prepared to experience mild to severe hilarity (Tom’s natural defense mechanism). Then contact our agency as soon as possible so we can investigate the area. 

Although she may be small in stature, Morgan is elephantine in heart. The newest ginger-riffic addition to KCVI's non-comp team, Morgan is by far the smile-iest niner ever to grace the KC stage. When she's not busy fashioning hula hoops out of liquorice, Morgan enjoys inventing new sports and winning Nobel prizes.

The Langmuir is a rare breed. When she is not posing for pictures in her natural habitat (the beach) she can be found snuggling up with a book alongside her longtime boyfriend Albus. She lives by the motto "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live". Thus she tried out for improv this year; successfully achieving a spot on the prestigious Non-Comp team. She is proud to announce the arrival of her very own Jones New York and says if anyone is interested in procuring their own they need only talk to her mommy. She believes candy should be as big as your head and that everyday is another photo shoot. With more talent than a dancing horse and more charisma than you can fit in BOTH your pockets Tori is bound to rock your world.
"It is important to laugh, and laugh again, and keep laughing, for only then can boredom be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated." -Tori Langmuir

Shannon "Salmon" McAneney is in her second year of improv! When she isn't preparing for her yearly swim upstream, she is kicking butt playing in an underwater soccer league. Two years ago, by "chance" she was caught by the KCVI fishing team, then raised to become a super duper improver. She also bakes some wicked peanut butter cookies! We are looking forward to seeing Shannon become an amazing improver!

The red-headed stepchild of an M1 Abrams and a blazing inferno, Tank deals daily with the problem of people constantly dousing her fiery hair in an misguided attempt to save her life. One unfortunate area her burning does translate into is her cooking skills- it is known that in one of her many previous lives she was the chef on the Mary Celeste. If you are ever offered a piece of home cooking from this second-year Improver, we advise you run for the hills. When set loose on a stage however, Abi turns into a five-star cook at the illustrious restaurant KCVImprov.