Frieda McKenna

Frieda is an actor, writer and voice-over artist. A graduate of La Trobe University with a BA Honours, majoring in Drama and Econonmics. 
Frieda has been a professional actor for more than 20 years with credits including 26 episodes of The Wedge, 5 episodes of We Can Be Heroes, City Homicide, and Winners and Losers. For more than 16 years she has been a senior consultant in the retail industry. She has been a Multi-Site Manager for Caltex, and Senior Manager for Coles Supermarkets.

Mick Preston

Mick trained as an actor in New York with Uta Hagen. He lived there for eleven years. He has worked extensively in film, tv, theatre and corporate role play. Mick has a B.Ed., Cert 1V T&A & DISC accreditation. His role play work is also extensive & includes the areas of finance, medicine, mental health, pharmaceuticals, government, etc. and has covered such topics as corporate fraud, communication skills, conflict management, engaging in difficult conversations, and workplace bullying and harassment.

Warren Adams

Warren studied Drama and Performing Arts at Middlesex University and has worked as a television and stage actor, voice-over artist, and trainer/role-player. He conducts specialist workshops in speech training and presentation skills for banks such as Credit Acrecole and Morgan Stanley.  Work with corporate and institutions includes corporate and medical roleplay for hospitals and mental health institutions both in the UK and HK.

Leon Hill

Mr. Hill is a media producer, consultant and professional actor.  For 19 years he was a California civil trial lawyer and criminal prosecutor.  A public speaker on security, individual rights, law enforcement reform and other legal matters, he has represented a wide spectrum of clients in civil and criminal matters through trial and appeal.  As an actor he has appeared on TV in the USA, Europe, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan and in over 25 feature films. In HK he was in Streetcar Named Desire, The Resistable Rise of Artuo Ui, Othello and as Ludwig Van Beethoven for the HK Sinfonietta.

Wendy Mok

Wendy working in interactive theatre and role-play
in 1999 and has helped trained people in numerous Fortune 500 companies, law firms and business schools in Hong Kong, U.S.A., Singapore, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Macau. Role-play clients include Citibank, HSBC, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, British Telecom, Telstra, Stanford Business School, Ottobock, Cathay Pacific, H&M, RTHK and many others.

Natalie Shull

With a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Natalie is a Native English speaker with dynamic interpersonal skills and presents information in an engaging, interesting manner. With sixteen years of experience in theatre and television, both on-stage and behind the scenes, including writing and producing for both genres. Natalie has been working for the past 6 years in Corporate Team Building and has lived in Hong Kong since 2005. Natalie speaks Cantonese, French and English. She was a Designer / Small Business Owner at Boudoir Betty in New York for 3 years.

Charlie Shroeder

Charlie went to Bates College, USA, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and studied at the British American Drama Academy in London. As an actor he has worked in the TV, theatre and on stage.  He is a published freelance writer in memoirs and articles and Senior editor for Tatler Asia and Time Out magazine Hong Kong. He has been an interpersonal Communications Coach Business Role-Player and Content Provider since 1997.

Vicki Rummun

Vicki is a professional actor who has worked in The UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. Most recently, playing the lead in Doubt at the HK Rep. For the past 10 years she has worked for many Youth Theatre organizations, teaching LAMDA speech and drama, directing shows at the HKAPA and training workshop leaders for Faust International. Her experience particularly with LAMDA, has enabled her to assist others improve their communication skills and public speaking.

Christine Domingo Klitsie

Christine is an experienced actress, workshop facilitator and therapist. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and through various courses in Asia. Recent Hong Kong credits include Vital Voices’ Seven, In The Next Room, City That Never Sleeps and Orbis’ Don’t Look Away. Prior to her current work, she was trained as a medical doctor and then had an international corporate career where she was responsible for and worked in over a dozen countries including Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand.

John Knowles

John Knowles is an actor, writer, improviser and trainer. He is the current Director of Corporate Training & Entertainment at Impro Australia. He has performed corporate role plays and character hoaxes for many companies including Downer, Uniting, Apple, Rabobank, Sharp and Xerox.  He has created and facilitated communication training programs for IBM, BIS, 3M, Apple, Yahoo, Gadens Lawyers and ING. John is a certified coach having completed the Coach U (CEFT) program. John has worked for Australian Business Theatre (ABT), taught at Screenwise Acting Academy and runs his corporate entertainment company, Solid Lines Creative.  

Suz Mawer

Graduate of Queensland University of Technology – BA(Drama), Suz Mawer successfully juggles a career in both the corporate and the Arts sector. She brings a range of these skills to her role in The Star Entertainment Group. Moving from the Table Games to The Regulatory Affairs department in 2011, and to the Group role of Senior Compliance Advisor in 2016. In theatre, Suz has worked with some of Australia’s most innovative theatre companies. Suz has also facilitated workshops for Brisbane City Council and corporate workshops for Theatresports Queensland. Role-play clients include Relationships Australia, Australian Law Society, Ambulance Officer training, Mater Children’s Hospital.

Jane Watt

Jane is an actor, improviser and writer. She trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and graduated in 2014. Since graduating from WAAPA, Jane has become an active member of Sydney’s independent theatre, film and comedy scenes. Jane has also worked extensively as a corporate performer and trainer, with a variety of companies such as Impro Australia, ITS, Corporate Actors Australia and Corporate Theatre P/L. Roles have included; facilitating workshops, presenting, performing scripted sketches, performing improvised comedy and interactive role-play. 

Marshall Cowan

Marshall has a background in Biotechnology, Computer Science and Information Technology and has worked in various corporate management roles. He has worked in corporate and educational roleplay since 2010, covering scenarios involving clinical diagnosis, rehabilitation, legal interviewing, criminology and corporate communication. His clients have included Flinders University, University of South Australia, the State Library of South Australia, and numerous legal firms and Adelaide-based businesses. 

Deborah Jones

Deborah is an actor, director and producer in both film and theatre. She has been an acting teacher in various institutions around Sydney for the past twenty years. Deborah has been working with Roleplay Australia since 2001, performing role-play with clients such as Westpac, Sydney Transport Australia, NSW Police, DOCS, Telstra and many more.

Debra Tang

Debra has worked all over the world, including Hungary, Germany, Japan, India, USA and United Kingdom. She has been twice nominated for the Asian TV Awards for Best Performance, and won the Excellent Performer Award in Toyama, Japan. Originally trained as an architect, Debra worked as a management consultant with a local consulting firm, and later, as associate partner of The Gallup Organization.

Dianah Dulany

Dianah holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Lindenwood University. She has worked as a professional improviser and instructor for over 30 years, beginning her improv career in New York City before moving to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to manage a non-profit theater company. She performed with ComedySportz-Milwaukee for four years before bringing ComedySportz to Houston in 1990. Dianah is a sought-after performer and improv teacher, most notably for the Texas Thespians State Festival.

Seán Patrick Judge

Seán has two Bachelors Degrees from The University of Iowa Drama and French departments respectively. Upon graduation, he worked extensively in theatre in Chicago for 5 years, before moving to New York and working in theatre 4 more years before settling in Houston in 2004. Seán’s Corporate Role Play experience began in Chicago in 1995. He’s worked primarily with oil and gas companies, such as BP, British Gas, Shell and Exxon, Seán supplements his income as the assistant to New York Times Best-selling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman. 

Sara Gaston

B.A. in Drama from the University of Texas at Austin, with extensive improv study with Second City. Sara has extensive acting credits, and has taught acting and communication skills since 2007. Her experience includes role-playing for corporations in Houston, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta with law schools and medical facilities and is also a Teaching Assistant, training, role-playing and giving feedback with medical students.

She has worked both administrative and human resources capacities. She has created and conducted her own acting classes and workshops, coached people on speaking in front of groups and having enrolling conversations. Sara is one of our key people in Texas. Learn more →

David Matranga

With a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama, he began his career in theatre, TV, film and voice acting in NY and was in Occupy Texas and Be Not Afraid. He has voiced over 100 roles, including Appleseed, Appleseed Ex Machina, Appleseed Alpha, Halo legends and Starship Troopers: Invasion.

David teaches acting at Sam Houston State University, the Alley theatre and Stages Repertory Theatre. He has worked as a trainer and standardized patient teaching assistant since 2009, working with UT Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine. His corporate training and role-play industry experience ranges from the oil industry, Shell, to Houston area law firms, helping facilitate mock depositions and trials to working directly with the energy industry during a stint with UK based company, Impromptu. Learn more →  

Michael Brusasco

Degrees from Willamette University it Salem, Oregon and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. An inaugural company member at the Great River Shakespeare Festival and member at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.  He has directed/coached at universities including New York’s Stella Adler Conservatory as well as Willamette University. In the corporate world Michael has worked in executive assistant and analyst positions with Marsh & McLennan Companies, Estee Lauder, Warburg Pincus, and Kaiser Permanente serving as the assistant to the head of National Media Relations, as well as in the academic sector at UC Berkeley. He also is a New York State Licensed Real Estate Salesperson associated with Bohemia Realty Group.

Leanne Curran

Leanne has years of experience in theatre and film as well as high-level sales and management experience in the corporate arena. Leanne’s credits include Feature Film and short film roles and several theatre productions. On a corporate level, Leanne has over 20 years of high-level sales and management experience in the highly competitive telecommunications industry. Leanne also has extensive role-playing experience and is regularly sought after to provide her role-play for clients such as Chevron Australia, The Western Australian Police, and Notre Dame University School of Medicine. 

Chiara Motley

Master of Fine Arts from The National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, CO and BA from Stanford University. Chiara has been trained to teach voice, speech, public speaking, and storytelling in both her undergraduate and graduate training.  She has led workshops for Seattle Shakespeare Company as well as the Denver Center’s Education program.  Chiara has worked with chefs and restaurateurs on their ability to speak passionately and eloquently about their food and restaurant concepts in order to solicit possible investors. She recently worked for Peers and Players at the UBS Staff Training Sessions.

Jonny C Kaplan

Jonathan has a Bachelor’s of Arts from Stanford University. After graduating, Jonathan moved to NYC where he has worked extensively on Broadway, off-Broadway, and Regionally. Jonathan’s Corporate Role Play experience includes several years of real play scenarios for organizations such as Morgan Stanley and Columbia Health, as well as creating and running a program with Jewish Theological Seminary. An experienced improviser, Mr Kaplan regularly performs at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Jonathan has worked with Peers and Players on a number of projects including GSK, Citi Bank and UBS.

Bethany Caputo

Bethany has worked extensively on stage as well as film and TV. Bethany has performed corporate industrial work for Barclay International, Northwestern University, Domaine de Canton, and on camera industrial work for Indiana State Tourism Board.  Bethany has been a standardized patient for Rush University, Loyola University, and The University of Chicago, and she was asked to develop and participate in an instructional video for the training of standardized patients by the University of Chicago.  Bethany is certified as an Open Space Facilitator, and has participated, in a Master of Arts in Conflict Transformation, with Karuna Center for Peacebuilding. 

Britt Yates

Classically trained at the Actors College of Theatre and Television in 2015, Britt has worked across theatre, feature films, television commercials and corporate work.  Britt has done multiple educational training videos for The Health Education and Training Institute NSW (HETI), as well as medical roleplaying for The University of Notre Dame Sydney, and Prison guard roleplaying for Whitelion Bail Out.

Susan Ling Young

Cert IV Music Theatre Performance. Role play experience includes – Frequent work for the NSW Police Dept., Australian Institute for Relationship Studies, Griffith University, Qld, Notre Dame University, NSW and the Australian Medical Council (medical student examinations & other healthcare training). Susan is also a Registered Nurse, with over 20 year’s-experience and has, Certificate III in Early Childcare, current RSA, WCC and First Aid Certificate.

Danxia Yung

Danxia is a Chinese-Norwegian-Australian actor and has played several roles in feature films, short films, TV and commercials. A graduate of Bachelor of Journalism at The University of Queensland, and holder of Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) as well as Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Danxia has worked in teaching ESL for 3 years. She has in the past owned her own business in recruitment for hospitality events and has worked extensively in event supervision.

Nate Starkey

Nate has been performing, writing and producing for stage and screen since 1990. He performs at comedy improv theaters. He creates original content for movies and series. Nate spent 15 years in NYC, as an award winning comedian and the most tenured improv teacher at the People’s Improv Theater. As a corporate improv workshop instructor, role player and team builder, Nate’s list of corporate clients include P.W.C., Morgan Stanley, Johns Hopkins, Google, Disney, and the U.S. Olympic Team. Before working full time as an actor, corporate trainer, coach and teacher, Nate worked as a film maker where he produced corporate films for clients such as IBM, PODS Moving and Storage, the Philadelphia 76ers and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Jimmy Akingbola

Jimmy is an award-winning UK actor/producer and Co-Founder of The TriForce Creative Network, an organization set up to promote equal opportunities in the entertainment industry. Jimmy works in Los Angeles and London producing and managing TCN events, creating business relationships and expanding the TCN brand in the USA. Jimmy has acted in film, television and on stage in the UK/USA since 2002.

Jimmy has performed Corporate Role Play work since 2006, working with Actorshop, RoleplayUK, Metropolitan Police, Soho Theatre, Round House, CPS, Halifax HSBC, Natwest, Santander, NHS, Guys Hospital, and Newham Schools and College.

Sohm Kapila

Sohm moved to Los Angeles from London in early 2017 and has been acting since the age of 14. She has a BA Hons in Acting from Italia Conti Academy, and also studied Film Making at the New York Film Academy and Comedy Sitcom at Lesly Kahn in LA. Sohm speaks Hindi and Punjabi. Her business experience spans over 15 years, and she has had a long career in sales and marketing. Her extensive roleplay work has been mainly in the UK, with clients that include the NHS, Centrica Gas, Tower Hamlets Council, and the Ministry of Justice. She is experienced in multiple workplace scenarios, responding with sensitivity and relevance to each individual, challenging when needed, providing practical and personal feedback.

Katrina Morris

Katrina has studied and performed audience-suggested improvisation for over ten years, beginning with short-form game playing and moving on to long-form team performances. Her team, Cage-Free Humans performed regularly in Miami, as well as at the Del Close Marathon in New York. Katrina is the owner of Improv South Miami, an independent improv theater in South Miami, Florida.

Katrina developed a program called Improv for Human beings, which focuses on natural communication, emphasizing authenticity and respectful listening. She has taught her program at Improv South Miami and at regional improv theaters, as well as at FilmGate Miami, and her one-on-one clients have included lawyers, business-owners, students, and administrators.

Maria Inés Pintado

A graduate of Escuela Rusa de Actuación en México, Maria studied classical theatre at the London Academy of Performing Arts and workshops at LAMDA and The Actors Centre. Since 2009 she has produced and performed Prendida de las Lámparas, a play about Rosario Castellanos, Dostoyevski, the Demon and the Idiot and Karamazov.

Recently she worked for Peers and Players in Mexico City as role-play actress. Maria uses coaching techniques for clients from business and administrative institutions to develop their communication skills.

Alfred Loh

Alfred has been performing in the Malaysian arts industry for the last 9 years and has experience working in various mediums such as film, theatre, television, commercials, corporate training and performance. Alfred also has experience in multiple corporate role-play scenarios for clients such as British American Tobacco and 7-Eleven. Prior to acting, Alfred also spent a year in the corporate sector with HP-EDS based in Cyberjaya.

Fernando Córdova

Fernando left his law career for acting, studied improvisation with Omar Argentino and was part of the Mexican League of Improvisation. Fernando performed and starred in The Winter Pageant Spectacle in Chicago produced by The Redmoon, and recently in the Opera El Pagliacci.

He has implemented his theories, workshops and shows in different countries such as Mexico, Spain, United States, Barcelona, ​​Costa Rica, Brussels and China, among others. In addition to his creative career, Cordova founded Inhala, an organization dedicated to improving organizational environments in the for profit and non-for-profit sectors.

Farah Rani

Farah Rani is an avid theatre practitioner who has performed in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Tokyo, Adelaide, Brisbane and New York City. Farah was trained at the Michael Howard Studios in New York City.

Farah is a law graduate from the University of Malaya and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2012. She is a non-practicing advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. She has used her acting experience to role play for corporate training, most notably for Philip Morris where she helped potential interviewers hone their skills by going through mock interviews and providing verbal feedback.

Gavin Yap

Gavin Yap is a Malaysian actor/writer/theatre director and award winning film-maker. He has a BA degree from the University of North London, now known as London Metropolitan University. As an actor, he has performed in London, Malaysia, Singapore, Macau and Australia.

Gavin served as Director-In-Residence at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre from 2005 to 2008, during which time he directed numerous productions. In 2007, he was awarded the National Arts Award for directing. Gavin is also a seasoned voice director.

Kate Drummond

B.A. in Drama from Washington University in St. Louis, Kate developed a specialized interest in Shakespearean verse. After graduation, Kate completed the Seattle Children’s Theatre internship with the Young Actor Institute, and Teaching Apprenticeship. 

Since moving to Seattle, she has performed with Jet City Improv, Unexpected Productions, and several independent improv groups. Kate has also produced and directed several improv shows. As a freelance Teaching Artist, Kate teaches for many organizations in and around Seattle, including the Seattle Children’s Theatre, Bainbridge Performing Arts, foundry10, Salmon Bay School, Youth Theatre Northwest, and Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Short Shakes program.

Marina Tan

B.S. Journalism from West Virginia University; MA from the University of Southern Queensland; Dip. in Performing from Trinity Guildhall. Marina has worked as a journalist, editor, HR consultant, theatre/voiceover practitioner and teacher, corporate role player/trainer, and artistic head for a creative children’s center. Marina’s corporate training experiences include leadership and communication for a European-based machines manufacturer, negotiation strategies for a leading consumer goods multinational, and performance review for a British-based manufacturing company. She has also facilitated / supported HR efforts on assessment centers as well as communication and collaboration for Malaysian public-listed conglomerates and a nationwide banking corporation.

Anna Cheney

Spanning two decades as an actor, Anna is a multi-award winner with credits including touring nationally with Bell Shakespeare, guest roles on TV shows and films including McLeod’s Daughters, Rake and most recently in blockbuster Bleeding Steel alongside Jackie Chan. For the last eight years, Anna has been working as an Actor and Facilitator in Corporate training programs. Highly experienced in role play, bespoke theatre and vocal and physical training, this work combines Anna’s enthusiasm for connecting with people alongside her acting skills and sense of humor. Anna is friendly, punctual and creative and her presence in a room is positive and energizing.

Jason Tobin

Jason is an actor, writer, director and producer with 20 years of experience in the film industry in Los Angeles, London and Hong Kong. In 2013, Jason won the best actor award for his performance in the controversial film, CHINK, at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Jason created “Acting Is Believing” a school which brings acting teachers to Hong Kong from The USA. Jason has trained and coached in diversity programmes, leadership, public-speaking, performance management, sales and customer service, interview, feedback and one-on-one coaching workshops. Clients include Steps Drama, DLA Piper, Coca-Cola, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures. Prudential Insurance, Pizza Hut, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Morgan Stanley.

Bob Werley

A graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, Bob has worked as a professional actor, acting coach, improv teacher, and corporate role player/trainer for over 20 years.  He is currently working as the head instructor of The Pirates of Tokyo Bay’s Improv University, founded by Tokyo’s only bilingual improv comedy group. He has a large array of theatre, TV, voice, and film credits including Shin Godzilla, The Eternal Zero, and Equals. Bob also has administrative experience at two US universities and banking experience at 5/3 Banking Corporation in Ohio. Since moving to Japan, he has continued his acting and developed professional coaching and role-playing skills.

Yui Terada

Yui was brought up in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London. Fascinated by theatre from a young age, she joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain during her time as a student, and read Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London. After graduating university, Yui returned to Tokyo and received drama training at Bungakuza Theatre Company. Upon leaving Bungakuza, Yui became a freelance actress and interpreter. She began corporate role-playing and interactive drama in 2014, working with individuals at numerous levels within organizations. She has done work based on communication skills, diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias, leadership training, and feedback skills. Her clients include organizations such as Goldman Sachs, UBS, Fidelity, and Adecco. 

Ryo Harada

Bachelor of Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University. After graduating SFSU, Ryo performed in Film, Theatre and Commercials in the US. Since returning to Japan, he has worked as an actor, director and playwright, specializing in theatre for young audiences. Ryo has worked in many international collaborations as an actor, director, facilitator and interpreter. Ryo works in the corporate field in role play, coaching and facilitating employees working with like managers and team members at various levels within organizations. Corporate training experience includes feedback Skills for Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Smith Group, IBD, Inclusive Leadership/Unconscious Bias Program for UBS and Feedback Skills, Career Conversations and Inclusion Training for Morgan Stanley.

Rom Gulla

Rom is a graduate of ACTT with an Acting Diploma and more than a decade of experience in theatre, television and role-playing. He has assisted with recruitment by role-playing in all different industries, particularly working in corporate and training.
Rom has worked with a vast variety of clients such as Transport NSW, Telstra, Relationships Australia, St George, Westpac, BeChallenged, Health NSW and most recently NSW Justice System, playing the role of a parolee. He has also been a part of numerous company campaigns playing the roles of an angry customer, CEO and a themed facilitator. 
Some of his career highlights have included starring as the main lead in the Panasonic Persecution of Rommy Gulla campaign, ABC2 commercial, Tivo launch commercial as well as many plays including The Removalist, A Hat Full of Rain and Anna in the Tropics.

Jerry Hoh

Jerry is a popular face on the local and international television screen. He has plays lead and support roles in comedy & drama series in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the UK, Germany, France and Italy. Besides movies made in South East Asia, he has also acted in a feature film for Jean-Jacque Anaud shot in Cambodia and Thailand. Jerry has also been involved in many role-playing training sessions over the last 10 years, and is familiar with giving feedback and the techniques involving theatre forum. Some of these sessions also involve coaching. Some of his corporate clients include: Baker McKenzie, ATKearney, Barclays Bank, British American Tobacco Asia Credit Swiss, DLA Piper, HSBC, IFC, Infineum, RBS Coutts, Turner & Townsend and UBS.

Evan Mueller

Evan has a Master of Fine Arts from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and a BA, Duke University.  He is the Co-Founder and Artistic Associate of New York’s Strange Sun Theater Company, as well as an actor, educator, and director.  As a Professor of Voice and Speech for actors, Evan has brought the actors’ skills of communication to the corporate and medical world through private coaching and role play, working with such organizations as Kaiser Permanente, NYU Langone Medical Center, and coaching for professional leaders within Wells Fargo, The United Nations, and others.  Currently based in the Seattle area, where he is also an Assistant Professor at Western Washington University.

Philip Geurin

Phil has his degree in Physics and worked as a game theory researcher for the National Science Foundation at Keck Graduate Institute. He’s developed multiple web applications and is a full stack software engineer. He has taught and role-played for nurses, doctors, medical students, and social workers at the OU Medical Center, the TU School of Community Medicine, and the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work. He also traveled across the Midwest role-playing bullying scenarios for kids in Somebody’s Hero. Phil has taught roleplay to L.A.R.P.E.R.S at anime conventions across the country.

Bradford Farwell

Brad received a BS degree in Mathematics from the University of New Hampshire and did his graduate work in classical drama at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He has performed in over 150 stage productions all over the world and was a member of acting company at the Stratford Festival in Canada for three years. Since moving to Seattle he has performed at ACT, Seattle Repertory, 5th Avenue, Intiman and many others in the Seattle area. Bradford’s corporate experience goes back to Chicago where he acted and helped facilitate moot court role-plays for some of Chicago’s largest law firms. Since moving to Seattle, he has performed in countless industrials and instructional videos for firms ranging from Boeing to Microsoft. 

Sunam Ellis

Sunam has a MFA in Acting and dual BA in Human Development and Theatre Performance. She did graduate work in Human Development and Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, and in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Friedrich-Schiller Institute in Germany. She has extensive experience on stage, television, and film, performed training videos for Penn State’s College of Nursing, and is most passionate about using engaged theatre for education and creating meaningful change in people’s lives. She trained professionally in improv with ComedyCity in Green Bay, WI, has taught at both Penn State and the University of Washington, and done graduate research on interventions for improving relationships and interpersonal communication. She has experience workshopping trust building skills with youth in detention, roleplay work for training emergency medical responders, critical conversation mentoring and coaching, and has done training videos for Penn State’s College of Nursing.

Alex Grindeland

Alex has a Bachelor of the Arts in Theatre Education, is a CSzWW Senior Practitioner of Applied Improvisation and CSzWW Certified Education Architect. Alex has been an improviser, actor, comedian, and teacher for over 14 years. During that time, he has performed in over 1,000 live improvised shows. Alex also oversees 40 people in his role as the owner and general manager of CSz Seattle, which is best known for their flagship show ComedySportz. Alex works extensively in the corporate sector, training teams in the skills of Applied Improvisation, team building, and communication. He has designed and facilitated workshops for various departments in companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, and more.

Andrew McMasters

Andrew is an actor, director, teacher, entrepreneur and keynote speaker, as well as Artistic Director and co-founder of Jet City Improv. Originally from Philadelphia, he received his undergraduate degree in theater from Temple University and relocated to Seattle in 1990. He attended the University of Washington to receive his MFA in Drama as well as a Certificate in Arts Administration. He is actively involved in community building in the performing arts, and serves as board co-chair of his local business improvement area. In addition to running a non-profit organization, Andrew is an internationally renowned speaker and trainer, providing experiential learning sessions for organizations in team communications, leadership development and innovation.

James Seol

An Executive Coach with professional experience in the United States and abroad. He has worked with IT companies, firms, law firms, and financial institutions. With aa emphasis on practicable, experiential learning in group and one-on-one, he guides clients at all levels of management towards more facile, specific and dynamic communication. Based in New York, he works in presentation strategy and execution, influencing skills and cultured, effective and efficient interviewing and transformational feedback delivery. Learn more →

Leigh Williams

Leigh possesses a B.A. in theater arts (magna cum laude) from Cornell University, including a semester at British American Drama Academy in London. She has an M.F.A. in acting from The Case Western/Cleveland Play House Graduate Acting Program, and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Leigh has been a professional actress based in New York City since 1999. In addition to her extensive theatre résumé, she has appeared in a number of national and regional commercials for brands including Pillsbury, Time Warner Cable, Stop & Shop and Dunkin’ Donuts. Leigh has years of management experience in the retail world, with a specialty in training employees on customer interaction and client relationships.

Kelli Ruttle

A graduate of the Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts Acting program, Kelli is a New York based actor and speech coach who has worked and trained across the country. As well as theater, film, television, and commercials, Kelli has been using her skills of drama and communication to help others further develop in educational and corporate settings. In hospitality and retail, she designed and implemented training programs for managerial teams and staff. With better training guides and the facilitation of role-play simulations to improve communication skills, companies saw significant increases in product knowledge, efficiency, and sales.

James Laver

James is a British actor, voice artist and magician. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MA in Mathematics and Philosophy before going on to study acting at the Oxford School of Drama. He moved to Bangkok in 2007. James worked with Wall Street English, a leading international language school, as Human Resources Manager and Service Team Trainer. His responsibilities included the training and development of teachers and Centre management teams, and he gained experience facilitating and participating in learning role-plays. He has participated independently in corporate role-play work in both Bangkok and the UK, working with clients such as the Bangkok Hospital Network and a training provider for assessors of the MBTI personality test.

Brendan O’Connell

Brendan holds a Masters of Creative Arts and was the Artistic Director of the Australian Self Raising Theatre
when they performed for the king and queen of Malaysia in 1990.Brendan has experience as the co-director of Hit & Run Entertainment, performing at corporate launches,promotions and events, for Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority,City of Sydney and Historic Houses Trust of NSW. Roleplay credits include clients Johnson & Johnson, Leighton Holdings, University of Western Sydney, NSW Health and TAFE NSW. Brendan is based in Singapore at Faculty of Performance, Lasalle College of the Arts.

Bridget Therese Lachica

Bridget has been an actress and drama educator for over 25 years in Singapore, the USA and England with the Portsmouth Players. Certified with NeuroLeadership Group, Bridget incorporates the latest findings in neuroscience in the drama and corporate programs she designs and/or executes. She is fluent in English and Malay and has done corporate or drama work in Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China.
Bridget is an executive and life coach, corporate trainer and drama educator. Bridget’s client list includes BP, Cognitive Institute, Diageo, Singapore National Health, Philips, Barclays, Baker & Mackenzie, Marsh, Cisco and Singapore Civil Service College.

Debra Teng

Debra Teng has worked all over the world, including Hungary, Germany, Japan, India, Indonesia, USA and United Kingdom. She has been twice nominated for the Asian TV Awards for Best Performance, and won the Excellent Performer Award in Toyama, Japan. Originally trained as an architect, Debra worked as a management consultant with a local consulting firm, and later, as associate partner of The Gallup Organization. Corporate programs include communications and presentation skills, service transformation, change management, teambuilding, profiling, succession planning, leadership and diversity programs. Clients: Symrise, Prudential, CAAS, Accenture, Barclays, Baker & McKenzie, Merril Lynch, Maybank, OCBC, UOB, UBS, World Bank.

Gerald Chew

Gerald holds a B.A. from the Loughborough University and a M.A. from Central School of Speech and Drama UK. He’s worked as a book and magazine editor, journalist and communications manager for multi-national companies. Experienced in film, TV and theatre, his credits include Rogue Trader, The Tattooist, The Great Wall and Yellow Fever. Gerald teaches at the National University of Singapore and New York University & Tisch School of the Arts (Asia Campus). Drawing on his experience in acting, writing, directing and teaching, Gerald has performed numerous role-plays, and diversity issue and performance coaching in the corporate world. Clients include UBS, Citibank, Barclays Capital, Infineum, Baker and Mackenzie and British American Tobacco.