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Current and past improviser that haveperformed the Hook.

Jesse Parent
Jesse Parent started improvising in 1992. He has performed with or taught every existing troupe in the state of Utah. Focused on improv community, Jesse started UtahImprov.com in 2002 and has since expanded its mission of community and promotion to education as well. Also deeply involved in the national improv community, he has traveled and performed in 14 national and international improv festivals. He is proud to be the second half of the internationally touring duo improv group JoKyR and Jesster.

Joseph Kyle Rogan
Joseph Kyle Rogan is the founder of Salt Lake City's award winning KYSOff Comedy Improv. An accomplished actor and teacher, he trained at the University of Utah, where he successfully completed the prestigious Actor Training and Theatre Education programs. Currently, Joe tours internationally with JoKyR and Jesster, and teaches theatre full time at Glendale Middle School in SLC.

Lisa Anderson
Lisa Anderson has been performing improv for over three years. In addition to having been a member of the troupes Knock Your Socks Off, Mixed Company, and Off the Wall: Salt Lake, she has appeared at Laughing Stock, Off the Wall: Ogden, and the Del Close Marathon in New York City as part of the SLC Skirts. Today she is a troupe member and PR Director for 3.2 Improv, and currently coaches The Hook for the 2005 Del Close Marathon.

Jen Weeks
Jen Weeks started improvising in 2000. She has performed with Quick Wits, Off the Wall: Salt Lake, 3.2 Improv, and Knock Your Socks Off (with whom she performed at the Showcase Venue of the 5th annual Chicago Improv Festival).

Scott Allen Curry
Scott Allen Curry has been involved in improv for 3 1/2 yeas and theater for over 15 years. He has performed in countless productions throughout Salt Lake City and his home town of Orange County, California. Some highlights include: Sirius in "As You Live It" with Wasatch Theater Co., The King in "Once Upon a Mattress" & Joe Zuddy in "Working" both with The High School/Academy of Performing arts in Huntington Beach, CA. Other than directing and co-founding "3.2 Improv Theater", Scott has directed several plays and musicals in SLC. He first improv Training was as as a member of the troupe "KYSOff", and he later performed with "Off the Wall: SLC", Mixed Company, the two man team "HomeBrew" & "Quick Your Wits Off the Company Wall" at New York's Upright Citizens Brigade in the Summer of 2004.

Ben Brinton
Ben Brinton is a regular performer with Quick Wits comedy improv. He has performed with numerous Utah improv troupes, including Knock Your Socks Off, with whom he performed at the Showcase Venue of the 5th annual Chicago Improv Festival. Ben is also an accomplished musician and teaches musical improvisation when asked.

Heather Franck
Heather Franck is a performer and personal liason for 3.2 Improv in Salt Lake City. She was also stage manager and a performer with Quick Wits Clearfield and has performed with Off the Wall Salt Lake. Heather is an accomplished photographer and bagel maker.

Jeremiah Clark
Jeremiah Clark is an improviser with 3.2 Improv in Salt Lake City. Jeremiah shuns eating animals or their byproducts.

Jady Brooks
Jady Brooks is a student at the prestigious Improv Olympic in Chicago. She has perfomed at the Del Close Marathon with the SLC Skirts and "Quick Your Wits Off the Company Wall", and has performed with KYSOff, Quick Wits (SLC and Clearfield), Off The Wall, The Miss Tree Pageant, Resivorpmi Dawgs, The SLC Skirts, and Peddlington. She is a current member of the Chicago based improv group, The Slux

Luke Johnson
Luke Johnson is a part-time improv performer full-time writer. He writes for Dungeons & Dragons. Luke was a former director for Knock Your Socks Off and has performed at several Chicago Improv Festivals with them during the Improv Til Dawn event and at the Showcase Venue of the 5th annual Chicago Improv Festival. He's handsome and single and makes a mean pecan pie.

Shauna Hansen
Shauna Hansen has been a student of improv for many years. She performed The Campfire at Quick Wits Clearfield's Septemberprov in 2003. She is an artist and will tell you where to sit when you come to a cheap movie.

CJ Donio
CJ Donio is an improviser with 3.2 Improv in Salt Lake City. He also improvises with his high school improv team and has won several competitions with them at Laughing Stock's High School Improv Battle.

Kevin Jackson
Kevin Jackson is a musician and provides bass accompaniment for The Hook.