Cast & Crew

	CHRIS ALLEN (ensemble)
	Chris is thrilled to be making his Wing-It Productions debut in Men of Action. A Washington native, he holds a B.A. in English from Marymount Manhattan College where he minored in Theater. He has performed in scripted stage shows most of his life and worked extensively as a writer and actor with the independent film company Ballistic Entertainment before becoming "obsessed" with improv. You can see Chris performing stand up comedy around Seattle and in the duo And So It Was with Brandon Yancey. Starting August 22nd you can also see him in the Wing-It show The Roast, directed by John Boyle. He would like to thank his mom and sister for putting up with him all these years.

	*JON AXELL (Paul Newcastle)*
	Jon is a graduate of the University of Washington where he spent four years as a performer and one as the director of UW's improv troupe, The Collective. With Wing-It Productions he is a teaching artist with the education program and a regular cast member of Jet City Improv and has appeared in Twisted Flicks, Time Quest, Clues, Election Show, Over and Through, Go Tigers!, and most recently Funbucket, with guest appearances in This Improvised Life and Most Extreme Improv Ninja Challenge. He was the creator and director of the courtroom comedy Objection! with Wing-It in the summer of 2009, and will direct the sci-fi horror Sky Below in the Fall of 2011.

	JESSICA BOLING (production assistant)
	Jessica is a Pacific Northwest native. Having done scripted theatre most of her life, she is delighted to have become part of the adventurous world of improv in the last year. When not at the theatre she can be found walking dogs and reading comics. She would like to thank the entire cast and crew of Men of Action for making her laugh and her manly boyfriend, Jeremy, for buttloads of love and support.

	*JEREMY BROWN (David Duffy)*
	Jeremy started doing improv in Northern Michigan University's #1 improv comedy troupe "On the Spot." He moved to Seattle in December 2006 and quickly began working with Wing-It Productions as stage manager for D.R. From that point on Jeremy has been an active participant in everything Wing-It. He has performed in several Wing-It shows including Objection!, The Irish Wake, and Dirty Laundry. Men of Action is a show that finally reaches the demand of improv and the extreme danger that Jeremy requires in his everyday living, and he is happy you get to be a part of it.

	JEN CARGILL (stage manager)
	Jennifer is excited to stage manage her first Wing-It Productions show! Prior to working with Wing-It, Jennifer performed at ComedySportz Austin from 1997-2001 and then Improv Olympic, The Second City Conservatory and Annoyance Productions in Chicago from 2001-2009. She was also the MC and co-producer for the Austin Air Guitar Championships at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. She is ½ of the two person Seattle improv team Carskee. Thank you Mike & Andrew for letting me be a part!!!

	MIKE CHRISTENSEN (director)
	In addition to directing Jet City Improv and Twisted Flicks, Mike directed and performed in Wing-It’s 2009 Vietnam play Bunker 13, which was selected to appear at Seattle Festival of Improv Theater and Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston SC. He also directed and performed in Wing-It’s Most Extreme Improv Ninja Challenge and Time Quest. Recently Mike was seen in the improvised Shakespeare play The Lost Folio. Mike is a Co-Founder of Wing-It Productions. He would like to thank a great cast and crew and his beautiful girlfriend Shirin.

	JEANNINE CLARKE (ensemble)
	Originally hailing form Springfield, Oregon, Jeannine is a graduate of the University of Washington, where she studied acting and costume design. Men of Action is her 11th show with Wing-It Productions. Previous shows include The Declaration, Shades of Gray, Lovetanic, Funbucket, The Irish Wake and most recently Clues. When not at Wing-It, she can be found playing D&D with the local comedy podcast ArmChair Titans and baking pies.

	GRAHAM DOWNING (ensemble)
	Graham has been improvising with Wing-It Productions for seven years now. Past shows include Wallflowers, Funbucket, TimeQuest and a million others. Most recently he directed the #1 smash hit Go Tigers!. After playing mostly children during his improv career he is ecstatic to play a Nazi for once. As always he would like to thank his mom, dad and brother who are all consistantly pretty great.

	*DUSTY LEE (Old David Duffy)*
	Dusty is a Northwest native, born in Tacoma and attended K-12 in Arlington. After high school, Dusty joined the Air Force. After the USAF, he moved back to WA to go to college in Bellingham. In B’ham, he caught the theater bug from actors/writers that he became close with. He then moved to Seattle and performed in the Seattle Fringe Festival. Dusty has studied at Freehold Acting Studio, Jet City Improv, and with acting and improv coach Stan Wells. He performs locally with Stan Wells and with improv troupe Delinquent Accounts. He has recently begun writing stand-up. He works as the NW sales rep for a company that sells sterile solutions for biomedical research and as an auctioneer and emcee for charities. He loves his wife Kirsten!

	*ERIN PLISCHKE (Old Paul Newcastle)*
	Erin has been performing improv for 14 years; he began performing improv with ComedySportz Austin in 1996. His love of improv continued to grow and in March 2001 Erin moved to Chicago to train at Improv Olympic, Annoyance Productions and The Second City Conservatory. Erin has been fortunate enough to perform in some really cool places like the Upright Citizen's Brigade theater in NYC and Second City ETC. in Chicago. He has been proud to be a member of many awesome improv ensembles such as ComedySportz, an Improv Olympic harold team, Obsessed and Pimprov!!!! He is extremely excited to be doing his first show in Seattle with Wing it Productions!!!!!!! Erin would like to thank Jen for all of her love and support and for being his improv partner in crime.

	NATASHA RANSOM (dramaturg)
	Natasha is a Seattle native who graduated cum laude with a BA in Theatre Arts (emphases in Acting and Theatre History/Dramaturgy) and with Minors in Musical Theatre and Religious Studies from Santa Clara University. Upon graduating, she moved back to Seattle and began acting in fringe theatres such as Balagan Theatre and Ghost Light Theatricals. After an awesome Improv 201 class, she finally auditioned for Wing-It and has been hooked ever since! She is a Jet City Improv company member, and has also appeared in Adventure Playhouse and Twisted Flicks. Behind the Wing-It scenes, she has stage managed/sound designed for Bunker 13 and Go Tigers!, is the Audience Development Intern, and the Resident Dramaturg. Outside of Wing-It, Natasha is a member of long-form group Interrobang?! Improv and teaches with Seattle Children's Theatre, Youth Theatre Northwest, Wing-It Productions, and her own company, Natasha Ransom Productions.

	*PHOEBE RICHARDS (Emma Brightwood)*
	Phoebe is thrilled to be a part of the wild ride that is Men of Action. At the tender age of 6 months, Phoebe was taken to see the first Indiana Jones movie and has been a fan for life. Earlier this year she appeared in the hit show Clues and was stage manager (a.k.a the Duchess of Destruction) for Funbucket. Phoebe dedicates her performance to her mother, the wonderful Pam.

	JEN RIZOR (ensemble)
	Jen attended Skagit Valley College, where she studied theater and wrote and directed original works. She has been performing improv in and around Seattle since 2003. She got her start with groups such as NW GOGA and G.I.A. Jen was also a part of Jerk Alert Productions, performing in Stimulus and producing the sketch comedy show Haener Vs. Haener. She was a cast member of Hogwash: An Improvised Tall Tale, co-produced by Jerk Alert & Wing It Productions. Jen has had the honor of working with Wing-It Productions in such shows as Your Job Sucks, Election Show, Lovetanic, Dirty Laundry and Adventure Playhouse. In the year 2003 Jen completed training in the NW Actors Studio 2-year conservatory program. Jen loves a good action adventure and is ecstatic about being one of the ladies in Men of Action!

	TRENT WALKIEWICZ (live foley artist)
	Trent first became involved with improv in 2007 when a man in a tent handed him a flyer advertising auditions for The Collective, the University of Washington's best (and only) improv troupe. Being a naive freshman, he joined the troupe and has never looked back. Trent is going into his senior year at the UW where he now serves as director of The Collective. This is his first performance with Wing-It Productions and he couldn't be more excited to be making all sorts of interesting sounds.

	DAN ZERTUCHE (ensemble)
	Dan graduated from Central Washington University with a BA in Theatre Performance, and has been improvising for the last five years. You should be able to see him on stage in Seattle somewhere as he is currently an ensemble member of Playback Theatre Northwest and Unexpected Productions. Men of Action is Dan’s second show with Wing-It, and earlier this summer, he and the cast of WIP's Bunker 13 took Charleston, SC, by storm at the Spoleto Arts Festival. He would like to thank his partner in crime and wife, Allison, for making every day an adventure.