Manhattan Comedy Collective




	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2005 Susan Atwood is a pleased to share hosting duties for MC2's monthly Reading Lab. As an actress it is a pleasure to work with such a fun and talented group. Originally from the middle of nowhere, she has been in the city for several years and continues to pursue acting and art.

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2006 Rob Bates’ (Plugbot) comedy writings have appeared on Fuse TV, comedycentral.com, McSweeneys, Jest magazine, American Comedy Network, All Star Radio and New York Newsday. He has even sold three jokes to Yakov Smirnoff (strange but true). His MC² shows include “Rick Murphy is an Asshole,” “Zombira’s Scaretaculous Halloween Horrortacular,” “Summer Funtime Special,” and the tangentially-sort-of-related “Saturday Night Rewritten.” His non-comedy writings have appeared in “Time Out New York,” “Shecky’s Bar Club and Nightclub Guide” and Fox News Market Wire. His work has been rejected by many leading magazines and newspapers, but sometimes with nice letters attached. He loves working with the MC² crew. He is also a journalist and cultural icon.

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2008

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2008 Wayne Henry graduated from Brandeis University and trained in London with RADA. TV appearances include "Saturday Night Live," "Good Day New York," and "The Colin Quinn Show." Aside from improvising with Character Dogville, Wayne is one-half of the comedy team of Henry & Stein (henryandstein.com) with Suzanne Stein. He recently appeared Off-Broadway in "The Play About the Naked Guy." Emerging Artists Theatre recently presented a reading of Wayne's show "Jaws: the Unauthorized Musical." Look for character clips on youtube under henryandstein.

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Muncie, IN Ensemble Member Since: 2006 Recently, Justin performed at the Magnet Theatre's Magnetosphere, at the MC²'s first birthday bash, and with Stacy & Friends as various crazy characters. Other NY credits: Vote McOwskey ('06 Fringe Festival); Four For the Office ('05 Midtown Theatre Festival); Le Fromage de Mon Oncle ('04 Fringe Festival).

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2008

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	Artistic Director & Founder Birthplace: Louisville, KY Ensemble Member Since: 2005 Stacy Mayer (Artistic Director/Founder) created and performed in Manhattan Comedy Collective's "Stacy & Friends", "Stacy & Who?", "Character Dog Run", "Character Dogville" and "The Big Bang". Stacy is a company member with Emerging Artists Theatre where she recently performed in their Off Broadway hit, "The Play About the Naked Guy" where she received rave reviews from Variety Magazine and has appeared in over six EATFests including their Innovative Theatre Awards nominated production of "12 Rounds". She is currently workshopping her latest one-woman show, "The Funeralogues" at theatre's in New York City. A graduate of The Actors Theatre of Louisville apprenticeship program, where she originated David Lindsay Abaire's piece "History Lesson", Stacy received a Best Director award nomination from Emerging Comics of New York for her work on "Saturday Night Rewritten". www.stacymayer.com

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2006 Outside of the Elementary classroom, Mr. Luke Meginsky, aka Ruggles Outbound, can be seen battle-rapping, toe-tapping, and gun-clapping his way to the top of hip hop superstardom. Known for his nonsensical intergalactic space rimes, crude religious references, and overt sexual inuendos, Ruggles will probably never get signed. At least, not in the god-loving USA. Fortunately, before he sells his act to the Brits and moves to Liverpool, Mr. Meginsky (his maiden name) will be performing with improv group The Claps, and working on sketch and improv with the innovative minds of MC². Mr. Meginsky has trained at Annoyance Theater, Second City, and the UCB theater, and is a former member of Umass Improv Troupes Mission Improvable and Toast (99'-02').

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2008

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2006 Jeremiah Murphy is proud to have performed in many of MCC's shows such as Character Dogville, Stacy & Friends, The Sealegs McGoo Show, Jameson Bartleby's Haunted Hayride, and Professor Damrosch's Dating Game. Jeremiah also makes short movies with Central Park West Studios. He wrote, directed and performed in Vote McOwskey! in the 2006 New York Fringe Festival. Jeremiah graduated with a Tennesee Williams Scholarship from the University of the South (BA, Theatre Arts). He has also studied with Michael Howard Studios, The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre, and the The Peoples Improv Theater. Jeremiah's videos can be viewed at JeremiahMurphy.net.

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Houston, TX Ensemble Member Since: 2005 Devon Ragsdale has studied improv and sketch comedy at all the usual places in New York, as well as performing it in some unusual places. She runs the Sage Theater and really enjoys having the hilarious and delightful crazies from Manhattan Comedy Collective perform there every week! Every now and then she deigns to join them onstage.

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2008 Annika Ruvich performed as an ensemble member of Toast! at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and studied at the PIT in NY. She makes mixed media art projects, delicious smoothies, a little money and things up on the spot.

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2005 Carrie Sipple holds a B.S. (yes, that's right) in Theater from Northwestern University in Chicago. After improv and the NSTV show at N.U., Carrie studied long-form improv in NYC's UCB Theater with Michael Delaney, Jason Mantzoukas, and George Badecker. Subsequently, she studied with Armando Diaz. She began working with Manhattan Comedy Collective in 2005 and is currently a proud ensemble member of the company. She co-hosts the monthly play readings on the first Sunday of every month at Jimmy's No. 43 on 7th St.: Accepting play submissions!

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2008

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	Ensemble Birthplace: Ensemble Member Since: 2008 Ryan Stratton is a musician who multi-tasks on a Tascam multi-tracker. When he's not making music he's crackin' jokes. A student of the Upright Citizens Brigade, the People's Improv Theater and the Magnet Theater in New York, Ryan is a regular performer with the Manhattan Comedy Collective's Character Dogville show at the Sage Theater in Times Square.

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	Associate Producer & Improv Manager Birthplace: Boston, MA Ensemble Member Since: 2005 Productions with Manhattan Comedy Collective: Grand Opening, Relatively Annual Fundraiser Chris Sullivan, aka "Shockwave", can be seen in the improv hip-hop group "Freestyle Love Supreme" (Ars Nova, Aspen, Edinburgh) and produces/performs with Beatboxer Entertainment. He has trained with Chicago's Joe Bill, Miles Stroth, Mick Napier, NYC's Upright Citizen's Brigade and The People's Improv Theater. Sullivan organizes stage production for sketch and improv via Off-Book Productions (www.off-book.com), building up such projects as "Propworks", "Saturday Night Rewritten" and "Character Dog Run". Additionally, he is co-founder of long-form improv group TOAST! at UMass Amherst and alumni/director of short-form improv group Mission:IMPROVable. He would like to extend special thanks to MacGyver and the cast of the Goonies.

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