David Christenson, Actor

DAVID CHRISTENSON is an actor living it up in Los Angeles. He starred in the independent film White on Rice. He’s been studying improv at UCBTLA since 2009 and trained with Drew DiFonzo Marks, Alex Fernie, Joe Wengert, Charlie Sanders, Mel Cowan and others. Since his first classes at UCB, he has fallen hard and fast into an affair with the endless possibilities of improvising. He can be seen at Let’s Do This! and around town performing with his much loved improv teams: Mostly Single, Beau Hunk, PALS and Penguins on the Playground. David is super honored and ready to launch with the Maude Team The Space Program.
Hometown: Sandy, Utah

Adrian Alex Cruz, Writer

ADRIAN “ALEX” CRUZ likes to confuse people by having two first names and refusing to choose one over the other. He graduated from USC with a double major in film and theater and has been working as a writer, director and actor ever since. He writes a graphic novel series that is published in France though he speaks no French. No really. He also found the time to write and produce a feature film starring Edward James Olmos and Tom Sizemore that runs on Showtime in a loop and for which he gets no money. He currently spends his time developing television shows for no money and writing thrillers for French people. No really. He’s a founding member of The Calamity Theater with fellow UCBer Eva Anderson and a long time member of The Evidence Room and Bootleg Theaters. He’s thrilled to be to finally be making a childhood dream come true by joining The Space Program.

Scott Davis, Writer

The adorable SCOTT DAVIS was born, raised and colleged in Fresno, CA. After majoring in Theatre Arts at Fresno State Scott toured for 4 years with the Missoula Children’s Theatre traveling all over the US, Canada and Asia. Since moving to Los Angeles he has performed with the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, Knightsbridge Theatre and Shakespeare @ Play. Scott is very happy to be a writer/performer with the UCBTLA and a member of the Harold Team Bangarang! His past shows at the UCB Theatre include Sketch Cram, CDR Sketch, Prom Night, Let’s Do This! and Super Fun Time Learning Zone, which he also wrote. You may also have seen him perform with the improv team Imaginary Friends. Scott was once recognized for being an extra on Boston Legal.
Hometown: Fresno, California

Lindy Gomez, Actor

LINDY JAMIL GOMEZ is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Along with Laura Kindred she co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the independent television pilot Out of Commission, directed by The Brothers Rye, which was screened throughout NYC and was a Page Award semifinalist. Since, she has co-written the pilots Middle Western, Barmaids and Miss Conception. In New York, Lindy has performed with such theatre companies as LABryinth, Partial Comfort Productions, Mai-Yi, Youngblood, La MaMa, and was president of Jim Simpson’s BAT theatre company at the Flea Theatre. She can also be seen on CW’s The Game. UCB credits include: Worst Laid Plans, Audition!, CDR Sketch, and Minimum Beige. In her upcoming one woman show Will That Be All?, directed by Suzi Barrett, she plays various workers in the service industry who are a bunch of different ethnicities (none of which represent her actual ethnicity which is Spanish and Lebanese, in case you were wondering).

Adam McCabe, Writer

ADAM MCCABE is a writer and performer who has been at the UCBLA for some time now. He has done improv for over twelve years and still loves it. His UCB credits include Terror Times Infinity!, Maude Night, Harold Night, Comedy Death Ray Sketch, Sketch Cram, Not Too Shabby, Dirtiest Sketch in LA (we won), ucbcomedy.com videos, Quick ‘n Funny Musicals, Exhibition Cagematch, The LOST Island Talent Show, and other random shows. He is beyond proud to be a part of the UCB Harold Team, Bangarang!, and the UCB Maude Team, The Space Program. His non-UCB credits include writing/directing/acting for tv, movies, and the internets. Adam has studied Improv and Sketch under Matt Walsh, Billy Merritt, Chad Carter, Sean Conroy, Julie Brister, Nick Wiger and other amazing people.
Hometown: Bakersfield, California

Marcy Minton, Writer

MARCY MINTON was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, and is a third-generation Tarheel with a BA in Dramatic Art from UNC Chapel Hill. She has studied at UCB since 2006 and has written and performed in shows such as Maude Night, Let’s Do This!, Cagematch, Not Too Shabby, and Spank. You may also have spied her on Scrubs one time as the feisty, kickboxing Nurse Barbara. Marcy enjoys fried okra, good manners, and smelling the inside of new books. She is a happy member of the Maude team The Space Program.
Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina

David Phillips, Writer

DAVID PHILLPS’s life got flip-turned upside down when he was born in Los Angeles, California. It got flip-turned again when he went to college in Arizona, and then flip-turned once more when he moved back to Los Angeles after graduating. He has been maxed and relaxed by comedy ever since the third grade, when he heard the punch line: “Got any grapes?” Now, studying with the UCB Theater since 2007, David is very proud to be a member of the Maude team The Space Program. Thank you for taking a minute and sitting right there.

Elise Rosen, Writer

ELISE ROSEN is a writer, LA native, and recent graduate of Wesleyan University. She got her start in comedy at Gawker Media, rounding up gossip and Wonk’ing people for the political humor website Wonkette. At the UCB, she’s written for Not Too Shabby, Dirtiest Sketch in Los Angeles, Sketch Cram, and Maude Night. Her acting credits include dancing in the background of numerous student films, most notably to “Jive Talking” and “Hammer Time.” She is a proud member of The Space Program.
Hometown: Palos Verdes, California

Kenny Stevenson, Actor

KENNY STEVENSON is from somewhere nearby. He is the host of the Knuckle Sandwich podcast, where he and another comedian talk about sports (www.knucklesandwich.org). He is an Alumni of the Groundlings Sunday Company, and can be seen in the Groundlings long form improv show, the Crazy Uncle Joe Show, from time to time. He has also written and performed with the sketch group Fries on the Side, for the last seven years. His own sketch comedy show Have a Bitchin’ Summer played at the Comedy Central Stage and the Groundlings. He has been in several national commericals and was one of the stars of the successful webseries, My Roommate the Cylon. He can also be seen performing sketch/improv with Local Heroes, and his sketchcapades have taken him to Los Angeles, Toronto, Portland, and San Francisco. He can also be seen on the internet punching his girlfriend in the vagina. Actually, that woman is his wife now, and he is eternally grateful for her.
Hometown: Lake Forest, California

Brooke Tansley, Actor

BROOKE TANSLEY was last seen on TV as serial killer Belle on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and last seen on Broadway as a Belle of a sweeter sort in Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, making Brooke the first actress from her hometown to star on Broadway since Rosalind Russell in 1953’s Wonderful Town. Brooke made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Hairspray, eventually playing sidekick Penny Pingleton. Films: Music and Lyrics (with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore), My Sassy Girl (with Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford), Who’s the Top? (with Steve Buscemi), and Moving Mike. Brooke made her L.A. stage debut as Anne Frank in the West Coast Premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s Little Fish (with Alice Ripley and Gregory Jbara) and can be heard on the Original L.A. Cast Recording. She followed that with the L.A. Regional Premiere of her favorite piece, The Light in the Piazza, as the delicate, innocent, and passionate Clara Johnson, a performance and production much loved by both audiences and critics, with Brooke receiving a Best Performance by a Leading Actress acknowledgment from StageSceneLA. Brooke is also an ex-classical ballet dancer, having danced for a short time with Moscow State Ballet. She lives in L.A. where she’s renovating a first home (thelittleorchardhouse.com) and raising a lil’ Yorkie named Fenway (Go Sox!) with her husband, actor/writer Armand DesHarnais. More at brooketansley.net.
Hometown: Waterbury, Connecticut

Josh Wyman, Actor

JOSH WYMAN grew up in New Hampshire. He then graduated from St. Lawrence University, lived in Colorado for one year, then moved to LA. Josh has performed at Not Too Shabby, and appeared in the background of a few music videos. In his spare time he enjoys: pizza, watching movies, and upper-cutting his brother. Josh can be seen improvising with his Harold team, Swanzey.
Hometown: Swanzey, New Hampshire