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Brad Fortier is an actor, director, and instructor at the Brody theater. He has worked with Big Belly, and Hal Foreen in Portland, as well as Unexpected Productions in Seattle. He was the creator/director of The Bards and Generic Hospital for the Brody Theater, and has been teaching at the Brody since 1998. Brad has performed at the Kansas City Improv Festival, the Chicago Improv Festival, The Berlin International festival, and the Seattle International Festival of Improvisation. A charter member of the Brody company, he’s worked with us since 1996. brad@brodytheater.com
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Marilyn Divine has been a member of the Brody Theater company since 1999. A known raconteur with an active internal life, she chose to channel her energies into the theater, rather than unleash them on the public at large. She also spends her time mastering the tonsorial arts, and is the proud mistress of an elderly pooch and two cats. marilyn@brodytheater.com
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Todd Greblo. Todd has been a fixture on the Brody stage since 2001, and has appeared in a heckuva lot of shows, including Generic Hospital, Antiques Improv Show, TheatreSports, and Scary Movie. He has represented the Brody internationally at the 2003 and 2004 Instant Theatre Festival in Vancouver, B.C., the 2005 Improvaganza in Edmonton, Alberta, and the 2007 International Improvisation Theatre Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In his voluminous spare time Todd is pursuing a Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology at Portland State University, pines for his beloved in the wilds of Alaska, and is a producer, writer, and vocalist for the Sudden Radio Project on KBOO FM. todd@brodytheater.com
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Tom Johnson is Artistic Director and founder of the Brody Theater. Tom has directed and perfomed in more than 30 different shows at the Brody, including “Game Piece”, “Monologic,” “Citizens of Brodavia, Unite!”, “Service, ” and Human Textuality. He has also performed and/or taught in Kansas City, Chicago, Berlin, Vancouver & Victoria, B.C., Graz, Austria, Slovenia, and at Seattle’s International Festival of Improvisation. He is a fanatical collector of old movie posters and 8mm and 16mm films. tom@brodytheater.com
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Kerry Leek is a charter member of the Brody Company, and has appeared in every show from the 1996 Damn Dirty Apes through 2007’s Human Textuality—in total over 600 performances in more than 35 different shows, as well as appearances at the Kansas City, Seattle, Vancouver BC, and Chicago improv festivals. She has no intention of slowing down, and is thrilled to be in her eighth season at the Brody. Kerry is very active in the swing dance community and is an avid Aikido student. She also loves crosswords and oatmeal cookies. kerry@brodytheater.com
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Lisa DiDonato joined the Brody company in early 2003, first appearing in Generic Hospital. She discovered rather late in life that she is an actress. She’d spent years wandering around the house entertaining her cats with amusing tales, impressing them with her Russian accent, singing little ditties, never realizing there might be a human audience for her talents. When not on the stage, Lisa spends long hours wading through incomprehensible prose (red pencil in hand) and enjoys tending her garden. lisa@brodytheater.com
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Jim Waigand joined the company in Fall 2003, first appearing in SCARY MOVIE, and has attended the Vancouver, BC, improv festival. Jim’s often on his bicycle when he’s not at the Brody, and he’s an accomplished infielder. He attempts to make a living as a freelance writer, but would rather spend his time backpacking, baking cookies, gardening and generally running around Portland. Jim, meanwhile, considers himself the world’s most ineffectual superhero.jim@brodytheater.com
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Beau Brousseau has been performing and loving improv since 1993. A New England native, he took his love of improv to Los Angeles in 1996. For the next eight years Beau worked with sketch & improvisational groups throughout the Los Angeles area, performing on the stages of The Comedy Store, The Ice House, The Laugh Factory, and Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. 2004 brought Beau to Portland and to The Brody Theater. Other loves include almost anything from the 1970s and bacon.
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Devin Harkness has worked with The Brody Theater since 2003. He began improvising in 1995 running lights and sound for Seattle’s Unexpected Productions. He is currently the Brody Theater volunteer coordinator and technical director. He also teaches improv workshops around Portland and is getting a masters degree in school counseling at PSU.
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Manuel Hall It was in the fall of 2001, after three seasons touring with Portland¹s Miracle Theater, that Manuel decided heneed a new stimulus, but was at a loss at to what that would be. While trying to find more information on the internet about his newest crush, Stephnie Wier, then a player on Fox’s ‘Mad TV’, he found it: improvisation. He began training with the Brody and joined the cast in 2004. He is also a founding member of Next Best Thing and 5 Days Shy. When not on stage, Manuel spends quality time with friends and loved ones, sometimes cooking delicious meals for them. He’s also been known to give the best hugs this side of the Western Hemisphere…want one?
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Brian Allard is a professional actor, director and educator who comes to Portland via New York, London and Minneapolis. A founding member of the improv troupe Monkeys in the Atrium, which performed at the Joe Franklin Comedy Club in NYC, Brian originally trained with the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis. Scripted acting credits include The Tempest (Caliban) and Aurora Leigh (Romney), both Off-Broadway, and the U.S. premiere of Tales of Ordinary Madness (Peter) at the CoHo Theatre here in Portland. Brian joined the Brody in the fall of 2008. http://www.brianallard.net
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Ashley Dawson is a fashion planner by day, an improviser by night and a Star Wars geek 24/7. Ashley got her improv start at Washington State University with the improv group, Nuthouse. After graduation she began working with Unexpected Productions in Seattle before moving to Portland. She is excited to be a part of the new Brody Theater, surrounded by other talented improv Jedis. May the improv be with you.
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Rogan comes to The Brody Theater from the future. Rogan has been featured in such Brody shows as Rogan’s World Of Tomorrow, and Scary Movie.
