Cast


JON AXELL
 
Jon is a recent graduate of the University of Washington where he spent four years as a performer and one as the director of UW's best and only 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 (since 2005), and has appeared in Twisted Flicks, Time Quest, Clues, Election Show, Over and Through, and will direct and declare Objection! a success this summer. He would like to thank his family and friends for all the wonderful things they have put in his bucket all these years, and hope they enjoy what will now come out.
 

JEANNINE CLARKE
 
Jeannine is a graduate of the University of Washington, where she studied acting and costume design. This is her 8th show with Wing-It Productions. Previous shows with Wing-It include Clues, The Declaration, Shades of Gray and playing Grandma Maggie in The Irish Wake. She would like to thank the wonderful cast of Fun Bucket, who make her laugh so hard it hurts.
 

CHRIS DEWAR
 
Funbucket agent and noted teen heart throb, Sudden Death (also goes by the stage name of Chris Dewar). As Chris, Sudden Death has obtained a BA in the art of theatre at the University of Puget Sound. You may recognized Chris Dewar from Jet City Improv and other Wing-It Productions shows such as Hogwash: An Improvised Tall Tale, Reunion Tour, Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera, and the upcoming Lovetanic. Chris can also be seen performing frequently with his sketch comedy troupe Ubiquitous They (www.ubiquitousthey.com) around the great Northwest. When not breaking hearts and buckets, Chris makes his living teaching theatre and melting faces with his electric guitar solos.
 

GRAHAM DOWNING
 
Graham is a mammal.
 

NICK EDWARDS
 
Nick is glad to Fun your Bucket any day of the week but will settle for Saturdays at Midnight:30. Nick graduated from Western Washington University in 2006 where he received a BA in Theatre Arts (as well as minors in Film Studies and Latin). You may have previously seen him improvising in Lovetanic, Lease, Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas, The Declaration, Hogwash, and some Duo Shows down at the Market Theater or in scripted productions with ArtsWest, GreenStage, Ghostlight Theatricals, Northwest Playwrights Alliance, Rough Play Productions, and Theater Schmeater. Nick is a member Jet City Improv and The Beta Society. Much love to Brenda, who Funs his Bucket almost daily.
 

SPIKE FRIEDMAN
 
Spike is a graduate of Williams College, where he studied both theatre and economics and improvised with Combo Za. Funbucket is his first Wing-It show. Before coming to Seattle, he performed improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York with the Harold Team Raynard. Now that he’s here in Seattle, Spike writes and performs with the sketch group Ubiquitous They (www.ubiquitousthey.com) and the theatre company the Satori Group (www.satori-group.com).
 

KATE JAEGER
 
Kate has been with Jet City Improv since February of 2004.  She has been seen in the Wing-It Presents shows Saturday Morning Cartoon Show, Musical on 55th Street, Daytime TV,  Reality World, CUT!, The Beauty Pageant, The Irish Wake,Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera and the upcoming Lovetanic.  Kate is active in the Seattle theater community as an actor, drama teacher and director.
 

PHOEBE RICHARDS (Stage Manager)
 
Phoebe (aka Dutchess of Destruction), a Northwest native, graduated evergreen college '07 BSing her way thru a BA. In Olympia Pheobe was a member of the extraordinary Improv Robot. She's excited to be working with this fantastick group of folks at Wing-It!
 
 

DAVID ROLLISON
 
David graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2005 with a BFA in Theater and an emphasis in playwriting and directing. He has been very active in the improv community, one of the newest members of Jet City Improv he has recently appeared in Wing-It's This Improvised Life, LIVE! at the HUT and Twisted Flicks. In addition he is a member of The Beta Society, a Seattle guerrilla film collective, and appeared in their slasher film "Junkbucket." You may also have seen him as Ralph in RK Production's Reefer Madness: The Musical.
 

IAN SCHEMPP (also Director)
 
Ian has been a part of Wing-It Productions since 2004, when he started performing in Jet City Improv and Twisted Flicks. Since joining, he has been seen in many shows, not the least of which include Wallflowers, Suave, Election Show, Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas, and CUT! He is also the creator/director of the hit shows Shades of Gray and This Improvised Life. Outside of Wing-It, Ian has been as half of the acclaimed duos Sisters of Sal (with John Faga) and Uninvited Guest (with Ethan Newberry).
 

STEPHANI THOMPSON
 
Stephani has no 'e' on the end of her name.
 

DOUGLAS S. WILLOTT
 
Douglas has been improvising with Jet city since 1996.  He has created and directed Wing-It shows including Election Show (with John Boyle), The Saturday Morning Cartoon Show (With Brandon Jepson), Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas, Wallflowers, Suave, and The Swing-It Late Night Revue, the first Saturday midnight:30 show Wing-It ran.  Additionally, he has performed in numerous Wing-It Presents including Lease, Shades of Grey, Late Night with Satan, and various Twisted Flicks.  He is also a member of local long-form trio Improsia.  He's been seen in many local scripted productions including Kid Simple (Macha Monkey), Jesus Christ Superstar (Theater Babylon), Quickies (Live Girls), and Crescendo Falls (Theater Schmeater).  He writes and performs sketch with The Cory and Doug Show, and is a member of the local film production company The Beta Society.