CRASH!

CRASH! is made possible by:

An Armando style improv show themed by the guests on the show! The cast of CRASH! performs monthly, each time with a new local superstar!

CRASH! Comedy, story and music collide in the best way possible! Each show, the cast of CRASH! invites their favorite musical artists to play an original song or a local celebrity to regale the audience with fun stories, and then they improvise funny scenes based on the lyrics and details of the stories. It promises to be a night you wont forget!

MEET THE CAST:

Ally Baker, Ensemble
Ally works in the legal field, backup danced for Taylor Swift, and enjoys quail hunting with her bare hands. Thanks for playing 2 truths and a lie!

Brandon Gibson, Ensemble
Bio coming soon!

Catherine Schwartz, Ensemble
Catherine is from Austin, Texas but now lives in Nashville, a different bachelorette-party-littered, live-music-infused, hipster populated Mecca. You can see her performing with LOL Nashville, Infinity Etc., Crash!, or Freak Pony. Or standing by the bar eating other people’s popcorn. She isn’t particularly fond of these pictures of herself!

Dillon Davis, Ensemble
Found: One White Male Improviser in good condition. Answers to Dillon, has had restorative work done. Runs well. Comparable to other similar models but this one has a lot of heart. The doctor says it’s not that big of a deal though. BEST OFFERS ONLY.

Emma Supica, Ensemble
Emma is originally from a town in Kansas which boasts one blinking stoplight. She received her undergraduate degree in music education from the University of Kansas, and has taught music at all levels for over 15 years. Emma currently serves as executive director for Unscripted, Third Coast's nonprofit project, and conducted her master's thesis study on how improv can be used as an applied method. She is a proud member of the first official graduating class of the Third Coast Training Center, and performs with Crash, The Varsity, Teeny Weeny Peeny shows, and Love Circle Variety Show. She loves games of all types, but does not "do well" with mascots.

Grant Collins, Ensemble
Bio coming soon!

Heather Hull, Ensemble
Hailing from the mean desert streets of Tempe, Arizona, Heather can, at this very specific moment in time, honestly, and without the slightest hesitation, pause, or hem haw, call herself a writer and comedian based in Nashville. She’s been overwhelmingly lucky to perform this and that, both here and there.

Jacob Milstein, Ensemble
Knock knock, it's Jacob's turn! You're reading his bio now, so out of the way, comrades! Word after word of J A C O B, comin' at ya! You can just about feel the sweet mid-point of his bio shooting westward through your mind, right now! Yes ma'am, beg your pardon, how do you do! Originally from Oklah...

John Irby, Ensemble
John started laughing when he was 6, and decided to continue practicing this activity on into his adulthood. He studied the human art form of improv at The PIT and UCB, located in New York City, NY. He likes Triscuits for crunchy food, Gummy Bears for squishy food, and cows and chickens for chewy food. He likes some plants too, like Broccoli. He can be spotted performing with Crash!, Infinity Etc, and Johnny Carsick. Let him know where he can spot you.

Kim Herrmann, Ensemble
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Kim got her start in comedy as part of Belmont University's best and only sketch and improv group, Fall Follies. She a proud graduate of the inaugural class of the Third Coast Training Center, and currently a member of Third Coast house teams Freak Pony, LOL Nashville, and Crash! Kim is also the Assistant Producer of the annual Third Coast Improv Fest and serves on the Board of Directors for Unscripted, Third Coast's nonprofit project. Kim enjoys drinking prosecco and getting things in the mail. She lives in west Nashville with her husband, Danny, and their beloved dog, Hallie.

Matthew Milo, Ensemble
Matthew was born and raised in Southern California, and has been performing comedy for nearly 20 years! Having studied at The Groundlings Theatre, Upright Citizens Brigade, and trained under performers from nearly every major school of improv- he moved to Nashville in 2006, and soon began performing with ImprovNashville. Since then, he has taught improv for I.N, Fusebox, and Third Coast Comedy Club. He can be seen in The Love Circle Variety Show, COURT, The Teeny Weeny Presidential Peeny series, Women Crush Wednesdays, Late Night w/ Johnny Carsick, CRASH!, and Celebrity Crush.

Mike Garvin, Ensemble
Hailing from myriad corners of the Great American South, Mike is equal parts improv fan and trained practitioner. Exploding onto the stage as the runaway sheep in a Murray, Kentucky Christmas pageant, his training spans graduate studies in comedy and performance at Southern Illinois University to improv courses at iO in Chicago and Nashville’s own Third Coast. He has coached and performed with the troupes Community Floss and Cult of the Stage Monkey, and his celebrated duo Date Night with Mike & Eric has appeared at the Twin Cities and Dirty South Improv Festivals and in venues across the Midwest. In Nashville he performs stand up and storytelling, and leads unwitting patrons through historical tours of the area.

Scott Field, Ensemble
Scott Field loves everybody. He's annoyingly optimistic about people and situations and has gotten into trouble because of his open, tolerant disposition. Easy to laugh, Scott will make you think you're awesome even if you're not. A career classroom teacher in middle and high schools, Scott has a genetic goofball tendency which he honed at Improv Boston for seven years. He helped create the Improv Nashville Theater on 12th South and performed with Music City Improv before teaming up with Luke to open Third Coast Comedy. You can see him in Raccoon Log Ride, Celebrity Crush, Crash, Leone, and occasionally a Third Coast Comedy Show.

Shannon Clark, Ensemble
Shannon Clark is a multifaceted performer— performing in Crash!, LOL!, and Mainstage as well as acting in various stage productions around Nashville. Despite having several days to write this, she is deciding to write this at a trivia night hosted by none other than, Kim Dalrymple (Wednesday’s at 7 at Cafe Coco). Shannon says you should not be a jerk and keep on keepin’ on!

Steve Aron, Ensemble
Steve, a Chicago transplant, has been involved in comedy longer than he can remember, but that says more about his brain chemistry than his level of experience. He performs in Infinity Etc and Crash, as well as writing and performing in Johnny Carsick and the Teeny Weeny Presidential Peeny Show. His dad taught him to shave using a Lion King-branded practice shaving kit where the blade was a plastic leaf with a bug on the handle (available on Amazon).

Whitney Wolanin, Ensemble
Whitney Wolanin began her tryst with improv at Vanderbilt in the group TongueNCheek. It got a lot more serious after graduation when she was seduced further into founding the group LOL Nashville. Before long, she realized improv wasn’t just a fling, and they’ve been together for over a decade. Whitney often cheats on improv with music production, writing, and film creating (her “day job”).