Infinity Etc.

Infinity Etc. is a fast-paced improv battle, pitting performers against one another to earn points and ultimately decide a champion! The show's host forces the troupe through a gauntlet of short form games, a smattering of spontaneous challenges, and a single long-form piece to determine who that show's winner will be. The show is completely unscripted and relies on the audience for suggestions, cheering, and even booing! Infinity Etc. performs on the third Friday of each month. Strap in; this is one wild show!

MEET THE CAST:

Bekah Stogner, the "Emotional One"
Bekah is a funny person, a poet, an eighth grade emo kid, and an all-around good time. You can catch her onstage with Lady Bits and a new team hopefully coming soon, or offstage chucking up peace signs. Her book of sad poetry, Better to Have Lost, is available on Amazon.

Bill Hillsman, the "Host"
Bill wears a lot of hats, but his biggest and best hat represents performing at Third Coast Comedy Club. Other hats include: producer (Third Coast Short Film Showcase), writer (Late Night with Johnny Carsick), director (Infinity Etc. Improv), bartender (The Bar at Third Coast), media lead / show manager (The Far Booth), and crash test dummy (Redbull Flugtag). Bill loves the concept of hats, but hates to physically wear one.

Cammie York, the "Chaotic Good"
Cammie originally found her love of comedy when she first watched The Muppet Show as a child. She’ll tell you that Carol Burnett is her truest inspiration but really it's Statler & Waldorf. She thinks that Statler & Waldorf pioneered meta-humor, not Deadpool. So suck it, Marvel! All of this aside, she is very happy to be a part of Infinity Etc. along with all these goons. Cammie has trained in Improv and Sketch comedy at UCB in Los Angeles, which cost a lot of money. Her voice is featured in The Sims 4 singing a song in the Simlish language and no she’s not making that up. It was really hard to do. Her favorite movie is Beverly Hills Cop and she has not seen the sequels, so as to call herself an “Axel Foley purist”.

Catherine Schwartz, the "Visiting Professor from University of Hamburg"
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!

Charlie Allen, the "Zoomer Menace"
Charlie hides in the rafters and subsists off of cold brats stolen from the bar. 30 minutes before each show, the cast of Infinity bangs a big gong and he’ll appear. If they can answer his riddle, he’ll perform with them. If not, he’ll take a hefty price from one cast member: a pointer finger.

Dillon Davis, the "Human Golden Retriever"
Condition: Slightly used. Frayed, with some yellowing around the edges. Some bruising around the spine but no permanent damage. Asking 25$ but price is negotiable. Willing to trade for an item of equal value (see: LOL Nashville, Crash and M-Prov).

Edd Garcia, the "Excellence of Elocution"
Edd wants you to know that gender is a social construct. He also wants to tell everyone that reverse racism isn’t a real thing. All white people (including Edd) have benefitted from systemic racism. Also, you don’t get to decide how your actions make other people feel.

Finally, this team of fourteen people (including Bill) has 9 white men, 4 white women, and 1 black man.

Isaac Kirk, the "Aspiring Sociopath & All-Around Good Guy"
Bill asked Isaac what he'd like to put as his bio. Isaac responded, in full, as follows:

"Black, beautiful, & bald."

Jacob Milstein, the "Wild-Card"
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, the "Alien"
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.

Jones Kolbinsky, the "Anti-Culturalist Psychonaut"
Is he a fool or an oracle? A madman or a guru? A sage or a demon? A student or a master? Should he be put in a psychiatric ward or a maximum security prison? The answer, of course, is YES. Come talk to me about South Indian classical music! "In nature there is no such thing as death, only a reshuffling of atoms."

Ryan Citrino, the "Mild-Card"
As a music director, he accompanies The Third Coast Comedy Show and Music City Improv. As a performer, you can see him competitively “doing them goofs” with house team Infinity Etc. As a producer, he co-hosts Triple Threat, an Improv Cagematch with Bill Hillsman. As a musician, he plays regularly with a variety of acts throughout the Southeast region while simultaneously yelling that his EP is going to come out soon. As a lover, he is gentle.

Ryan Leyhue, the "Pirate"
When not terrorizing ships upon the sea, Ryan is a two-decade veteran of the improvised arts. The proud elder statesman of "Infinity Etc.", Ryan trained formally at SAK Comedy Lab in Orlando in the mid-aughts, and has been performing, teaching, coaching, and directing improv ever since, Ryan has performed on stages across the country, collecting conventional theatre, theme park, renaissance faire, stunt shows, dinner shows, and other performance experiences, but considers improv comedy his first and true performance love.

Steve Aron, "Steve"
You PARK on a DRIVEWAY and
you DRIVE on a PARKWAY and
you SIT on a CHAIR and
you EAT a PINECONE and
you WORK for OTHER PEOPLE.

Susan Gleiser, the "Aspiring Wine Mom"
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Susan moved to Nashville in the fall of 2007 to attend Vanderbilt University. After spending an exorbitant amount of money on a degree in vocal performance, she now works in fundraising. Her three great loves are Disaronno on the rocks, eggs benedict, and Bill. She also loves compliments.