ERIC REESER / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Eric is a Los Angeles native and a graduate from Emory University with a degree in Political Science and minor in Theater Studies. Before joining Monkey Butler, Eric earned three years of performance and coaching experience with Emory's own improvisation troupe, Rathskellar. While in college he studied both short and long form improvisation in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles at the Second City, UCB and Groundlings schools for improvisation and comedy. Eric is proud to be a member of Monkey Butler for a third year and currently performs on the MB team, Soda Jerk.

SEAN HANCOCK / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Sean has studied improv at The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, and Comedy Sportz during the 3 years he's been in Los Angeles. He has been teaching Foundations level improv since 2008.  He's been performing improv professionally for eight years. Sean is a part of MB's very exciting and daring troupe "Soda Jerk." He has had the honor of touring, performing and teaching improv in L.A., Germany, and England through MB.

DAVID ALEX MILLER / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

"During the prosperous years of Ronald Reagan’s administration, indentured scientists attempted to create an exact bio-engineered replica of the Illinois born Performer/President to preserve national morale, and create a unified Monarchy with an invariable figurehead/leader. The testing failed but the artificial infant was placed in the care of a pair of pharmacists from Illinois, and raised to adulthood. He left IL at 23 to pursue some half-baked idealistic dream of stardom much like the man from which he was created. David Alex, or Dalex, now lives, and teaches improvisational theatre in the Valley every Monday night. Join his force of revolutionary improvisers. I Double Dare you." - Factual Human Biography by Mark Summers.

DAVID MAGIDOFF / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

David's improv and theater career includes performing at The Oval Theatre (London), The Majestic House Theater (New Zealand), The National Comedy Theatre (San Diego), The New Jersey Drama Festival, Atlas Improv (Wisconsin), UCB, Improv Olympic, and more. He has studied under the likes of The Groundlings, The British American Drama Academy, and the UCLA & USC Theatre Schools. Recent credits include a recurring role on Veronica Mars and the television show, NCIS.  You can currently see David as Marshall's assistant, Dave, on the Disney Channel show, Sonny With A Chance.

GABE TREVINO / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Gabe hails from Central California and has been writing and performing, mostly comedy, for years. With well over 100 improv shows under his belt, he has had the great fortune to be able to perform improv all over Southern California as well as in Beijing, China. He graduated from iO West (formerly Improv Olympic) and performed on the team, School Nite. Along with some of his School Nite compatriots, he created the long form structure called the Lebowitz. He has performed an array of long from structures as well as short form with a variety of different groups.

NATHAN DAVIS / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Nathan is an alumni of iO West, The Second City, and the New York Film Academy. He is an accomplished screenwriter and filmmaker. He has performed in over a dozen stage plays and musicals. He is currently the head writer and supporting actor in the soon to be released comedy web-series "The Odd Squad." You can see him performing regularly with Monkey Butler's "Chauffeur."

MATT TATE / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Matt Tate began his stand-up career doing open mike at the Comedy Zone in Charlotte, NC. From there he quickly ascended the stand-up ranks in the South and became a touring comedian. Five years ago, he made the leap to LA and has become one of the most sought after comedians in LA's underground comedy scene. He performs several times a month at the Three of Clubs where he helps to produce a monthly charity show.

RYAN SELF / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Ryan began improvising with Comedy Sportz in '98. In the eleven years since, he has co-founded three ongoing improv troupes in St. Louis, Peoria, and LA. Ryan has performed in nearly 50 theatre productions, some of his favorites being The Beastly Bombing, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Servant of Two Masters, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Big River. Ryan has been seen on TV in various commercials and on Medium (NBC) and All of Us (CW). He is also a writer, and has seen four of his short films produced and seven of his plays mounted across the nation, from Massachusetts to Illinois to California.

MICHELLE MORENO / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Michelle was born and raised in New York and, at an early age, fell in love with live performance. She took her first improv class at age 14, started singing professional at age 16 and by 18 was an on-air personality for Radio Disney. She studied theater at the University of Central Florida and Improv at SAK Comedy Lab, in Orlando, FL, before moving to California. Michelle has been seen on ABC as a musician for Walt Disney World's Christmas parade and a guest star on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Most recently she stared in Disaster! at Universal Studios Florida which co-starred Christopher Walken. Michelle is currently a proud member of Monkey Butler Comedy.

LYNN DOWNEY / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Lynn majored in acting at Ball State University performing in plays like The Last Night of Ballyhoo, All My Sons, Company, Our Town, numerous short films and a one-act sitcom, Raindance. An Indiana Hoosier at heart, she feels at home in LA where she has trained and performed with The Actor's Improv, LA Connection Comedy Theatre, and Monkey Butler. While continuing to train in acting with Ivana Chubbuck, she combines her scripted and improv powers in commercials, independent films, and plays, including a post-apocalyptic Macbeth (nominated Best Production by LA Weekly). You can see Lynn in action with SasquatchComedyHour.com, Mysteries En Brochette Musical Dinner Theatre, and MB's own Soda Jerk.

MATTHEW HIRSCH / IMPROV INSTRUCTOR

Matthew was born in the Northwest and survived an endless amount of rain filled days growing up. When he became older he graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle where he was a part of the campus improv troupe "The Collective". After a rainy graduation ceremony he moved down to sunny California to pursue his acting career. He has taken improv classes at The Groundlings and ComedySportzLA. Matthew has taught improv to kids and adults. He is currently starring in a web series for children, TheRetroKidsShow.com and loves all the people he gets to work with. Matthew enjoys being a part of Monkey Butler and eating ice cream on a hot day.

Sold to a band of travelling gypsies at the age of 3, John Corrigan spent most of his childhood and adolescence as a street urchin, forced into a life of thievery and scavenging for survival. Under threat of severe beatings from his cruel gypsy masters, John was often coerced into performing scenes or acting out humorous anecdotes in public places for coins and other trinkets, which his masters confiscated to fund their raging opium addictions. Thus his affiliation with improv comedy was born. Now, John performs improv with Monkey Butler, a supportive and benevolent community that allows him to utilize his craft for pure enjoyment and without fear of physical harm, though he does still appreciate the occasional trinket.