City Theater Company's long running improv comedy show.
Fearless Improv creates comedy, on the spot, that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. The show is based on audience suggestions so you are part of the show!
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MEET THE CAST
Performer
Lauren Burawski
Lauren Burawski, native Wilmingtonian, is a late-bloomer of improv comedy. While she was typically the “athletic” type growing up, she always dreamed of being on the big stage. But with a terrible singing voice, she figured being the star of the play was a fruitless pursuit. Later as an adult, she visited the improv mecca in Chicago, Second City, while in town running marathons. Eventually, Lauren came to her senses, stopped running all those miles, and took to the stage as an improviser of comedy. She hasn’t looked back since! Lauren’s favorite games are More Awesome, First Date, and Just a Scene. She has one son who will likely end up on stage someday as well - hopefully not tonight.
Performer
Staci Garber
Staci Garber was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She moved to Newark, Delaware in search of water. She can be found lurking onstage and backstage at any theatre company in the area that allows her to play, direct, choreograph, or manage. Her favorite shows to work on have been The Last Five Years, Newsies, Assassins, August Osage County, The Producers, and Civil War. When she can, she likes to bring her kids along, but you are probably not ready for what the eight year old brings to improv. When not on stage, she can be found teaching middle school social studies and theatre.
Performer
Mary Catherine Kelley
Mary Catherine is a City Theater veteran, having performed and directed there from the first season at the Black Box. Her favorite roles? Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, Aunt Julia in The Dead, Old Lady/Blair in Sunday in the Park with George, various roles in Angels in America, Maria in Twelfth Night, and Queen Elizabeth I in The Beard of Avon. Elsewhere, MC has played Lady Macbeth (twice), Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, and Amanda in The Glass Menagerie. She is a frequent director for the Arden Shakespeare Gild.
Instructor, Performer
Jason Langin
Jason Langin is our Fearless member from north of the Delaware border. A native New Yorker and Villanova University graduate, Jason works as a middle school English teacher in the 'burbs of Philadelphia. Besides teaching and performing for Fearless, Jason is a published author of middle grade fiction who enjoys riding roller coasters, cheating at solitaire, and listening to music with the volume high. Jason has been performing and teaching improv for nearly two decades - currently in the two-man tandem for kids DJ Mixup (with fellow Fearless member Dan Stabb) and a former performer for Stealth Tightrope. He has two daughters who occasionally think he is funny too.
Performer
Elliott Mitchell
Elliot Mitchell is one of the newest members of Fearless, and on the days he showers, we're really happy to have him in the cast. Elliot has also performed with ComedySportz Chicago and can occasionally be found doing local film, commercial, and stage projects. By day, Elliot teaches science to Middle School students in Bryn Mawr, PA. Elliot is also a beekeeper, a compliant husband, and father.
Performer
Keri Morton-Wiedner
Keri Morton-Wiedner comes to the stage like a shaken soda can in need of release. Sometimes it gets messy, but feels oh-so-good! Thrilled to have found an improv family in her current hometown of Wilmington, she brings with her over 15 years experience playing with various short form and longform improv groups in her former stomping grounds of Los Angeles, New York City, Bethlehem, and Reading, PA. Keri joined the cast of Fearless Improv in 2017 and is often heard making innuendos without knowing it.
Performer
Lara Spitelle
Lara Spitelle is a Wilmington, Delaware original. You may not notice her at first being the shy comedian, but you can trust her to burst out with a great one-liner at a pivotal point in a scene hence always channeling her inner Betty White. She began her journey with City Theater Company as a volunteer bartender, then head bartender because the patrons will not applaud without wine and M&Ms. You can still find her behind the CTC bar occasionally. Lara, along with the majority of Delaware's workforce, is employed at a financial institution. While working, she often wonders if a bank is a good setting for a future office sitcom. (Should she begin writing this?) Lara is grateful to be a member of Fearless Improv.
Performer
George Tietze
George lives in Wilmington (a place to be someone), is a founding member of Fearless and a City Theater doyen. In real life at home, he works from a script, is a Teaching Artist with the DiAE (Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education) and will do almost anything (Theater related) for money. Or just applause.
Creative Director, Instructor, Performer
Dan Stabb
Dan Stabb is the Creative Director for Fearless Improv. Prior to joining Fearless in 2018, Dan performed in such groups as Delaware Comedy Theatre, CUBED, Stealth Tightrope, and Better Than Bacon, where he also served as Artistic Director for over eight years. In addition to Fearless, Dan currently performs in DJ Mixup with fellow Fearless castmate Jason Langin, performing kids-themed improv and storytelling shows throughout the region. In addition to improv, Dan is also a voiceover artist and an occasional bad guy professional wrestling manager (for real).