Fall Updates

This fall I've been a busy little bee!

First I made it onto my very own improv team! A CIC (Chemically Imbalanced Comedy) sponsored troupe, Roboctopus, is a wonderful improv team! We have great chemistry together and equally involved, commited members.
We have performed at The Cornservatory, Gorilla Tango, The Spot, and soon the new CIC Theatre!

I also have finished my training at iO theatre! I'm currently performing my performance level (5B's) shows on Sundays at 8pm with my other team "I am Humans". This past Sunday was supposed to be our last show but with the holidays we get 3 more Sundays! Fun!

I'm also co-producing an improv showcase at Gorilla Tango for improv teams (as we all know there are THOUSANDS here) to perform in. We had a successful run of the "Gunfight" in September and October and we are putting it up again. I think these showcases are different then the others around town because of the positivity we show the teams and the all around excitement we have for them to be there to perform.

Remember Mary Kay Latourneau? We can't forget her and the wonderful show we did about her. But the past is the past and now we (Gorilla Tango) are putting up Amy Fisher: The Karaoke Musical (not the official title). And guess what? I'm Amy Fisher! This show incorporates mob hits instead of 50's music and takes place in typical Long Island.
The show goes up in February so don't miss it! :D

Personally I'm currently writing sketches about the CTA and a sitcom pilot about lawyers. So look out world! Here I come!

Head Shots

Here are my new headshots. These are the two I liked best.

I hope they are ok for now. Because...I don't have a job to get anymore!

Tell me what you think!

Aah Christ!

Aah Christ! A Sketch Show!
May 18,19, 25,26th
Gorilla Tango

My Directorial/Produce-orial debut. This sketch show was super super fun and I had the time of my life.

Mostly written by me (some sketches I had no hand in) it had only 4 performances at Gorilla Tango.

It was so neat. It started with God himself finding out that Jesus was going to put on a sketch show. Alas, Jesus isn't that creative so we will find out if he can do well at all.
These are the ones I wrote:

Jesus has his own talk show "Jesus Talks" and interviews first Beatrice, a superficial woman who asks for bigger boobs, the Devil himself, and then Tom Cruise. It always ends to quickly in Jesus' opinion but ends just at the right time for us.

Next was Meth Morals, which was about a group of lovely kids trying to make a present for thier friend Jose. They need to work together to make this present and it just happens to be crystal meth. (this is one of my favorite sketches)
Then came WiffleBored, a silly scene about two people on a cruise and one is super bored so they just make up names for games so her friend can give her money to go and gamble. (its good times)
The Alley was one that was intermingled between these sketches about a guy who is walking around the wrong alley and gets propositioned by people to buy watches, cigars, and eventually a bible. The bible isn't exactly filled with words...more like...cigars and watches...
Another one of my favorite ones was Mono Musical. This one I wrote in one fell swoop. Its about a couple of kids on their first date. One has mono and has to sing about it. The other had the gout last summer and they both come to the conclusion that it would be great if they got mono together and watched Heathers. (which is the best solution obviously)
Benny and the Jets. Best Sketch Ever. This one is about a girl gang. They scare away people by dancing. Perfect. Oh and it takes place in the early 90s. of course.
The empire Sketch is the co-written sketch with two of my buddies. The Emperor decided to throw a BBQ for his sith lords and a couple of neighbors. He is highly competitive and when Mary brings her award winning guacamole he gets very pushy and they end up Slow motion fighting. You had to see it. Its super.
In the End God decides that this sketch show went fairly well, or in Gods words "on a scale of one to ten..I didn't hate it"

This show was so fun for me. I casted it myself and the cast worked so well together and now we're all fun super friends!
The audience really liked it...or shall I say it was very well received. The last night we had 60 people and I actually made money on this thing.
All in all I would do this again.But for now I think I need to audition and BE on stage. I need it!

Mary Kay Latourneau Story: A Karaoke Musical

Mary Kay! The teacher who slept with her student! 12 years old no less. Well, it was bound to happen, making a show out of this silly lady.
Last year we improv'd (or improved as it were) a completely hilarious show about Mary Kay Latourneau.
Filled with characters including, Steve, Mary Kay's husband, John Schmitz, her father and Michelle, her best friend. I played the senile grandmother of Steve Latourneau, Nana Nadine. A character very close to my heart even if she was crazy. Also under my wing was Peter the cop. A very nice cop just havin the time of his life. Men are always fun to play, so I had a great time with him as well.
Mary Kay was such a fun show. No show could be better as my premiere in Chicago. The "Big City". And tomorrow is the last day of the Mary Kay show! Sad. Yes. But we did get a couple of awesome reviews!!!
Here are a couple!

TimeOut Chicago

"Leslie Nesbit breathes new life into the senile grandmother stereotype, unblinkingly dropping punch lines on everything from dead cats to sexual acrobatics." -Brian Golden

Centerstage Chicago

"coping with her befuddled grandmother Nana Nadine (one of several roles skillfully played by Leslie Nesbit)" - Colin Douglas


Well, There it is! One of my favorite shows I have ever done. I couldn't have asked for more of a great time. Seriously. Cause, well I can't ask for stuff like that. mwa hahahaa. :0)