Join Brief Tiny World for an evening of improvised drama and delight. Our performers will produce a full 60 minute play completely on the spot using your suggestions!
Upcoming shows
Saturday, April 12th, 2025 @ 7 PM
Saturday, May 10th, 2025 @ 7 PM
WHERE: WJ Geery Theater, 2130 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816
performers
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Andy Sarouhan (he/him)
Andy Sarouhan was born and raised in the Bay Area. His improvisation life began in 1992, when he joined his high school improvisation team. That event started a chain reaction that eventually resulted in a BA in Theatre from UC San Diego and an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside. From 2003-2019, Andy improvised and directed professionally in San Francisco as a company member of Flash Family and Un-Scripted Theater Company. In 2016, he co-created the improvised format Andy & Jerry are The Trifecta along with the amazing Jerry Ruoti, and from 2016-2020, they played regular shows in San Francisco and at numerous improvisation festivals. In 2019, Andy relocated to Sacramento, where he continues to teach and perform at STAB! Comedy Theater, B Street Theatre, and Windhaus Improv.
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Jessilee Windhaus (she/they)
A life-long resident of Sacramento, Jessilee Windhaus (she/they) brings over two decades of expertise in theatre and improv education and leadership. She holds a BA in Theatre from CSUS and is the Co-Founder and former Improv Program Director of Empire Arts Collective and the Founder of That Plus Chips live sketch and improv comedy troupe. Locally, Jessilee has performed at Sacramento Comedy Spot, STAB! Comedy, and ComedySportz Sacramento, where she served as the Director of the High School League program. She has trained with Upright Citizen's Brigade and The Groundlings and mentored young actors nationwide as a Tour Actor/Director with Missoula Children's Theatre. She currently works as a Teaching Artist at B Street Theater and an improv instructor and producer for Windhaus Improv, including serving as the director and coach of the improv group Sharks Barksley.
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Ford Lawson (he/him)
Ford Lawson began his improv adventure as a teenager. In his freshman year of highschool Ford joined HIT Squad, a improv group coached by Andy Sarouhan. He continued to perform all through highschool, then went on to perform with Absolute Improv an independiente team while attending the University of Oregon. After graduation Ford moved to Chicago to continue his training. Once completing the Improv Olympic training program he was placed on The Ruckus, a house team at the iO theatre where he performed regularly for 3 years. Eventually California beckoned him to return to the west coast. Once back in Cali Ford reconnected with Andy and began performing in virtual and live shows at STAB! Comedy Theatre. He is excited to have the oportunista to perform with Brief Tiny World!
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Sara Lovelady (she/her)
Sara Lovelady has been pretending to be people she is not for over 30 years. Her improv career began in 1995, when she joined Um…Gee…Um, an improv troupe in Santa Cruz, California. A year later, she co-founded two troupes in the same city: ScripTease, a short-form improv troupe where members had to remove an article of clothing every time they broke a game rule, and Freefall, a long-form improv troupe that wove multiple interconnecting stories into a movie-length show. She also guest performed with Un-Scripted Theater Company in San Francisco, where she had the good fortune to meet and play alongside Andy Sarouhan. In 2006, Sara moved to Ashland, Oregon, where she guest-performed with the Hamazons and taught improv classes. Since returning to California in 2022, she has performed regularly at STAB! Comedy Theater and co-taught improv classes with Andy at B Street Theatre.