Garry Marshall Theatre & Impro Theatre Present

Jane Austen Unscripted: Tea at Pemberley

May 2 - May 11, 2025
In the Outdoor Courtyard

Special Event Producing for Garry Marshall Theatre by
Joseph Leo Bwarie

Directed by
Paul Rogan & Dan O’Connor

The Company 

in lovely rotation…

Belle Adams

@baaaadams

Belle Adams is a Los Angeles based actor, director, and artist. Best known for her recent appearance on Sex Lives of College Girls as Haley and her recurring role as Janine on 7 episodes of Bless This Mess, directed by Lake Bell. She also performed opposite Emmy winner Matthew Rhys on HBO’s new Perry Mason. 2020 saw her debut in the new Blumhouse / Amazon Feature Film Crones in which she plays a young woman looking for trouble in the forest, along with her large guest star role on CBS show S.W.A.T. opposite Shemar Moore! Belle has performed in five scenes opp Minnie Driver on SPEECHLESS, in a one-week Guest Star on Disney’s Bizaardvark, in Freeform’s Grown-ish, and in 5 episodes of Vertical Networks’ SOLVE as a Recurring Guest Star. Adept with both comedy and drama, Belle makes a splash in 2022 critically acclaimed, instant cult-classic horror film, Two Witches, and was awarded Best Actress in 2019 for her work as the lead in indie Feature Film This World Alone. Belle has also appeared in shows on MTV and Lifetime, along with international and national commercials for products like California Lottery, LG, Conde Naste, and more. Belle is an active singer-songwriter, has written and directed her own series and short films, and continues to write/develop original content and visual art. She believes in the power of giving, and looks forward to any opportunity to connect and work alongside open and committed artists.

Ted Cannon

@tedcannon

Originally from Boston, Ted has lived in LA since the Thomas Guide days. He has been performing improv for close to 600 years, including at Vassar College, Upright Citizens Brigade, and pops up at The Groundlings as a Sunday Company Alum from time to time. Ted also likes to be on your TV, including over one hundred national commercials. Currently you might see him standing up on a billboard for homes.com, and if you watched football, he was part of the “Lowes Home Team” with Scott Hanson. If you get tired of his face (understandable), you can hear just his voice in a big animated guest star role on an episode of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Paramount+. He lives in Mt. Washington with his wife, two kids, and a dog. Ted is positively delighted to be back strolling the gardens at Pemberley!

Eric Paul Carthen

@ericpcarthen

Eric Paul Carthen is from Highland, CA, and is an Actor, Improvisor, and Storyteller. A Graduate from California Lutheran University with a BS in Criminal Justice. You can find Eric on TV in a few national commercials (Benjamin Moore, Walmart), ACI ensemble with Company of Angels, and listen to his voice talents in Sonder: The Improvised Podcasts, available on all platforms. He has performed improv and sketch at Impro Theatre and Second City Hollywood.  Through all the plays, short films, shows, and auditions; progress and the enjoyment of the work is what gets him through. Life Motto: “Live and be a blessing unto someone else.”

Kari Coleman

@itskaricoleman

Kari Coleman is a founding member of IMPRO Theatre. Her notable film roles include Helen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, while her television career spans series like The Good Doctor, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Rookie, S.W.A.T., Netflix's Zach Stone is Gonna be Famous alongside Bo Burnham, and characters such as George's girlfriend Allison in Seinfeld and the embittered sex-ed teacher Mrs. Hauser in Veronica Mars. She has performed and taught improv across the country and abroad, most recently in Melbourne, Australia. She was also a fire-eater with Penn & Teller in Vegas and co-wrote an Amazon best-selling book Through the Screen, a guide to killing it on zoom.

Leanna Dindal

@1eanna

Leanna Dindal is a writer, performer, and musical theater choreographer from LA. She began improv training in 2008, graduated from The Second City Conservatory, and has studied with Impro Theatre for over ten years. She is a member of Impro Theatre's Ensemble and is currently serving on the Artistic Director team. Leanna has taught hip hop classes to children throughout the LA area. She choreographed theTRIBE’s productions of Hair and Cabaret in San Francisco, as well as numerous Second City shows. She writes professionally for television animation (Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Iron Man and His Awesome Friends).

Stephen Kearin

@stephen.kearin

Stephen began his career in 1987 with Bay Area Theatresports in San Francisco, where he was a company member for 14 years. He was a founding member of Improv Theater and True Fiction Magazine and was a founder of San Francisco’s esteemed trio, 3 FOR ALL, for 27 years. As a member of Impro Theatre, Stephen was nominated for an Ovation Award, Best Featured Actor in a Play, for his work in The Western UnScripted. Stephen is the co-creator of "Simlish" and was the principal male voice of The Sims, Sims 2 and Sims Medieval. He created the Martian languages for Disney’s Mars Needs Moms and Supergirl. He is featured in the DreamWorks Animation films Kung Fu Panda 1,2 & 3, Madagascar 2 & 3, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Megamind, The Penguins of Madagascar and Home. Stephen portrays the role of Sergeant Geller on Amazon Prime’s hit show, WAYNE and appears in season 3 of The Mandalorian. He can be heard as the character of Mel Irwin in the new podcast Madam Ram. He has performed his solo show Memoiry Lane to sold-out houses in San Francisco and Los Angeles and you can hear his memoir style stories, on Memoiry Lane, at Substack.com. Stephen has served as a visiting instructor and advisor with Disney, DreamWorks, Laika, Paramount & Netflix Animation, as well as Stanford University, USC, The US Olympic Ski Team and has trained the artists of Cirque Du Soleil.

Stephenkearin.com

Stephenkearin.substack.com

Amy Kidd

Amy Kidd is happy to be back performing with Impro Theatre, having previously appeared in Chekhov Unscripted and Tennessee Williams Unscripted. A native of Los Angeles and graduate of UCLA, Amy is an alum of the Groundlings Sunday Company and half of the comedy duo Clifford & Kidd, with Carrie Clifford.

Nick Massouh

@nickmassooouh

Nick Massouh is a founding member of Impro Theatre and former School Director. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BFA degree in acting and is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at USC teaching improv and acting. Nick has worked professionally in TV and film for the past 20 years with credits that include Lioness, 911: Lonestar, Lucifer, Designated Survivor, Ray Donavan, The Conjuring 3 and will be recurring on the upcoming season of For All Mankind. Nick has performed on stage at theaters including The Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, and The Broad Stage. Nick is grateful to return to the Garry Marshall Theatre to work with such a wonderful organization and staff and to perform one of his favorite shows, Jane Austen Unscripted.

Mike Rock

Mike Rock has been acting and improvising professionally for over 30 years and is currently Producing Artistic Director, Director of School and Studio, Faculty and a director at Impro Theatre L.A. where he created and hosted over 80 episodes of the podcast Impro Talk. With Impro he has performed completely improvised plays at The Garry Marshall Theatre, The Broad Stage, The Pasadena Playhouse, North Coast Rep, UC Irvine and more.

An actor, director, producer, improviser, v/o narrator and teaching artist, Mike's TV credits include This Is Us, Black-ish, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, After Lately, The Mentalist, Monk, Conan O’Brien, Law & Order, Celebrity Deathmatch, Guiding Light. and two comedy specials he co-created for Comedy Central. He’s been the voice of several TV shows including: NFL Replay, NFL Sound FX, Chelsea Lately on E!, Property Ladder on TLC and Car Kings on Discovery Network. He’s been a voice on KCRW FM and Eclectic 24 in L.A. and had two long-running shows at WORT FM in Madison, WI.

He was artistic director, producer and a co-founder of Madison WI Theatresports, founder, artistic director, producer of ComedySportz NYC. He co-created, produced, wrote & performed sketch comedy with The Bert Fershners in NYC, L.A. Just For Laughs Montreal, Edinburgh, Aspen, Austin and on MTV, VH-1 & Comedy Central TV. He was on the  improv faculty at The Nerdist School L.A. and has presented improv workshops for hundreds of high schools and colleges as well as team-building events at companies including: General Electric, Reebok, Trek Bicycle Co and The American Girl Doll Co.

Mike has acted in and voiced numerous network commercials including spots for: Acura, Bayer, Budweiser, BJ’s Restaurants, Burger King, Coca Cola, Dairy Queen, Dominos, Dunkin Donuts, Expedia, Footlocker, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, IHOP, Jiffy Lube, Kleenex, Kmart, LL Bean, Lexus, McDonalds, Microsoft, Nextel, Staples,The Truth anti-smoking campaign, Craftsman,Toyota, UBS Investments, UPS, Volkswagen, Wells Fargo, Wendy's, Yahoo and  is the “Wrong Answers Spokesperson” for Yext Answers.

Social media @itsmikerock

Paul Rogan

@itspaulrogan

Originally from London, Paul worked with all of the UK’s major improv groups, including the Comedy Store Players and with Eddie Izzard and Friends. For Impro Theatre he co-directs and perform in Jane Austen UnScripted, and also performs in its other genres. TV includes American Horror Story, Marvel Agents of Shield, The Orville, Grace and Frankie, Superstore, Casual, Castle, Timeless, KC Undercover, I Didn't Do It, Anger Management, Legit, My Name is Earl, Big Love, Cougartown, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Sleeper Cell, Cory in the House. Film includes Miss March, Thunderpants, and A Knight in Camelot. Theatre includes George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, the Emcee in Cabaret, and Malvolio in Twelfth Night. He also has many BBC radio comedy credits. As a stand-up comedian, Paul has played the Improv in Hollywood, and hundreds of live, TV and radio gigs. He also teaches comedy acting and improvisation at Pepperdine University.

Christine Schlehuber

Coined, by very kind friends, the “philosophizing, hair down version of Reese Witherspoon in Election”, Christine Schlehuber is a working actress, improvisor, writer, lover, and fighter from Dallas, Texas. She graduated a Renaissance Scholar and Summa Cum Laude in May of ‘24 from the University of Southern California with a BA in Law, History, and Culture and another in Acting. Christine currently hones her skills at the Upright Citizens Brigade and Lesly Kahn studio, along with co-creating and devising a found footage, comedy-horror short on VHS tape with Adina Beck. In her (rare) free time, she enjoys baking gluten-free goodies, vinyasa yoga, fiercely reviewing restaurants on Beli, and her book club.  

For more of Teeny, you can follow her instagram @christineschlehuber or check out her website: christineschlehuber.com

Ashley Ward

@ashleyjeanward 

Ashley Ward is thrilled to be joining the amazing cast of Jane Austen Unscripted! She has performed everywhere from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to the Kennedy Center to the Sydney Opera House. She co-wrote the off-Broadway show 50 Shades! The Musical Parody and has directed many one person shows, sketch shows and musicals. She performs monthly with musical improv group Baby Wants Candy at UCB and can be seen on Apple+ in Hello Jack! The Kindness Show and on DropoutTV in Play It By Ear. She is a Jeopardy! Champion and when she isn’t teaching improv or performing she is home doing a crossword puzzle with her cat Ponyboy and husband, Nate! 

ABOUT IMPRO THEATRE

Based in Los Angeles, Impro Theatre has garnered national and international attention with its unique, acclaimed brand of unscripted theatre. Impro Theatre creates completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world’s greatest writers and literary genres. Among their rave reviews, they’ve been called “consistently hilarious” by The L.A. Times. Every Impro Theatre show starts with audience suggestions, and every performance is entirely unique. In Southern California, Impro has performed sold-out shows at The Broad Stage, The Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, North Coast Repertory, The Garry Marshall Theatre, and many more. Venues around the world include the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in L.A., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe (via video!) Texas State University, The Athenaeum Theatre (Chicago), The Melbourne Fringe (Australia) and Theatre Adyar (Paris.) Impro has received multiple Ovation Recommended honors in Los Angeles and Critics' Picks everywhere they perform.

Impro Theatre also manages the Impro Theatre School, the Impro Studio and L.A. Theatresports™, headquartered in Los Angeles. Impro Theatre School offers classes and performance opportunities in narrative and genre improv and Theatresports™ to students of all levels. Impro’s performances and classes are designed to be accessible and affordable experiences that bring people together and support Impro Theatre's mission to change the world through joyful, artistic engagement for all.

Pianoforte

Ryan Whyman
Alexander Burke, Sub

GMT “Jane” Production Staff

Stage Manager, Giselle N. Vega

Scenic Design Coordinator, Vince Davey 

Sound Design, Robert Arturo Ramirez

Costume Design, Jessica Champagne Hansen

Hair and Wig Styling and Design, Laura Caponera

Sound Mixer, Robert Arturo Ramirez

Sound Tech, Gama Franco, Ella Parker

Wardrobe Head, Meghan Ims

Pianoforte Construction, Eddy Will

Back of House Coordinator, Josh Aguilar

Social Media Filming & Editing, Tiffany Daniels

Web Administrator/Digital Support, Matt J. Bond

Patron Services, Elizabeth Albright

Custodial, Valerio Hernandez

Team Members & Production Assistants
Maxwell Benton Cook, Chloe Crouch, Ezra Crouch

Additional “Jane” Staff
Julianna Aparicio, Siena LaGambina, Viv Jolie, Beka Maynes, Jocelyn Muñoz, Tate Wiblin

Carpenters
Mikayla Bettner, Iliana Cusack-Mercedez, Emily Joe, Rene Parras Jr., Zachary Phaneup

Volunteers, Bess Scher, Bentley G. Zutaut, Asher Beverly

Graphic Design, Mike Krol

Original Branding Creative Director, Todd Gallopo

Original Branding Design Coordinator, Tory Davis

Garry Marshall Theatre Staff 

Producing Artistic Director, Joseph Leo Bwarie

General Manager, Giselle N. Vega

Director of Production and Technical Operations, Vince Davey

Chief Financial Officer, Scott Kay

Business Affairs, Heather Hall

Education Program Manager, Jessica Champagne Hansen

Education Coordinator, Meghan Ims

Lighting Coordinator, JM Montecalvo

Sound Director, Robert Arturo Ramirez

Nonprofit Arts Consultant, Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell

Sound Department, Gama Franco, Ella Parker, Hugo Fowler

Social Media Coordinator, Tiffany Daniels

Web Administrator/Digital Support, Matt J. Bond

Graphic Design, Mike Krol

Patron Services, Elizabeth Albright

Custodial, Valerio Hernandez

Team Members & Production Assistants
Josh Aguilar, Maxwell Benton Cook, Chloe Crouch, Ezra Crouch


Garry Marshall Theatre Board of Directors

Barbara Marshall, Chair
Kathleen Marshall, President
Heather Hall, Secretary
Scott Kay, Treasurer
Joan Boyett
Cathy King
Phill Lewis
Kelly Gerner
Dyanne Chae
Kimberly Williams
Daniel Posener

Impro Theatre Staff

Founder
Dan O’Connor

Producers
Dan O’Connor, Mike Rock

Producing Artistic Director & General Manager
Mike Rock

Co-Artistic Director, Leanna Dindal

Co-Artistic Director, Rebecca Lowman

Co-Artistic Director, Jeffery Thompson

Impro Theatre Board of Directors

Andrew Pearce, President
Nick Massouh, Vice President
Cheryl Feris, Secretary
Jeffrey Thompson, Treasurer
Wayne Brady
Michael Blaha
Juliana Gondek
Cooper Bates
Jennifer Sullivan
Ted Cannon

And with deepest thanks to Jane Austen.