Meet the Gays
And our token straights
Gwenyth Rosenkrantz (He, Them)
From Los Angeles
Unsupervised leader, Gwen Rosenkrantz, is an improv instructor at Rise Comedy (his favorite hangout). He developed an addiction to making people laugh on a competitive team in the LA Comedy Sportz League way back in the day. Since then, he's taken to the stage with sketch comedy, stand up, and hundreds of wild improv shows. Gwenyth has gotten super groovy training from notable members of The Pack and The Groundlings. He wants to make it very clear to anyone that reads this that she is ALMOST five feet tall.
Johnny Bartlett
From Falcon, Colorado
Although Johnny began his training in IO West (LA), Johnny has found a love and passion for improv with the UCCS Improv Club, Unsupervised, and hundreds of inanimate objects. While he does much technical theatre around the city, his love and passion remains with the sweet goofs with who he gets to share the stage.
Gabe Valdez
From Colorado Springs
Gabriel Micheal Valdez has two arch-angels in his name and he wants you to know it. As a Colorado native and decent swimmer he knows the best of both worlds. Since starting comedy in high school Gabe has since become trained in Upright Citizens Brigade, Groundlings, and Voodoo Comedy. As part of the troupe TVunscripted Gabe has sold out shows and traveled the world performing in festivals. You can catch Gabe performing with Unsupervised regularly or take a class at Voodoo Comedy and find Gabriel Michael Valdez as an instructor. Also I’ve never been sure if Micheal is spelt ael or eal. Help
Arantxa Chavez
From Peru
Arantxa Chávez is a friend from Peru that loves most people and would like for you to buy her fries, any kind of fries, any fries at all as long as they are gluten free. Yea, she is allergic and it sucks for her. What doesn’t suck is that she improvises a lot and likes to make people laugh soooo come see her with Unsupervised. Disclaimer: She usually doesn’t understand American references but hey, it is 2020 and the world is ending so do whatever makes your cookie crumble right?
Ryder Tam
From Honolulu, Hawaii
Ryder Tam is a tall palm tree from Honolulu, Hawaii. As an aerospace engineer, he brings a science spin to comedy. Ryder is an instructor at Voodoo Comedy (Denver), and co-founded the comedy groups Unsupervised Improv and TVunscripted. Film credits include Grandpa Metal with Brian Posehn and commercial work with Toyota and University of Colorado. He also performs with Science Riot and Oxymorons Comedy. A passionate student of improv, Ryder has compiled an eclectic array of training from theaters and instructors at iO Chicago, Second City, UCB LA, The Groundlings and Baltimore Improv Group. As a stand-up comic and improviser, Ryder has performed internationally at Improfest (Gothenburg, Sweden), regionally as a headlining act at Trill Comedy Festival (Houston, TX), at Westside Comedy Festival (LA) and at Denver Improv Festival. He has also performed at Impro Theater (LA), Pack Theater (LA) and Voodoo Comedy (Denver).
Jake Zindorf
From Colorado Springs
Feline enthusiast, Jake Zindorf, started doing improv in high school in 2012 and has been in love with it ever since. When he's not listening to his Creedence tapes or fighting off nihilists armed with scissors, you can find him playing guitar, hurting himself with skateboards, or acting on every stage they let him!
Zachary J. Engelman
From Palmer Lake, Colorado
A junior theatre major at UCCS who has ambitions in technical theatre, directing, and acting. Zachary has acted in multiple community productions throughout Colorado Springs, most recently Gaslight, Romeo and Juliet, and Concise Cuts at UCCS. Zachary recently was the assistant sound design for Ugly Lies The Bone at UCCS and was an Assistant Director for Around the World in 80 Days at Theatreworks.
Jo-Jo
From the UK
Jo-Jo is all in all not that interesting. A British born fella living in Colorado since 2009, he did improv briefly in high school with Jake Zindorf. He later went on to study it during his time with The International School of Screen Acting (ISSA). After a while he found he could improvise a full conversation with just about anyone who talks to him. A man says “hello”, he may say something like “hello” back to them. Not one person he has spoken to has ever suspected that he never ever had a script in his everyday conversations. There are many rumors that he is in fact an Australian. This is simply not true, he’s got a clean conscience and not nearly big enough balls to be an Aussie.
Robert Geislinger
From Colorado Springs
He’s the badness with the sadness, the clown with the frown. He’s Bob Geislinger, and he’s ready to mildly amuse the absolute hell outta you! Bob started performing sketch comedy at UNC Greeley, but transitioned to improv when he realized it required less rote memorization and consisted entirely of skills required to be a successful con-artist. When not working, schooling, or petting every ASSSSCAT he can get his hands on, Bob spends most of his time wondering if the cars from Pixar’s Cars have souls.
Unsupervised Alumni:
Sierra Kenyon (Alumni)
From Delaware
Clinically-depressed, half-gay, sea hag, Sierra Kenyon, loves eating cake for breakfast. A graduate from CU Boulder, she founded and ran the still-alive, improv troupe, Spaghetti Confession. Sierra is the proud mother of two shrimp and has circumnavigated the globe. When not being aggressive, she can be found doing gymnastics, screeching, or talking about viruses.