Wry vs. Dry

Yap began his performing career with a summer job at California’s Great America as a costume character. Simultaneously, Yap signed up for his first improv class at Ohlone College and has since taken a multitude of classes at ComedySportz and Made Up Theatre, and workshops and intensives at Improv Utopia and The Annoyance. Over the course of 9 seasons at CGA, he performed in various shows and has been a monkey, Gingerbread Man and a French Candy General at the amusement park. Yap is now a proud cast member of Made Up Theatre and ComedySportz San Jose, and a troupe member of Worlds Collide, Bottle Episode, and Improv Circus!

Dylan is a comedian, educator, and musician in the Bay Area. His offbeat sense of humor can be seen in his improv, standup and often absurd sketches. And while he now spends his days producing and coaching, his past is marked by a stint as a tsunami hunter – a job that was as unpredictable as his shows.

Christian has lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area and gets disoriented if not around mountains or large bodies of water. He began his formal improv education at All Out Comedy Theater in 2021 and has performed on AOCT House teams since 2022. From working “in the booth” for dozens of shows in the theater since 2023, to teaching, hosting open jams to performing standup, Christian has been standing in front of the improv/comedy firehose full blast. When he’s not going down some other rabbit hole, you can find him wrangling a feral teenager and learning how to cohabitate with an apex predator named Moose.

Comedian doing improv for too long to be able to use it as a midlife crisis

Mike has performed improv shows across the SF Bay Area since 2022. He’s been told on numerous occasions by unrelated individuals that he reminds them of Chevy Chase. Mike resists this comparison at all costs, and if pushed will shout a silly absurdism and attempt to storm out before slipping and comedically falling.

For the past three years, Sara Vee has served as the Musical Director for San Jose ComedySportz. Having also played on-field with the CSz Minor League, she knows the ropes from both sides of the keys. Beyond the ComedySportz turf, Sara has worked as a musical director for multiple musical improv groups, accompanying both long-form and short-form shows, as well as leading specialized musical workshops.

David is the founder of Spats Improv in Berkeley CA, and teaches improv across the Bay Area at Provocation Theatre, All Out Comedy, and on occasion Improv Central. David delights in introducing folks to the joyful and rebellious nature of improv, and knows that with the right tools anyone can shine on stage. David has had dueling obsessions with UCB style game, and Second city short form, which has led him to performing at SF Sketchfest and the premier queer comedy festival of the Bay Area: Yas! And Fest in 2025 and 2026.

Kari Noelle is an improviser and Meisner trained actor with experience in films, indie content, and live performances. She studied and performed at Leela and Endgames Improv, and learned under a variety of coaches from BATs, UCB and Second City. She’s collaborated and produced with diverse teams in the Bay Area, and you can see more of her work on the web. Just google her! Kari has other hobbies too, but she is mostly having a blast with All Out Comedy's Main Stage and her indie team Juicy Fruits.

Tom Dunlap is a stand-up, improviser, sketch performer, improv coach, and former Swedish professional baseball player. He's been performing since 2007, performing stand-up all over the country, with appearances on Sirius Satellite Radio, New York 1 TV, The Boston Chronicle, The Comedy Studio's Comic-in-Residence Program, the Women in Comedy Festival, Chicago Sketchfest, the Rochester Comedy Festival, and the Hoboken Comedy Festival. He co-created Grandma's Basement, a four-night-a-week comedy venue behind Fenway Park that was voted Boston's Best Alternative Comedy Showcase and Best Open Mic.

Tom is currently thrilled to have played with many Bay Area improv teams, including Improv Circus, After Bedtime Stories, No Brakes, A Lot To Unpack, House Party, and Cattywampus! Before landing in the Bay Area, Tom performed on Wonderland — the Magnet Theater's longest-running musical house team — and sketch team Baby Shoes which performed in multiple festivals, and many indy teams in NYC. Tom was trained as an improv instructor by Armando Diaz, has coached narrative musical house teams, long-form improv teams, and studied under Will Hines, Jordan Klepper, Craig Cackowski, Tara Copeland, Neil Casey, Rick Andrews, Peter McNerney, Amy Goerlich, Michael Lutton, and many more.