Eric is an IO West, Westside Comedy Theater and UCB LA graduate with a minor in Los Angeles public parking. He is the Head Writer and Co-Founder of No MSG Added, an Asian American Sketch Comedy Troupe in Orange County. Additionally he is a Co-Festival Director of OC Improv Festival 2020 and recently he became a proud owner of a Hydro Flask. Eric is proud of being from Fresno, California, but understands if others have different opinions about the 559. He is excited to be apart of There Will Be Snacks and hopes that he can do Westside proud every month. Catch him live streaming every other July 4th on East Meets East.
Codi Georges
Codi was born, raised, and still lives with her mom in the San Fernando Valley. She studies at the Groundlings and performs improv and sketch comedy around town with her troupe Grasping at Straws. She is elated to perform with There Will be Snacks, and is looking forward to wearing lots of wigs on stage. She thanks her friends, family and Westside Comedy Theater. And shout out to her mom for not kicking her out yet! Make Codi’s day and follow her on Instagram @codi.georges.
Anne Akhila
Anne Akhila is an improviser at heart: a Groundlings improv alum (diversity scholarship winner), NBCUniversal Scholarship winner to Groundlings writing lab, & UCB improv alum (diversity scholarship winner). Anne’s first feature film, My Best Friend’s Famous, is now on Amazon and Tubi. She performs w/ improv troupe, Tres Leches and does Indian classical dance at the Indian Wedding variety show monthly. She is super excited to now perform with There Will Be Snacks at Westside Comedy Theatre! Anne is repped by A&R Management and Aqua Talent Agency, commercially.
Jay Sukow
Jay Sukow has been performing with and without a script for the better part of the past 27 years. A few of those he has trained with include Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, David Razowsky, Keith Johnstone, Del Close, Charna Halpern, Jeff Michalski and Mick Napier. He is a graduate of training centers of The Second City, The Second City NW, iO Chicago, and ComedySportz Chicago.
Jay is thrilled to be teaching at Westside Comedy Theater. where his students include everyone from beginners to the most experienced performers. He is a member of Mission Improvable and also performs in “Improv Famous,” featuring some of the best improvisors on the planet.
Jay has taught all over the world and was the Artistic Director/Head of Training at the Improv Comedy Copenhagen Theatre, where he taught improv and sketch comedy to expats from all around the world. He is the winner of The Golden Pineapple, awarded to the best visiting teacher at Improv Comedy Copenhagen. He previously taught for Second City Chicago, Second City Hollywood, iO Chicago (where he was also head of its artistic committee), iO West and ComedySportz Chicago.
He has two kids who live in LA and loves Beastie Boys.
Adam Cawley
Adam is an alumnus of The Second City Mainstage, The Just For Laughs Festival and a three-time Canadian Comedy Award Winner. He co-hosts the weekly improv tutorial podcast The Backline: which takes him around the world, performing and teaching improv. He won BEST MALE IMPROVISER at the Canadian Comedy Awards, is an instructor at The Second City Hollywood a coach at WestSide Comedy. Adam can be seen in recurring roles on Baroness Von Sketch Show (IFC) and is a writer and actor on the Emmy Nominated, Workin’ Moms (Netflix Original).
Ruthie Holmes
Ruthie Holmes grew up in upstate New York. She studied Theater Arts at UC Santa Cruz. Ruthie has a passion for making people laugh. At the age of four she completely forgot the dance routine and threw up her arms in dismay, from that moment she’s promised herself she’d do better. And do better she did, after landing the dancing bear role in Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s Cinderella, she found her true passion for movement in theater. Ruthie studied improv at Second City Hollywood, iOWest, Groundlings, UCB, Nerdist and Westside. She co-hosts a monthly standup show at The Virgil called Truth or Dare. Her improv team, Roundhouse, has a monthly slot at Second City every last Monday!
Jason Shotts
Jason studied improv at the iO Theater in Chicago and performed there from 2003 to 2014. Currently living in Los Angeles, he can be seen performing as one-half of the improv duo Dummy, winner of the iO Theater’s Del Award for Best Improv Show in 2013 and 2014. He’s also the co-host of LIVE from the HOLLYWOOD ROOM!, a monthly variety show at Second City Hollywood.
He’s been teaching improv since 2006 and received the Del Award for “Best Teacher” in 2011 and 2013. In addition to teaching and coaching improvisers and improv groups all over Los Angeles, he travels around the world teaching and performing at improv theaters and festivals. He’s traveled to London, Edinburgh, Rome, Copenhagen, Oslo, Warsaw, Wrocław, Krakow, Bremen, Mannheim, Beijing, San Francisco, New York, San Diego, Denver, Austin, Houston, Washington DC, Phoenix, Tucson, Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami and Chicago.
For more information, please visit www.jasonshotts.com
Clayton Moore
Bileko Wissa
Bileko Wissa is a Comedian, actor, rapper, and director from Los Angeles by the way of Democratic Republic of Congo who has been seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He has a monthly show called the Takeover at Westside Comedy Theater. He also has a Monthly show called “The Bantu Boyz Show” and weekly mic of the same moniker. He has a podcast on iTunes and Spotify called “What’s the Hook Podcast” and “Bantu Boyz Podcast”. Bileko is also apart of the Improv group, “Blackstreet Boyz”. You can see Bileko perform stand up and improv all over.
Jason Van Glass
Master of the one-liner, and favorite comedian of servicemen and presidents alike, Jason Van Glass is one of the nation’s most-beloved entertainers, a millionaire many times over, and a star in every category open to him: vaudeville, radio, television, and film, most notably a string of “Road” movies with longtime friend Bing Crosby. He has performed at the Bridgetown, SF Sketchfest, and Crom Comedy Festivals, and traveled countless miles to entertain his troops in cities like Austin, Atlanta, Seattle, New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco. The Bob Hope American Patriot Award is named in his honor.