Twelve performers. One director. Zero scripts. Every show is built from nothing — right in front of you.
Owner/Director
Rich Westbrook is the Director of Monterey Comedy Improv, the Monterey Peninsula's premier improvisational comedy troupe. Since founding the organization, he has taught more than 2,500 hours of improv classes, trained hundreds of students, and performed for thousands of audience members. His passion is helping people discover confidence, creativity, and connection through improvisation.
Player & Teacher
Carrie has been resisting improv since 2008. After declaring she'd never do improv, never perform, and certainly never teach, she's now doing all three and savoring the joy and challenges of each. Carrie delights in moving an audience, while shifting them — and herself — out of their comfort zones. She also serves as Rich's backup brain and Assistant Monkey Trainer.
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Julie has been making stuff up most of her life, so it seemed natural to join an improv troupe and master the art of nonsense. She is deeply passionate about photographing the world's wildlife and draws from her experiences in the bush to bring the wild side into her craft. After all, this is just a grand illusion, right?
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As a two-time Iowa High School Allstate Improv Champion, Adam is quantifiably the most accomplished and talented member of the troupe. He does not let that get to his head — perhaps it is his love of all things corn or his unnaturally floppy joints that keeps him humble. Make sure to remind the rest of the troupe of his exceptional talent every time you see them.
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Benjamin has been a student of improv since 2019. The lessons of improv are the lessons of life: pay attention to others, take risks, embrace the moment then let it go, laugh at yourself. Ben delights in community, imagination, and playfulness — elements at the heart of improv.
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Matt L'Heureux is kind of a secret goofball. Please don't tell anyone. He's managed to fool a lot of people for a long time and would very much like to continue doing so. That's his whole bio. He meant it.
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Tyler is in LaLa land most of the time — and by the fateful hand of kismet one day found himself wearing a romper at his first improv class, where he won the day. It's been an adventure since. His favorite beer is German, his favorite music metal and heavy, his favorite dog a toy poodle, and his shoe size 13. Let's keep it sunny in here!
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Adam (known as Gordon in MCI because of… umm… that other Adam) has been acting since the Triassic, or at least since high school and college. Memorable roles include Bogart in Play It Again, Sam, Schroeder in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the male lead in 6 Rms Riv Vu. After a 30-year detour into "real life," he's back on stage and having more fun than ever. He insists that improv classes were the most useful-in-life classes he ever took, and at 68, he's finally come back to the challenge and the fun of it all.
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Megan joined improv for the same reason she salsa dances: to stay present, embrace the chaos, and laugh when things inevitably go sideways. Her style ranges from heartfelt theatrics to clever wit, usually with at least one lowbrow joke sneaking in somewhere. Outside improv, she enjoys gardening and maintaining a deeply one-sided rivalry with homemade sourdough bread.
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Growing up in a super loud, funny family, Cassy used to STRUGGLE with telling traditional jokes — she'd mix up the characters and destroy the punchlines, despite her family's best efforts. It turns out, jokes on them, cause 35+ years later, she just needed the freedom of improv to express herself naturally, and it's laughable! Memorizing and reciting just isn't for her. She truly loves being surrounded by people who are all actively trying to make each other laugh — there's really nothing better.
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Since 2013, Siobhán's amassed almost 20 months of improv experience. With humble beginnings in Pan Theater's and Springfield Improv's classes, Siobhán is secretly fame-ish. Just ask her: she's portrayed a slew of uncredited characters on stage and as "herself" on celluloid, and may have been mentioned in the memoir So, Anyway… (p 242). Once, a person mused aloud if Harvey Korman and Jimmy Fallon had a baby, it'd be Siobhán; "'cause I break in scenes".
Musical Director
Lee played his first paid gig in Moss Landing, on the accordion, at age 11 and hasn't stopped playing music since. He is the piano (and occasionally accordion) player for the troupe and jumps up to join in the fun on stage as well. He has performed with the Grand Theater Company and was lucky to work with some of the funniest folk on the planet. Yes, he's old — like a fine wine.
