Improv Night
Sunday, January 16
Westmark Whitehorse 8pm $20

Punchline Scramble is a live improvised comedy show like no other, with alumni from Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie and Atomic Improv Co. This fast and funny show utilizes the skills of internationally renowned improvisers to instantly create hilarious scenes based on suggestions from the audience. It's completely made up on the spot so anything can happen and usually does!

Donovan Workun has been a professional Improviser for almost 15 years. As a founding member of The Atomic Improv Co. he has performed from Canada’s Arctic to Mexico and from Los Angeles to Vienna Austria. Donovan has wowed crowds with his dynamic high-energy improv skills winning numerous titles including three world improv championships and Montreal’s Just for Laughs International Improv Tournament. Donovan’s improv skills have landed him in shows with Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Colin Mochrie and most recently, Mike Myers.

Cathleen Rootsaert is a playwright, actor, director and improvisor. Her plays include: Mimi Amok, After You, The Mother and Ms. Dixie, and Mama Mia! Me A Mama? for which she received a Sterling Award for Outstanding New Play in 2000. Cathleen often performs her own work and was recently seen doing just that on Ken Finkleman’s The Newsroom and on the CBC comedy special I’m Becoming My Mother. Her new play Abigail In Twilight was read this past October at The Citadel Theatre.

Mark Meer is a founder of Gordon’s Big Bald Head (one of Edmonton’s favourite comedy troupes), and Die-Nasty (the legendary live improvised soap opera). He’s performed from Edmonton to the Berlin International Improv Festival to the Vancouver Comedy Fest to Just For Laughs in Montreal. He’s won first place at the World Domination Improv Tournament in Atlanta, and at Vancouver’s annual St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Theatresports Tournament. Unofficial holder of the world improv endurance record, Mark has gone the distance five times in the annual 53-hour, Die-Nasty Improvised Soap-A-Thon. His good fortune, unique style and sense of humour have also allowed him to work with SCTV’s Joe Flaherty, and Austin Powers himself, Mike Myers.