CRUSH

CRUSH

Home: New York

Performing: Brian, Frank, Steve, Nick, Brandon, Lauren, Chet & Taylor

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CRUSH is an improv comedy group performing weekly in NYC. CRUSH is Frank Bonomo, Brian Bockrath, Steve Horak, Nick Kanellis, Brandon Lisy, Lauren Olson, Chet Siegel, and Taylor White. If you’re ever in New York, come check us out on Wednesday nights in Megawatt at the Magnet Theater.

www.crushcomedy.com
Directed by Christian Capozzoli (4-Track)
Brandon Lisy: Hometown: Cleveland, OH Brandon Lisy was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of 13, while watching Conan O'Brien he laughed for so long at a joke he decided to dedicate his life to inspiring that feeling in other people. He has studied improv with Armando Diaz, Chris Gethard, James Eason, and Christian Capozzoli among others. His greatest wish is a tie between seeing you at the next CRUSH show and having his name auto-complete when you search for it on Yahoo. Brian Bockrath:
Hometown: Chicago, IL Brian is originally from Chicago, where he failed to take advantage of the comedy scene. Since moving to New York in 2005 he has studied improvisation with Armando Diaz, Anthony King, Kevin Mullaney, Billy Merritt, Will Hines, and Christian Capozzoli among others. He is very proud to be a member of the Magnet Theater's CRUSH. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University. Steve Horak:
Hometown: Chicago, IL Steve Horak was born and raised in Chicagoland. When he turned 18 he fled to New Orleans for college, subsequently expatriated to Prague, and then finally settled in New York to complete his studies at NYU. Between school years he took improv classes, first at The Second City Chicago and later at NYC's Magnet and Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters under the tutelage of Armando Diaz, Michael Delaney, Charlie Todd, Chris Gethard, and James Eason. He enjoys playing drums, training for marathons, and the Wall Street Journal op-ed page. Chet Siegel:
Hometown: ??? Chet is a West Virginia native currently living in Brooklyn. She always knew she wanted to be a comedian. Or a ballerina. She's been grateful to study improv with Armando Diaz, Rachel Hamilton, James Eason, Bill Arnett, Piero Procaccini, Joe Wengert, Christian Capozzoli and others. When she's not with CRUSH, you can catch her performing with the fierce, all-girl trio LCJ. She is also a student at Sarah Lawrence College where there are technically no majors, but if there were, she'd be on her way to a BA in Theater and Literature. Nick Kanellis:
Hometown: Iowa City, IA Nick began studying improv at Northwestern University where he was a member of The Titanic Players and Mee-Ow. He has studied with Armando Diaz, Mike Abdelsayed, Peter McNerney, Bobby Moynihan, Charlie Todd, James Eason, and Alex Marino among others. Nick can also be seen performing with the Statues of Liberty on Saturday nights at the Magnet Theater, The Striking Viking Story Pirates, and as the professional wrestler King of Hearts in UCB's Cage Match. He enjoys animals, beer pong, cartoons, cranium, and probably your company. Frank Bonomo:
Hometown: Valley Stream, NY After being convinced by a coworker to "take an improv class" back in 2006, Frank Bonomo took the plunge and has been performing ever since. Having trained at the Magnet Theater in NYC and abroad, Frank has had the pleasure of studying with improv luminaries Armando Diaz, Pat O'Brien, Bill Arnett, Rachel Hamilton, James Eason, and Christian Capozzoli. He has performed on Magnet improv teams, Skosh, Oswald, Your Code Name is Jonah, and more recently, CRUSH. Lauren Olson:
Hometown: Portland, OR Lauren’s been studying and performing improv for 6 years and is psyched to be a part of CRUSH. She’s also a member of sketch comedy group Les Encompentent, recently wrote Our Condolences (a solo show she's currently performing at 7:30pm on Saturday nights at the Magnet Theater) and is working on a long-form improv TV pilot. The two things in this world Lauren’s confident she’s good at are helping people move (due to excellent core and upper body strength) and the jazz splits (because if you can’t do the regular splits, you better be damn good at the jazz splits). She was on a nationally ranked Constitution Team in high school and fucking hates packing peanuts. Taylor White:
Hometown: Destin, FL Taylor has been studying and performing improv comedy in NYC since 20
05 alongside Armando Diaz, Jean Villepique, Christina Gausas, Chris Gethard, Christian Capozzoli, and Anthony King to name a few. Taylor has appeared in the improv shows Commando, Your Code Name is Jonah, Busker, his duo Doom & White, and in the mixed-media hip hop spectacular Mizz Miraculous. In 2008 he performed at both the Toronto and Chicago Improv Festivals. He enjoys comic books, heavy metal, 80s horror, and cats.