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Gilded Age, FBI: Most Wanted, Pat                Scott McGowan is
     Carney in The Politician, Harold on Living       originally from
     with Yourself, Little America, The Plot          Pennsylvania but has
     Against America, Pose, The Blacklist,            lived in New Jersey and
     Connor Riley on Gotham, Forever, Dean            has been a member of
     Masters on House of Cards, Law &                 Vivid Stage for over 15
     Order, Kidnapped, As The World Turns,            years. He sometimes
     Unforgettable, and Boardwalk Empire.             moonlights from acting
     Film credits: Martin, in Adopting Audrey,        as a Stage Manager, the
     Ref Chris in Inside Game, The Irishman,  role he has tonight. While raising a
     The God Committee, The Kindergarten   family he has worked steadily,
     Teacher, Campbell Scott’s Hamlet,   garnering two NJ Tony Awards for Best
     Sweet Lorraine and Hard Sell, Clark   Actor in a Musical awarded by the
     holds an MFA from UMKC and a Bachelor  Newark Star Ledger for Mack & Mabel
     of Science from Northwestern University.  and I Do!, I Do!. He was also awarded
     Laura Ekstrand (see above)          Best Supporting Actor in a Musical from
                                         the state of New Hampshire in two
     Noreen Farley (see above)           separate years as well, for the Engineer
                 Lulu French first took   in Miss Saigon and Juan Peron in Evita.
                 improv classes at Gotham   Next up Scott will be playing the titular
                 City Improv over two    role in Elling with Catalyst Theatre
                 decades ago and has been   Company in Plainfield, NJ in early
                 improvising ever since. In   November. A proud member of Actors’
                 addition to being a     Equity Association where he spent
                 graduate of Gotham City   sixteen years on their governing body
                 Improv, she has also    and was a Tony voter. Scott is also an
                 studied improv under Amy   extremely proud parent of Shaelyn and
     Poehler, Matt Walsh, and Matt Besser —   Essa. Thanks to Rick and Mary who
     original members of the Upright Citizens   share co-parenting duties.
     Brigade, Armando Diaz — founder of the           Becca L. McLarty is so
     Magnet Theater, various Second City              happy to be working once
     alumni such as Todd Stashwick (12                again with Vivid Stage.
     Monkeys), and improv masters Michael             She's previously appeared
     Gellman, Dave Razowsky, and Aretha               with Vivid Stage in Twirl
     Sills. She has appeared in numerous              and Psychodrama and the
     improv performances in NYC improv                audio play, Ways to be
     theaters such as Gotham City Improv,             Happy. She has
     the Magnet Theater, the People’s Improv          performed regionally and
     Theater and Upright Citizens Brigade.   in NYC with such companies as The
     She performs mostly in NJ these days   Brooklyn Generator, Luna Stage,
     with Vivid's improv troupe, The Flip Side  Project Y Theatre, Mt. Gretna Theatre,
     in Summit, NJ and Montclair Improv   and Bakerloo Theatre Project. Becca
     Comedy in Montclair, NJ.            holds her MFA in Acting from Brooklyn
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