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Who We Are
We come from all walks of life…here's a bit about each of us. If you'd like to email any of us, just click on a name or send a message to info@newtricks.org. Please put "New Tricks" in the subject line of your message. We look forward to hearing from you!
Current Troupe:
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Amy Rubin is a born and bred New Yawkah with 3 teenaged daughters—and a husband of 24 years. Does she need any more reason to do improv? When not doing improv with New Tricks, she drives children, makes collages in her studio and cooks. In a former life, Amy was a Manhattan real estate broker, a market research analyst, and a Christmas temp in Macy’s Herald Square. Acting credit: she played the maid in her high school production of Dracula. |
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Bari Lee is a former software engineer with 15 years of experience in standup comedy and improv. She currently assists Medicare clients at a non-profit agency in Malden. |
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Don Buell is a professional pianist who has performed in community theater as well as on local improv stages. He's the proud father of a New York City "Blue Man." |
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Joan Larason Joan is a product of a mother with great storytelling skills and a father with a fabulous sense of humor. She has developed and presented workshops on comic improvisation and published many humorous articles on life's little frustrations. |
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Lanny Rubin seems to have survived 34 years of self-employment and has still had time for plenty of fly fishing, golf, skiing and exploring the deserts and canyons of the Southwest. A few years ago an old theatrical bug revived and he took several acting classes and got a couple roles. He decided to try improv when the pain of memorization became overwhelming. |
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Mike Martin is a dutiful father of two, a proud grandfather of four, a happily married man of forty-six years, a contented retired philosophy professor, an author of many obscure but profound books and articles, a tough but mild-mannered ex-Marine, the oldest graduate of ImprovBoston's five-level program, the strongest man in the Brookhaven community, and a modest, self-effacing mensch. He is spending his golden years working out in his gym, teaching improv classes, writing funny short plays, and publishing long philosophy books. |
Alumni:
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Ellen Lokos (2006) is C.E.O. of Lokos-Fuchs enterprises, a local venture dedicated to surviving life with two wonderfully rambunctious teenage boys and keeping several balls in the air at all times. In a previous incarnation, Ellen was a professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at an august institution of higher learning in Cambridge, not prone to improvisation. She now devotes her time to acting in local theater, commercials, and films. |
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Jeanne Hillson (2003-2007) is the Principal Muse of Apply Imagination!, a creativity coaching and training practice in Chapel Hill, NC. Years before cofounding New Tricks, she cocreated and acted in Midnight Special, an experimental theater company in Washington, DC. |
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Sharon Perpignani (2003-2007) is a former optical engineer and a recovering single mother of two. She currently writes and directs independent films in Somerville, MA. |
In Memoriam:
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Bill Griffin (2004-2007) trained at Improv Asylum, and was the founder of the weekly open improv experience "Yes And Practice." He also acted in local plays and films. Tragically, he passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2007, yet his spirit lives on and will inspire our troupe forever. Memories and stories about his talent, his kindness, his strength, and his amazing legacy are posted at his Memorial page on this site. |
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