Carla Cackowski, Nick Armstrong, Jaime Moyer, Craig Cackowski & Patrick Rowland

Teaches at M.i.'s Westside Comedy Theater

Carla Cackowski is a writer and improviser living in Los Angeles. She regularly tours across the country with her two person improv show, “Orange Tuxedo”. Carla toured on boats with Second City and performed on Harold Teams at both iO West and UCB Los Angeles. She travels all over the world teaching and performing in comedy festivals. Carla is an improv teacher at The Second City in Hollywood and is currently the Artistic Director at Mi’s Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica. www.carlacackowski.com 

Nick Armstrong has trained at The Groundlings and iO West. He is an alum of The Sunday Company at the Groundlings and currently performs at the world-famous iO West on LA’s Critically Acclaimed Harold Team King Ten. He has taught improv at iO West, M.i.’s Westside Comedy Theater and The Groundlings and has done workshops all over the world. Nick is also the Camp Director and Founder of Camp Improv Utopia a a 501(c) (3) Non Profit improv retreat for grown ups. He is also one of the founding members of the The Improv Network. 

Jaime Moyer is an alum of The Second City-Detroit, currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, and is a proud member of the acting unions SAG-AFTRA and AEA. She recently appeared on two episodes of Modern Family as neighbor Mrs. Pasternak. Jaime has also had guest starring roles on Parks and Recreation, 2 Broke Girls, Jennifer Falls, Detroiters and had a recurring role on Disney’s hit show KC Undercover. She has taught improvisation and performed all over the country, including workshops at Washington Improv Theater, Dallas Comedy House, Asheville Improv Collective, The Arcade Theater, Dosage Improv Workshops, Unscrewed Theater, The Siren Theater, Planet Ant Theater, Camp Improv Utopia, Angel Comedy in the U.K., ICC Theatre in Denmark, and many others.She can be seen performing improv at The Second City Hollywood, Westside Comedy, The Pack, and more around Los Angeles, CA. 

Craig Cackowski is an actor, improvisor and teacher based in Los Angeles. He has been involved with the iO and iO West (RIP) theaters since 1992, and was the three-time winner of the Del Close Award as Teacher of the Year at iO West. He has played numerous improv festivals around the country with his long-running three-man troupe Dasariski (with Bob Dassie and Rich Talarico) and his duo Orange Tuxedo (with his wife Carla!). While in Chicago, he appeared in and co-wrote 5 revues for The Second City, and helped create such improv forms as JTS Brown and Close Quarters. As an actor, he has been seen in recurring roles on such shows as Community (as “Officer Cackowski”), Bajillion Dollar Properties (as “Todd the janitor”), Veep (as “Cliff”) and as part of the ensemble cast of Drunk History. 

Patrick Rowland is a writer/performer/teacher from Chicago. He has trained at The Second City and iO Chicago. Patrick is a recipient of 2014 Bob Curry Fellowship, is an alum of the Second City House Company, and has performed as an understudy for the Second City mainstage, aboard the NCL Gem, as well as two revues with Diversity and Inclusion Program. He performs with his independent sketch/improv troupe, 3Peat whose video with Comedy Central, “The Blackening”, has over 15 million views. As an instructor Patrick has taught the improv, conservatory, writing, and long form improv programs at Second City Chicago, and the improv program at the iO Theater. His workshops have sold-out across the country as well as London. www.patrickrowland.net