Anne Marie Irey

Anne Marie Irey has been involved in theater for over twenty years. She minored in Theatre at Saint Mary’s College and earned her M.Ed. at DePaul University. Anne Marie is an Alum of The Second City and she spent several years performing improv in Chicago. Previously, she taught 4th grade at Sacred Heart School, where she founded an after school drama program. Prior to teaching at Westside, Anne Marie taught the Children’s Acting Workshops at Wheaton Drama.

Anne Marie teaches Westside Improv’s youth improv program!

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Michelle Borter-Gurak

Michelle has been singing and acting in plays and musicals since the ripe old age of five. After starting a family, the theater took a back seat for several years. Missing being on stage, she started thinking about trying a new type of performance, and that’s when she discovered improv. Curious as to what improv was all about she registered for an 8-week class at Westside Improv in early 2016 and was hooked!

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John Abbott

John Abbott started improvising in late 1999 and hasn’t planned out anything since. He’s a graduate of Second City’s Conservatory, iO, and Annoyance, and he worked at iO for nine years. Over those years, he estimates that he’s seen over 5,000 improv shows, and all of them were amazing. He’s performed around the U.S. and coaches several teams. In his spare time, John keeps two cats that he’s trained to attack intruders.

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David Barron

David Barron started doing improv in “Spontaneous Art” at Michigan State University where he received his BA in Theatre. After college, he attended the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College (yes THE Clown College) and trained to be a circus clown. David had the honor of spending a weekend learning improv from Del Close 30 years ago and has been studying and performing improv at Westside since April 2015. David is thrilled to be a part of the Westside Improv family and looks forward to the years ahead.

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Tom Walker

Tom has been performing in plays and musicals since high school, but his first improv class was at Westside in the fall of 2017. Tom has enjoyed the community, the challenges, the discoveries, and the deep laughs so much at Westside that he hasn’t left. He will also be happy to enthusiastically discuss nearly any geeky topic with you. Just try him.

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