Yolanda G. Waddell
Yolanda loves improvising at Westside. She feels a great sense of community here, which has helped her grow as an improviser. Yolanda discovered improv comedy in late 2010 at the tail end of a postpartum depression. The laughter and creativity she found in improv helped end that dark time. She is also a recovering perfectionist, for which improv continues to provide the best treatment!
Yolanda has studied improvisation at Westside Players Workshop, The Annoyance, Jimmy Carrane’s Art of Slow Comedy, iO, ComedySportz and The Second City. She has performed at various venues in Chicago with Kelly Machiavelli, a former house team for One Group Mind Improvisers Guild. She is a former actor with The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Show in Schaumburg.
She is so grateful to her biggest cheerleader, her husband, Michael. His loving support (and childcare!) has made studying and performing improv possible!
UPCOMING SHOWS
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The Unwritten Works of William Shakespeare
Our Awesome Level 4 Students!
And Our Musical Improv Class!!
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Free Range
Not Sorry
Sprinkles
The Unwritten Works of William Shakespeare
BOINK! AFTER DARK: A comedic free-for-all 10 years in the making, featuring players past, present, and adjacent.
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Futon Music
The Unwritten Works of William Shakespeare
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Circus Police
Shade Tree
Not Sorry
The Unwritten Works of William Shakespeare
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Game of Tones
The Salt Sisters
Permanent Record
Rad Uncle
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Dirty Bars
Murder Candy
Our Awesome Level 2 Students!