Artistic Director

is the Artistic Director of The Mopco Improv Theatre and a Senior Facilitator with Koppett.

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Kat is the President and eponymous founder of Koppett, an organizational development company specializing in blending traditional organizational development tools and principles

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Winnie has been doing theater since they were 3 years old, and stumbled upon MopCo when a friend invited them to a Jam. Since then, Winnie has known that improv is something special, and is thrilled to join the crew here at MopCo.

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Maria Ayoob is a silly goose who wasted several decades of her life not doing improv. She played Sam (the right-hand man) in the 1989 production of The Pirates of Penzance at Rombout Junior High. In her spare time she has a job.

Drew loves to make movies, music, and the occasional blanket fort. The founder of media company Scatterset where he’s written and performed sketches, video essays and more, you just might know him from one of his many YouTube videos (but it’s probably the math one). He’s thrilled to hop into Mopco for a refreshing new way to improvise as the elaborate long cons were getting old.

Hayes has been in front of audiences as long as he can remember. He began singing with his mother and his sisters in a well-known gospel group named the Fields singers. He then was introduced to theatre formally through the Harlem Children's Theater Co. Hayes was able to perform in Europe and Africa because of this troupe, as well as most of the major stages and Off-Broadway stages in New York

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Leo Gagliardi is fresh out of Union College and rotten to the core. He pretends to be an energetic, athletic theater kid with nothing to lose, but Leo secretly plays tabletop role-playing games, is getting his masters

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Amanda stasrated studying with Mopco two years ago, and was a mainstay of our joint production with Armory Studios NY— the Halloween “Castle of Terror.” She can be scary, but her talents don’t stop there! This bio is a temp version; check back to see something better soon!

is a writer, comedian, and journalist from the Albany, New York area. He graduated from SUNY Albany in 2013 with a B.A. in English, minoring in Theater and Journalism.

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Multi-talented, this one is. Singer, designer, actor…And we’ll get a better bio from her some day, too!

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Charlie Owens (he/him) has loved making things up with MopCo for years. Previously a member of The Regicides of New Haven, CT (house team of A Broken Umbrella Theatre). Off-stage Charlie has a wonderful habit of supporting New York nonprofits as an event manager, etc. @cwowens, not on tiktok.

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Alex Rabinowitz has been studying, performing, and teaching improv for 7 years — and is thrilled to be joining MopCo! Most recently, Alex was a house team member and instructor at AdLib Theater in Orlando, FL.

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Some claim he is a myth whispered by old crones to keep unruly children in their beds at night. Others say Alex Shapiro is a legend, defeated in his quest to rid the known universe from unknown peril, gone from this earth too soon, but sworn to rise again in earth’ darkest hour.

To be honest, we found him caught in a glue trap that was left in one of the mopco bathrooms. As payment for saving his life (we never mentioned it was our glue trap), Alex now performs weekly at MopCo and when necessary pulls thorns from our mighty paws.

Mike comes from an improvised family. His brother, Patrick, got him in touch with Michael Burns when Mopco was looking for a backup keyboard player. Michael sent him Down the Rabbit Hole while waiting for the primary piano player to bolt, and there’s been no looking back. Mike likes to play strange, slightly clueless, but reasonably nice

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