Amanda Jensen (she/her)

Amanda was an actor, director, and teacher in the theatre community in Portland, Oregon for years and has a BS in Theatre Arts from Portland State University. Since becoming a pediatric nurse and moving to Seattle in 2011, she gets her theatre fix through improv. She is a member of the improv troupe, Captain, where she enjoys sharing the stage with other hilarious women. She is a Bandit long-form improv student and member of Swipe Right. She has never online dated because she is very old.

Coonoor Behal (She/Her)

Coonoor has been performing and teaching improv comedy for 10 years, first starting at the Washington Improv Theater (WIT) in Washington DC, where she was a member of a Harold team, house ensemble, and was also a long-time teacher. She also completed the curriculum at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (NYC) and was accepted to their Advanced Study Improv Program. She was a founding member of Bombay Vindaloo, which created and performed an improvised Bollywood movie format. She has performed in numerous improv comedy festivals around the country. She currently plays with the Seattle teams Captain, Bitches, IMNDC, and Bandit's The Awkward Show and Couple's Quiz!

Janelle Bentley(she/her)

Janelle Bentley is a born and raised Brookylnite, who is a recent transplant to the area. Prior to moving to Seattle, Janelle started her improv training five years ago at the Magnet Theater and UCB. This then led to her performing weekly on the Magnet Theater stage with her team, Sweetheart, and performing with her indie team, Fight Club Sandwich, at different improv festivals around the country. Once she moved to Seattle, she made connections in the improv community which allowed her to perform with Unexpected Productions. She performed in their two seasonal shows: Campfire and An Improvised Christmas Carol. Janelle is super excited to now have the ability to perform and mentor new improvisers at Bandit Theater. Janelle is a cast member on The Reader.

Yolanda Suarez (she/her)

Yolanda is stupid excited to teach improv with Bandit Theater. Yolanda studied at UCB Theatre in NYC where she learned to love, hate, and love (again) "GAME!" She moved to Seattle and formed two indie improv teams, Rock Bottom and Captain. She performs with Bandit Theater's group Mad Science. She will always accept an invitation to Karaoke!!

Winnie Yeung (she/her)

(she/her) Winnie is an improviser and comedian based in Seattle. Born 10lbs and 12 oz in a Hong Kong hospital, Winnie was described by a nurse as "too large." As a child, Winnie often got stuck in elevators and that...kind of became her thing. In her formative years, Winnie was involved in something called the Junior Model UN. Winnie has no idea why she'd be cast on the Awkward show.

Winnie has studied improv and sketch comedy at Bandit Theater, Jet City Improv, Second City and UCB. When she's not doing improv, Winnie spends time waving at people that she thought were waving at her.

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Eloise O'Loane (she/her)

Eloise's improv career began in 2021 (though she earned a Business Marketing degree in 2019, so who's to say when it really began) after taking classes in Seattle, where she eventually found her way to Bandit Theater. After playing in Bandit's first Tumbleweeds program, she joined the Mad Science cast. When she is not improvising, Eloise is a writer and performer for the sketch comedy group Good Crash! and a Quizmaster where she hosts trivia in bars across Seattle.

Safiya Karmy-Jones is a project manager at the University of Washington’s Women’s Center and a dissertating PhC in the UW English Department. She is also a former instructor in the University’s Interdisciplinary and Expository Writing Programs, teaching assistant for the American Ethnic Studies Department, and tutor for the City of Seattle’s Upward Bound program. In her academic work and teaching Safi is interested in both humor and horror as genres of resistance and social commentary and spends her free time making her friends watch scary movies with her “for research purposes”.

Matt Vergara as the Show Runner. Matt Vergara is from sunny southern California and moved to the PNW in spring of 2022. He had heard of Bandit through friends and made it his goal to give his time and skills to the non-profit upon his arrival. His first experience with Bandit was as a volunteer for Swipe Right, offering his dating profile for the whole cast and audience to enjoy. He was so impressed with the style of improv comedy he jumped right into Bandit's level 1 class that summer. Matt has been an entertainer for most of his life, finishing the Second City Hollywood improv program, commercial acting in LA and even winning his high school man pageant - Mr. Monrovia 2011. He works hard to offer his experience and skills to Bandit in service of their mission. From working Bandit show nights to contributing to the marketing team, his ultimate hope is to share the joy of Bandit Theater improv comedy with anyone who needs a little laugh.

Annie Barry is the Founder and Artistic Director at Bandit. She has been performing improv and comedy for over a decade. She is delighted to be performing on "Swipe Right" and "Gram Worthy". She loves playing make believe in a world that discourages it in adults. She currently directs, "The Reader". She is a vegan, please don't hate her.