Becky Bays

Before becoming an Event Manager, Becky Bays worked as a professional actor for 8 years, following a BA in Drama and an after-degree program at the Actor’s Centre in London, England.

Some favourite credits include: Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding (Hoarse Raven Theatre, Vancouver), Talking With… (Gastown Theatre, Vancouver), Beauty and The Beast (Globe Theatre, Regina) and the one woman show See Bob Run (Globe Theatre, Regina/25th St Theatre, Saskatoon/The Warren, London, UK).

She is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory program in Improvisation and was a cast member of Theatresports at the Bad Dog Theatre (2006). Becky started stand-up comedy in the summer of 2008 and has performed at stages in and around Toronto, including Eton House, Spirits, AltDot Comedy and at Absolute Comedy featuring headliner Steve Levine.

Lianne Mauladin

Lianne is an Aquarius who loves rock stars and old people. Although a relative newcomer to the stand-up scene, she has performed at the Diesel Playhouse, Second City, Yuk Yuk’s, Absolute Comedy, The Rivoli and several other comedy clubs in and around the City. She has also performed in Tampa, San Francisco, Monterey, Santa Cruz and at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood. Lianne came second in both Hamilton and Barrie in the Great Canadian Laugh off and held the title of Stand up Show down champion at the Comedy Bar. Her performance has also been recorded for broadcast on XM Satellite Radio’s Laugh Attack and also televised on Bite TV. Lianne has studied Improv and Stand-up at the Second City Training Centre under the instruction of such comics as Dawn Whitwell, and Elvira Kurt.

Laura Salvas

Laura Salvas is pretty effing wonderful so please read carefully. Laura’s been doing standup for, like, a year now. So far, career highlights include her spot as a finalist in the 2009 Toronto Comedy Brawl and this thing you’re at tonight. Laura also does lots of sketch comedy as part of her troupe Warm Summer Hotness and is currently training as part of The Second City conservatory program and through Impatient Theatre Co. Laura has been part of various improv show casts, including (currently) Vanguard School of Comedy’s Jenkins Syndrome and (previously) Kingston’s Saturday Night at the Improv and The Improv Show. She directed the improv troupe at Ryerson University, where she earned her journalism degree, and has been involved with the Canadian Improv Games national high school tournament for more than a decade as a player, trainer and judge. Don’t let the third person fool you – Laura wrote this bio herself. Thank my $40,000 Ryerson journalism degree for the impeccable grammar.