Meet the Cast
Matt Neff
Matt Neff is a Chicago-based performer and content creator. He is a current member of the Second City Music Conservatory, which is a perfect marriage of his two loves: music and absolute silliness! When he isn't clowning around, he talks about cartoons for strangers on YouTube.
Follow Matt on Instagram: @musicmanmatt25
Subscribe to Matt's YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@mattneff
Noah Hartman grew up in Atlanta and graduated from NYU with a bachelors in history and a masters in education. After years in school administration, Noah now teaches and develops arts programming at Loyola Academy. He worked in music (Evan and Jaron) in the early aughts and proudly serves on the board of The Academy at American High, a Syracuse-based tv/film studio. Noah loves music, baseball, maps, and scarves.
Follow Noah on Instagram: @nohartman.
Noah Hartman
Olive Ali Oxenfree
Olive Ali Oxenfree is a loose cannon coming after your lover. Just kidding! Everyone knows her heart belongs to Alan Thicke. She likes long walks under your balcony, Alan Thicke, hiding in your closet, Growing Pains, the Empire Carpet commercial jingle, Alan Thicke, the Spong Monkies and pondering life’s deep mysteries like, what if Soy Milk is just cow’s milk, introducing itself in Spanish? She is thrilled to be returning to the stage after a long ban due to stalking hiatus.
Calidonia Olivares
Calidonia Olivares is a writer and cabaret performance artist. Some Chicago credits include Mollywood, Diva Brunch, Steel Magnolias, The Underpants, Anne Pocalypse!. She has performed at Chicago’s premier Fringe Festival, Uptown Underground, The Den, The Greenhouse Theater, Mary’s Attic, and some of the finest dive bars across the city. She is thrilled to be bringing her unhinged alter-ego, Olive Ali Oxenfree, back to the stage after a long ban due to stalking hiatus.
Harper
Leander
Dan Feltey
Born and raised in Chicago, Harper has been performing in theatre and comedy her entire life. She was part of the inaugural class at The Chicago High School for the Arts where she studied musical theatre. She went on to attend The Boston Conservatory (BFA Musical Theatre). She has performed improv, sketch and stand up at The Second City, iO, The Annoyance, The Den Theatre, Logan Square Improv, Bughouse Theater and more. You can also catch her hosting and directing a variety of other comedy projects around the city.
Currently: Late Night Sapphics (Writer/Performer) and Mist Connections (Sketch Playlist, Writer/Performer)
Follow Harper on Instagram: @harperleander
Mari
DeOleo
Mari DeOleo (she/they) has worked professionally in theater, festivals, and multimedia performance for over 18 years, as a clown, improvisor, storyteller, writer/director, production manager, designer, producer and teaching artist.
Mari teaches improv, storytelling, theatermaking, artmaking and movement at The Second City Training Center, Lookingglass Theater Co., the Chicago Parks District and with community-based organizations throughout Illinois. She has most recently been the Opera in the Neighborhoods Tour Manager and Lyric Unlimited Production Manager at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Mari trained in voice, movement, commedia dell’arte, improvisation, art and clowning, and has performed with companies, theaters and at festivals including Free Street Theater, Storytown Improv, Chicago Improv Production’s Make ‘em Ups, Nothing Without a Company, the Chicago Fringe Festival, Rhinofest, Prop Thtr and various improvisational, theater and clown ensembles.
Her creative practice—rooted in Afro-Caribbean heritage and guided by participation, play, and transformation—seeks to inspire joy, connection, and healing in both traditional and nontraditional spaces.
Follow Mari on Instagram: @maridcreativebeast
keagstar
Keagan Schlosser
keagstar was born a clown and forced to be a star.
You can find her moving and grooving as well as sketching and charactering all over Chicago.
Follow kegastar on Instagram: keagzzzzzz
Dan Feltey is a Chicago-based magician, improviser, and producer. He is a graduate of Annoyance training center and the Second City Conservatory programs. He regularly performs magic at comedy venues around Chicago including the stages of Second City, iO, the Annoyance, the Lincoln Lodge, the Laugh Factory, the Bughouse theater, and the Playground theater. His solo magic show, A Random Memory, has had two successful runs at the Annoyance theatre and can be seen on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month at Stars & Garters.
Follow Dan on Instagram: @dfeltey and @a_random_memory_magic
Skirt Vonnegut
— the existentialist clown!
Emerging from the frozen tundra, Skirt Vonnegut is the existentialist clown to bring you down. And then bring you back up again! Their intellectual style of storytelling and comedy will make you rethink your entire existence. Follow them down the path of satire as they hold a mirror to the grotesqueness of modern day society.
Additional Extras include but are not limited to:
Producer of the Church of Burlesque, an underground artists salon
Alumnus of The Actors Gymnasium Pro Program-Clown track
Winner of Clown Slam Berlin 2019
Follow Skirt Vonnegut on Instagram: @skirtvonnegut99
Owie Agbontaen
Owie Agbontaen is a Brooklyn raised improviser now based in Chicago who discovered improv at The Second City. As an escape from his 9-to-5 Owie has been improvising for the past year and realized he was actually quite good. Before moving to Chicago, he performed on a sketch comedy step dance team (yes, that’s real) at Boston College and even spent some time doing film and tv background work.
By day, Owie works in corporate America. By night, he makes things up in front of strangers and hopes they laugh.
Follow Owie on Instagram: @OwieAce.
Mo Anton
Mo Anton is a comedian, improvisational actor, and Singer currently training/performing at The Second City Chicago Conservatory, with experience at IO Improv Olympic Chicago Theater dating back to 2009. After obsessively watching Chicago Improv since 1995. Mo Anton finally decided to stop being a fan and jump into the madness personally. Combining sharp Comedy,spontaneous storytelling and live vocals with Musical Improv, Mo Anton creates performances that are unpredictable,energetic and just self-aware enough to stay out of trouble. Mo Anton's long term goal is to audition for SNL Saturday Night Live---preferably before becoming old enough to play everyone's uncles in every sketch. Thank you for coming out to the show tonight. Please meet me after the show for a solid hug.
Christine St. Jean
Christine St. Jean was born in Brooklyn, raised in GA, and now finding their place in Chicago. Chris(tine) started their comedy career at the Second City in 2025. In the search for therapy, they found Improv and it’s been a rewarding experience since. Be on the look out for this one; they’re gonna be a star!
Pursh Prajapati
Pursh Prajapati (he/him) is an improviser based in Chicago. He received training in improv at the Second City and iO Theater, and also studied the Meisner technique and viewpoints at Black Box Acting. Pursh loves playing grounded scenes, exploring the emotional depth of his characters, physical comedy, writing jokes, and breaking the fourth wall. When not on stage, he can be found giving presentations at his corporate job and secretly chuckling at dad jokes. He can also perform 12 non-stop pull-ups!