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ASHLEY BLAIR / Ensemble (she/her) is beyond thrilled to join the first ever Second City Mainstage cast in New York! Ashley is a trained ballerina and singer from Texas. She’s a Severn Darden Graduate Program alum and a long-time student and performer with The Second City Chicago and the Annoyance Theatre. She is a former producer of Holy F*ck Comedy Hour and the writer and director of Boyband the Musical. She would like to thank her family, friends, cats and Cole for their love and support. Follow Ashley on all socials @ashblairxoxo

BEN RAMEAKA / Ensemble (he/him) an actor and improviser that has been performing in and around NYC since the early aughts. Some TV and Film include Broad City, At Home With Amy Sedaris, Blue Bloods and Martin Scorsese’s Wolf Of Wall Street. He lives in Brooklyn with his dog Kurt Russell.

YAZMIN RAMOS / Ensemble (she/her) is a Chicago native who most recently wrote and performed with The Second City National Touring Company (Mighty Mighty BlueCo!). Second City Theatricals include: The Revolution Will Be Improvised at the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington D.C. and The Second City’s She The People Tour in Boston at the Huntington Theatre Company and San Diego Rep. Other Chicago credits include: The Holy Fuck Comedy Hour (AnnoyanceTheatre), Burlesque is More (Annoyance Theatre), Hitch*Cocktails (High Stakes Productions). She has also worked as a staff writer/on screen talent for MeTV’s Toon In With Me and is a 2018 NBC Bob Curry Fellowship Recipient. Represented by Grossman & Jack Talent, Management: Aligned Entertainment. 

DREW REILLY / Ensemble (he/him) trained at the Second City Conservatory in Chicago where he also performed on several iO Harold teams. As part of the two-person sketch group Jim and Melissa he has written and performed original sketch revues that went on to Austin SketchFest, Portland Fringe, NYC SketchFest, Miami Improv Festival and others. He is a teaching artist at the Institute of Collaborative Education in the East Village. OFF-BROADWAY: Capt. Lombard in And Then There Were None, Callum in Ectoplasm. OFF-OFF BROADWAY: John Wilkes Booth, The Brutes; Antipholus of Ephesus, Comedy of Errors; Male Actor #3 And Away We Go. You can find him on social media @iamdrewreilly.

JORDAN SAVUSA / Ensemble (he/him) hails from the Great Aloha State of Hawai’i and is very excited to perform in the first ever revue at Second City in Brooklyn! Starting out as a standup comedian for The Laugh Factory in Hawaii, he moved to the mainland to pursue a career in comedy and has never looked back. He has performed at io Chicago, the Annoyance Theatre and at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. In Chicago, he has been a part of three wonderful mainstage theater revues: Do You Believe In Madness?, Happy To Be Here, and Together at Last, as well as E.T.C. theater’s Great Altercations, Eat Pray Bigfoot in Love, and critically acclaimed Oh! The Places You’ll Glow! He is a proud card-carrying member of Actors Equity Association, is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent, and managed by Emily Herrell at Like-Minded Management! Love you, Sara. Love you, Jett. Love you family. Love you too!

JACKLYN UWEH / Ensemble (she/her) is an actor, writer, and director. Born and raised in Stockton, CA, Jacklyn started performing in local community theater productions. While at UC Irvine, she double-majored in Film & Media and Drama. Simultaneously she found her comedic voice as a founding member of UCI’s sketch ensemble, The Soulstice League. A performer at heart, Jacklyn’s stage credits include Hairspray (Chance), Striking 12 (Chance), SC Tour Co., and the 2020 CBS Showcase. She’s been spotted in national commercials for McDonald’s, Plenity, and Cricket Wireless and lent her voice to Paladins and Wondery Media. While based in LA, she successfully mounted her one-woman show, Dreamed a Dream. Catch her online across SMOSH YouTube channels IG/TW/YT/TT: @jacklyn_uweh

TRISTAN LEE GRIFFIN (he/him) is a NYC-based comedic actor and writer, originally from Rome, Georgia. From 2017-2020, he was a house sketch comedy performer at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre.  In 2019, Tristan performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal as a New Face: Characters. He’s very excited to be part of Second City’s NYCo cast. Tristan’s acting credits include: Dickinson, White House Plumbers, That Damn Michael Che, American Horror Story, WeCrashed, The Politician, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and The Intern.

PATRICK MCCARTNEY (he/him) is an actor and director from New York City. He moved to Chicago when he was 18 to be a part of the Second City and is beyond thrilled to be an actor at its first NYC location. He has been a part of just about every major improv theater in one way or another for almost 20 years. When not at Second City NYC Patrick can be seen improvising with his duo partner Jenny Bareilles, teaching acting and improv classes and directing “Lifestyle” a new live show for Hyperobject Industries. He dedicates this and every performance to the memory of his mother Nancy who loved to laugh. IG: @thepatrickmac

KIHRESHA REDMOND (she/her) is a Cleveland native. She has been immersed in the world of improvisation and comedy since 2016. She has studied improv and sketch at Florida Studio Theatre, The Peoples Improv Theatre, and with various instructors (including Stacy Smith, Joe Bill, Will Luera, etc). She received her BFA in Acting from Ohio University. You may have recently seen her in Titan Theatre Co production of Genesis. When Kihresha is not on stage, you’ll probably find her playing a co-op RPG video game, cooking a gourmet meal, or deep in a true crime podcast. Speaking of which, don’t forget to check out hers, Sounds Funny Radio! www.kihresha.com IG: @redefinedby_k

COLIN ROURKE (he/him) Hailing from Chicago, Colin Rourke is an actor and writer who has trained under and performed for The Second City, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, iO Theater and Logan Square Improv. He’s been featured in Buzzfeed and Comedy Central’s “The Gag” and was selected as one of the creators to watch at the 2022 NY Comedy Festival, along with his sketch team “Please Stop Crying”. You can catch him improvising weekly with his best friends “The Good Time” at BCC, and follow him on social: @ballin_rourke. He wants to give a shout out to his nieces and nephew, even though they cannot read yet. Oh well, Uncle Colin loves you!

MIRANDA ROZAS (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based improviser, musician, and actress. Originally from Louisiana (and she won’t shut up about it), Miranda moved to Chicago where she trained and performed with The Second City, the iO Theater, Logan Square Improv, and CIC theater for 6 years. When she’s not performing with Second City, you can catch her improvising every Thursday night with “The Good Time” at 7pm at BCC, or around the city singing and jamming original songs with her band “Spare Room”. Follow her on instagram @sexydragonbuttmuncher or Tiktok @thesexydragon. She accepts any and all discussions about crawfish and how good it is.

WINNIE STACK (she/her) moved to New York in 2019 and was cast on the Upright Citizens Brigade Maude Sketch team “Peaches.” In 2021 she developed her one-woman comedy show “@JennaFischer” which features original journal entries from her tween years about how “The Office” actress was her gay awakening. In the last two years Winnie has performed “@JennaFischer” to sold out audiences in NY and LA, and the show received a rave review in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Winnie performs with her sketch groups “One Bad Egg” and “Sleepover” throughout New York, as well as her improv team “Scubsy.” Winnie is thrilled and honored to be a part of the “NYCO” team and perform the best of Second City sketches! (She’s actually so excited that when she heard the news she was cast she forgot where she was and ran directly into a wall and broke her toe! It still hurts sometimes!)