ANDY STEFANATO - AD Main Stage

Andy is a teacher, coach, director, producer, and player with the company. Andy has been improvising since 2012 and has loved it since forever. She has studied with the Improv Guild, Loose Moose Theatre Company, and The Kinkonauts, all based in Calgary, as well as the iO theatre in Chicago. When she’s not performing you can catch her napping, watching reality TV or impulse-shopping online.

Owen Chan - AD Festivals

Owen is a co-founder, coach and performer with the Kinkonauts.

Owen started as a member of the UBCi Improv Club in Vancouver in a different century. He has trained at festivals around North America and at the iO in Chicago. During his down time you might find him juggling, playing board games, chilling with his cats, or wearing bow-ties.

Mel Howe - AA Sundays Unplugged

I always thought I would be good at martial arts if they would let me freestyle.

James Scott - AA Late Night

James is a coach, producer, director and player within the company. James has been improvising as long as anyone can remember. Hailing from Red Deer, James has worked with Bull Skit Comedy, Improv Jelly in Red Deer and RapidFireTheater in Edmonton. James is also a trained actor, game designer and a self-published author. When James isn't performing you can find them playing Tabletop RPGs, wearing crystals without knowing what they mean, reading a book with a ridiculous title or updating the old letterboxd account right after a movie.

Kelsey Schoen - MARKETING DIRECTOR

Josh england - External events DIRECTOR

Katy Welch - FRONT OF HOUSE DIRECTOR

Devin Kotani - Improv school director

Michael Harvey - Accelerator Director

Michael has been improvising with the Kinkonauts for several years, and improvising at life for even longer. When not on stage, or practicing with his troupes, he fuels his improv addiction by running our drop-in improv program.

Jessica Belbin - corporate Events director

Ann Galbraith

Faruq Kanji

Jason Lewis

Jason co-founded the Kinkonauts with Owen, Lauren, and Mandy - making him an integral Kinkonaut. Beginning his improvisational journey in high school drama, Jason continued chasing 'yes ands' all the way to Second City after university.

His current roles in the company, along with co-founder, are Board Secretary and Conservatory coach. 

Jenn Bell

Jenn’s love of improv sparked during high school where she played in the Canadian Improv Games. After a long hiatus during university, Jenn moved from Toronto to Calgary 5 years ago where she began taking improv classes with the Kinkonauts. Her passion for comedy and spontaneity ignited once again as she moved up through the class levels.

Mike Morley

A perpetual student of the Kinkonauts whose ongoing quest is to become a better human through improv. In his business life, Mike actively channels the improv approach to help teams create innovative new technology through collaboration. Mike also does crazy things on mountain bikes, studies Wing Chun Kung Fu, and records the occasional song.

Rob Janowski

Rob started taking Improv classes at The Improv Guild in 2012, and started classes with the Kinkonauts that same year. In 2013 he was a student in the iO Summer Intensive in Chicago. Rob is also a former member and executive at the U of C Improv Club, where he helped launch the U of C Best of the West Improv Festival (BotWIF). In 2018, Rob performed with DuckFace! at the Vancouver International Improv Festival.