TEACHERS
Alex Zalben
Ali Farahnakian
Amy Albert
Ashley Ward
Bradford Jordan
Chris Aurilio
Chris Grace
Chris Griggs
Chris Roberti
Ethan T. Berlin
Frank Spitznagel
Gary Austin
Geoff Grimwood
James Eason
James Murray
Jamie Cummings
Jen Curran
Jessica Allen
Joe Schiappa
Joe Toplyn
Justin Akin
Keith Huang
Kevin Allison
Kevin Cragg
Kimmy Gatewood
Kurt Braunohler
Leslie Collins
Matt Love
Meg Griffiths
Micah Sherman
Nate Starkey
Pat Shay
Pete LePage
Peter Michael Marino
Ptolemy Slocum
Rachel Oakes
Rebekka Johnson
Rich Hollman
Sarah Nowak
Sarit Catz
Scott Eckert
Steve Soroka
Tamara Federici
Taren Sterry
Tommy Galan
Ali Farahnakian
ALI REZA FARAHNAKIAN (SAG, AEA, WGA, AFTRA) studied extensively with Charna Halpern and Del Close in the 1990s at ImprovOlympic (IO). He was also a founding member of the UCB with whom he helped to create the critically acclaimed show Virtual Reality. At The Second City in Chicago he was part of the Jeff-nominated show The Revelation Will Not Be Televised (dir. Jeff Richmond) for which he also received a Jeff nomination for Best Actor in a Revue. His one-man show Word of Mouth was an official selection to the US Comedy Arts Festival 2001 in Aspen. He was a writer on Saturday Night Live during its 25th anniversary season and received a Writers Guild Award nomination. He has worked on The Steppenwolf Mainstage in Chicago and BAM in Brooklyn. Television credits include all the Law and Order‘s, All My Children, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and 30 Rock. He has been in many films, 3 of which have gone to Sundance and one went to Cannes. In 2002 he founded The Peoples Improv Theater (aka The PIT). Spread the Word!
