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Bethy Roberts 

Writer, Producer, Director

Instagram: @bbobjoyy

Bethy’s roots in Colorado run deep. She was born in the Denver Metro Area. Her grandpa was an assistant principal in Broomfield and Boulder for decades. Her great grandparents were farmers in Grand Junction, CO. She moved back to Denver in 2022 after attending the University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University. When she came back, she started improv classes at Chaos Bloom to make friends. She performs regularly with Diet Milk and Your New Favorite TV Show. She dabbles in clownprov in the duo, Bunny Sisters, with Caroline Krantz. She also sings in the band Le Jam Fou and is an alto in Denver Choral. She played the blue fairy in the Audience Choice award winning Denver Fringe puppet show, Control Freak in 2025. When she is not performing, she works as a data engineer for a fiber internet company and enjoys yoga.

Brian Lambert

Composer, Music Director

Instagram: @briancomposes

Brian’s dad was raised in Colorado Springs. His parents met while attending CU Boulder. Brian attended CU Boulder and got a bachelors in Music Composition and Economics. He has been playing sax for almost 20 years. He works as a music director, composer, and organist. He is working on his masters in Sacred Music. He plays sax, drums, writes, and sings with the band Chariots and Charioteers. He also recently released an amazing EP “Do you know there's a cross in the center of the world” under the name Lambrequin. Brian only accepted this unpaid gig because he has a huge crush on Bethy. 

Madeline Daniels

Actor 

Instagram: @the.smallest.one.was

Madeline (aka Maddie aka The Short Girl with Purple Hair). Though she grew up in Arizona and is a self-proclaimed “desert rat”, she was born in Denver and spent the first four years of her life in the house her mom bought on Downing St for $60,000 because apparently housing used to be affordable. She manages and performs on several Denver-based improv teams including Girls Trip, Your New Favorite TV Show, and Bachelor imProvadise, the latter of which had the honor of performing at the 2025 iO Fest in Chicago! When she’s not performing, she can be found baking and posting treats to her baking Instagram (@maddies_._munchies), doing movie marathons with her husband, or taking various art classes with friends. She works in finance as a facilitator where she strives to, and hopefully succeeds at, making corporate training classes actually fun. She’s also technically a licensed stockbroker but could die happy having never placed another trade ever again. 

Nate Golomski

Actor

Instagram: @nategolomski

The son of two musicians, Nate has been on stage since the womb. Raised in St. Louis with a love of music instilled by his parents, he was heavily involved with band programs throughout his schooling, eventually studying Jazz Trumpet in college. His comedic stylings first found their way to the stage through the antics of his college ska band. Eventually, Nate found his real niche in showbiz as an audio engineer, finishing college with a degree in audio production and going on to a career where he worked on audio crews for artists such as Pitbull, DMX, ZZ Top, Smashmouth, Flo Rida, Chuck Berry, and many many many more. After so many years behind the scenes, Nate pined for the days of being on stage himself. In 2016 he began taking improv classes and went on to perform with a number of improv teams in the St Louis comedy scene. He moved to Denver in 2023 and continued his career in event production, now as a technical director. Desperate to make friends in his new city, he began improv classes at Chaos Bloom Theater. You can find Nate performing around town with the improv team, Bogdon’s Cult, as well as at Chaos Bloom Theater with the Main Stage Players, Down the Wikihole, and Your New Favorite TV Show.

Cassy Clayman

Actor

Being the first person in her family born and raised in Denver, Cassy grew up with a sense of pride for the city. Watching Denver change has been a rollercoaster, and she firmly believes that turning 13th and 14th into two-way streets is not the move. When Cassy was growing up, Denver still felt like a small city full of park hangs, hidden spots, and the kind of charm that now makes being a born-and-raised feel like a badge of honor - and a rarity according to every transplant she’s met.  Cassy holds a BA in Theatre, Film, and Television from the University of Colorado Denver, and while she proudly carries her role as Puck, one of the best, her favorite role remains playing Santa's Top Elf in an elementary school production. After a decade-long hiatus, she found her way back to the stage and a home at Chaos Bloom Theatre, where she became immersed in improv. You can find Cassy performing around with Denver-based comedy groups Bogdon’s Cult and Girl’s Trip, often at Chaos Bloom Theatre, What If Theatre, and Rise Comedy. 

Sameer Vaze

Actor/DEI hire

Instagram: Snail Mail only

Theater was not something Sameer had ever been involved in prior to 2021. Jumping into the world of improv as a casual enjoyer one evening up in Superior, he immediately found his calling. Since that fateful evening, Sameer has contributed to multiple improv and clown shows across Denver. Now that the normies have stopped reading, let’s get into the fun stuff. Do you ever just scratch an itch so bad that it sends you to the netherworld? Something that felt so good a moment ago has now become the bane of your existence?  How naive you were in believing that you could tap into itch scratching euphoria without any repercussions? The universe guffaws at your plight. The void calls endlessly. Pain is the only feeling; regret is the only answer. Sameer is an engineer by day and enjoys attending concerts. He’s originally from New Delhi, India, and moved to Colorado in 2016 to pursue a master's degree. Loving everything that the beautiful state has to offer: the people and the places; he’s found a second home here.

Liz Stoker 

Actress

Liz is amazing. Moving to Denver from Boston was the best decision she has ever made. She frequents stand-up open mics and performs on the long-form improv Rec Center All Stars. She is naturally hilarious and amazing to be around and everyone is a huge fan of her. When she is not being hilarious, she is a nanny to two kiddos.

 Stephan Luchanko

Actor/Distractor 

Instagram: @gustavo_mustardo 

Born and raised in Philadelphia but his heart has always yearned for Denver. Current likes: whimsy and authenticity. Current dislikes: Instagram ads that are too specific, like yes that wall art is perfect and I will be buying it and cherishing it forever but I *don’t* like that you datamined me to learn that. A former theater kid/professional class clown whose comedy career began when he was chastised in a very serious no-nonsense Meisner acting class for cracking jokes and told to go do improv. He took one class in 2018 and got hooked. He began performing short form improv at ComedySportz in Philadelphia until moving to Denver in 2021 (even during COVID when we did zoom shows in silence and got “hahas”, “heehees” and “lmaos” in the zoom chat). In 2021, he found his comedy home in Denver at Chaos Bloom Theater and performed on the house team Bogdon’s Cult, as well as the independent teams Bachelor Improvidise, Your New Favorite TV Show, and occasionally CB’s sketch team Thank You Sketch. Currently exploring the world of sketch comedy: writing, acting, directing and filming.

Chelsea Runyon Call

Actress/Collaborator

IG: becoming_chelsea_

Chelsea was born and raised in Littleton, CO, a suburb southwest of Denver. The youngest of four kids, Chelsea has been performing onstage since she was 4(ish) years old! She first sang with the Colorado Kids choir then went solo, singing onstage, in competitions and bands through her college days, the intermittent Karaoke session (and likely more original music again soon, let’s be real). In sixth grade, she was cast as Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking Glass. She cried when she got the part, initially lamenting the role, but her solo “I Was A Good Egg (But Then I Done Went Bad)” was a comedic hit, and she fell in love with making an audience laugh. She grew up performing in theater summer camps, high school plays and musicals. A major fan of comedic influences like Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Mr Bean, SNL, Ben Stiller, Steve Carrell (and many more), Chelsea loves performing and writing sketch comedy at Chaos Bloom in the Thank You Sketch comedy show (last Friday of each month)! She also enjoys improv at the theater. A mom of a super-cool 9 (and a half!!!)-year-old daughter Lucy, Chelsea’s day job involves Graphic Design and Photography. Chelsea loves to dance, maximize whimsy, read and write poetry, attend concerts, and encourage others to be their most authentic selves. She may be cringe, but she is free.

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RISE Comedy

1260 22nd Street, Denver, CO 80205

Entrance: The entrance is on 22nd Street between Larimer & Lawrence.

Parking: Street parking and nearby lots (https://www.bestparking.com/denver-co-parking/)

Accessibility: RISE is wheelchair accessible

Admission: You must show your ticket confirmation or purchase a ticket at the venue; all seating is general admission, audiences will wait in a queue before entry to the show