Derek Lepoutre is a fourth-year screenwriting student and returner to the Vanier Improv Company after a successful previous year. He’s a writer, storyteller, and performer, so he’s always looking for some sort of attention. His greatest passion of all though is comedy and bringing laughs and entertainment to others. He’s thrilled to get the opportunity […]
Emily Swartz (she/her) is a fourth year Acting and Performance student and is SO excited to return to the Vanier Improv Company for her fourth season! Emily has loved theatre ever since she can remember. Most recently, she wrote and performed in her original play, Wired for Connection, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. When she […]
Gerardo Mendoza is a second year Screenwriting student, and a first-time Vanier Improv Company cast member. Gerardo likes baseball and playing with his dog, Champi. Gerardo is passionate about comedy; he loves to make people laugh. Unfortunately, he is deathly afraid of public speaking, but he mentions that it isn’t so bad when what he […]
Jewel is a fourth year student majoring in creative writing. This is her second year with the VIC. When not on stage, she is usually making necklaces for her jewellery shop, writing her novel or watching tv shows.
Melia is a fourth year Creative Writing and English student. As a recent graduate of the Second City Conservatory, she likes to think that she is funny. Her other accomplishments include eating a candle that one time, making it to CWOSSA for basketball in grade 10, and having at least one good knee. Melia is […]
Riya Miller (she/her) is a second-year biology PhD student and is a first-time member of the Vanier Improv Company. When she’s not in the lab, you can find her reading, writing or watching the latest horror film. There’s nothing more she enjoys than having a good laugh, and she’s excited to create opportunities for joy […]
She is a fourth year Psychology major and also on the women’s varsity soccer team. She a fiery brunette from a dragon guarded castle surrounded by hot boiling lava, but don’t let that cool you off. Her humour and wit have taken her across 4 seasons of the VIC. With a voice of a songbird, she’s a loaded pistol who likes […]
Thaila Dixon (they/them) is a second-year Cinema and Media Arts student and a first-time member of the Vanier Improv Company. A longboarder, sculptor, and lover of all things creative, Thaila spends most days immersed in movies, shows, and new art projects. They’re excited to explore improv as a space to be silly, spontaneous, and free […]
After much begging, bartering and bribing, Trinity Dube has agreed to return for her 12th year at York University, and her 60th year with VCP. While she makes miniature airplanes in teacher’s college and teaches 12th graders how to critically analyze The Hunger Games, she lives her second life as a professional comedian in the Fred Thury theatre. She […]
Yasi Lawrence (she/her) is a first-year Statistics student with a minor in Theatre and a knack for making a fool of herself on stage. Aside from performance, she loves climbing trees, baking, and her dog, Georgie. Yasi has a background in musical theatre as well as competitive humorous and dramatic acting, and she’s so excited […]