Who's Who

Sydney Vollmer

Sydney Vollmer is an actor, writer, and marketing professional whose work spans theatre, film, and original storytelling.

Her professional training includes studying with Seth Barrish at The Barrow Group in New York CIty. Theatrical credits include The Dinner Detective (Various Roles); Transorbital (Irina) with CenterStage Players; and These Shining Lives (Catherine Donahue) with The Village Players of Fort Thomas, for which she received a 2025 OCTA Excellence in Acting Award.

Beyond the stage, she has appeared in the films A Ghost Waits (produced by Rebecca Films); The Cran (produced by Four by Three Productions); and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (produced by Voltage Pictures).

An avid Shakespeare enthusiast, she has contributed published essays and research on theatre history and performance for the University of Cincinnati, and developed a digital exhibition commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

Chance Tiberius Kilgour

Chance Tiberius Kilgour is an actor, playwright, and teaching artist with a focus on improvisational comedy.

A graduate of Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), Kilgour continued his theatrical training at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and earned a degree from Webster University's Drama Conservatory in St. Louis. 

His theatrical credits include bare: a Pop Opera (Zack) with New Line Theatre in St. Louis, A Christmas Carol (Fred) at Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, Moby Dick (Flask) at Know Theatre, and The New Adventures of Calliope Jones & Captain Cool (Captain Cool) at the 2018 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

His comedy credits include original sketches for PARTY BUS, presented by Clifton Players and WeAre Productions, as well as competitive improvisation with ComedySportz Cincinnati and fully improvised musicals with HotMic Cincy.

Catherine "Cat" Ward

Cat Ward is a comedian, dancer, improviser, and singer. Her credits include the 2023 holiday production Elfed Up with Alphas Comedy and Improv Cincinnati’s STACKED All Stars. She’s a co-producer and comedian with Wisenheimers, a live comedy collective known for humorous movie commentary.

Christopher Filippi

Christopher Filippi is a Cincinnati-based actor, improviser, and comedian with a passion for making people laugh. A graduate of Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), Christopher has performed across Cincinnati, Los Angeles and over seas. He is a co-founder of Wisenheimers, where he and his fellow comedians bring irreverent live riffing to the big screen. When he is not onstage, he is busy building creative communities, producing shows, and finding new ways to make a little theatrical mischief.

Dave Powell

Dave Powell is a Cincinnati-native and Artistic Director of OTRimprov. He serves on the favulty at Xavier University and on the board of the League of Cincinnati Theatres. He also works as a teaching artist for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Know Theatre, and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Merritt Beischel

Merritt Beischel is a Cincinnati based actress whose credits include Make Believe (Adult Kate), Puffs (Narrator), and Possessed (Mary Banquo) at Know Theatre, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Mindy) at Incline Theater, Seminar (Kate) at Falcon Theatre. Her performance in the 2025 Cincinati Fringe Festival production of Whispers in the Deep earned praise for her sharp comedic timing and emotionally authentic portrayal of grief.

Tone Branson

Tone Branson is a performer, illustrator, and creative professional. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP), he studies Industrial Design and previously designed games and toys for Hasbro. His creative work includes illustration and graphic desihn alongside his work as a performer and instructor with Improv Cincinnati.

Chris Logan Carter

Chris Logan Carter is an actor/narrator. His credits include The Importance of Being Oscar (Samuel Flickinger) for Cincinnati Opera's new Underscore Series, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Narrator) for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra's Lollipops Family Concerts series, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr. (Sam the Snowman) with The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati. His collaborative adaptation of Bah Humbug! a One-Person Christmas Carol earned the BroadwayWorld Cincinnati's Best New Play Award in 2019 and was filmed in 2020 for Broadway on Demand.