Shana Merlin
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Shana Merlin is an American actor, comedian and writer. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia
where she first started improvising at the age of 16 at Dad's Garage Theatre Company
. Merlin has appeared in her award winning one-woman shows "Chicken Soup for People Who Like Chicken Soup" and "Today's Special." After starting her improv career with Los Paranoias, The Oxymorons, and The Heroes of Comedy at the Hideout Theater, where she was a manager, she now regularly performs in Austin, Texas with Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals, winner of "Best Improv Troupe" in the Austin Chronicle Reader's Poll and producers of the LAFF: Ladies Are Funny Festival. Merlin also performs with her troupe two-man improv troupe, Get Up. She is the founder of the Merlin Works, which uses improvisational theater for corporate training and entertainment and the founder of the Merlin Works Institute of Improvisation which teaches shortform game play and narrative longform improvisation. and has been voted "Best Improv Teacher" and "Best Improv Class" in 2006 by the Austin Improv
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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
where she first started improvising at the age of 16 at Dad's Garage Theatre Company
Dad's Garage Theatre Company
Dad's Garage Theatre Company, located in Inman Park near Little Five Points in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 1995 by Chris Blair, Marc Cram, Sean Daniels, John Gregorio, David Keeton, Joseph Limbaugh, Matt Stanton, and Matt Young. The small theater company has since achieved international...
. Merlin has appeared in her award winning one-woman shows "Chicken Soup for People Who Like Chicken Soup" and "Today's Special." After starting her improv career with Los Paranoias, The Oxymorons, and The Heroes of Comedy at the Hideout Theater, where she was a manager, she now regularly performs in Austin, Texas with Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals, winner of "Best Improv Troupe" in the Austin Chronicle Reader's Poll and producers of the LAFF: Ladies Are Funny Festival. Merlin also performs with her troupe two-man improv troupe, Get Up. She is the founder of the Merlin Works, which uses improvisational theater for corporate training and entertainment and the founder of the Merlin Works Institute of Improvisation which teaches shortform game play and narrative longform improvisation. and has been voted "Best Improv Teacher" and "Best Improv Class" in 2006 by the Austin Improv
Austin Improv
Austin Improv is improvisational theater in Austin, Texas.-History:In 1990, the main comedy venues—which also hosted improv—were the Laff Stop and the Velveeta Room. The Laff Stop was home to the Laff Staff, which was under the direction of Chris Bonno, while the Velveeta Room featured the Cheese...
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