First comes QUIZ, then comes COMEDY!

The Couples Quiz invites Friends, Families, and Lovers to volunteer to see how in sync you are with your partner. We'll have couples join us on stage to take the Quiz and then Bandit Theater's Improvisers will take your answers and turn them into Improv Comedy! Put your love to the test and get A+ Comedy in return.

DIRECTED BY LAURA KIROL

Cast

Featured

John Michael Jennings

(They/Them) John Michael is a therapist by day and an improv comedian by night. They've been a fan of improv and comedy for as long as they can remember, but finally took the leap and got involved with Bandit Theater in 2019. Since then, they made it through the Wild West of virtual improv during the pandemic, have played on a couple of Bandit teams, and continue to love making things up with others. In their free time, you can find John Michael going to shows, playing Dungeons and Dragons, or hanging out with their girlfriend and cats.

Lana Voynova

(She/Her) Lana first tried improv back in NYC when her job paid for an Improv for Presentation Skills class. Years later she would re-discover improv by enrolling in and completing Bandit's program in Seattle. Having to use comedy to gain attention at an early age due to being the quiet, weird and short friend in her group, Lana is happy to report that now she's just the funny short friend in the group. Offstage Lana does UX design for a living, and for fun likes to do Acro Yoga. She's hoping to apply some of those Acro skills to enhance (or distract from) her improv!

Joe DeSautelle

(They/Them) Joe started improv in 2017 after realizing their friends were very serious and very professional all the time. Aftering taking classes and performing with Coldtowne theater in Austin, Tx they moved to Seattle in 2021 and now perform with their friends on “The Harold Nextdoor.” On stage they play kind-hearted characters with ridiculous voices. Off stage their brain is perfectly smooth.

Sahil Patel

(He/Him)Sahil started performing improv in 2017 in Singapore where he performed short form improv at the Singapore Improv Festival and also at the Manila Improv Festival. After moving to Seattle in 2022 he chanced upon a Bandit Theater show and signed up for classes asap to learn more improv. After performing on Bandit's Tumbleweeds teams he is now part of the the Couple's Quiz show. Outside improv, his singular mission is to download the whole internet onto his brain, and so far he has failed spectacularly at that.

Nicholas Mirra

(He/Him) Nicholas is a Tacoma native who spent a decade in Philadelphia learning the beauty of direct communication. While in Philly he was a performer and coach at Philly Improv Theater, performed at the Del Close Marathon at UCB NYC, and, for one muggy and Bolt Bus-facilitated summer, was a staff writer for The Onion.

Hails Dannenbring

(They/Them) Hails is a Renaissance man who never really cared for the Renaissance era. Their myriad and varied skills include singing, dancing, circus arts, fiber arts, and the Celtic harp. Their mortal weakness is a marked inability to finish knitting a single sweater. Hails has strong suspicions they’re a clown that just needs to get around to writing a variety show. They started Improv in Spring 2024 with classes at Bandit Theater and are excited to be a part of Couples Quiz.

Nick Gutierrez

Cam Kiernan

(She/Her) Cam Kiernan is a Seattle based improvisor, actress, and comedian with over a decade of experience on stage, on set, and on the mic. Cam started improv in college where she became obsessed with learning all the ins and outs of performing and has since studied the art of improv, stand up, acting, clowning, and so much more. Today, Cam is best known for her stand up comedy appearances in The Big Laugh (Amazon Prime) and Live In Loveland (Tubi) but you can find her performing improv in Seattle with Bandit's Couple's Quiz and stand up across the country with Hotties of Comedy.