...works together on a project basis with an eclectic team, drawn from a pool of amazing & cool
actors directors artists teachers writers performers clowns and creators, who all bring a unique mix of experience and backgrounds to their collaboration & performances in mixed ensembles...

... so far... in alphabetical order ...

°* bronwynn mertz-penzinger
Bronwynn received her theatre degree from Murdoch University in Australia and has since been working as an actress
for stage & screen. She’s also an impro player/ teacher/ director, voice-over artist and >www.cliniclowns.at.
She lives in Vienna where she performs and teaches with Meet the Monster, the Vienna Theatre Project and >www.english-lovers.at, amongst others. Since ‘02 she’s been a collaborator, teacher, director and participant at countless International Theater and Impro Festivals & is a member of the International Ensemble. In ‘06 she became
co-founder /management & artistic director of Twisted Theater.

°* kathy tanner
Kathy was born in Belfast and grew up in Dublin, Ireland. She studied drama at Alexander College. She has played some 90 roles in theaters across Austria and Europe, appeared in films and on television and had her own show on ORF radio for four years. Kathy is a founding member of >www.cliniclowns.at as well as a teacher / player / co-founder of both the Re-actors studio and >www.english-lovers.at, and she still finds time to perform, direct, teach, inspire and collaborate. She gets younger every year and when she grows up she wants to retire.

°* lorenz kabas
Since '89 Lorenz has been a member of >www.theater-im-bahnhof.com in Graz where he works as an actor and director. He began working with Improvisation Theatre in '96 and is in high demand throughout Austria and internationally as a player and coach, as well as being a member of the International Ensemble and a regular participant and collaborator at countless Inter/National Theatre and Impro Festivals. In 2006 he made Vienna his second home-base where he's a frequent guest player with MTM and English Lovers. For many years he has also held a position at the University of Arts in Graz where he teaches improvisation and ensemble work.

°* olaf heuser
Olaf is from Krehfeld Germany. He’s a biologist (Krehfeld & Sydney Universities), creative artist, painter, graphic designer and actor. His impro history has included working with Jeff Hogan, Jim Libby, Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger, Georg Schubert, Helmut Schuster, Christian Suchy and Kathy Tanner. He plays with the impro ensemble MTM www.meetthemonster.com and is also a co-founder, player and the managing director of Monster Kids. In 2005 he played for the Austrian team at the ImproLiga in France.

°* roland penzinger
Roland hails from the kitchens of Linz; where he also cut his teeth on street performing, was the artistic &
circus director of Circus Sobini for 6 yrs and became a >www.cliniclowns.at Since moving to Vienna he has been playing impro with Meet the Monster MTM, English Lovers, participating in international impro festivals as well as teaching various circus/clown workshops and he's the tall half of BlöZinger, the prize winning kabarett duo >www.bloezinger.at. Aside from that he is also the web designer of Meet the Monster, BlöZinger and of course web / design / management and co-founder of Twisted Theater.

°* ursula scheidle
Ursula is from Innsbruck/Tirol. She graduated from Vienna University with a degree in German & Theater Studies. She received her state theatre diploma after intensive training in a small theatre school in the middle of the Austrian alps, (Forum Schauspiel Tirol/ Walter Sachers, Klaus Rohrmoser, Juri Krasovsky, Henrik Nolewaika, Walter Lott, Ernst Gossner), and she enjoys the luxury of voice-training with Susanne Amberg Schneeweis. She works for the ORF Radio Ö1 as a presenter, voice artist and author. She recently wrote &directed her first radio play & she plays impro with >www.meetthemonster.com