Our Cast

Trillium

A Curious Comedy House Team. 

Team Members:

Darrell McGee

Darrell has been improvising in the Portland area since 2010 and has performed in such shows and groups as Echo Hill, Jade Decanter, Sound Asylum, Hadley-McGee Particle, and 65th Percentile.  He enjoys time with his daughter, being outside, karaoke, and occasionally being right about something.  Darrell has part of the Curious Comedy Community since 2016 and is excited to be part of the talented Trills of Trillium.  You can also see him perform with Torchsong Entertainment and as a producer for short films with Todd Harold Productions. 

Matt Tominaga

Analyst by day and improviser by night.  When Matt is not crunching numbers, he finds himself bouldering, running, playing basketball, and really doing any physical activity.  He is submerging myself into Portland’s improv culture and forming many new friendships.  He first began doing improv during his junior year at the University of Portland.  Upon graduation, he wanted to continue improvising.  Fortunately, he landed here at Curious on the house team Grizzly. 

Kyle Kohlman

Kyle â€œOtterâ€ Kohlman began taking improv classes in 2013.  Beyond improv, the rest of Otterâ€™s life is consumed by photography, web design, filmmaking, podcast production, and any other creative endeavors he can get his paws on. 

Julie Harrison

A life-long Oregonian, Julie started work-shopping/performing improv in 2005 & has never looked back.  She has work-shopped & performed with the various improv theaters in Portland & Salem, as well as being part of several independent improv teams.  At Curious, she has been a member of Curious Women’s Ensemble, house teams Grizzly, Echo Hill and now Trillium, and has taught Curious Level 1 improv classes.  In her non-improv life, Julie enjoys visiting the beach, sewing/making costumes & spoiling her cat. 

Jake Hull

ake Hull has been working as a media composer and professional musician for almost fifteen years.  He's toured and recorded internationally, scored live theater, performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and is active as a studio producer for artists in almost every genre.  He's also a graduate of Curious Comedy Theater's Training Center and is honored to be a part of Curious Comedy's music improv classes.  You can catch Jake performing regularly at Showdowns and playing with his best friends on the house team Trillium. 

Elle McKay

A Portland native and notable Aquarian, Elle dabbled briefly in entertainment at a young age.  After nailing the lead role of "Frosty" in her second-grade play, she auditioned unsuccessfully (on multiple occasions) as a breakdancer for the William Walker Elementary talent show.  She returned triumphantly to the stage 30 years later, immersing herself in Curious Comedy Training Center classes and improv workshops around town.  A former professional photographer and ice cream truck driver, Elle now empowers nonprofits across the country as a technology consultant.  Her skills include a host of stupid human tricks, rhyming, avoiding PowerPoint presentations, and fixing just about anything.  In addition to Trillium, she is also a member of the independent group, Bad Girrlz, and has been a guest performer with J Names. 

Alexandra Disney

After four years on the collegiate improv team "Inoperable Humor," Alex Disney moved to Portland and quickly jumped back into class at Curious Comedy Theatre.  Her love of comedy stemmed from a series of close encounters - she grew up in Tina Fey's neighborhood and later landed a summer job that involved cleaning Judd Apatow's vacation home.  After absorbing their comedy life force from a short distance, she set out to create her own comedic path.  Years later, she is grateful to have found a second home at Curious Comedy Theatre, where she also hosts Thursday Night Throwdown bi-monthly.  She is honored to share the stage with her lifelong friends and teammates on the house team Trillium. 

SJ Santa Cruz

SJ Santa Cruz is a transplant from Boise, Idaho moving to Portland in 2016.  Soon after, SJ began her improv journey through Curious Comedy Theater, completed their entire Performance Mastery Program, and absolutely fell in love with the art form.  SJ has taken advantage of all what Portland has to offer and has performed all over the area. 
SJ’s troupes include:
Trillium, a Curious Comedy Harold House Team
Mad Dash, a Curious Comedy Theater Sketch Ensemble
Showdown (Tuesdays), a Curious Comedy weekly competitive improv match
Campus Brochure, the most diverse indie improv team you’ve never heard of

Jennifer Brandlon

Although Jennifer Brandlon grew up in a family of musicians and actors, her obsession with improv was the direct result of the encouragement and support of the Curious Comedy community.  Previously she fronted the Portland alt prog rock band the BlowFrogz and sang in church choirs for dozing Methodists.  In her spare time, she writes songs, dances Argentine tango and schleps her sewing machine to volunteer gigs with the PDX Repair Cafe.  She also has a real job.