Eibhleann Clyne (she/her) is an actor, writer, singer and clown living in Philadelphia. She’s so proud and excited to perform with Thank You Places and put all of those skills together! When she’s not performing she’s usually cooking and forgetting to water her plants.
Johnny DiSciascio (he/him) has been involved in performing, writing and sometimes teaching both Musical Theater and Improv since childhood. He had the often rare opportunity of formally studying Improv for 2 additional years as a collegiate level course while in Conservatory, which gave him the unique academic perspective of a beloved art form that is often underrepresented in the Performing Arts Community. It was during this time that he realized that these two loves could actually be forged together to create the absolutely perfect and magical amalgamation that is “Musical Improv”, and he’s never looked back! He joined and performed with various NYC based Improv and Sketch groups before taking a hiatus to focus on other Performing Arts and “Being a Struggling New Yorker” endeavours. He now resides in Philly, where he teaches Improv as part of the completely new and improved faculty at the recently revitalized Philly Improv Theater. Johnny also LOVES to travel and explore the world as much and as often as he can! And he is SUPER STOKED to join the highly esteemed Thank You Places team and to be able to learn from and perform alongside some of the most talented and kind folks the entire Philadelphia Improv Community.
Gabby Formica (she/her) is a musical improviser and Licensed Social Worker in Philadelphia working in the public health sector. She found a community of fellow silly weirdos in musical theater as a young child and has not looked back since. She is thrilled to be performing alongside such talent team members on Thank You, Places! When not making up musical nonsense you can often find her cooking, frolicking at the dog park, playing ukulele or playing board games with her nerdy friends.
Teresa Gero (she/her)
Claire Holm (she/her) is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Musical Improviser and Cat Mom. She was part of the Philly musical improv duo/trio Suggestical and has made up songs on stages for about 13 years. In addition to living her best life with Thank You Places, Claire coaches and teaches musical improv in and around Philly.
Kirsten LaCerda (she/her) is a mother, author, improviser, and lover of the silly and improbable. While studying Classics at the University of Virginia, she performed with their improv comedy team, a passion she continues to pursue to this day as a cast member of Thank You, Places: an Improvised Musical and Not Yet Rated: an Improvised Movie. She published her first children’s novel, Adventures in Mangia: The Quest for the Elder Taco, to prove she’s not as bad a procrastinator as some might have feared. Kirsten currently lives in Havertown with her husband, twin boys, and their horrible hound, Merlin.
Chris Newcomer (he/him) is a Philadelphia based actor and singer. Chris originated the role of Jacob Chicken in The Visit on Broadway alongside Chita Rivera and Roger Rees and also appears on the original cast album of that Musical. He has performed on Broadway and all over the world with Chicago The Musical and is very happy he gets to play whatever role he wants with his beloved Thank You, Places team.
Alanna Shaffer (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based improviser and- in another life- public historian. She has been a member of ‘Thank You, Places!’ since the team first began performing together in 2017, where she gets to joyously combine her two favorite things in the world- musical theatre and comedy.
Leticia Viloria (she\they) was born and raised in NYC. They’ve been performing professionally for 20 years in a variety of genres. Leticia started with poetry and singing then comedy and improv until arriving at a combination of all of the above!
Ross Weisman (he/him) is a comedian, community organizer, and former theater kid (shoutout to Colonial Players). He also hosts Kidflix, a podcast where he and comedian friends review kids films. You can catch him regularly performing improv with The N Crowd. He has non-comedy interests, but that’s less relevant to you reading this.
Musical Directors
Michael C. Raab (he/him)
Dan Perlman (he/him) has been playing piano for over 20 years in various genres of music including classical, jazz, rock, pop, and comedy. After graduating from Drexel University’s computer science program, he spent five years performing with the wedding and club dance band, The Seven Band. Currently, Dan is an active member of the tribute bands Born to Run Down a Dream and the Jagged Little Pills, and accompanies various musical improv groups in Philadelphia. During his free time, Dan enjoys indulging in songwriting, city walks, vegan cuisine, and showering his ragdoll cat, Aspen, with love.
Thank You, Places!: An Improvised Musical 