MARTY JOHNSON is a comedy writer/performer. She just completed writing a sitcom pilot for NBC Universal with comedian Mark Odlum. She wrote, co-created and starred in Strange Faculty, winner of Best Film in the NBC Comedy Short Cuts Film Festival 2008, and an official selection of the New York Television Festival and Los Angeles Independent TV Festival. Marty’s writing has also been recognized in national contests as a finalist in Slamdance, Scriptapalooza, and semi-finalist in the LA Comedy Shorts and ABC / Disney Writing Fellowship. Boston’s Alarm Clock Theater Company commissioned her writing for PS Page Me Later, which won a Boston Theater Critics Award. Marty’s performed with The Second City at Sea, and toured with Somebody’s in the Doghouse to festivals and cities across the US. She has voiced characters for shows on Adult Swim and the G4 network and appeared in numerous regional television and radio commercials. She was a mainstage writer and improviser for Boston’s Improv Asylum Theater for over four years where she also directs and heads the sketch writing program. Additionally, Marty has produced and associate produced many programs for PBS and CBS.
LEAH GOTCSIK is a comedy writer, performer, and director in NYC, where she improvises with the New York Times’ Critic’s Pick Baby Wants Candy and The Made Up Musical. In Chicago, she improvised with the house team Revolver at iO Chicago, directed Bear Force One for The Annoyance, and performed improv and sketch comedy with The Second City aboard the Norwegian Dawn and with Second City Theatricals. She also taught and directed sketch writing, improv and musical improv at The Second City as an Associate Faculty member. Leah is a founding member of the mainstage cast at Boston’s Improv Asylum where she improvised and wrote original material for over 5 years and most recently directed the mainstage show, American Standard. In addition to numerous sketch shows, her writing has been featured on HBO’s Sketchpad2,and at the New York International Fringe Festival in Warfield, USA. Check out more at leahgotcsik.com
