2025 Battle of the Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhood Teams
KANATA
Team member, team member
Description of team
BARRHAVEN
Michael Bird
Michael Bird has been performing and teaching improv since 2004. Getting his start with the UT Austin improv team, Bird has trained and performed in improv theaters all over the U.S. including iO, Annoyance, Second City, UCB, and many others. He started his solo improv show "Bird and Friends - Cosmic Unity" in March 2017 which he has since performed hundreds of times across the U.S. and world including India, the Philippines, Sweden, Turkey, and Canada.
CENTRE
Alex Cabrera-Aragon, Joseph Whittle, Luke Stewart, Natasha Negovanlis, Paul Teeter
Brüce is a long form improv and occasional sketch troupe comprised of graduates of Bad Dog Theatre's Harold Studio program based in Toronto.
ORLEANS (ADD ACCENT)
Julia Sehmer, Dan Fonda, Alex Brault, MC Dufresne, Ariel De Roo, Tristan Stewart, Sarah Kuiper, Selene Bance
Formed in 2024, Your Type is a Montreal-based Pretty Flower improv troupe. The team quickly became a mainstay of the city's improv scene, placing first in several local competitions, including Hotshots and Head2Head. Your Type took second place in the 2024 edition of Montreal Improv's Threepio, a three-month round robin featuring some of the city's best acts.
SOUTH
Jinesea Lewis and Velvet Wells
Created in 2024 for the Black And Funny Improv Festival (HUGE Theater R.I.P.), The Sibsons are a Silly World building (longform filling in a shortform crust) duo from Ottawa where we follow the fun more than the form to show off our Black Joy.
Judges
JUDGE 1
Judge name
Description
HEADLINER - Bird and Friends Cosmic Unity
Michael Bird
Michael Bird has been performing and teaching improv since 2004. Getting his start with the UT Austin improv team, Bird has trained and performed in improv theaters all over the U.S. including iO, Annoyance, Second City, UCB, and many others. He started his solo improv show "Bird and Friends - Cosmic Unity" in March 2017 which he has since performed hundreds of times across the U.S. and world including India, the Philippines, Sweden, Turkey, and Canada.
Brüce
Alex Cabrera-Aragon, Joseph Whittle, Luke Stewart, Natasha Negovanlis, Paul Teeter
Brüce is a long form improv and occasional sketch troupe comprised of graduates of Bad Dog Theatre's Harold Studio program based in Toronto.
Your Type
Julia Sehmer, Dan Fonda, Alex Brault, MC Dufresne, Ariel De Roo, Tristan Stewart, Sarah Kuiper, Selene Bance
Formed in 2024, Your Type is a Montreal-based Pretty Flower improv troupe. The team quickly became a mainstay of the city's improv scene, placing first in several local competitions, including Hotshots and Head2Head. Your Type took second place in the 2024 edition of Montreal Improv's Threepio, a three-month round robin featuring some of the city's best acts.