Instructors

Kevin Allison

 Kevin is awesome.

Matt Besser

Matt Besser, one of the founding member's of the Upright Citizens Brigade who has appeared in more TV shows and movies than one can count and is the writer and producer and star of Freakdance, now in theaters and on-demand, brings his unique brand of sharp, smart, brilliant standup, characters and monologues for an unforgettable night of comedy. 

John Brennan

John Brennan first started taking improv classes in 2003. He was fortunate enough to be asked to join the house team Fishing with Dynamite and the improv Tour company The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Touring Comany.  He has co-founded a sketch comedy group The Bottom Line, that created a dozen different shows and lasted 3 years.  Currently he is part of Big Dicktionary, a 2 person improv show, performed with Timmy Finch of The Have Nots!  He also is touring his one man show The Banana Manologues, a story about his ex-girlfriend.  He also loves animals.

He currently lives in New York City.
 

Neil Casey

NEIL CASEY has been been performing at the UCB Theatre in New York for over ten years and teaching improv since 2006. He performs regularly in such shows as The Two-Man Movie, Death By Roo Roo and ASSSSCAT in NYC and tours all over the country with the UCB Touring Company. He is excited to return to the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and to Theatre 99.

Chris Trew

 Chris Trew is awesome.

Martin Dockery

 Martin is awesome.

Matt Donnelly

Matt is awesome.

Jet Eveleth

Jet Eveleth is a member long-from improv group The Reckoning and performs in the original scripted show Ted & Melanie with SNL alum Paul Brittian. Jet has created and toured “The Barb Lameter Show”, “The Sunday Show”, and “I Live Next Door To Horses” winner of the 2008 Del Close Award. She has performed in The Andy Kaufman Awards, was included in “Best Of Chicago's Stand-Up” at The Lincoln Lodge and listed as New City’s magazine 2010 "Top 50 Players" in Chicago. She teaches for Columbia College’s Comedy Studies Program and is a former artistic director of the Chicago Improv Festival.

Fran Gillespie

 Fran is Awesome.

Jason Groce

Jason moved to Charleston in 2001 and upon seeing a Have Nots! show, was instantly amazed and in love. Two years later, he found out others could actually perform with Theatre 99.  Two years after that in 2005, he grew a pair and took the classes with a friend and has been performing ever since. He loves improv like Neckprov and Cats Hugging Cats. He also loves to write and perform sketch comedy and started Foxhole Feng Shui, to the delight of a handful. He enjoys flirting and laughing and is a killer graphic designer and can throw a grown man out of a bar with his bare hands.

Will Hines

 Will Hines is awesome.

Tommy Hutchins

Tommy is an improviser who has studied at Theatre 99 since early 2008.  He uses his background in math and science to approach performing, as well as life, with an analytical mind.  In his free time, he enjoys watching Bill Murray movies and listening to sports talk radio.   

Lee Lewis

Lee Lewis has been performing with Theatre 99 since 2000 and is a proud member of two of the longest running Wednesday night shows on the Theatre 99 schedule.  He is a member of Moral Fixation (along with Greg Tavares) and of the musical improv phenomenon Doppelganger (with Jason Cooper). He also performs regularly at Theatre 99 and frequently is invited to perform with Theatre 99's flagship show The Have Nots!  Lee did his theatrical training at Wofford College and was the resident actor for The Charleston Stage Company form 2001-2002.  When not performing he is a psychiatrist at MUSC, a husband to Amy, and a father to Charlie and Grace.

During his tenure with Theatre 99 Lee has performed in such improv acts as: Fishing with Dynamite, The Weeds, Cage Match, The Pinata, May I Take Your Order?, Improv Bingo and has been a past Improv Smackdown champion!  He also has performed in Theatre 99 productions of Fuddy Meers, The Harry and Sam Dialogues, and Brilliant Traces.

Andy Livengood

Andy Livengood's first performance at Theatre 99 was two runs of HOBO the Musical. Soon after this he graduated from the Theatre 99 improv training program.  He is a performer in Cats Hugging Cats.  He is the stage manager for The Banana Monologues and Foxhole Feng Shui and has stage-managed the plays, Eurydice and Horse Tranqs and Carriage People both for PURE Theatre. Andy was a cast member and writer in the sketch comedy troupe Maximum Brain Squad and has appeared with Wackytown, Cabaret Kiki, This is Chucktown, 3 Blind Mice, and 365 Days, 365 Plays at PURE Theatre. When he is not performing, Andy often works the lights and sound for other shows at Theatre 99.

Jessica Mickey

Jessica has been performing in various shows with Theatre 99 since 2002. She is a founding member of Mary Kay has a Posse, The Weeds, and Fishing with Dynamite, as well as the now defunct 4-Play. She also co-created, co-wrote and performed "Men are from Goose Creek, Women are from Savannah" and wrote and performed with the sketch comedy group The Bottom Line. Jessica has co-hosted morning radio shows on 96Wave and 98X, as well as wrote the weekly column "The Chase is On" for the Charleston City Paper. She regularly performs improv on Friday and Saturday nights at Theatre 99 and stand-up comedy in various venues around Charleston. Her most recent project is the two-person improvised show Little Miss Codependent with Brandy Sullivan.

David Roach

David Roach has been a member of Theater 99 since it's founding in 2000.  David enjoys the constantly fresh challenge of creating dynamic, entertaining improv scenes.  David has done a number of shows as part of The Have Nots! Touring Company, and he frequently performs with groups such as Fishing with Dynamite, Neckprov, My Favorite Cult, and Outside Looking In, as well as in Improv Riot and Improv Smackdown.  David began exploring stand up comedy in January of 2008, and is a regularly featured stand up performer as part of This Is Chucktown.   David is known for busting up folding chairs and throwing out very specific and obscure references. He also lifts heavy things.

Brandy Sullivan

As a founder of The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company (1995) and Theatre 99 (2000), Brandy has performed in over 1300 improv shows with Greg and Timmy in 26 states and is a Co-Producer of Piccolo Fringe and The Charleston Comedy Festival.

She is a proud member of Mary Kay Has a Posse, Neckprov, Full Love Throttle, Hot Pants, Shattering Pearls, Tone Locos and Men are from Goose Creek, Women are from Savannah.

She received a B.A. in Theatre and Speech from The University of South Carolina and is Theatre 99’s Co-Artistic Director.

She is happily married to Sean, the cute guy in the booth.

Greg Tavares

Greg started The Have Nots! with Brandy and some other friends in 1995.  He co-founded Theatre 99 with Brandy and Timmy in 2000 and has been improvising since 1985.  He wrote the curriculum taught in Theatre 99's training program and gets as much out of teaching as he does from being on stage.  He has a BFA in acting from USC and an MFA in directing from the Univ. of Nebraska, but still has nightmares that he never finished high school.  When he is not acting or directing he is hanging out with his best friend and wife Sara.

John Timothy

John is awesome.