When her dream of becoming the tenth member of the Girls Generation fizzled due to her being unable to sing and smile with her eyes, and her inability to stop aging, Sabahat Chaudhary decided to seek solace in the wonderful world of improv at the Washington Improv Theater instead. She currently plays with WIT Harold team Spirit Bear and indie group Press Play. Former teams include Bloodlust and Scorched Earth. Sabahat devotes her free time to studying the last 15 years of the BBC series "Midsomer Murders," which is why she cannot talk to you about any show you love on network television or elsewhere.

A current player and instructor with WIT, Dan Miller has performed improv since 2010. Prior to joining Spirit Bear, Dan was a member of the Harold teams Scorched Earth and Telenovela (with whom he played on the UCB Theater's main stage during the 2012 Del Close Marathon). A founding member of indie troupe Sistine Robot, Dan has also performed with Vicinity (an independent team using the close quarters format) and in the WIT productions Die! Die! Die! and POTUS Among Us. He also performs improv with the Burlesque and Belly Laughs variety show. On stage, Dan can frequently be found playing strange children, drunk old ladies and serial killers.

Born and raised in Buffalo, New York Lizzie Nolan will always have a soft spot for any Rustbelt town. Lizzie has been taking classes at WIT since her arrival to the DC area in 2007. She was a founding member of the indie longform troupeSubsided Corn. Lizzie spends most of her days with some of the world’s finest improvisers - the youth of this fine city - as a children’s librarian. She occasionally chits the chat at @dizzymslizzy.

Xavier Padin started his love affair with long-form improv in DC close to 3 years ago as a wee little volunteer; gazing at those fancy and talented players WIT had to offer, knowing that being on a Harold team was something he's always wanted to do. He has trained as an actor in SC and NYC, gone through the WIT improv training program, and performed in Del Close Marathons with The Lodge. He's performed lots and lots in and around DC in various different groups but always feels lucky to be such a huge fan that not only gets to watch improv, but gets to perform it, too! Xavier's excitement to be with this family doing what he loves with those he loves is beyond measure. Watch him closely; you can see it in his eyes.

Charles St. Charles is a member of WIT’s faculty and performs with its Harold team Spirit Bear and independent teams Press Play, Teenage Hand Models, and Charles & Joe. In addition to completing WIT's own training program several times over, Charles is a graduate of the Honors Conservatory at The Theater Lab School of the Dramatic Arts and has studied improv and acting also at DC Improv, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre and, in New York, Upright Citizens Brigade. He has appeared in several scripted plays and is a visual artist.

Tim Swales is excited to be performing with Spirit Bear at WIT! He has been performing improv since high school and has taken classes at WIT in DC, as well as iO and Annoyance theaters in Chicago. He has performed across the country, and even in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. He is currently a TA for an awesome level one class. If you want to talk about improv, Tim wants to talk about improv.

Jason Walther is a stand-up comedian and improviser in the DC area. He likes people who read profiles, people just like you, and pandering. And he likes pandas, but thinks based on their bamboo-exclusive diet and inability to do anything except eat and nap, that they should have died out a long time ago.

Laura Baehre Westman is an actor and improviser from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A former member of indie troupe Subsidized Corn, she is a founding member of the Harold team Spirit Bear, 2012's not-quite-FIST-champion team Talkative Babies, and indie troupes Sadie Hawkins and, most recently, Dr. Girlfriend. She performs often with Dr. Girlfriend, whose comedic style has been described as "funny" and "embarrassing." She has trained with WIT and DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro, North Carolina. In addition to occasionally producing theater and improv shows, Laura works as a life coach, working with people to apply improv principles everywhere in their lives. A member of WIT Faculty, she currently teaches Level 1B: Foundations of Scenework.

 John Windmueller (coach) loves improv. Loves it! Being present in the moment, playing, and making art… what's not to love? He has a longer explanation for why he was drawn to improv that weaves together a background with auto-cross racing, Zen, and his day gig as a college professor teaching conflict resolution. John is a member of WIT’s faculty and performs with its House ensemble King Bee and independent troupes The Lodge, Just Moxie, and Beartown. Double-fisting his improv across two cities, John is also a member of the Baltimore Improv Group, where he teaches and performs with the house ensemble Population: 6.