There is a world just outside your everyday life that is remarkably similar, but infinitely more hilarious. A world bursting at the seams with truthful characters that aren't afraid to go after what they want.
Caveat's signature style takes an audience suggestion and explodes it into this world of possibility. With the fuel in the tank, snacks in the back and directions in hand, the players of Caveat set off on a veritable roadtrip of scenes that take you to a new, uproarious destination every single time.
Consider yourself warned: For Caveat, being funny is no joke.
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Liz Demery has been performing improv since 1993 when she moved to DC. When not onstage with Caveat, she can be seen improvising in WIT's iMusical, ComedySportz and The Blue Show at her club The Comedy Spot in Arlington, VA, being comically tragic in Shakespeare's Skum, getting abused in The Punch & Judy Show, or singing in The O'Danny Girls. Liz is honored to be broadening her WIT horizons and performing with talented cast of Caveat. |
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Karin Louise Hammerberg was first introduced to improv in high school as an acting tool, rather than a place to make hilarious jokes. In college, she was a four year member of GW's receSs, where all that theater stuff was thrown out, and replaced with hilarious jokes. Now she has happily fallen in with WIT, and everything it has to offer. Plus she's super fun. |
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While Jenny Huftalen's true passion lies in the administrative arts, she often finds that she needs to pay bills - which is where improvising comes in handy. Jenny was introduced the Washington Improv Theater in 2007 and she has been fully immersed in their training program ever since. She is now thrilled to be performing with Caveat where she anticipates rooms full of laughter, in contrast to her typical experience. Jenny is a native of Central New York where if you don't have a sense of humor, you freeze to death. |
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Mark Pagán began improv in 2001 with UCB and spent a few years performing in New York before leaving North American comfort for South American beauty. He now performs with Caveat and Season Six and loves the comraderie. He doesn't know where to call home, but he'll take some suggestions. His latest coup is a lawsuit against Ben Affleck and Dennis Lehane for stealing the title of his autobiography "Pagán Baby Pagán" for their recent opus. That's how you pronounce it, by the way. But the pun was cute, wasn't it? |
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After being born at Georgetown University Hospital, Greg Pokusa spent years struggling to acknowledge his improvisational birthright. Abandoned by improv as a child, his search for meaning took him to the University of Virginia, where he learned his craft with the short-form group The Whethermen. From there improv carried him on to Chicago; training at Second City and IO to focus his mind, performing at IO and the Playground to instill him with proper humility. Yet soon Greg was lost again, shunning improv, wandering the twin wilderness of law school and ennui until, many years after being born at Georgetown Hospital, Greg returned home to his true purpose and birthright: performing longform improv with Caveat in Washington D.C. |
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Much like Renee Zellweger and Tom Cruise, improv completes Justin Purvis. He started doing improv in 2001 at University of Maryland, College Park, and it has changed his life. When not performing with Caveat, Justin can be found on the flipside, directing WIT's House Team, Season Six, and teaching WIT's Foundations of Improv Class, where he gets to inspire future generations of improvisers, and feel a real sense of authority and respect that is missing from the rest of his life. Justin loves to snuggle up on the couch with a good movie, a big bowl of popcorn, some diet soda, and hopefully, another person. A very interesting fact about Justin: He has an intense movie trivia knowledge, and has created several "bar" games that could win you money or drinks if you beat him. Challenge him today!!! |
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Eric Rubin comes to WIT fresh from the hot (urban) jungles of Central America where he spent three years acting and directing with "La Liga Tica de Improvisacion," a Spanish language improv troupe in San Jose, Costa Rica. Prior to that experience he co-founded "A Wrong Kind of Funny," with fellow ImprovBoston Training Center alumni. Other recent performance opportunities include "street performing my way around Europe" and as a member of the social circus tour "Revuelta por la Mitad del Mundo," in Sucumbios, Ecuador. Eric is super excited to be here in D.C. and hopes to reach new comedic (and emotional) heights with Caveat! |







