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Bluebird Improv (formerly Dratch, Walsh & Friends) is a collective of veteran actors with roots in Chicago improvisation. The group is recognizable from favorite TV & film projects including SNL, Veep, Ladies Man, Wine Country, and Mean Girls. The fully improvised experience is inspired by a chat with the audience at the top of the show. The conversation will launch the improvisers into creating irreverent characters and heighted spins on recognizable topics. A unique and entertaining adventure for everyone.
Tonight’s Bluebird Improv is Rachel Dratch, Joe Canale, Brad Morris and Matt Walsh.
Please note: Tim Meadows originally planned to be a part of this show, but will not be available due to his shooting schedule for the new sitcom DMV on CBS.
Performer Bios:
Rachel Dratch is a SNL alum known for her many roles including Debbie Downer. Rachel has made countless TV guest star appearances on shows such as The King of Queens, Monk and 30 Rock. Film credits include: Click (2006), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007), Sisters (2015) and Wine Country (2019). In 2012 Gotham Books published Rachel’s autobiographical book Girl Walks Into A Bar… Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle. In 2022 Dratch made her Broadway stage debut in POTUS, for which she earned a Tony Award Nomination for Best Feature Actress in A Play. In 2023 Rachel launched the podcast Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch..stories of the unexplained.
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Joe Canale has been improvising around the world for the past 30 years, including stints at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City Mainstage in Chicago, amongst many others. While he’s not made appearances in film and television his greatest pleasure is derived from performing live improv for an audience. He hopes you enjoy watching this show as much as he enjoys performing it.
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Brad Morris is a veteran tv and film writer, producer, actor, director and improviser. An alum of four of Chicago’s Second City’s Mainstage revues, the iO Theatre and The Annoyance, Brad is a member of the renowned long form improvisational groups, The
Reckoning and Uncle’s Brother with Tim Meadows. Brad has improvised around the world with
the Second City National Touring company and Matt Walsh and Friends for the USO.
As a TV writer, Brad spent three seasons as a producer on the TBS comedy, Cougar Town, was a producer on the Showtime series, Dice, and was co-ep and head writer for seasons 1 and 2 of the critically acclaimed series for Paramount and Seeso, Bajillion Dollar Properties. Brad has sold original scripts and development to ABC, TBS, Sony and Warner Brothers.
On the film side, Brad co-wrote and produced the independent film, Unplugging, starring Matt Walsh and Eva Longoria. He is also producing the independent film, Stoners and Saints, starring Dylan Gelula and Matt Berry. Brad also recently co-wrote Family Squares, and a movie for Paramount, Rear Naked Choke, produced by Margot Robbie.
As an actor, Brad has starred as a series regular in several network and cable pilots, and has appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Modern Family, The Office, The League, Key and Peele, Great News, Playing House, Dice, F is For Family, Friends From College and The Good Place. He has appeared in films, Search Party, Sing, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, and Jay Roach’s, Bombshell.
Brad can also be heard on his new improvisational podcast, Business Trips that he co-hosts with Mike O’Brien.
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Matt Walsh is a two-time Emmy-nominated actor from HBO’s award-winning comedy series Veep, and cast member of Apple TV’s acclaimed limited series Manhunt. He is also a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
Walsh will next be seen in Paramount Pictures Novocaine starring Jack Quaid, Maybe We Should starring Heather Graham, Little Lorraine starring Stephen Amell, and Utopia’s Not An Artist where he co-stars opposite Rza from the Wu Tang Clan.
?Recently, he appeared in Hulu’s Unplugging, which he co-wrote, and starred alongside Eva Longoria. He can also be seen in The Good Half starring Nick Jonas.
Walsh has appeared in memorable roles in several popular comedy films including Life of the Party, Old School, Starsky and Hutch, Ted, and Keeping Up With The Joneses. Other credits include the CBS series Ghosts, Fox Searchlight’s Flamin’ Hot, and the recent Father of the Bride film.
Walsh currently does a podcast Second in Command with his Veep co-star Timothy Simons.
In addition to his film and TV work, Walsh is also a charitable founder of Open Book with his wife Morgan. The charity donates LGBTQ affirming books to public elementary schools around the country.
Matt currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Morgan Walsh and their three children.
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre is an independently-owned event space located at 53 Old Post Road in Arundel, ME. Our charming, historic barn and outdoor garden provide an ideal backdrop for an unforgettable, intimate evening! Learn more here.