"Pants Optional" Virtual Comedy Shows
Join us on Zoom for a fast and funny show that will make you laugh
from the safety of your home!
Our Cast
Francine Wolf , Largo, Florida
Francine Wolf, producer of ZaZu Productions and Pants Optional Comedy, has been a professional actor, singer, improviser and SAG-AFTRA member, appearing on stage, film and TV for over thirty years. Her improv career began in Ohio, when she was a member of Playback Columbus. Moving to Florida in 2000, she was a co-founding member of BAIT--Bay Area Improv Theatre. In 2018, she started touring with a one-woman improv show, "Half-Baked Boomer." ZaZu Productions has been presenting live theatre, "ZaZu's Revue," red carpet characters and improv since 2005.
Michèle Young, Tampa, Florida
Michèle radiates energy, takes leaps trusting she’ll fly, shares lifelong lessons learned, and illuminates possibilities. An engaging and edu-taining authenticity coach/healer/raconteur/performing artist, whatever works is her motto!
Drew Fridley, Richmond, Virginia
Drew believes Earthlings can achieve world peace by sharing a moon-sized container of peanut butter. When he isn’t doing online improv, he enjoys foraging for mushrooms, growing food, and learning other cultures & customs. He hopes to live to see everything automated, diminishment of fiat currency, and a universal basic income so everyone will have their basic needs met – thus, having the time to enjoy the peanut butter.
Leigh Shein, Bonita Springs, Florida
Leigh Shein has done improv with Second City, Dick Schaal, Washington Improv Theatre, Bay Area Improv Theatre, WoW Improv, Improv Anonymous, Bonita City Improv, Scared Scriptless, and Gene Pool Party (a Dad and Daughter Improv group). He has also appeared as the “Sword-fighting-later-dead Roman General” at the Kennedy Center, hosted radio shows, done voiceovers and even sold mobile homes in the South of France. Leigh currently directs Players to be Named Later and Harry’s Senior Moment, writes and teaches improv to all ages including kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Leigh Shein, Bonita Springs, Florida
Leigh Shein has done improv with Second City, Dick Schaal, Washington Improv Theatre, Bay Area Improv Theatre, WoW Improv, Improv Anonymous, Bonita City Improv, Scared Scriptless, and Gene Pool Party (a Dad and Daughter Improv group). He has also appeared as the “Sword-fighting-later-dead Roman General” at the Kennedy Center, hosted radio shows, done voiceovers and even sold mobile homes in the South of France. Leigh currently directs Players to be Named Later and Harry’s Senior Moment, writes and teaches improv to all ages including kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Lisa Vana, Chippewa Lake, Ohio
Lisa Vana learned improv over 20 years ago and believes the world would be a better place and a heck of a lot more fun if everyone and their brother would participate in this art form. She is a social worker in Akron, Ohio, and since 1997, Lisa has also been a practitioner of Playback Theatre, another non-scripted art form. Lisa is currently a member of Ohio Playback Theatre, she founded the Open Door Playback company while working at a maximum-security psychiatric hospital in Texas, and she has performed throughout the Midwest, Texas, Washington DC, and NYC.
Nicky Kennedy, Norfolk, UK
Nicky has one real passion in life-well-- aside from loving the outdoors, nature, birdsong, cooking, music, meditation, up-cycling and community projects, She is a self-confessed laughter addict. Making others laugh is her favorite past time. Nicky says life is too short to be sad and recommends everyone takes a large dose of laughter on a regular basis. Nicky has been performing Improv Comedy for four years and coaching for the last two. Her top tip to all Improv participants is, "take care, laughing hard and fast can result in you peeing your pants so you should carry spares at all times"
Bob Campbell, Chippewa Lake, Ohio
Bob is currently a member of Ohio Playback Theatre. He is a lifelong Cleveland sports fan which accounts for his lack of humor. When not Improvising, Bob prosecutes drunk drivers.
Justin Simons, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Justin Simons really loves bananas, swimming under water the length of the pool in one breath, and once slept in a phone booth in Switzerland. He has a degree in theatre from Ohio State University and is a graduate of the School of Playback Theatre in New York. He and his wife, Amy, have been improv-ing as Bob & Marj from Embarrass, MN for over 20 years. Their motto is, “get over it.” By day he is a psychotherapist and he is always surprised at what people will pay him to do.
Chris Vartorella, Cleveland, Ohio
Chris studied theatre at Ohio University. She worked at the Cleveland Playhouse, danced in Dancing Wheels in 2002, and has been a member of Playback Theatre, performing improv since 2019.