Shayne Hanson (she/her pronouns) has been performing with CSz Portland since 2015. Most weekends you can see her in a ComedySportz match. She has also starred in the Mystery Science Tribute Show, Medford Medical, and And the Winner Is (a full-length improvised musical).

Meagan Gombart began her improv journey in 2019 at Magenta Theater, jumping into the world of unscripted comedy with the Magenta Improv Theater group (MIT), where she continues to perform regularly. In 2023, she continued her improv journey by joining CSz Portland. She also performs with Score!, an innovative improv group that creates unscripted, unspoken scenes set to musical scores. In 2024, she took the stage with Experience Theater Project as part of the raucous holiday production A Drunk Christmas Carol, blending classic literature with unpredictable hilarity. When not doing improv, Meagan can be found swing dancing at Norse Hall in Portland Oregon. 

Amy Milshtein has been improvising since 2010. You can find her most weekends at ComedySportz. She also performs in long-form shows and improvised musicals. When not improvising, Amy works as a freelance writer. Her work appears regularly in Oregon Business magazine, as well as several trade publications. She lives in unincorporated Washington County with her husband, son, and cat. Amy once made brief but meaningful eye contact with Liza Minelli.

Mary C. Parker (she/her) is visiting from CSz Seattle and has a decade of performing improv comedy in Portland, OR, London, UK, Pittsburgh, PA, and now in Seattle, WA. She has appeared at comedy festivals in Richmond, VA, Edinburgh, UK, and Pittsburgh, PA. Mary has taught improv comedy at various improv theaters, including Kickstand Comedy and Bandit Theater. Her musical improv experience includes The High Scores, Acaprov, Dropped Notes, and a regular guest with Your Life: The Musical. Offstage, Mary is as tall as Beyoncé, a reality show junkie, and is a mac and cheese aficionado who fervently believes not all mac and cheese are created equal.

Ruth Jenkins, former co-owner, started with CSz in 1988. She’s appeared in Medford Medical, ShakesProv, Possaluma County and ComedySportz at CSz Portland, and in scripted roles at Bag & Baggage, Twilight Theatre Company, Lakewood Theatre, Experience Theater Project and HART, among others.

Mickey McGee was an improviser with CSz Portland from 1999 - 2016. After that, he had a penchant for performing in holiday pageants and plays. Donning the role of Donner and other supporting characters in Rudolph Live! and co-starring as Clarence in several renditions of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. In 2020 Mickey fell down the Eurovision Song Contest rabbit hole, and came back with an extensive knowledge of staging, choreography, flags, and mild political subtext. 

Jason Hays (he/him) has been performing and singing since first grade and holds a B.A. in Theatre and Directing from St. Edward’s University. After discovering improv over a decade ago, he fell in love with working without a script and has been making things up ever since. Originally from Austin, Texas, he has called Portland home for over 14 years.

He performs regularly in Showdown at Curious Comedy Theater (@curiouscomedy) and most recently appeared with Portland Comedy Theater in the fully improvised musical And the Winner Is. One of his greatest improv joys is being a member of the trio Hot Goss (@hotgosspdx), alongside besties Jessica Zodrow and Rebecca Feldman. You can catch their new monthly show starting in September at Bridge City Improv (@bridge.city.improv).

Jason also co-produces Potluck (@potluckimprovpdx), a monthly community improv show and jam at the Kennedy School.

His Portland theatre credits include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors with Stumptown Stages and Schroeder in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Broadway Rose Theatre Company. By day, he works as a communications manager for an architecture and engineering firm and is a loving husband and parent.

Lynsey has been doing improv for two years and is part of CSz Portland's Rec League. She also enjoys reading, playing video games, ranking this year’s Eurovision entries and snuggling with her two cats.

Maryann joined CSz Portland in 1999 and serves as Director of Fan Experience. She’s best known for amazing customer service AND as the light-speed wizard of our JANIS video system. She’ll be doing the images tonight from an undisclosed location. She thinks you have nice shoes.

Patrick Short (he/him) was recently demoted to Education Director at CSz Portland - he’s the former co-owner and GM. He’s been with CSz since 1987, performed in nearly 3,000 shows and taught over 1,500 classes and workshops. He’s in the music duo AlleyLoops with Emily Larkin, and you can find his original music at patrickshort.bandcamp.com and on the usual services.