Adam "One" Sietz "Fits All" - Founder & Chief Improvising Officer:
When Adam Sietz was born, he smiled, smacked the doctors bottom and ordered a pastrami on rye. A consummate communicator, he eventually grew up (a debatable fact) and became an award winning writer/producer, turned award winning actor/comedian, speaker & teacher. Over the years, he has performed for millions in Academy Award nominated films, Emmy Award winning TV shows and in Tony Nominated Plays on Broadway. As a stand-up and improvisational comedian, he's made audiences laugh in theaters, clubs and venues on land and sea the world over. Whether creating and producing content for television through his production company Big Hug Productions, writing for corporate leaders, developing children's television, emceeing or conducting public speaking seminars, workshops and retreats, he brings his special brand of humor and enthusiasm to every endeavor. While he has won some awards, signed a few worthless autographs and worked with many the top CEO's and corporations globally, he has also changed a few diapers and washed many a dish. Now, Adam and his colleagues are taking this new interactive brand of Edu-tainment on the road to motivate leaders, build team confidence, inject humor, increase focus, strengthen support of each other, deliver take home value...and most of all...create smiles and help others to do the same ;o) for more fluff on Adam click here.
Pat "The Vampire" Batistini - VP West Coast - Improv Guru & VP of Fun
Pat has presented Corporate Team Building workshops for Carnival, Arvida, Merrill Lynch, Marriott, The Sports Authority and many others. He has facilitated everything from improv games to sketch comedy catered to the specific desires of the companies. In addition to his work in the U.S. Pat has performed and presented workshops in the Bahamas, St. Lucia, Thailand, Japan and Tahiti. He coached the Offensive Line at Grand Valley State University. The writer/director/editor of over ten short films is a native of Merrillville, Indiana.
Pat began his career as an actor at the Player’s Workshop of the Second City in Chicago. He continued working in improvisation and eventually performed in over 1,600 improv shows. Pat suffered having to work for Club Med in their Entertainment Department in places such as St. Lucia, Thailand and Tahiti. Continuing to have fun in Asia, Pat moved to Tokyo where he collaborated with an all Japanese comedy group for a year. Only making sense, he moved to Miami after his Tokyo gig, where he started his film making career. As the founder of South Florida ComedySportz, Pat led his troupe to the 1996 national championship and took home the prestigious "Meaningless Cup". Pat has trained many other top grade improvisers. Pat finally made his way to Los Angeles in the fall of ’98. In LA, he has written and produced several short films. His shorts “Sexy Seniors”, “Braggin’ Rights”, and “Three Specials” have all been nominated to at least one film festival as a finalist to their Grand Jury Award...and yes...he once ate a tree.
Pat began his career as an actor at the Player’s Workshop of the Second City in Chicago. He continued working in improvisation and eventually performed in over 1,600 improv shows. Pat suffered having to work for Club Med in their Entertainment Department in places such as St. Lucia, Thailand and Tahiti. Continuing to have fun in Asia, Pat moved to Tokyo where he collaborated with an all Japanese comedy group for a year. Only making sense, he moved to Miami after his Tokyo gig, where he started his film making career. As the founder of South Florida ComedySportz, Pat led his troupe to the 1996 national championship and took home the prestigious "Meaningless Cup". Pat has trained many other top grade improvisers. Pat finally made his way to Los Angeles in the fall of ’98. In LA, he has written and produced several short films. His shorts “Sexy Seniors”, “Braggin’ Rights”, and “Three Specials” have all been nominated to at least one film festival as a finalist to their Grand Jury Award...and yes...he once ate a tree.
Dave "Ice Cream" Koenig - VP North East Division
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Dave T. Koenig has been seen on TV in Young Rock (NBC), BULL (CBS), The Blacklist (NBC), The Americans (FX), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video), Daredevil (Netflix), The Following (FOX), Blue Bloods (CBS), and Nurse Jackie (Showtime). He's also appeared in commercials for Rocket Mortgage (Super Bowl 2018, opposite Keegan Michael Key), Time Warner Cable (opposite Steve Buscemi), Visa, Wendy's, Verizon, and many others.
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Dan "Speedy" Gonzalez - VP South East Division
After Dan Gonzalez came to America (on nothing more than an inflatable ducky), Dan began working in the corporate world. Dan Gonzalez graduated from the University of Florida and quickly made a name for himself in the world of customer service. Dan developed call strategy for numerous mega corporations. After setting up and headed up a call room of more than 150 people for a well known Mexican fast food chain, he ran for the border. He was a founding member of the 1997 National Championship winning "South Florida Killer Shrimp". He has trained in the ways of Second City, the Groundlings and this tribal guy named Shake a spear. Dan has created interactive theater and team building seminars for many Fortune 500 Companies, Spoken at many Universities and a local Donut shop. Heading up our South East region Dan will be happy to deliver smiles and take away value under the sun, by the sea or in a hurricane shelter (true experience). A teacher of Improvisation and a writer of comedy and musical theater Dan has worked with all ages and all areas of Business. Believe me he is fantastic, very qualified and adorable too boot.
Carl "is worthy of a lot of" Kissin - Lead Trainer and Seminar Director:
Carl Kissin performed 4000 shows with the improvisational comedy group Chicago City Limits. He was also their head writer, director of their National Touring Company and clearly the best looking. He has been teaching improv for more than 20 years to everyone from children to senior citizens, first through Chicago City Limits and currently through his own weekly class.
Carl has instructed professionals at dozens of Fortune 500 companies to use improvisation as a means to team-building, creativity, and more effective communication. The New York Times calls him “the perfect master of improvisation,” and the Daily News said: “smacks of comic genius.” In non-improvisation roles, Carl appeared in Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio at the Public Theater and was heard in Oliver Stone’s movie version. He has performed his own material on NBC’s “Today Show,” CBS’s “Kwik Witz,” MTV, and VH-1. Carl is a three-time Manhattan Monologue Slam champion and has written book and lyrics for the musicals, “Depressed, Depressed,” and “Date of a Lifetime.”
Adrianne "Don't Call me Jack" Frost - Trainer, Writer and Smile Maker:
Adrianne is a professional actress, writer, teacher and trainer who lives in New York, NY. She has appeared on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, all of the Law and Order’s and was a panelist on VH-1’s Best Week Ever for three years.
Adrianne's performed stand up comedy and improvisation all over the world. An All-Star improviser. She has shared her talents with others as a Teacher, Writer, Director & Coach. She has been seen at The Chicago Improv Festival, Orlando’s Foolfest, London’s Pleasance Theatre and many clubs around New York. Her humor book, I Hate Other People’s Kids, was published by Simon and Schuster in 2006. Adrianne’s writing has appeared in the anothologies The 2004 Signet Book of American Humor (Signet) and Rejected: Tales of The Failed, Dumped and Cancelled (Villard). She wrote for www.askejean.com’s “Dop Astrology” in 2009.
Geoffrey "Can do" Cantor - Curriculum Developer & Program Director:
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Geoffrey graduated Magna Cum Laude from Amherst College with a degree in theater. He attended NTI (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Conn), and continued his training at the Central School, in London, England. Geoffrey began directing in college, and in London, developed the play-reading series “Readings at One” at the West End’s Duke of York’s Theater. Besides being a successful working actor, he has been teaching for over 20 years, including corporate training, teambuilding, group classes and private coaching.
As an actor, he has been seen on film in Man on a Ledge, Fair Game, Public Enemies, When in Rome, The Notorious Betty Page, One Last Thing, Suburban Girl, and Heavy Petting. On TV he has been seen on The Sopranos, Bored to Death, Mercy, Brotherhood, Life on Mars, all of the Law & Order’s, Ed, Third Watch, The Bedford Diaries, The $treet, Queens’ Supreme, All My Children, Guiding Light, and Spike TV’s, The Kill Point. Stage work Includes Side Man (Broadway), Dinner With Friends, Julie Taymor’s Titus Andronicus (TFANA), Romeo and Juliet (Acting Company), and Lone Star (London and Edinburgh, Scotland). He may seem familiar to you as he has been featured in over 200 television and radio commercial
Geoffrey graduated Magna Cum Laude from Amherst College with a degree in theater. He attended NTI (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Conn), and continued his training at the Central School, in London, England. Geoffrey began directing in college, and in London, developed the play-reading series “Readings at One” at the West End’s Duke of York’s Theater. Besides being a successful working actor, he has been teaching for over 20 years, including corporate training, teambuilding, group classes and private coaching.
As an actor, he has been seen on film in Man on a Ledge, Fair Game, Public Enemies, When in Rome, The Notorious Betty Page, One Last Thing, Suburban Girl, and Heavy Petting. On TV he has been seen on The Sopranos, Bored to Death, Mercy, Brotherhood, Life on Mars, all of the Law & Order’s, Ed, Third Watch, The Bedford Diaries, The $treet, Queens’ Supreme, All My Children, Guiding Light, and Spike TV’s, The Kill Point. Stage work Includes Side Man (Broadway), Dinner With Friends, Julie Taymor’s Titus Andronicus (TFANA), Romeo and Juliet (Acting Company), and Lone Star (London and Edinburgh, Scotland). He may seem familiar to you as he has been featured in over 200 television and radio commercial
Melissa "The Glue" Sietz - Account Coordinator (AKA - "Mommy")
Melissa spent more than a decade designing and selling wine cellars to various A-List Celebrities and and other drunks. When Adam eventually found her, he made her an offer she couldn't refuse. After she kicked him, he grew on her ...like a fungus in a damp basement...and eventually enough to become his wife. For the past decade, she has been keeping busy manufacturing our board of directors, Melissa (or as the boss calls her "MYlissa") joined the team as the Boss behind the boss. Today, Melissa always makes sure we all show up on time, on point and smelling good. She is a former Supermodel, Nobel Prize Winner, Astronaut, Olympic gold medalist, President of the United States of Adamerica and the Inventor of Love. Melissa can and will help you figure out what your needs are and she will do it with a smile! (yes you can hear her smile over the telephone)
Board of Directors
An unruly bunch, the board rules with an iron fist. Each board member has earned a masters degree in smile making. Consistently demanding absolute greatness of every member of the team (...or a bag of candy), our board keeps us on our feet. Selected the most adorable Board of Directors in the Milky Way, this award winning group of youthful leaders are poised to conquer many industries and build this organization to be bigger than Build a Bear, Six Flags and Chuck E. Cheese...combined. If they don't succeed, they have voluntarily agreed to go to bed without a bedtime story. Loaded with "Umami" (Japanese for Deliciousness) our board makes sure we are never bored. When they are not busy working on spread sheets (making their beds) or analyzing matrix diversity (is Neo or Morpheus cooler) they are busy with the construction of our new offices (a handcrafted towel & blanket tent in living room) or dealing with the plumbers (Mario & Luigi) they are developing new ways to open commerce...or is it comics? Either way, this able (& adore-Able) board of directors is taking us into the next generation of smile makers.
