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bobbi block

producing artistic director

Bobbi Block (Producing Artistic Director and Founder) performs with Barrymore Award Recipient ComedySportz, where she was co-producer and education director for fifteen years and artistic director for two. In addition, Bobbi performed longform improv with LunchLady Doris for twelve years and with the interdisciplinary improv group Playback Philadelphia for four years. For the 2007 Philly Live Arts Festival, she conceived and directed LEAP: The Actors’ Improv Experiment, in which she trained veteran, award-winning scripted actors in the art of improv. Bobbi is the recipient of the 2008 City Paper Award “Actress Who will Lead Improv to the Promised Land.”
Bobbi studied with master improvisers at renowned theatre centers such as The Second City, ImprovOlympic, the Annoyance Theatre, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and the New Actors Workshop. Bobbi has a master’s degree in theatre, teaches Improvisation at Temple University and Drexel University, and has taught improv at The University of the Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University, Bucks County Community College, the Wilma Theater, the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, ComedySportz, Philly Improv Theater (PHIT), and in private classes.
Bobbi has taught improvisational theater internationally, including Brazil, Holland, Belgium, Germany, and, most recently, New Zealand. She has taught T&G's signature format, SECRETS, which is being performed by theater companies in Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, and Wellington, NZ. 
Check out Bobbi’s other career as an Executive Coach and Communication Skills Facilitator at bobbiblock.com.

beth dougherty

founding member

Beth Dougherty has been doing improv on and off since childhood, and performed with former Philadelphia groups Polywumpus and 13 Skirts. By day she is a nonprofit lawyer, and at night she hangs out with her husband and son. She doesn’t get out much anymore, and is always looking for babysitters.

tanesha ford

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Tanesha Ford  Actress, Writer, Producer, Marketer and all around feisty gal.   Tanesha is proud to return to the improv world with Tongue & Groove and hopes to be that dash of pepper in this already flavorful company. 

josh holober-ward

Josh Holober-Ward has been in love with theatre since he was allowed to wear a dog suit on stage at the age of 6. He graduated from UMBC in 2012 with a BFA in Acting, and has been a member of ComedySportz Philadelphia since 2015. Having been a Tongue & Groove superfan for the last few years, he is beyond excited to now be joining this incredible ensemble. 

matt lydon

Matt Lydon is suitably elated to join Tongue & Groove for his first show! Growing up in the suburbs northeast of Philly, Matt has been learning, performing and teaching improv in one form or another, for 15 years. Seven of those years he spent with ComedySportz Philly. More recently, Matt has appeared onstage in "Inherit the Wind" (Bristol Riverside Theater) and in "Bright and Bold Beauty Box Radio Hour" (Figment Theater). A teacher by vocation, Matt teaches life skills to teenagers during the day and helps kids with homework and becoming good people at an afterschool program he helps coordinate in the evening. 

ed miller

Ed Miller is thrilled to be a part of Tongue and Groove! Ed is an actor, director, and writer from the Philadelphia area. He has worked with the Arden Theatre, Theatre Exile, Swim Pony, The IRC, and Secret Room Theatre. Ed spent 3 years living and teaching in South Korea where he also made time to act, direct, and serve on the board of Seoul Players. He was a founding member of SCI: Seoul City Improv and graced the TV screens for young "English-hungry" Koreans on such programs as "Story Time", "T-Girl!", and "Cooking with Red Hood".Thanks to Bobbi and all the fellow "groovers" for their support

carol moog

musician​

Carol Moog, PhD (musician) is the clinical director of the Social Learning Disorders Program at the University of PA and the psychologist at The Miquon School. In her private practice, she works with children and adults, particularly people with social anxiety disorders and Aspergers using a wide range of creative approaches based in her training and experience as a theater improvisor/actor (ImagineAct.com, relationshiptheater.com), professional harmonica player (www.carolmoog.com, Tattar, Tucker and Moog) and communications/advertising consultant (Creative Focus). She is thrilled and proud to be a member of Tongue and Groove. In her free time, she tries to catch her breath.

seth reichgott

Seth Reichgott is a Philadelphia-based actor, director, and writer, Seth has acted with the Wilma Theater, Interact, Lantern Theatre, Cape May Stage, the Arden Theatre, and Mum Puppettheatre, among many others. He has directed for Interact, Act II Playhouse, Cape May Stage, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, and the National Theatre of the Performing Arts. Seth has twice been a co-recipient of the Barrymore Award for Outstanding Ensemble, and was nominated for a 2010 Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Actor. Each year Seth tours his solo Greek mythology show, Chariot of the Sun, to elementary and middle schools across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. For more, visit www.sethreichgott.com

fred siegel

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Fred Siegel is an 11 year veteran of Comedysportz Philly, a magician (fredsmagicworld.com), a memoirist, and a teacher/administrator at Drexel University. He has appeared in seven Philly Fringe Festivals, most recently with his one-man show “Man of Mystery.” He also has one-eighth of a Barrymore Award for Best Ensemble in Karen Getz’s Suburban Love Songs, (1812 Productions, 2008).

carrie spaulding

founding member

Carrie Spaulding credits much of her improv ability to a childhood of intensely competitive family charades "games" (think twice before you come home with her for the holidays). More formally--or at least, more publicly--she has taught, directed, and performed improv for the past 14 years. When she's not building imaginary relationships on stage with Tongue & Groove or taking down other Spauldings one syllable at a time, Carrie coaches thirtysomethings on career, relationship, and other goals, and helps parents and educators raise resilient children. (www.carriespaulding.com).

(on hiatus)

joy weir

Joy Weir is a recent graduate of Drexel University's Entertainment and Arts Management program. She is the executive producer of the web series, Unfiltered vimeo.com/unfilteredwebseries when she's not "yes, and-ing, she teaches theatre in the surrounding Philadelphia community and takes on as many management projects as she can juggle.

New Groovers!  

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Mikey and Cecelia debuted in our Spring 2019 show, ART!

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Mikey Matchesky a graphic designer by day but his true passion lies within the realm of theater. He studied Actor’s Improv with Bobbi Block as well as with ComedySportz before joining as a Groover.

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Cecelia Ziman-DeStefano  won two Greater Philadelphia Cappie Awards. She was the leader of Millersville University’s improv group, Improv Molotov. After graduating with a BA in Psychology with a minor in Criminology, Cecelia delved deeper into advanced long form in more relationship focused Actor’s Improv. She performs with ComedySportz Philadelphia and teaches advanced longform improv at Lights, Camera, Acting! 

     

Tongue & Groove founding members 
Adam Gertler, 
Eoin O'Shea, 
Josh Rubinstein, 
Jenn MacMillan, 
Jordan Stalsworth
and Fred Andersen
have moved on to 
other projects, as has 

Noah Herman.
But they are always welcome
to perform with the company!