Bad Dog Oakville

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Gary Pearson is a veteran improviser and one of Canada’s most respected comedy writers. His credits include Mad TV, This Hour has 22 Minutes, Corner Gas and he’s the producer of YTVs upcoming kids sketch show That’s So Weird. As an improviser, Gary has performed on Second City Mainstage. His improv troupe, The Chumps performed live across North America and had their own improv series on CBC Radio. Gary, his wife, and three children live in Oakville.

Duncan McKenzie is highly regarded as a comedy writer, producer and teacher. As a writer, he worked on over one hundred episodes of the television comedy series History Bites. He was producer of Train 48, North America’s first improvised TV drama, which ran over three hundred episodes. He’s taught improvisation and comedy writing at Theatresports Toronto, Bad Dog, and the Toronto Film College. He was a writer on YTVs kids’ sketch show, That’s So Weird. Duncan lives in Oakville with his wife, Amy, and their four children.

Amy McKenzie is an improviser and comedian. She wrote for all five seasons of the Gemini-award winning History Bites and also performed in the series, most notably as Judge Judy. She was associate producer/ writer and actor on the improvised television series Train 48. Amy taught and improvised at Theatresports Toronto (now Bad Dog Theatre). Amy is also active in education, and sits on the Special Education Advisory Committee for the Halton District School Board. She lives in Oakville with her husband Duncan McKenzie and four children, 7-16yrs of age.

For more information, please email oakville@baddogtheatre.com