Unscrewed Theater

Cris Candelario

Cris Candelario has been studying and performing improv for 11 years. Cris started teaching improv 5 years ago after wanting to pass on what he had learned thru workshops and summer intensives to others. Cris continues to attend classes and workshops across the country, taught by improv leaders and master teachers to bring this info back to Tucson to make the community stronger.

Cris regularly travels to improv festivals and other communities to learn the latest of both short and long form and brings this back in to the classroom. Cris has also taught professionally at the university level since 2001 and understands adult learning needs and expectations. Cris loves to teach and brings his fun and enthusiasm that you see on the stage, combined with his professionalism from the workplace, to a class that will both be fun and be challenging.

Chris Seidman

Chris Seidman has been a performing member of Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed since 2005, and an improv instructor since March 2013. For over a decade, he has studied improv theory and practice with a variety of Improv veterans, including educational directors of Second City and iO (ImprovOlympic). Not to mention collaborating with Unscrewed Theater’s well-versed and professional instructor team.

Chris believes the world would be a better place if everyone took an improv class. AND, it’s fun! Improv changes lives.

Scott Shaver

Scott Shaver was born Houston, Texas, and struggle to hide his thick southern accent. He has performed with Not Burned Out, Just Unscrewed for somewhere in the neighborhood of 13 years.

During the day Scott is better lit and works as a teacher.

Rob Sparks

Rob Sparks has been studying, performing and teaching improv for over twenty years starting at Grinnell College in the 90’s. 

He’s a main stage player at Unscrewed Theater and has performed in well over 300 shows over the years. He’s studied with many nationally known improv teachers and brings a wealth of knowledge and love for the craft to his classes! 

Jessica Spenny

Jessica Spenny has been at main stage player with Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed for over ten years and has been teaching for three.

She holds a bachelors degree in theater with a emphasis in directing from University of Michigan and combines a passion for performance with grounded, real world techniques in her classes!

Alan Trammel

Alan Trammel has been part of Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed since 2015. Over six and a half years of experience performing Improv. With over four years of teaching beginning to advanced improvisation skills to college students to adults, he focuses on short form games, scene-work, story telling, listening, and communication skills. He believes that basic improv techniques can be taken off-stage to improve personal and professional relationships for everyone. All you need is you.

Mike Vietinghoff

Mike has been studying, performing and teaching improv for almost 15 years. He is one of the founding members of Unscrewed Theater and performs weekly with the Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed: Tucson’s premier improv troop.

He firmly believes that the skills you learn in improv are directly applicable to everyday life as well!

Cameron Rau

Cameron “Cam” Rau is a cupcake entrepreneur after retiring early from teaching kindergarten.  In addition to his business ventures, he has studied improv for three years different local theaters, and has even recently gone to Camp Improv Yosemite to study musical improv.  He obviously enjoys baking, but making people laugh is where his heart is really at.  He and his husband, Eric, live in Indian Ridge Estates with their 2 cats.

Jodylee Duek

JL is a retired biologist spending time with her garden, her cats, and her husband.  Not necessarily in that order.  She worked at the Arizona Renaissance Faire interacting with patrons, and has been involved with improv for nearly 10 years.  Cooking, reading, writing sketch comedy all fill her spare time.

Steve Uyeda