The Last Laugh Improv Ensemble

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Jesse Parent first started performing improv in the 1990s at Worcester Polytechnic Institute with his college improv troupe, Chain Link Fence. He has performed improv consistently since 2001, traveling to perform, learn, and teach at dozens of improv festivals, mostly as part of the duo JoKyR & Jesster. He has taken classes with instructors from iO, Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, and the Annoyance Theatre. He has also taught and coached groups in Utah, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts, Chicago, Florida, North Carolina, and in several other locations. Jesse is the creator of the slam poetry/improv fusion format, The Hook, which earned him the honor of being named an artistic associate of the prestigious Chicago Improv Festival in 2006. He is a current cast member of Utah’s longest-running improv show Laughing Stock, a current cast member of the musical improv group ImprovBroadway, a current cast member of the Improvables, a world-renowned slam poet, an internationally ranked Toastmasters public speaker, a father of three, and the husband of a very patient wife. 

Jady has had a crush on improv since her junior year of high school, and two decades later, still feels lucky. She’s been acting in Salt Lake City for the past ten years and has had the pleasure of performing scripted works, improvised shows, and a mix of the two. She’s taken the stage at the Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Wasatch improv Festival, Femme Fest, and Trolley Brawl in Salt Lake City, and performed at festivals in Chicago, Arizona, NYC and the Bay Area. It’s been a lovely adventure since that first high school crush. Theater is already wonderful; but improv is magic.  

Joseph Kyle Rogan (JoKyR) has been improvising since 1996, when he founded the award-winning KYSOff Improvised Productions. Although he has performed with many groups, he is most well-known for his work in JoKyR and Jesster (with fellow slam poet Jesse Parent), Fleecy Bits (with Muppeteer Stacey Gordon), and Debbie Downer Dead Parent Show (with Calvin Dittmore). During the day, he teaches high school theatre, film, and stage combat, and at night he hosts pub trivia and designs board games. 

Irene Loy is an improviser with eight years of experience. From 2016 to 2023, she was the Research and Communications Director for Improv Medicine in Taos, New Mexico, co-creating and co-facilitating applied improv workshops for a variety of audiences. She had a stint on the short form team at Santa Fe Improv before moving to Salt Lake in 2023, and she's set to complete a PhD in Creative Research in 2025. She is thrilled to be part of the Last Laugh Improv ensemble! 

Clive started performing stand-up comedy in 2006 and moved mostly to performing improv in 2011. He graduated from the training programs at ComedySportz, Improv Broadway, IO Chicago, and Second City. He has performed throughout the US including Boston, Chicago, New York, and Salt Lake City. You can see him perform with ComedySportz Provo, Improv Salt Lake (ISL), Last Laugh Comedy, Old Dorkus, and his duo show Clive & Ryan. His ex-wife wants you to know that he is unlovable.

Director's Note: He is loveable.

Chris is the artistic director of Last Laugh Improv. He has been an ensemble member and teacher at Seattle's Unexpected Productions (2016-2020). He also played with ImprovBroadway (2021-23), Comedy Sportz Provo (2021-23), the Improvables (2024), The Chicken Eagles (2023), and D'arcy (2024). He taught improv classes for Regalo Theater (2023), and he is currently teaching improv with the Actors in Action Conservatory. He started Last Laugh Improv to create a top notch environment where he and other bold and passionate improvisers could take their craft to the next level. Besides improv, Chris loves acting and music. He is also the proud father of three awesome teenagers that are actually pretty decent people (despite being teenagers). Chris is a ginger, which he is not self-conscious about even though he has to tell that he's not self-conscious about it (when you didn't even ask).