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The Cherry Swamp began in 2020 when many improvisers were kept from performing live due to the pandemic. Their creative energy needed an outlet so The Cherry Swamp was born!

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Erick Acuña is a Peruvian comedian and writer based in Washington DC. His solo show 'Acuña Acuna' won 'Best Solo Performance' at the Capital Fringe, and was a finalist at the Yes, And... Laughter Lab in partnership with Comedy Central. For the last decade he has been teaching and performing improv and sketch comedy at The Washington Improv Theater, and comedy festivals around the world. 

Coonoor Behal is a longtime improv comedy performer based in Seattle, WA by way of Ohio, NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, where she lived for nearly 10 years across two tours of duty. She’s studied improv at Washington Improv Theatre and Upright Citizens Brigade, and currently performs and teaches at Bandit Theatre. The best “I love you” she ever received was from Mr. T.

Lauren Meling is a writer and improviser based in Washington, DC who has studied improv and sketch with Dojo Comedy DC and comedy writing with Brent Forester. In addition to contributing to The Cherry Swamp, she also writes and performs with an all-female sketch comedy group, The Lady Bits.  

Anna Ross is a writer, improviser, and comedian based in Chicago, IL by way of a childhood in the DC Metro Area. She is a founding member and contributing writer of The Cherry Swamp. She performs weekly at The Annoyance Theater and has been published in Slackjaw and Points in Case. 

Heather Marie Vitale is a writer and improviser based in Washington, DC via Boston and New Hampshire. She has studied improv and sketch at the Washington Improv Theater, Dojo Comedy, Second City Conservatory, The Groundlings, Magnet Theater, and more. She performs regularly with the World’s Greatest Improv School’s improvised play team and with her duo, Sharon & Darren. Don’t argue with her about the NH primary or she’ll cut you.

Stephanie Levy is a writer, comic, and Midwest ex-pat living in the DC area (fine, Silver Spring). She has studied at the Lincoln Lodge and Second City in Chicago. Catch her at open mics around town, performing with the musical burlesque troupe the Sirens of Sin, or treating her dog Ruby like she’s people. 

Peter Jones is a writer and improviser based in Washington, DC. He’s taken classes at Second City, iO, The Annoyance and performed LOTS of amateur comedy at Chicago’s indie theaters. A trained journalist with the student loans to prove it, he now manages a newsletter on America’s Next Top Model.

Instagram: @pitajones

Twitter: @pjjonestweets

Eizabeth Leff is a Washington, DC based writer and performer living in Lake Placid, NY. She came up improvising at Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, Washington Improv Theater in DC, and Dojo Comedy in DC. She improvises and writes and performs sketch comedy at theaters throughout the District and continues to expand her comedic toolkit through screenwriting, stand up, and musical comedy.

Instagram: @leffingoutloud

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