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Extree! Extree! Read all about it! Comedy show discusses the news of the week and improvises hilarious scenes inspired by it!

Video clips of news from the previous week are presented to the cast who will be seeing them for the first time. Topics range from fluff to tough and the cast is ready for all of it. Get caught up on the latest goings on of this big blue marble and have a laugh with some of Philly’s best improvisers! Features a core of regular performers and guests from other Crossroads shows and the world of improv at large.

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Jabari Dortch

Position: Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News
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Jabari is a Philadelphia based comedian, writer, & music producer. He was trained at the Philly Improv Theater and has performed with house teams Fan Club and Whiplash. Jabari currently performs with the Crossroads Comedy Theater show Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By the News and co-hosts the Free Improv Jam at the Crossroads. Jabari is also a member of ComedySportz Philadelphia and is the creator of the comic strip Failures in Parenting.

Jabari Dortch

Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News

Jabari is a Philadelphia based comedian, writer, & music producer. He was trained at the Philly Improv Theater and has...

Geoff Jackson

Position: Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News
Categories: All Current Performers, Extree Extree

Geoff Jackson is a comedian, host, podcaster and storyteller. He was born on the shores of the Red Sea and as a child he was ranked among the top ten skiers in the United States. He is a decorated haiku champion. He has told jokes and stories in coffee shops, bookstores, nightclubs, tiki bars, and punk-rock basements across the US, UK, and Canada. He has worked with and for WHYY, First Person Arts and SyFy and appeared in 2019’s horror-comedy “A Nightmare on Jawn Street”. Geoff Jackson is now the host of Extree! Extreme! at Crossroads Comedy Theater.

Geoff Jackson

Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News

Geoff Jackson is a comedian, host, podcaster and storyteller. He was born on the shores of the Red Sea and...

Joe Wendrychowicz

Position: Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News
Categories: All Current Performers, Extree Extree

Joe began taking improv classes in 2014. He was a longtime performer at the Philly Improv Theater where he was a member of several teams including Channel 77, Neighborhood Watch, Untitled and Dutch. Currently you can catch Joe in the Crossroads Comedy Theater show Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By the News. He also hosts the improv podcast Fair Deal: An Improvised Mediation.

Joe Wendrychowicz

Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News

Joe began taking improv classes in 2014. He was a longtime performer at the Philly Improv Theater where he was...

Randie Welles

Position: Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News
Categories: All Current Performers, Extree Extree

Randie Welles is a performer and writer from West Philly. Randie currently performs with the Crossroads Comedy Theater show, Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By the news. She has performed with all-POC improv and sketch group NYTEShift, and is a member of short-form improv group The N Crowd. She has been a storyteller at First Person Arts StorySlams, Tell Me A Story, The Moth Philadelphia and hosted her own short-run storytelling show Human Nature.

Randie Welles

Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By News

Randie Welles is a performer and writer from West Philly. Randie currently performs with the Crossroads Comedy Theater show, Extree!...

Rachel Semigran

Position: Improv Instructor Performer: Study Hall & Extree Extree
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Rachel Semigran is an improviser, director, producer, and educator with 15+ years of experience ranging from the London stage and Edinburgh Fringe to Philadelphia black boxes and universities. She earned her MA in Applied Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and is a proud Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholar. By day, Rachel is a marketing and communications professional in higher education. At all other times, she’s at the beck and call of her cat Millie. Rachel currently performs with the Crossroads Comedy Theater show Extree! Extree! Comedy Inspired By the News and co-hosts the Free Improv Jam at the Crossroads with fellow Extree cast member, Jabari Dortch.

Rachel Semigran

Improv Instructor Performer: Study Hall & Extree Extree

Rachel Semigran is an improviser, director, producer, and educator with 15+ years of experience ranging from the London stage and...