Holidating: The Improvised Romcom

Sarah Arnold-Simondet

Producer/Director/Cast
Sarah Arnold-Simondet (She/her) loves love! She loves it so much she created this show, Holidating, a musical improvised romcom based on each holiday! This Pieces cat lover spends her time reading, directing, and teaching improv and theater. Likes: Her husband, two cats, Bob's Burgers, When Harry Met Sally, sitting on her porch and light rain Dislikes: Tornados, thunderstorms, and jerks

Daniel Goldschmidt

Music Director
Daniel Goldschmidt (they/them) is polyamorous, vegan, and super annoying about both. Daniel enjoys running their music therapy practice (@etudellc), performing as their drag persona “Blanche the Jazzy Jewess of South Minneapolis (@blanchethejazzyjewess), and whatever their latest 3-month hobby is.

Amanda Weiss

Accompanist
Amanda Weis (she/her) Musician, performer, lover of life. Likes: The outdoors, but only under very specific conditions; my dogs, my cats, my husband (maybe or maybe not in that order), having conversations that go nowhere and cover everything. Dislikes: Perfectionists, Sudoku, Sad Movies, my website that needs updating: www.weisamanda.com

Christian Unser

Cast
Christian Unser (he/him) Leo, 5’11’ but often rounds up, can usually be found overcommitting to projects. Likes: Wife Jen, kids Hannah and Gabe, performing in musical theater productions and improv shows in the Twin Cities for 25 years, photography, staying up to rewatch shows and movies he’s seen multiple times. Dislikes: People who don’t understand drive thrus, theater companies that select Mamma Mia! and fascism.

Meghan Wolff

Cast

Chris Rodriguez

Cast
Chris Rodriguez (he/him) A fun loving Taurus who is looking to fall in love (on stage). By day, he’s a humble animator; At night, Chris spends his free time hanging with his husband, doing improv, and co-running an improv school (Very Good Improv). He loves the kind of unbearably hot summer day that everyone else in Minnesota hates. Disliked: Mean people. You can catch him in a few places during the fringe festival: Clown Funeral, Ping Prov and Dice of Destiny: Neon City.

Laura Berger

Cast
Laura Berger (she/any) Aquarius, cat mother, improviser. Looking for someone to fringe with for life! Likes: her improv group Babe Train(@babetrainimprov on insta), her improv school Very Good Improv (@verygoodimprov_mn on insta), sushi, and musical theater. Dislikes: flirting, capitalism, boneless “wings,” and people who dislike Andrew Lloyd Webber’s seminal classic CATS the musical

Will Schroeder

Cast
Will (he/him) doesn’t have TIME for love! He’s got lots of deadlines at his big city job in a skyscraper. All his friends tell him life’s passing him by, but Will only cares about making partner - not being one! Likes: crunching numbers, quarterly reports, work Dislikes: slowing down, taking it all in, finally seeing what’s been right in front of him all along

Phillip Schramm

Cast
Step right up, as Phillip Schramm is single and ready to completely miss the signs that you are hitting on him. The easiest way to win his heart is with ice cream. He is still looking for that fateful encounter that is willing to co-op the game Snipperclips for Nintendo Switch with him. If you didn't get enough of Phil in this Fringe show, he can also be seen in the following shows this Fringe: GUNS! the Musical at Theater in the Round, Micro Medics at Strike Theater, and Ping Prov (8/1) at the Southern.

Erin Clarkin

Cast
Erin Clarkin (she/her): Two eyes. Two ears. A chin. A mouth. Ten fingers. Two nipples. A butt. What else is there to say? I've just described to you the great catch that is Erin. The reward for her capture? Ohp! TOO LATE, her boyfriend already caught her. You can catch her at Stevie Ray’s in the CDT and improv jams around the Twin Cities. And if you didn’t fall in love with her during this Fringe show (first of all - wtf?), you can adore her in these other Fringe productions: GUNS! The Musical, and The Writers Room: A Failed Documentary. Likes: Her 2 kitties, Telestrations after Dark with her BFF’s, all things tiny, and eating Hawaiian rolls before bed. Dislikes: The Sun (no really - anyone got SPF 100?)

Ellie Walton

Cast
Ellie Walton (she/her) likes short walks on the beach cause long ones make her winded. If you’re able to handle a Pisces with a moon in Virgo, Ellie’s your gal! She’s been improvising for a decade and will stun you with her R2D2 impersonation. She is the droids you are looking for 😉

Liz Council

Cast
iz Council (she/her) Aries but knows nothing about astrology. Small town girl with dreams of something bigger in life. Likes: her husband and toddler, pickleball, sewing, games of all kinds, and a cool breeze on a warm day. Dislikes: when people talk to you but don't actually want you to respond, you're just kind of a thing they are talking at.