Chris Besler

Hometown: Toronto, ON

Chris Besler has been studying and performing improv for over nine years. He has previously been a member of the ITC teams: Razortooth and Death Valley Driver.

He has studied with The Second City and the Impatient Theatre Company, and has had the pleasure of being taught by the likes of: Armando Diaz, Jet Eveleth, Christian Capozzoli, Kerry Griffin, Jennifer Goodhue, and many more talented people.

He is a co-founder of the University of Toronto's Improv Jam Sessions, and participated in the first U of T ImprovFest. He was part of both the cast and crew of the video-improv troupe The Neutrino Video Project (Toronto), and was a cast member of the 2007 Toronto Fringe Festival play Monkey Love.

In addition to playing with The Impatient Theatre Company, Chris is involved with writing, performing, and producing sketches and videos and is a current student of The Second City Conservatory.


Chris performs with...

Robert Ariss Hills: Robert Ariss Hills, born Robert Hills, born February 23rd 1984, born in Smithville, birthed in Hamilton, has spent his life in the most natural of ways.
Justin Kosi: Justin Kosi has been in the improv world for over three years; not including his time doing improv in high school. He has previously been a member of the ITC teams: Leroy, Razortooth, Kobra Kai and Death Valley Driver.
Brian Reynolds: Brian performs with ITC's Super-Harold Team "Edgewater Hotel". Also with the Musical Adventures of "Muscle Chicks: The Musical", a Cage Match Super-Threat. He's guest performed with PROJECTproject, a Toronto Super-Troupe, and has performed in the Toronto International Improv Festival, and the 10th Annual North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival.
Dinesh Sachdev: Dinesh has been acting and performing improv since his childhood. He took his lessons in acting and improv from the hills of Mount Chinguacousy in Brampton, where many local artists took their initial lessons in life. It was in the Brampty where he developed his passion for improv and the meaning of life.
Sally Smallwood: Sally has studied and performed improvisation for three years, completing level 601 with Impatient Theatre Co. She has studied with Charna Halpern, Joe Bill and Mark Sutton, and completed levels A to E with Second City.
Chris Besler