Kevin Patrick Robbins
Artistic Director and Executive Producer | Hometown: Hamilton, ON
Kevin is the founder and artistic director of the Impatient Theatre Co. and the developer of the ITC Training Centre's core curriculum. He has been a featured instructor at the Chicago Improv Festival and is a lead instructor at the annual North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival.
His highly effective teaching style comes from his incredibly diverse training. He has studied with masters of the craft from all across North America: Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles including such luminaries as Alan Arkin and Micheal Gellman (Second City), Mick Napier and Joe Bill (Annoyance Theatre), Bob Dassie, Craig Cackowski and Noah Gregoropolis (i.O. Theatre) and Todd Stashwick (Burn Manhattan, Hothouse STC). He puts this style to use onstage, in class and as a director/coach.
Amalgamating his various training experiences and lessons into a style that is rooted in character, relationship, truthfulness and authenticity, Kevin has developed a training program that encourages the empowerment of improvisers within the context of group improvisation.
Kevin has taught, coached and directed many of Toronto's top improvisers and comedians. He was the first coach for ITC's first house team Big In Japan and the all-female extravaganza WDWMKR. He has coached and directed performers on Mantown, PROJECTproject, The Sketchersons, the Second City Touring Company, the Second City main stage, and was as a private improv coach for the winner of the CTV show Second City's Next Comedy Legend.
Kevin performs with...
Cameron Algie: Cameron has studied with Jet, Charna, TJ & Dave, Joe & Mark, Armando, Sean, Sean, Kevin, Kevin, and a whole bunch of other amazing people.
Andy Auld: Andy is a graduate of the Humber College Comedy Writing and Performance program, The Second City Training Centre conservatory program and has studied longform improvisation with ITC artistic director Kevin Patrick Robbins since 2003.
Annie Bankes: As a native Ajax-ian, Annie grew weary of sunny skies and green pastures, and turned to Toronto in search of smog and traffic delays. She began her improv career by accident at The Second City Toronto. After completing Second City's training program, Annie started at the ITC where she was fortunate enough to study under many great instructors including artistic director Kevin Patrick Robbins and Alison Hogg.
Matt Folliott: Matt Folliott is an Improviser/ Comedian/Actor born and raised in Toronto and currently performs with the groups E.Y.C.I , Impatient Theatre co. Standards & Practices and 2008 Cage Match runner ups The Jeremy Birrell Show.
Kirsten Gallagher: Kirsten Gallagher began doing comedy at Queen's University, writing and performing in revues for campus comedy troupe Queen's Players. She is a graduate of the Second City conservatory program and has studied and performed with Bad Dog Theatre and the Impatient Theatre Co.
Steve Hobbs: Steve has trained relentlessly with the Impatient Theatre Co. over the years, kicking down classroom doors and taking names. Over the course of his training, he studied long form techniques at lengths with Kevin Patrick Robbins, Allison Hogg, and Sean Magee. He's also studied under IO Chicago's Jeff Griggs, and IO West's Doug Sarine, as part of the Dirty South Improv Festival 2008.
Wayne Molinski: In September of two thousand five, Wayne stood naked and nervous as to what direction he wanted his life to go. Then in a blinding flash of obviosity, longform improv rose up and said "I may just look like a path for now but if you choose to follow me I will turn into a road." So Wayne followed and a road it did become.
Paloma Nunez: Paloma Nunez has been studying and performing improv for over 6 years! She is in love with it and has travelled across North America to study with Dave Razowsky (Second City Los Angeles), Joe Bill & Mark Sutton, Bill Arnett, Jason Chin, Rachel Mason and more (IO Chicago).
Kevin Whalen: Kevin Whalen has studied and performed improv for more than eight years. Kevin performs with and loves the ITC Harold team Standards+Practices. Kevin also co-produces a swinging improv show called Key Party as well as the homemade movie night freak out known as My Tapes! Kevin can also be seen performing with some of Second City's brightest up and comers every sunday on The Bench.
Kevin Williams: Kevin has spent the past three and half years studying closely with artistic director Kevin Patrick Robbins whom he now performs with on the house team DHARMA. He recently returned from Chicago, where he was studying at the famous iO Theater.
Kevin is the founder and artistic director of the Impatient Theatre Co. and the developer of the ITC Training Centre's core curriculum. He has been a featured instructor at the Chicago Improv Festival and is a lead instructor at the annual North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival.
His highly effective teaching style comes from his incredibly diverse training. He has studied with masters of the craft from all across North America: Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles including such luminaries as Alan Arkin and Micheal Gellman (Second City), Mick Napier and Joe Bill (Annoyance Theatre), Bob Dassie, Craig Cackowski and Noah Gregoropolis (i.O. Theatre) and Todd Stashwick (Burn Manhattan, Hothouse STC). He puts this style to use onstage, in class and as a director/coach.
Amalgamating his various training experiences and lessons into a style that is rooted in character, relationship, truthfulness and authenticity, Kevin has developed a training program that encourages the empowerment of improvisers within the context of group improvisation.
Kevin has taught, coached and directed many of Toronto's top improvisers and comedians. He was the first coach for ITC's first house team Big In Japan and the all-female extravaganza WDWMKR. He has coached and directed performers on Mantown, PROJECTproject, The Sketchersons, the Second City Touring Company, the Second City main stage, and was as a private improv coach for the winner of the CTV show Second City's Next Comedy Legend.
Kevin performs with...