Directors

Janiece Jary (Minnick)

Director: Giggle Gaggle | Detention Span | The Joynt
Janiece Jary has been performing comedy for over 15 years. Just a few places she's been: Acme Comedy Theatre, the Groundlings, Improv Olympic, The Complex Theatre, Whitmore Lindley, the LAC(yikes), Camp Ronald McDonald, Santa Monica Library, Metro Orange Line, and for countless parties, conventions, corporations, and venues around the Los Angeles and the country.  She is the proud owner of Joy Theatre Company with her husband. Their children's comedy has been featured on CNN, KNBC's Yip Yap, Video On-Demand, City TV's GET OUT!‚ LA PARENT, LA Times, and the Tolucan Times! She is also are proud to have worked on the Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor ride in Disneyworld's Enchanted Kingdom with Josh, her husband of 13 years. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Film and during 6 years working on the other side of the camera, Janiece performed theatre in Texas and Los Angeles. She's a proud member of SAG since 1995 and has a few IMDB credits too which make for some very funny little residual checks now and then. In 2005, She squeezed out a new Minnick and 3 weeks later launched a very successful talent management company, quickly learning the even darker side of Hollywood. About a year after leaving it behind, the Management biz, not the kid, Janiece became the director for Camp J.O.Y. at Kirk O' the Valley Pres and is known as "The Mouth" there. www.janiecejary.com

Josh Minnick

Director: Giggle Gaggle | Detention Span | The Joynt
Handsome, talented, funny. Three things someone wants to say about Josh Minnick. An accomplished improv comedian with over 13 years experience teaching and performing all over Hollywood. Improv Olympic, Acme, Groundlings, LA Connection, etc. Josh and his beautiful wife, Janiece, opened their own Comedy theatre in January 2004, performing each week with kids and teenagers in the Giggle Gaggle Show and Detention Span, Josh has also directed and performed in the last 8 adult comedy shows "The Joynt". An avid guitar player, gentleman sports buff, and loving father, Josh started his career in Seattle Washington. After numerous critically praised turns in school plays, Josh began working with Douglas Dirkson of the Actors Workshop Seattle, and soon landed a role in Mr. Holland's Opus and Mad Love. After graduating, he quickly moved to Los Angeles and has since studied with Margie Haber Studios, Stan Davis, Saxon Trainor, Irene Pinn, Candace Silvers, David Lovejoy, and the Groundlings. Recent television credits include Medium and the commercial "Pulling a Pombo" voted "Dumbest Political Ad in 2006" by the TODAY SHOW. He also wrapped Brother’s War, a film where he played a German Prisoner, accent included. When not performing, directing, or studying Josh enjoys reading ancient history and playing with his daughter Grace, who happens to be the a Giggle Gaggler herself.

Kaore Bonell

Director: The Sunday Funnies | The Joynt
Kaore is awesome. He is the founding director for The Sunday Funnies, done countless shows throughout Los Angeles and is famed for his crying chicken commercial that still makes us pee our pants a little. 

Stephanie Lesh-Farrell

Director: The Sunday Funnies | On Camera Class
Stephanie has been acting and singing professionally since the age of 9. She works as a director, producer and performer. Although she has worked extensively in several improv companies, theatre productions, TV shows and movies. She has been directing and performing comedy and dramatic improv for the past 6 years and looks forward to bringing her experience and love of the craft to the Joy Theatre. Peace out.

Chris Corbin

Director: The Saturday Morning Riots
A California native who attended Hollywood High Magnet school for the arts, Chris comes from a performance family and has been doing improve for over 13 years. Since he was a child he has been performing on stage, film and in his living room. This year Chris coauthored a children’s book “Jamie’s Dream” with his mother Susan Berger.