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Bribe the Director Big Dumb Babies presents a brand new show for the 2025 Edmonton Fringe Festival! Pay us off and call the shots. This improv show is for sale...

Page 132 in the Fringe Festival Guide, for all you hard cores who get the physical book.For those of you who prefer elec...
07/31/2025

Page 132 in the Fringe Festival Guide, for all you hard cores who get the physical book.

For those of you who prefer electronic, you can see our dates and times here:

https://tickets.fringetheatre.ca/event/601:6560/

Next week, this link goes even more live so you can consider working our silly little show into your Fringe schedule and buy some tickets.

07/20/2025

We have the funniest sponsors!!!

Meet the cast!Last up is our Director, Paul:Paul Welke (he/him) is a lawyer by day, and an actor/improviser by night. Re...
07/18/2025

Meet the cast!

Last up is our Director, Paul:

Paul Welke (he/him) is a lawyer by day, and an actor/improviser by night. Recent appearances include The Madwoman of Chaillot and Laughing Stock (both with Players de Novo), Under the Radar (Mixtape Improv), King of the Hill (Grindstone Theatre) and Maestro (Rapid Fire Theatre). This is Paul's second Fringe show, having appeared in Spin Cycle (Typecast Anonymous Productions/Prairie Strange Productions) last year.

This is his first time producing a Fringe show, and he really hopes that he's not messing it up too bad. But really, if anything goes wrong, he'll probably just blame it on the cast.

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Meet the cast!Today, it's Ryan:Ryan Verveda (he/him) is a Civil Estimator who also doubles as a Project Coordinator. Aft...
07/17/2025

Meet the cast!

Today, it's Ryan:

Ryan Verveda (he/him) is a Civil Estimator who also doubles as a Project Coordinator. After taking some time off from performing to pursue a university degree, Ryan has spent the last few years getting back into improv. His most recent performance was in Under the Radar (Mixtape Improv). The Fringe Festival has played a large role in Ryan’s rediscovery of improv and he is excited to get to take part in his first show this year.

Outside of improv, you can find Ryan hanging out with his friends either watching the Oilers or playing board games. Ryan also enjoys watching various live shows around Edmonton.

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Meet the Cast!Today, we are introducing Brooke, who handles a lot of the troupe's design stuff when she's not onstage.Br...
07/16/2025

Meet the Cast!

Today, we are introducing Brooke, who handles a lot of the troupe's design stuff when she's not onstage.

Brooke Rose (she/her) is a fundraiser by trade and a passionate charity nerd about improving the health of folks around the world. As a lifelong fan of the improv world (and attention-seeking middle child), she ventured into performing two years ago through classes at Grindstone Theatre and Rapid Fire Theatre. Edmonton born and raised, the Fringe has played a big role in Brooke’s life as her favorite festival in the city with hands down, the best beer gardens.

When not meeting with donors in the community or performing on stage, Brooke can be found relishing in her role as Aunty B, hitting Plaza Bowling with her bowling team or sneaking in another trip overseas.

IG: brookeroseyeg

Meet the Cast:Today, we're introducing you to Shawn!Shawn Miller works as a project manager by trade. He is also a regis...
07/15/2025

Meet the Cast:

Today, we're introducing you to Shawn!

Shawn Miller works as a project manager by trade. He is also a registered SCUBA and First Aid instructor and loves to teach. Improv has been an interest for him for years now, and he has been working on honing his skills. In high school and his early 20’s, he worked in theater and was in a variety of Fringe shows, none of which he remembers the name of.

He recently appeared in Under the Radar (Mixtape Improv).

Other interests include coaching community soccer, teaching/playing electric guitar and riding his motorcycle whenever possible .

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Let's meet our cast!First up, is Tara...Tara Seibert (she/her) is a Practice Facilitator by day. A longtime fan of live ...
07/14/2025

Let's meet our cast!

First up, is Tara...

Tara Seibert (she/her) is a Practice Facilitator by day. A longtime fan of live improv, she was inspired to challenge her fear of failure and give it a go! Recent improv based performances include Mixtape, Under the Radar (Mixtape Improv), Academy Showcases with Rapid Fire Theatre and Musical Improv Showcases with the Grindstone Theatre School. This will be Tara’s first time being on the other side of the audience at the Fringe.

When Tara is not putting the “improv” in “quality improvement”, she is an enthusiastic patron of a wide variety of live art forms, and enjoys adventures on foot, bicycle, skates, skis, snowshoes, water, and her yoga mat.

IG: pterodactylponders

We are SO excited to be a part of this festival!
07/11/2025

We are SO excited to be a part of this festival!

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