Hot Thespian Action is a

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...

troupe based out of

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, Manitoba, Canada. They have been nominated three times for "Best Sketch Troupe" at the Canadian Comedy Awards. The group consists of Shannon Guile, Jacqueline Loewen, Garth Merkeley, Ryan Miller, and Jane Testar. They appear yearly at the

Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is an alternative theatre festival held each year for twelve days in July in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. History Founded in 1988 by the Manitoba Theatre Centre with Larry Desrochers as the first Executive ...

, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and many other sketch comedy festivals across North America.

About

Hot Thespian Action began in 2006 in a special studies class in Advanced Mime and Improv at the University of Winnipeg under the tutelage of Rick Skene. The troupe has appeared multiple times at the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival to great acclaim. They have appeared twice in the televised galas at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, first in "The All-Star Super Good Variety Special" in 2011 hosted by Andrea Martin and then in the "Save the World Telethon" in 2012 as

Alan Thicke Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey; March 1, 1947December 13, 2016) was a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is the father of singer Robin Thicke. In 2013, Thicke was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Thicke was be ...

's singing and dancing sidekicks. The troupe is currently working with Emmy and Golden Globe winning producer Kim Todd on a sitcom pilot. HTA has also performed at Toronto SketchFest, SketchFest Seattle, Chicago SketchFest, San Francisco SketchFest, Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival, Saskatoon Fringe Festival, the Edmonton Fringe Festival, and the Canadian Comedy Awards.

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* {{official, http://www.hotthespianaction.com Canadian comedy troupes Sketch comedy troupes Comedy collectives Quintets