Anne Zesiger
Rob Sherman
Michael Woods
Dan Reich
Doug Kassel

 

Full name: Anne Willingham Nachtrieb Zesiger.

Born: Berkeley, CA

Fun facts: 4th generation Californian, used to teach 4th grade, theater improv player, and I like "gear" (electronic equipment, amps, mics...etc)

Sign: Aries

Eyes: Yes

Hair: Yes, and for now it's still brown

Turn ons: My family, playing music with good people, being outdoors

Turn offs: Quibbling

Best gig: Singing the National Anthem at Candlestick Park

Worst gig: Singing solo after Monday Night Football

Pets: Tule our wonderful scuba dog

Favorite Movie: Galaxy Quest

Favorite Teachers: Doug Zesiger and Sister Claire

Worst job ever: Tallying receipts in a stinky loft over a raquetball court. Yuk

Best job ever: Being mom to Katie and Will

Favorite ice cream flavor: Toasted Almond

Wishes: World peace of course.

For more about Anne, click HERE.

 

Full name: Robert - - Sherman

Instrument: Plays Guitar and Sings

Eyes: Slightly myopic

Favorite politician: What?

Favorite Food: If an animal must die, it had better be cooked up right

Why didn't you quit music to become an anaesthesiologist? here is so much anaesthesia around us already. I wish someone could kick a giant bell and wake everyone up. Maybe that's what the music is for.

Isn't conformity calming? No

Dancer, Prancer or Blitzen? Prancer, on a good day. Blitzen checked into rehab.

Favorite Zen Koan: What can you do when you can do nothing?

Quote: "-."

For more about Rob, click HERE.

 

Full Name: Michael Leonard Woods

Born:
Walnut Creek, Ca (4th generation Californian!)

Sign:
Aquarius (as in “the age of,” baby)

Eyes:
Blue with gold flecks

Hair: Calico

TVE Nickname:
Miguel (the Cuban of the group)

Instrument:
Electric Lead Guitar

Cats:
3

Turn-ons:
Groovy chicks, fermented malt-based beverages, walks on the beach not to exceed a reasonable distance

Turn-offs:
War, Bush 43, sprawl, dim sum, yoga

Hobbies:
speaking Spanish with groovy chicas, selling my used guitar gear to Anne

Favorite mode of transportation:
Bicycle

Favorite food:
peanut butter on almost anything

Favorite Imaginary Website: mine

Location of groovy bachelor pad: Haight Ashbury, San Francisco

For more about Michael, click HERE.

 

Full name: Daniel Kevin Reich

Born: Oak Park, IL

Instrument: Hofner bass

Sign: Aquarius (Let the Sun Shine)

Eyes: Astigmatic

Hair: Brown, except the part zapped by radiation

Pet: Ginger the Wonder Dog

TVE Nickname: Purple Hayes

What historical figure would you like to spend an evening with?
Leonardo Da Vinci

What would you do with a million dollars?
Pay off my mortgage

What CDs couldn’t you live without?
Kind of Blue, Miles Davis; Revolver, Beatles; Aja, Steely Dan; Sail Away, Randy Newman; Waiting For Columbus, Little Feat

Turn-ons:
Running, alternative healing, Americana music, Ellen --my soulmate of 29 years

Turn-offs: Huge SUVs, fast food, misguided presidential administrations

Favorite food: Seared scallops on a bed of greens with roasted almonds and vinegarette

If you weren’t a musician, what would you be?
A busier graphic designer

What is the most inane question you’ve ever been asked?
Dad, can I have a Ferrari?

For more about Dan, click HERE.

 

Full name: Douglas James Kassel

TVE nickname: Moulty

Born: Chicago, IL

Sign: Libra (Fair & Balanced)

Favorite alloy: Tungsten

Favorite stop on the TVE World Tour: Lapland (1st Runner up: Minneola)

Favorite childhood hangouts: The Second City, triple-feature horror matinees, my mind

Favorite teachers and mentors: Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, William Russo, Cliff Osmond, Joe Morello

Favorite piano-playing jazz legend relative: Marian McPartland

Favorite Chicago '60s bands (that I was actually in): Wilderness Road, The Free Theater

Years spent onstage with Flash Family Improvisational Theater: 127

The best: Lisa

Turn-ons: Music, film, pesto, zin, the Jazzschool, Netflix, Green Cine, Those Improv Guys

Turn-offs: Narcolepsy, terrorism, fascism (imported or domestic) hypothermia, gout, and really long walks on the beach.

For more about Doug, click HERE.