Opening Night: The Improvised Musical! began in 1998 on the
stage of the Improv Olympic, West - the west coast branch of the
venerable Improv Olympic in Chicago.  Under the leadership of
performer/director Shulie Cowen, the first generation of ON
included performers Wayman Barnes, Bill Chott, Dave Cox,
Derek Miller, Vicki Tarbis & Norm Thoeming with accompaniment
by Dave Adler & Henry Iglesias.  

Since then, the group has enjoyed the talents of several regular cast
members and countless guest performers.
A BRIEF HISTORY
The First Generation to stop dancing long
enough to pose for a group photo:

From  left to right:  

Bill Chott, Dave Cox, Shulie Cowen, Derek
Miller, Paul Vallencourt & Norm Thoeming.
The Second Generation, left to right:

Derek Miller, Norm Thoeming,
Hilary Rowe, Shane Nickerson
& Shulie Cowen.
The Third Generation, left to right:

Jamie Denbo, Derek Miller,
Michael Pollock, Andrew Melton,
Shulie Cowen, Hilary Rowe
& Norm Thoeming.
REGULAR CASTS
The Current Generation, left to right:

Hilary Rowe, Derek Miller,
Joshua Funk, Norm Thoeming,
Shulie Cowen, Andrew Melton
& Michael Pollock.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of friends who have played with us,
but - the following have all appeared in Opening Night shows!

Michael Berson, Jen Carroll, Brian Chenowith, Sean Cowhig, Jeff Drake,
Ronit Feinglass, Mary Pat Ferrell, Lisa Fredrickson, Nyima Funk,
Andy Goldblatt, Jonathan Green, Laura Hall, Eric Hunnicut, Matt Jones,
Keegan Michael-Key, Sami Klein, Bill Larkin, Kerri-Ann Lavin,
Kimberly Lewis, Bill Lippencot, Frank Maciel, Mark McConville,
Joel McCrary, Dan O'Connor, Scott Palmason, Jason Pardo,
Nicole Parker, Cory Rouse, Denny Siegel, Alan Simpson,
Jack Voorhies, Ron West, Gary Anthony Williams & Matt Young.
Just to name a few.
GUEST PERFORMERS