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The Players

Keith Anctil

Keith has been involved in the Maine improv scene for the last 15 years or so. He has taught improv workshops across New England. He has been hanging around on and off stage at The Theater Project for about 20 years. When not performing, teaching, designing or directing, Keith can be found running, kayaking, fishing or gardening, Keith loves to laugh. Laughing is his favorite.

Julia Brown

Hailing from Brunswick, Julia has done it all at The Theater Project: act, write, direct, clean toilets, and shoo away haunted ghosts. This is her first try at Improv and her goal is to laugh even harder than the audience.

Matt Drewette-Card

Matt is a professional educator, podcaster, parent, partner, and pet(s) owner. He loves playing Dungeons and Dragons, guitar, and bad dad jokes (to which he contends there is no such thing as a “bad” dad joke). Matt has been performing with Playing For Laughs since Spring 2022 and is consistently surprised they keep letting him back in the building. Matt can be found playing on-stage and playing on the podcast.

Caleb Fletcher

If Caleb’s love of mathematics, board games, and mythology isn’t voiced with you immediately then it definitely can be overheard in the hallways of Harpswell Coastal Academy. Not only have Caleb’s students endured his jokes for the past 7 years. Mel, Caleb’s lovely wife of 8 years, has also managed to survive the constant onslaught of bits, bad accents, and silly word play.

Cory King

When not busy convincing ne’er do-wells to join him on an epic quest that will either lead to redemption or certain doom, Cory enjoys singing and dancing with their 15-month old Alex, dribbling food on each other’s clothes as we try to hit our mouths, and changing possessive pronouns mid-sentence.Thanks to Beth for being an incredible Mom and partner and for giving me the time to come out and play with the P4L. Also, apologies in advance if I step too far over that line- but we don’t call it Playing for Nods of Approval. Feel free to guffaw.

Sarah Hansen

Sarah started her acting career in 1973 where she had a strong supporting role as the donkey in Bremen town musicians; Longfellow school. She was part of Young People’s Theater from 78-82 learning all she could from Al Miller. Throughout the years Sarah was often seen in skits, plays, or comedy improv with her church family. Now that her kids are grown, Sarah has joined up with the Theater Project again in PFL.

Amanda LaFlamme

Amanda began improvising with Playing for Laughs when it started as online improv workshops. She likes to laugh during scenes and challenge the foremost tenets of improv (yes, AND sometimes no?). She enjoys attempting accents to make her two kids laugh, and has recently taken up running as a hobby. Her knees aren't happy about it.

Abben Maguire

Abben Maguire hails from Richmond Maine and is the oldest of six kids, but not the smartest. If you have ever met someone who is easily confused by such things as loud noises, crowds, and simple instructions, chances are it was Abben. "I've always been interested in performing" says Maguire, "Even as a kid, I used to wait, what's that on the ground? Oh... oh no! [EXPLOSION]" Abben was thirty six years old.

"College Break" Players

Daniel Edgerton-Dickey

Daniel first appeared in the Young Company’s productions of Aladdin and Mathilda about fifteen years ago. He continued acting throughout middle school, high school, and college, and returned to The Theatre Project in fall 2023 as part of Playing for Laughs. His interests include D&D, computer science, video games, and other random interests.

Gabe Tower

Gabriel has been eating food and causing trouble at The Theater Project since he was "younger than 12" according to Amanda. Getting his start in summer camps, later buying his way into positions such as stage manager. Gabe has a limited knowledge of the English alphabet, and when not on stage Gabe is actively attempting to secure food.

Playing For Laughs 2024