STEVEN ANACKER
Steven Anacker has improvised for over 15 years in New York and San Francisco. Throughout this time, he has been lucky enough to play with the talented folks at Short Order Theatre, BATS Sunday Players, Lila Theatre, Un-Scripted Theater, BoyGirlBoy, The Crew, and others. Steven is thrilled to be performing ShowStopper as a member of twoXfour. Now, let’s make some movies!
DEBRA SCHIFRIN
Debra Schifrin has been performing improv for the better part of a decade and is thrilled to be back on stage with Two X Four. She was a founding member of Washington Improv Theater in DC and performed in Boston with The Tribe. In San Francisco she's performed with BATS Improv, Unscripted Theater Company, The Reactors and The Improv Artists. She has also done corporate training using improv both with ImprovEdge in Chicago and Atlanta and as a private consultant. If you close your eyes you may recognize her voice – she was a reporter for National Public Radio in Washington DC.
MERRILL GRUVER
Merrill Gruver is an actress and improvisor best known as the voice of Karen Carpenter in Todd Haynes'
Superstar. More recently, she appeared in Erika Chong Shuch's Love Everywhere and the Hodgearts film
Reticulum. Merrill is a graduate of BATS Improv and performed regularly with The Sunday Players. She has guested several times with The Un-Scripted Theater Company and currently improvises Shakespeare in San Francisco's parks with Shakespeare's Stepchild. Merrill teaches drama at Peninsula School.
WYNNE HEGARTY
Wynne fell in love with improv after taking a class in 2000. When she’s not playing with Showstoppers, you can see her every Saturday night with the Secret Improv Society. Wynne has performed with several groups including BATS Sunday Players, Synergy Theatre, Double Entendre, Bionic Improv and Running on Improv. She also does scripted theater, as permanent understudy for every role in the Fifth-Grade play at the school where she works.