Jill Bernard

Education Director

Jill is an  internationally recognized improvisational theater performer and instructor. She began in 1993 with ComedySportz-Twin Cities, and was on the ComedySportz world championship team in 2004 and 2009. She has taught and performed in over 40 improv festivals in the US, Norway, Australia and Canada, and on an episode of MTV “Made.”

Her experience includes the Scrimshaw Brothers’ of “Look Ma, No Pants” (1999 – 2003), the Second City Training Center’s DeMatt Showcase ensemble “StoryBox,” (2003 – 2004) and her critically-acclaimed award-winning solo show “Drum Machine.”  She is also one-half of the duo SCRAM with Joe Bill of the Annoyance Theater.  Jill has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from the University of Minnesota (1998) and an Artistic Associate of the Chicago Improv Festival, she has studied at the Annoyance Theater, Improv Olympic, the Brave New Workshop and other organizations; and is the recipient of the 2005 Chicago Improv Festival Avery Schreiber Ambassador of Improv Award, and the 2007 Miami Improv Festival award for Best Solo Show. She was also the winner, in January 2000, of the Executive Vice President Award for outstanding contribution to Human Resources, the highest award in the American Express Human Resources function. She’s also the voice of God, the Holy Ghost, the Virgin Mary and other religious figures in a series of confirmation videos for Sparkhouse.

Jill is responsible for education and is the bookkeeping contact for HUGE Theater.