Players
Aleks Ignjatovic
Actor
Aleks began studying improv in 2005 and has been wildly passionate about creating crazy characters and taking scenes to unknown places ever since! He's been performing with Quick Wits since 2012 , and his love of comedy has really been strengthened by the wonderful performers, off-stage Wits, and the audience that comes to see us perform every weekend! He is also a part of the 3-man act, Brainal Probe. When Aleks isn't on stage, you can find him on YouTube (AleksSuks TV) or watching something with his wife and dog.
Andrew Martin
Actor Andrew Martin used to watch Quick Wits from the audience, but now he plays with them! Andrew has been performing on stage for years, but it wasn't until 2010 when he discovered Improv, and wouldn't be until he became a part of SLCC's very first Improv team where he actually started to adapt to the stage, he now likes to think of it as his main form of acting. His humor is wild, his laughter breaks eardrums, his smile shines throughout the room. "If I've made you laugh at least once, I've done my job." It's hard to find something he won't laugh at, but that's how you can tell he's having a great time!
Ben Brinton
Actor 
Ben Brinton is a "Quick Wits" member for over 10 years now. He’s also apart of several Salt Lake theater and film community as actor/musician/props maker/baker/bar-hand/fight choreographer/ and vocal/guitar/acting teacher. His credits includes: Romeo and Juliet, Mad Pirate and the Mermaid (MA). Utah credits include: Taming of the Shrew, Cabaret, Caroline of Change, West Side Story, Footloose, Assassins, Evita, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Enchanted April,Two Rooms, Knock your Socks Off, Laughing Stock (OBT), Off the Wall (Ogden), Quick Wits, and Off the Cuff (Cedar City).
Blake Heywood
Actor / Graphic Designer
Quick Wits' resident Fat Man Do. My name is Blake True Heywood. Many years ago, contrary to popular belief, I was born. Shortly after, I was making people laugh and have been ever since. I've been a part of Quick Wits for 29 years and an active member for the past 3. When I’m on stage I feel like I’m flying and that’s why I never go skateboarding. I’m currently the President, founder, co-founder, sultan, and king of BTrue Design, my own personal freelance graphic design company. Check out my stuff, and if you like it I can probably brew up something for you too! It could happen! I dedicate all my shows to my wife Breckon and two sons Britain and Brigham. My family is the real bomb diggity! They make me laugh a whole bunch. I’m eternally grateful for them! They are my precious! So, that’s me! I laugh. I design. I love me my fam. Eat it!
Bob Bedore
Actor / Owner
Bob has been called the Godfather of Utah Improv. He formed "Quick Wits" in October of 1994 and has been performing steadily with the troupe nearly every weekend since then. He teaches improv whenever he can and has two books on the subject. Bob has spent many years of constant performing in such mediums as Theatre, Radio, Television, Commercials, Stand Up, and even a few Movies. Bob hosted a live children’s show on KSL for two years with Eric Jensen (Operation Fit Kids) and still shows up on the small screen from time to time.Bob was a founder of the Off Broadway Theatre and continues his love of theatre by sitting on, and helping out, with different theatre boards in Utah. He is an award winning instructor of various theatre techniques and is sought out by high schools for his "Theatre Combat" training. When he’s not doing theatre is happy to play with his kids and try to get some writing done. He also sleeps in a Cryogenic Chamber to keep his youthful appearance. No one knows exactly how old he is, but his performing has spanned five different decades.
Brittany Breed Borgersen
Actor
Brittany Breed Borgersen has been performing professionally since preschool and is a big fan of alliteration... Hailing from Las Vegas and LA, Brittany is a graduate of USC and BYU Law and is an uber nerd. Singing, acting, and improv are her game and Mama is her name to a 3 year old, dino-obsessed boy named Beckham! She lives with her husband and son in Draper.
Brittney Nielson
Actor Brittney is a female. She is sometimes funny. It is for these two reasons that she continues to get stage time. Outside of the Quick Wits world she also been sighted with Troops that must not be named. As far as we know, when she isn't on stage here she evaporates back into the ether. Actor, Singer, Writer, Podcaster, Cartoon look-a-like and Bacon enthusiast.
Cameron Stewart
Actor Cameron started playing "Quick Wits" in 2000 primarily to celebrate our survival of Y2K and pick up on chicks. Successfully a year later, he married his favorite chick and had four children, one on purpose.Self-annointed as "Quick Wits" most handsome player, he takes that responsibility very seriously, by striving to get more pale, body hair, and "flesh cushion" as he’s matured. Cameron’s other personalities sneak out from time to time, including Harold Winthrop III, lovable Spencer, Jonny Goodfellow, Professor Lampart, and Manuel. He loves him some Newlywed Game, Accents, Caruso, Pickup Lines, Missing Shakespeare, and Mousetrap. However, don’t ever count on him to lead in a song, so that everybody wins."Quick Wits" has always been Cameron’s release from playing grown up (give or take) and business tycoon (give or take) during the week. "Quick Wits" has also been the dysfunctional family he’s always dreamed of, but couldn’t legally have.
Chase Dickerson
Actor Chase Dickerson started doing improv comedy back in 2012 at The Off Broadway Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City. There, Chase took several improv classes and participated in over a dozen of the theatre's signature parody plays to hone his acting and comedic skills. Today, Chase is a member of several improvisational comedy troupes in the Salt Lake valley. Chase enjoys the collaboration and creativeness of improv, as well as the great friends he gets to laugh and play with.
Collin Williams
Actor
Born into a biracial family, Collin quickly realized he had to embrace diversity or go crazy. Choosing the former (the jury's still out on the crazy part), he learned to make fun of his differences while developing a unique brand of comedy. Collin's humor manages to artfully touch on areas usually considered taboo, letting him cover topics that most are afraid to tackle.Since first starting comedy when he was just 15, Collin has come a long way. His unique adoption of dark comedy has allowed him to perform across North America and Europe at clubs, colleges and even a stadium. His humor proves irresistible to audiences, earning him as well as a position as Niantic's lead live broadcaster for 2016, a nomination as one of Utah's top comedians, and various other accolades.His "My Suicide Note" tour is currently traveling across the United States. His full website for comedy, music, photography and Ingress can be found at comiccollin.com.
Drew Keddington
Actor
Drew started performing with "Quick Wits" in 1999 at Off Broadway Theatre. Besides Bob Bedore, Drew has been performing with "Quick Wits" longer than any other actor. The challenge of a new style of acting is what drew Drew to the improv stage. In spite of being inherently shy, Drew really knows how to draw a crowd. Just don’t ask him to be funny off stage! Drew taught theatre arts at Realms of Inquiry private school, and has directed numerous types of productions throughout Utah. Drew draws laughs with his quirky unrefined style of acting, and never takes acting too serious, after all what is serious about making people laugh!? As Drew draws upon almost 15 years of "Quick Wits" memories the one memory he says stands out the most is when Drew along with Bob Bedore and Russ McBride brought the house down as they won an improv competition performing a game called Rock Opera. Their performance was described as though "they mashed a performance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and old school Guns N’ Roses together." As always Drew would like to thank his two number 1 fans Natalie and Ericka.
Jacob Harenberg
Actor
Jake did not do theatre in high school; in fact he didn’t grace the stage until the ripe year of 2008. He was "scenery" in Much Ado about Nothing. He has been perfecting his art of transforming into bushes, shrubbery, and other such topiaries since then.Jake has been doing improv for about 7 years, so he’s kind of a lightweight compared to all these amazing performers at "Quick Wits". He is glad to call this stage home and hopes to continue his shenanigans here until his... well dying day is a big commitment... let’s just say the foreseeable future, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Jason Wild
Actor / Podcast Director Jason is the local creeper. His van has no windows, but always has a free candy sign on the side. When you come to "Quick Wits", walk in pairs. Jason can sense fear and is always lurking in the shadows.
Jesse Markus
Actor While Jesse has been doing improv since 2008, he has been playing with Quick Wits since 2011. In addition to performing with Quick Wits, he also performs with a handful of troupes around Utah and has taught workshops on improv and communication at locations from CenterPoint Legacy Theatre all the way down to Dixie State University. He is also a founding board member of the widely lauded Wasatch Improv Festival. He has teamed up with fellow Quick Wit, Michael Haycock to form "Murder Fairy & Arson Leprechaun," an award winning (Vegas IF 2019 "Audience Choice) improv comedy duo that has used their special improv format to entertain folks at festivals and private events in multiple US states.When he isn't waist-deep in improv, Jesse enjoys drawing, chugging coffee, animating, cooking, bullwhip tricks, chugging coffee, monkeying around on harmonica/piano, and shoehorning Halloween into unrelated holiday affairs... He also enjoys chugging coffee.
Joel Hilton
Actor Joel has been a fan of "Quick Wits" since the late 90s. He was finally able to join the troupe in the summer of 2001. Since that time, he graduated from BYU, got married and created offspring – all because of his amazing improv skills. Joel is a Pisces, and his favorite improv games include Hecklers, Jip-Parody, Bucket of Water, The Newlywed Game, Accents, Murder Mystery and Foreign Movie Dub. He believes that Mouse Trap was invented by sadists, and Scene in Reverse hurts his head. He is also intimidated by singing games. If there were a color to describe Joel, it would be turquoise. He hates pineapple. He loves movies, Halloween and his family.**Not necessarily in that order.
Jonathan Tate
Actor
Jon improvs. Jon lifts weights.
Jourdan Dixon
Actor / Web Developer
When Jourdan isn't on stage or playing piano he's busy being a nerd in a much more traditional sense. He's a Business Intelligence Developer, the Web Developer for Quick Wits Comedy which includes everything from the website to the QWapp and codes for fun aside from all that. He loves learning. Of course in improv, music and computer science but has even gone on wilderness survival courses and challenges, learned how to tie fishing flies, wrote "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: The SeaQuel" in 2006 for Desert Star Theatre and even learned calligraphy. When he finds something he wants to know, he pushes to make it happen.
Melissa Singleton
Actor
Melissa is a Storyteller, an Artist and a Clumsy Romantic. She is afraid of Velociraptors and if she summed up her life in one line she would die of embarrassment. Melissa moved to Salt Lake in 2007 and is thrilled to be part of the Improv community here. Melissa has performed Improv for over a decade with Comedy Sports, Family Jewels, Off the Cuff, And Go!, Quick Wits, and Laughing Stock. She has a Theater degree from SUU, has taught, directed, designed, and costumed theater all over Utah and is a motivational speaker for Women’s groups. She will do anything for a two-dollar bill, doesn’t know the words to any song but she is hailed among nations for being able to turn a Styrofoam cup inside out--without breaking it, of course.
Michael Haycock
Actor Michael Haycock started his improv journey in 2009. He can be found playing with multiple local teams but his main home is with the Quick Wits family. Known best for his awkward confidence on stage, Michael is also an established improv instructor, and is a founding member of the Wasatch Improv Festival.
Rob Ferre
Actor Rob first graced the QW stage in 2011 while the troupe played at the Midvale Main Street Theater. Since then, Rob has found his niche as the guy in QW who actually combs his hair and on occasion wears a tie. When you are not seeing Rob on stage he is managing celebrations of life with his company Life of the Party. www.Life-of-the-Party.com.
Talitha Hanks
Actor Talitha has dreamed of being a Quick Wit since she went to a show in high school like 15 years ago...wow she is getting old she just realized. She is also uncomfortable bragging about herself, but that being said, she is pretty awesome. She sings, acts, models, and mothers her 5 kids in addition to being funny. She is married to the less-famous-albeit-hot-ginger Tom Hanks. She founded the wildly popular Improv group "Laugh Out Loud" at BYU and has played for a few other troops before finding her home with us. Her favorite stage role was Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors with the best director ever, Bradford Garrison. You can see her modeling glasses on her cable tv commercial, and she also appeared on Fox's American Idol three different seasons! She thinks that's enough said...until her new tv show comes out but that is still hush hush 😉 When you come, you should laugh at her or she will throw poopy diapers at you.
ANDREW MARTIN
Andrew Martin used to watch Quick Wits from the audience, but now he plays with them! Andrew has been performing on stage for years, but it wasn't until 2010 when he discovered Improv, and wouldn't be until he became a part of SLCC's very first Improv team where he actually started to adapt to the stage, he now likes to think of it as his main form of acting. His humor is wild, his laughter breaks eardrums, his smile shines throughout the room. "If I've made you laugh at least once, I've done my job." It's hard to find something he won't laugh at, but that's how you can tell he's having a great time!
ALEKS IGNJATOVIC
Aleks began studying improv in 2005 and has been wildly passionate about creating crazy characters and taking scenes to unknown places ever since! He's been performing with Quick Wits since 2012 , and his love of comedy has really been strengthened by the wonderful performers, off-stage Wits, and the audience that comes to see us perform every weekend! He is also a part of the 3-man act, Brainal Probe. When Aleks isn't on stage, you can find him on YouTube (AleksSuks TV) or watching something with his wife and dog.
BEN BRINTON
Ben Brinton is a "Quick Wits" member for over 10 years now. He’s also apart of several Salt Lake theater and film community as actor/musician/props maker/baker/bar-hand/fight choreographer/ and vocal/guitar/acting teacher. His credits includes: Romeo and Juliet, Mad Pirate and the Mermaid (MA). Utah credits include: Taming of the Shrew, Cabaret, Caroline of Change, West Side Story, Footloose, Assassins, Evita, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Enchanted April,Two Rooms, Knock your Socks Off, Laughing Stock (OBT), Off the Wall (Ogden), Quick Wits, and Off the Cuff (Cedar City).
BLAKE HEYWOOD
Quick Wits' resident Fat Man Do. My name is Blake True Heywood. Many years ago, contrary to popular belief, I was born. Shortly after, I was making people laugh and have been ever since. I've been a part of Quick Wits for 29 years and an active member for the past 3. When I’m on stage I feel like I’m flying and that’s why I never go skateboarding. I’m currently the President, founder, co-founder, sultan, and king of BTrue Design, my own personal freelance graphic design company. Check out my stuff, and if you like it I can probably brew up something for you too! It could happen! I dedicate all my shows to my wife Breckon and two sons Britain and Brigham. My family is the real bomb diggity! They make me laugh a whole bunch. I’m eternally grateful for them! They are my precious! So, that’s me! I laugh. I design. I love me my fam. Eat it!
BOB BEDORE
Bob has been called the Godfather of Utah Improv. He formed "Quick Wits" in October of 1994 and has been performing steadily with the troupe nearly every weekend since then. He teaches improv whenever he can and has two books on the subject. Bob has spent many years of constant performing in such mediums as Theatre, Radio, Television, Commercials, Stand Up, and even a few Movies. Bob hosted a live children’s show on KSL for two years with Eric Jensen (Operation Fit Kids) and still shows up on the small screen from time to time.
Bob was a founder of the Off Broadway Theatre and continues his love of theatre by sitting on, and helping out, with different theatre boards in Utah. He is an award winning instructor of various theatre techniques and is sought out by high schools for his "Theatre Combat" training. When he’s not doing theatre is happy to play with his kids and try to get some writing done. He also sleeps in a Cryogenic Chamber to keep his youthful appearance. No one knows exactly how old he is, but his performing has spanned five different decades.
BRITTANY BREED BORGERSEN
Brittany Breed Borgersen has been performing professionally since preschool and is a big fan of alliteration... Hailing from Las Vegas and LA, Brittany is a graduate of USC and BYU Law and is an uber nerd. Singing, acting, and improv are her game and Mama is her name to a 3 year old, dino-obsessed boy named Beckham! She lives with her husband and son in Draper.
BRITTNEY NIELSON
Brittney is a female. She is sometimes funny. It is for these two reasons that she continues to get stage time. Outside of the Quick Wits world she also been sighted with Troops that must not be named. As far as we know, when she isn't on stage here she evaporates back into the ether. Actor, Singer, Writer, Podcaster, Cartoon look-a-like and Bacon enthusiast.
CAMERON STEWART
Cameron started playing "Quick Wits" in 2000 primarily to celebrate our survival of Y2K and pick up on chicks. Successfully a year later, he married his favorite chick and had four children, one on purpose.Self-annointed as "Quick Wits" most handsome player, he takes that responsibility very seriously, by striving to get more pale, body hair, and "flesh cushion" as he’s matured. Cameron’s other personalities sneak out from time to time, including Harold Winthrop III, lovable Spencer, Jonny Goodfellow, Professor Lampart, and Manuel. He loves him some Newlywed Game, Accents, Caruso, Pickup Lines, Missing Shakespeare, and Mousetrap. However, don’t ever count on him to lead in a song, so that everybody wins."Quick Wits" has always been Cameron’s release from playing grown up (give or take) and business tycoon (give or take) during the week. "Quick Wits" has also been the dysfunctional family he’s always dreamed of, but couldn’t legally have.
CHASE DICKERSON
Chase Dickerson started doing improv comedy back in 2012 at The Off Broadway Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City. There, Chase took several improv classes and participated in over a dozen of the theatre's signature parody plays to hone his acting and comedic skills. Today, Chase is a member of several improvisational comedy troupes in the Salt Lake valley. Chase enjoys the collaboration and creativeness of improv, as well as the great friends he gets to laugh and play with.
COLLIN WILLIAMS
Born into a biracial family, Collin quickly realized he had to embrace diversity or go crazy. Choosing the former (the jury's still out on the crazy part), he learned to make fun of his differences while developing a unique brand of comedy. Collin's humor manages to artfully touch on areas usually considered taboo, letting him cover topics that most are afraid to tackle.Since first starting comedy when he was just 15, Collin has come a long way. His unique adoption of dark comedy has allowed him to perform across North America and Europe at clubs, colleges and even a stadium. His humor proves irresistible to audiences, earning him as well as a position as Niantic's lead live broadcaster for 2016, a nomination as one of Utah's top comedians, and various other accolades.His "My Suicide Note" tour is currently traveling across the United States. His full website for comedy, music, photography and Ingress can be found at comiccollin.com.
DREW KEDDINGTON
Drew started performing with "Quick Wits" in 1999 at Off Broadway Theatre. Besides Bob Bedore, Drew has been performing with "Quick Wits" longer than any other actor. The challenge of a new style of acting is what drew Drew to the improv stage. In spite of being inherently shy, Drew really knows how to draw a crowd. Just don’t ask him to be funny off stage! Drew taught theatre arts at Realms of Inquiry private school, and has directed numerous types of productions throughout Utah. Drew draws laughs with his quirky unrefined style of acting, and never takes acting too serious, after all what is serious about making people laugh!? As Drew draws upon almost 15 years of "Quick Wits" memories the one memory he says stands out the most is when Drew along with Bob Bedore and Russ McBride brought the house down as they won an improv competition performing a game called Rock Opera. Their performance was described as though "they mashed a performance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and old school Guns N’ Roses together." As always Drew would like to thank his two number 1 fans Natalie and Ericka.
JAKE HARENBERG
Jake did not do theatre in high school; in fact he didn’t grace the stage until the ripe year of 2008. He was "scenery" in Much Ado about Nothing. He has been perfecting his art of transforming into bushes, shrubbery, and other such topiaries since then.Jake has been doing improv for about 7 years, so he’s kind of a lightweight compared to all these amazing performers at "Quick Wits". He is glad to call this stage home and hopes to continue his shenanigans here until his... well dying day is a big commitment... let’s just say the foreseeable future, if you’re into that sort of thing.
JASON WILD
Jason is the local creeper. His van has no windows, but always has a free candy sign on the side. When you come to "Quick Wits", walk in pairs. Jason can sense fear and is always lurking in the shadows.
JESSE MARKUS
While Jesse has been doing improv since 2008, he has been playing with Quick Wits since 2011. In addition to performing with Quick Wits, he also performs with a handful of troupes around Utah and has taught workshops on improv and communication at locations from CenterPoint Legacy Theatre all the way down to Dixie State University. He is also a founding board member of the widely lauded Wasatch Improv Festival. He has teamed up with fellow Quick Wit, Michael Haycock to form "Murder Fairy & Arson Leprechaun," an award winning (Vegas IF 2019 "Audience Choice) improv comedy duo that has used their special improv format to entertain folks at festivals and private events in multiple US states.
When he isn't waist-deep in improv, Jesse enjoys drawing, chugging coffee, animating, cooking, bullwhip tricks, chugging coffee, monkeying around on harmonica/piano, and shoehorning Halloween into unrelated holiday affairs... He also enjoys chugging coffee.
