About Improv Jones

Jonesin since 1992

Mauro Hantman is an actor based in Providence Rhode Island. Since 1999, He has been a member of the resident acting company at Providence's Tony Award winning regional theater, Trinity Rep, where he has performed in over 80 productions. Mauro spent two seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and have performed at The Wallis Annenberg Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Gamm Theatre, and others. Mauro got his MFA from the Trinity Rep Conservatory, and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Mauro was a 2018 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and has narrated many audiobooks.   Mauro was a founding member of Improv Jones and for years ran the Providence Improv Fest.  Mauro grew up in Northern Vermont, and live in Riverside, RI with my two kids and my very devoted cat, Eleanor Shellstrop.

Jonesin since 1999

Casey Seymour Kim is a Rhode Island-based theatre artist who performs on stage and (mostly small & rented) screen – as well asteaches theatre arts at Rhode Island College. She has been with Improv Jones long enough to start questioning everything. Casey loves to act, sing, dance, and improvise. She has performed canonical scripted pieces, as well as devised and written original work and songs. Like any proud Gen Xer, she feels perpetually outside of all societal conversations, and is looking to increase her water intake. 

Jonesin since 2004

Tim Thibodeau is a Pawtucket, Rhode Island native who fell in love with improv after going to a Chicago City Limits improv show while visiting his sister in NYC in 1998. Tim started performing improv on regular basis when he joined Unexpected Company In 2003, In 2004 Tim joined Improv Jones, and helped start the Providence Improv Guild in 2013, which led to him performing 5 to 6 times a week, and had him traveling to improv festivals all over the world.  Tim has trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NYC and has taken workshops and classes from some of the top instructors in the country.  

Tim has been the producer for the Providence Improv Fest since 2014.  During the day time works as a Senior Simulation Specialist and enjoys spending time with his family and 32 dogs.

Jonesin since 2006

Dave Rabinow has been a member of Improv Jones since 2006; he is an improvisor, actor, and musician who has performed locally at Trinity Rep, the Gamm Theatre, the Wilbury Group and with the Empire Revue, RI’s longest-running variety show.  He is a teaching artist with the Gamm, Trinity Rep, and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He also teaches playwriting at Providence College, Rhode Island College, and the University of Rhode Island. He recently released his first record We Had A Good Run, available for streaming/purchase at www.daverabinow.com.

Jonesin since 2012

Kate, an Ohio native, received her B.F.A. in Theater from Ohio University. It was there she found improv and began performing with other students who also didn't have plans on a Saturday night. After graduating she moved to Chicago where she studied improv at iO Chicago (formerly ImprovOlympic) and became an ensemble member of The Curious Theater Branch, a company dedicated to creating and supporting new works. Since moving to Rhode Island, Kate has performed in many groups including Improv Jones (since 2012), Diner Report, Kate and Casey, and many more. Kate also co-founded the comedy theater Wage House in Pawtucket R.I. And has performed in several Dugway Theater productions at FringePVD. She works as a Theater and Improv instructor in Rhode and Massachusetts with both adults and little folks. 

Jonesin since 2023

Jake Goldman is an improviser, writer, and comedian who has been performing on stages in New York City, Boston, and Rhode Island since 2001. His work has been published in the Huffington Post, the New York Press, and his book “Epic Jokes” was published by Cider Mill Press in 2021. His 2020 standup album, I’m Fine, is available at JakeGoldman.bandcamp.com. He is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Improv Jones, one of the first-ever improv groups he ever saw perform, nearly two decades ago.