TRUDY   CARMICHAEL  (Portrayed by Robin Rothman) -   Robin is a singer/songwriter who can be seen performing at Potbelly sandwich shops, cafes, improv theaters and bars around the city. She also makes up one-third of the musical improv comedy troupe Triad, one-half of her duo-prov troupe, Pizza Cat and hosts a Musical Improv Mixer every other Tuesday as her alter-ego, Las Vegas Lounge singer,  Trudy   Carmichael  at the Magnet Theater.  She was seen at the Duplex Cabaret Theater last Spring portraying  the role of Beverly Hills housewife turned Troop Leader, Phyllis Nefler in a staged reading of her musical adaptation of the 1989 classic motion picture, Troop Beverly Hills.  Find out more about her and her cat at  www.robinrothman.com !

Trudy Carmichael made her first appearance in the Las Vegas-inspired musical improv revue, The Royal Flushes at The Upright Citizens Brigade in 2005. She continued to perform in comedy and Cabaret Venues around NYC before landing a permanent gig at The Magnet Theater, NYC as the host of the Musical Improv Mixer in 2009 for The First Annual New York Musical Improv Festival, which she still hosts to this day. She has also served as Mistress of Ceremonies for various private and charitable events including Covenant House International, Upper West Side Campaign Against Huger and The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corp Marching Band. Additionally, Trudy has proudly garnered the titles of First Runner-Up in The New York Soul Sensation Competition at New World Stages as well as First Place winner of The Cabaret Show Down at the Kraine Theater.

FRANK SPITZNAGEL (Pianist) is the Musical Director at Magnet Theater and a piano accompanist who frequently plays for such improv groups as I Eat Pandas, Veal, The Made-Up Musical, Gusto, and many others. He is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano performance. His work can be heard on several studio recordings. Frank has composed for Comedy Central and the Aspen Comedy Festival. He accompanied Itzhak Perlman in an original jazz composition by Benny Golson at Lincoln Center. He also played the American premiere of The Hired Man Off-Broadway. He has been musical director for productions such as Nunsense (all incarnations), A Chorus Line, Chicago City Limits, and several original musicals.

STEVE WHYTE - (Percussionist) is a drummer, Moth GrandSlam champion and three-time StorySlam winner as well as a member of the musical improv house team, Goats at the Magnet Theater. In addition to performing with past ensembles, BEEES! College, DAVID! and The Stragglers, he has also performed improvised percussion for Choral Rage, The Made Up Musical and Baby Wants Candy.