From left to right: Alex Hatz, Jim Annan, Rob Baker, Jan Caruana

Jim Annan is very excited to be joining the About An Hour cast, as well as making his Toronto Fringe debut.  Jim is a recent alumnus of The Second City Mainstage where he wrote four shows including Tazed And Confused, Facebook Of Revelations, Tip Of  The Melting Iceberg, and Bird Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Dora and Canadian Comedy Award nominee).  Film and T.V. credits include: The Incredible Hulk, One Week, Talk To Me, Billable Hours, and G-Spot.

Rob Baker is an actor, improviser and writer originally from East Vancouver. He is a member of the Second City National Touring Company and has toured across Canada with them. Recent comedy highlights include Show Stopping Number: The Improvised Musical  and Dreadwood. Recent theatre highlights include Where the Wild Things Are at Rhubarb Festival and Ubu Roi at the Toronto Fringe 2007.

Jan Caruana has been acting, writing and directing for over 10 years, but improvising is what she loves best. A graduate of the University of Toronto/Sheridan College Theatre and Drama Studies program, Jan began training as an improviser in 2001. She is a producer and performer in the critically acclaimed hit Sass and the City, and has performed with groups at festivals in Toronto, across Eastern Canada,  Chicago and San Francisco, Miami and Vancouver. She is also very proud to be a member of the Canadian Comedy Award winning show Monkey Toast. Recently, Jan directed Show Stopping Number (a fully improvised musical) for the Toronto Fringe Festival and it was chosen to be part of the Best of the Fringe Festival at the Diesel Playhouse. Jan was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award for her work with the musical improv troupe The Lambchops in 2003 and for Best Female Improviser in 2007. She can also be seen in 2003's hit film Mean Girls and every now and again on Much Music. Jan is thrilled to be performing About An Hour at the Toronto Fringe with some of her favourite people.

Alex Hatz is an actor, improviser and filmmaker. He has appeared in many memorable TV commercials, and improvises regularly at the Bad Dog Theatre. Recent comedy highlights include The Jane Show, Globehead and Dreadwood.

Lisa Merchant is an actor, improvisor, producer, instructor, corporate facilitator, who has been improvising/ performing for over 20 years and teaching for over 16 years.  She is a three time Canadian Comedy Award winner.  She created and produced Toronto’s longest running comedy festival, March of Dames, for 10 years.  Some of Lisa’s television credits include: Train 48, Listen Missy, Go Girl!, Just For Laughs Improv Championships, to name a few.  Lisa was a founding member of the comedy troupe, The Chumps, who improvised a weekly radio show on the CBC.  Currently, Lisa teaches at The Second City and The Bad Dog Theatre.  She will, once again, be teaching at The Haliburton School of the Arts in July 2008.  Lisa is a Corporate Facilitator for The Second City Communications.  She performs bi-weekly in Monkey Toast at the Gladstone Hotel, various shows at The Bad Dog Theatre and The Dragons of Comedy.