Jes Coe

With her improv training wheels still attached, Jes Coe (not to be confused with Jess Co) is scientifically testing whether "yes, and" can rewire her brain. Since July 2023, she's been stumbling through scenes on the Mornington Peninsula in Australia, initially joining Improv for Life because she thought it was a self-help seminar about living spontaneously. Turns out, it was actually improv comedy, but she stayed anyway.

In December 2023, she leveled up by joining The Radical Agreement project, presumably because one improv group wasn't enough chaos for her ADHD brain. She claims she's doing improv to improve her communication skills and prevent Alzheimer's, but we all know it's really because she's tired of her university students falling asleep during her management lectures. Her secret dream of being funny remains a work in progress, though her students' blank stares and polite coughs during class suggest this might be a lost cause. She perseveres because no one has walked out or egged her in class (yet).

When not trying to remember the golden rules of improv (like "don't plan ahead" - which her ADHD brain absolutely loves), she can be found actively listening to everything except her husband telling her to add something to the grocery list and being completely present in every moment except when it's her turn in a scene.