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Catherine Carroll Arvay, or CC if you're cool, would literally not exist without theatre, thanks to an outdoor production in North Carolina that occurred 30+ years ago. Since then, she has been in more productions than she can count (in the community as well as in her Alma Maters in both Columbia and Chapel Hill) , but she categorizes her time in the Mothers as what ideal theatre should be: shared artistic collaboration with incredible likeminded individuals, in which each person gets their chance to excel, while simultaneously bolstering others in their theatrical endeavors. Plus, she got to be a bunch of grapes once, and that was fun! When not casually engaging in theatre, CC is usually doing something science related, or making overly elaborate props and Cosplays for Dragoncon, or just waiting on the perfect opportunity to make a pun. You’ve been warned.

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Hayle Barry is excited for a terrific third year in the Mothers! Recent credits include: Gypsy (Town Theatre), Footloose (Workshop Theatre), and Guys & Dolls (Workshop Theatre). She received her BFA in Acting from Coastal Carolina University. She is a silly lil gal.

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Jesse is an improviser, actor and award-winning visual communicator. He brings several years of experience as a previous president of the Overreactors Improv group at USC and actor in numerous USC Theatre productions like The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Rumors, and These Shining Lives. When he’s not on stage, you might catch him on the sideline of a Gamecock athletic event capturing social media content for the USC Alumni Association. IG: @jessebreazeale

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Tony is excited to join the Mothers this season. His interest in improv began after seeing his first Mothers show in 2024, and he's been hooked ever since. Tony loves Dungeons & Dragons and credits it with sparking his interest in improv, his questionable character voices, and preference to roll dice to make significant life decisions.  When forced to earn money for trifling things like food and shelter, he works as an attorney specializing in technology, privacy, and administrative law.

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Grace is so excited for her third year with The Mothers! She’s endlessly grateful that she gets to write and pal around with her insanely talented friends—it is truly her favorite thing in the world. Besides comedy, she loves to do Shakespeare and sing 80’s power ballads (maybe someday, someone will let her do both at once?). Big thanks to family and friends for their continuous support of her creative endeavors!

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Amir Jenkins has been performing with The Mothers across the Southeast for nearly a decade. A performer, writer, and director, Amir draws on his background studying psychology to shape his innovative approach to comedy. His work lives at the intersection of talking about silly things in a serious way and doing serious things in a silly way. A duology, if you will.

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Cameron Muccio is an actor, writer, director, and teaching artist with a BA in theatre from Winthrop University. You may have seen his work on the Trustus Theatre mainstage as Dev in Stupid F*cking Bird or as the assistant director of Dandelion: An Original Musical. Before moving back to his hometown of Columbia in 2023, Cameron performed with a variety of theatre companies throughout the Charlotte area, including Queen City Concerts, Piedmont Players Theatre, and the Queen City New Play Initiative. Currently, he teaches classes at Columbia Children’s Theatre.

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Russell is a writer/performer. He is a part of Lead Deals Productions producing films and podcasts. He has worked with the University of South Carolina’s improv group Toast and the internet sketch group Pasta Robot.

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Julia Vaughn is thrilled to add a Mother's hat to the stack on her head! Julia is from Rochester, NY and attended Long Island University for Musical Theatre and Arts Management. Big thanks to Julia's Mom, who made her.

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Summer's improv journey began at the Backline Theatre in Omaha, NE (2021–2022), where she worked her way through levels 1–3 and was even invited to perform as a paid improviser at the end of level 3 (a whopping $5, but who's counting?). After relocating to the Washington D.C. area in 2022, she continued her training at DC Improv, where she took part in monthly jams, and at the Washington Improv Theater, completing levels 2 and 3. She's also dabbled in stand-up, having taken a comedy writing class in Omaha and performed a set of her own material. Beyond improv, Summer is a lifelong theater nerd with roots in student musical productions.