the Collective



	Forest Gibson	Member Since: 2005

	Born and raised in Yakima Wa, Forest can spot a bad apple from 100 yards away. After high-school he spent a difficult and character building 7 months in Germany. As well as being involved in the Collective he is a founder of The Department, UW's premier sketch comedy group as well as Assistant Director of UW's Film Club. He can't wait until the weather gets better so he can start to jump-stilt around.

	Jon Axell	Member Since: 2004

Despite a birth locale of Arizona, Jon has always lived in the greater Seattle area and roots for its football and baseball teams. Jon is currently majoring in English and has developed a keen eye for funny things in your life (yes, you) as well a firm hand when it comes to basic punctuation. Jon likes and respects women, the sea, forests, and the Ghostbusters, and enjoys the construction of rafts and forts, for they most certainly lead to Adventure.

	Derek Lettman	Member Since: 2004

	Derek cannot live without a nap, and cannot nap without being alive. His existence is a vicious circle of napping and living, broken only by the unyielding crack of the surveyors protractor. He hopes to one day break the paper tape of his oppression and shine like a gaseous supernova hurdling through space at an apparent standstill.

	Chelsea Pearson	Member Since: 2006

Chelsea Pearson is from Las Vegas, she finally found rain in the desert by, well just moving here to Seattle. She participated on her high school's improv team and is thrilled to now be a member of the Collective. She likes the color pink, her family and friends, being ridiculously crazy and random, remembering useless facts, compulsive shopping and eating.

	Holly Nichols	Member Since: 2004

	There is nothing that cannot be said about Holly, but like so many things in life, her presence says more about her than words could ever do justice. You'll just have to see her for yourself.

	Steve Minor	Member Since: 2005

Steve rides a red bicycle. Maybe you've seen him.

	Sophie Jacobs	Member Since: 2004

	Sophie Jacobs is an obsessive lover of musicals, and more often than not you will find her listening to one. In the time she spends not with The Collective, she hangs out with friends, family, and her homework. Usually her homework. She will talk about anything and everything in excess so feel free to strike up a conversation.

	Katrina Hamilton	Member Since: 2004

Katrina as drama major with intentions to also major in dance. While Katrina has no problems talking about herself in large groups or to strangers, she is not very adept at writing short biographies about herself. Katrina enjoys recycling, the way her last name looks when spelled out in Russian, and talking in the third person. She is often refered to in groups as "the funny one," and is quite happy about it.

	Tom Heasley	Member Since: 2004

	Tom Heasley is an actor, improviser, dancer, and all-around performance master. When he's not stage managing one show or performing in another, he's... well, he's always doing those.

	Lucy Burnett	Member Since: 2005

Lucy Burnett is often married, getting married, or preparing to wed. In her time off, she enjoys picnicing, the planning of picnics, the preparation and documentation of picnics, and the general betterment of the world. She is co-author of the Encyclopaedia Picnanica, available soon in picnic outlets worldwide.

	Rob Whitehead	Member Since: 2006

	Mr. Robert Whitehead is not really the man you think he is, although he and that man do share some common, fundamental characteristics. The primary difference is that, while the man you think he is is in your head, Rob is generally found outside of people's cranial space; usually he inhabits a corporeal presence in the vicinity of the planet's surface.

	Megan Turner	Member Since: 2004

PowerHouse host Megan Turner is ready to rock your soul to the heart of your feet, and has the medical training to inject you with awesome while taking your reading. Naysayers beware, she won't take nay for an answer.

	Justin Tanner	Member Since: 2006

	Bad guys and innocent bystanders beware, Justin is here and will stop at nothing to accomplish his goals. He is part man, part machine, and 110% full of ass-kicking power. How is that possible? Well, maybe you should ask him the next time you see him. If you survive the encounter in a better-than-liquid state, please share with us how you did it.

	Alexandra Larsson	Member Since: 2004

In addition to her involvement with the Collective, Alexandra is a member of the UW Guatemala Project, Film Club, and a Volunteer with local High Schools and Theater for Youth. When Alexandra is not doing extra curricular activities she works on her double degree in Theater and History. She also loves her family very much!

	Tara Miller	Member Since: 2004

	Tara Miller is co-director of The Collective, Director of Film Club, and an RA in McMahon Hall. In her free time, she enjoys watching The Office while knitting, sewing, and drinking soy banana hot chocolates.

	Anthony van Winkle	Member Since: 2001

Technical Director Anthony van Winkle has been with the Collective since the late Triassic period, and works on occasion with the Undergraduate Theater Society at UW, and Wing-It Productions at the Historic University Theater. He is an expert theater and computer technician, an avid film buff, and enjoys living in Central Europe. On occasion, his existence is called into question, but he generally disregards such ideas as trivial.