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EKPEDEME (PAMAY) M. BASSEY
pamay@pamay.com
 
TRAINING
1990 Workshop, Stand Up Comedy, Palo Alto California
2002 Completed Beginning Program, Improvisation, Second City
2002 Completed Acting 1: Beginning Acting, Second City
2002 Ensemble Experience: The Performance Experience—a 6 wk, invitation only workshop w/Jimmy Carrane
2002 Second City Workshop: Creating Bold Characters
2003 Completed Improv Olympic Training Program, Levels 1 and 2
2004 Graduate, Second City Conservatory Program
2004 Character Monologue Class with TJ Jagadowski at the Playground Theater
 
EXPERIENCE
 
Improv
2002

“Uncomfortable Silence”, a fully improvised show by the Shoecats Ensemble, directed by Jimmy Carrane, Improv Olympic Theater

2003-present

Member of Quagmire, an improv/Sketch Comedy Group; performed several improv sets at locations around Chicago (www.quagmirecomedy.com)

2003-present

pH Productions cast member, an improv comedy group that performs weekly at Stage Left Theatre; perform regularly in pHrenzy, a short form improv show, and pHamily, a long form improv show (www.whatisph.com)

2004

Performed weekly in Women On Top, a fully improvised show at Stage Left Theater . Women on top was a pH production; Run continued at Donny’s Skybox Theater, Second City

2004

Performed improv in “Words Returns”, a collaborative work showcasing actors, improvisers, dancers, singers, and spoken word artists, Donny’s Skybox Theater, Second City

 
Sketch Comedy
2003

“Segue”, a de Maat showcase sketch revue, written by the “Segue” Cast, and directed by Bina Martin, Donny’s Skybox Theater, Second City.

2003 Peformed sketch comedy and improv in “Words”, a collaborative work showcasing actors, improvisers, dancers, singers, and spoken word artists, directed in revue-style format by Creative Director, Claudia Wallace, and Producing Director, Dionna Griffin, Donny’s Skybox Theater, Second City.
2003 “Quagmire Presents…”, an improv/sketch show written by the members of Quagmire, Donny’s Skybox Theater, Second City; directed by Bina Martin
2003 2003 “Quagmire Presents, Take 2…” an improv/sketch show written and directed by the
members of Quagmire, Theater Building Chicago, Chicago Sketchfest
 
Music Video
1998

1998 Crowd Member, “Anytime, Anyplace” MABAM!!! Entertainment.

 
Acting
1998

Audience Member, “Truco” , a Film Short by MABAM!!! Entertainment.

 
Stand-Up Comedy
1990

Certs U.S. College Comedy Competition, Stanford University Mentioned as a standout in a field of 13 competitors at the campus level.