Corey Rosen Joined Company: 2005 First Improv Class: 1983 at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts First BATS Class: 1996 with Theresa Roberts Other BATS Service: Improv Musician since 2001 Web Site: www.mrbagel.com Myspace.com: www.myspace.com/coreyevanrosen Contact: company@improv.org Corey hails from Rochester, New York. His stage debut, in third grade, was the coveted role of Pepe in "Pepe and the Cornfield Bandit." He soon after enrolled in his first of 9 summers at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, a summer camp in the Catskills where kids from 7 to 17 put on fully staged musicals and dramas in two and a half weeks.

In high school, Corey started his first improv group, and stayed active in the improv and sketch communities at Northwestern University, where he studied Radio TV and Film.

Corey's interests extend off the stage to writing, producing, directing, and animating for the stage and screen. His award-winning short films (including "Keep Clear," "Sockrotika VII: The Smell of Socks," and "My Brother... The Stormtrooper") have screened at festivals around the globe.

In 2001, Corey created a variety show called "The A**hole Monologues: A Comedy for Anyone Who Has One, Knows One, or Is One" as a benefit for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. The show has enjoyed sold out runs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Aspen, and Off-Broadway in New York City.

Professionally, Corey works for George Lucas' visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, as a "Creature Supervisor," though even he has trouble explaining what exactly that... means... His behind-the-scenes credits include "The Phantom Menace," "Terminator 3," "The Day After Tomorrow," and 2005's "Son of the Mask," and "War of the Worlds."

Corey began taking BATS classes in 1996 and has performed with the Sunday Players and Belfry Ensembles before becoming a Company Guest in 2004. He is thrilled to share the Bayfront Stage with so many committed and talented performers... including his wife, Jenny Meyer.

Q&A With Corey Rosen

First BATS Performance: First BATS show I did was a Sunday Player's "Micetro" show directed by Rebecca Stockley. In my first scene, set in an elevator, I made a fart joke - an illustrious beginning to my improv career at the Bayfront!

Favorite Formats: Micetro, Aussie Rules Theatresports, The Life Game, Gorilla Theater

Best Moment on the BATS Stage: The BATS Stage is where I met my wife

Improv Advice: Make your partner look good.

Artistic Influences: SNL, Del Close, Ray Harryhausen

Favorite Movies: My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Time Bandits

Favorite Music: Journey, REO Speedwagon, & Karaoke Power Ballads

Favorite Theatre: My favorite recent show is Monty Python's Spamalot, opening this spring in New York (starring my brother, Steve!)