Carrie-ann Pishnak

Carrie-ann Pishnak is a marketing and brand specialist, improv teacher, corporate facilitator and narrator with over 20 years experience in the corporate arena with such clients as: New York Life, Fujifilm, Dolby, AFI, The Second City, Radcom, Sharp, Netrix, Apogee Networks, Siemens, and ADC Communications. With a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from UNLV, Carrie-ann completed her training at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. After returning to the states, she helped found the Ovation nominated theatre company Theatre Pangaea and has been a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA for over 20 years. She is grateful to have been an educator at various schools including California Institute of the Arts and Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts for over 30 years, during which, more than a decade was spent as a teacher, producer and lead marketing strategist at the legendary theatre The Second City. It was during her time at Second City that she co-created the Los Angeles Diversity in Comedy Festival (LADCF) and helped produce one of The Second City’s most successful and longest-running scripted shows that went to Off Broadway, #DateMe. A graduate of The Second City Conservatory and Nerdist improv program, you can still catch Carrie-ann performing around Los Angeles with her improv group Aeroplane or as a founding cast member of Rockin’ Awesome Improv Show.