Bluebird is a collective of some of the best improvisers on the planet. The show is inspired by a short conversation with audience members, and what follows is an evening of never before (and never again) scenes and characters that cascade into a hilarious and original freewheeling show.
Bluebird Improv (subject to change): Brad Morris, Edi Patterson, Joe Canale, Matt Walsh, Marc Evan Jackson, and Tim Meadows.
Show Runtime: Approximately 1 hour
Brad Morris
is a veteran tv and film writer, producer, actor, director and improviser. An alum of four of Chicago’s Second City’s Mainstage revues, the iO Theatre and The Annoyance, Brad is a member of the renowned long form improvisational groups, The Reckoning and Uncle’s Brother with Tim Meadows. Brad has improvised around the world with the Second City National Touring company and Matt Walsh and Friends for the USO. As a TV writer, Brad spent three seasons as a producer on the TBS comedy, Cougar Town, was a producer on the Showtime series, Dice, and was co-ep and head writer for seasons 1 and 2 of the critically acclaimed series for Paramount and Seeso, Bajillion Dollar Properties. Brad has sold original scripts and development to ABC, TBS, Sony and Warner Brothers. On the film side, Brad co-wrote and produced the independent film, Unplugging, starring Matt Walsh and Eva Longoria. He is also producing the independent film, Stoners and Saints, starring Dylan Gelula and Matt Berry. Brad also recently co-wrote Family Squares, and a movie for Paramount, Rear Naked Choke, produced by Margot Robbie. As an actor, Brad has starred as a series regular in several network and cable pilots, and has appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Modern Family, The Office, The League, Key and Peele, Great News, Playing House, Dice, F is For Family, Friends From College and The Good Place. He has appeared in films, Search Party, Sing, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, and Jay Roach’s, Bombshell. Brad can also be heard on his new improvisational podcast, Business Trips that he co-hosts with Mike O’Brien.
Edi Patterson
Edi Patterson is a 2026 Critics Choice Award nominee for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role of Judy Gemstone in the hit HBO series The Righteous Gemstones, for which she was also a writer for all four seasons. Other credits include Vice Principals, Resident Alien, Knives Out, and the feature film Brian which premiered at SXSW in 2026.
Joe Canale
Joe Canale has been improvising around the world for the past 30 years, including stints at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City Mainstage in Chicago amongst many others. While he’s not made appearances in film and television, his greatest pleasure is derived from performing live improv for an audience. He hopes you enjoy watching this show as much as he enjoys performing it.
Matt Walsh
Matt Walsh is a two-time Emmy-nominated actor from HBO’s award-winning comedy series Veep, and cast member of Apple TV’s acclaimed limited series Manhunt. He is also a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Walsh will next be seen in Paramount Pictures Novocaine starring Jack Quaid, Maybe We Should starring Heather Graham, Little Lorraine starring Stephen Amell, and Utopia’s Not An Artist where he co-stars opposite Rza from the Wu Tang Clan. Recently, he appeared in Hulu’s Unplugging, which he co-wrote, and starred alongside Eva Longoria. He can also be seen in The Good Half starring Nick Jonas.
Walsh has appeared in memorable roles in several popular comedy films including Life of the Party, Old School, Starsky and Hutch, Ted, and Keeping Up With The Joneses. Other credits include the CBS series Ghosts, Fox Searchlight’s Flamin’ Hot, and the recent Father of the Bride film. Walsh currently does a podcast Second in Command with his Veep co-star Timothy Simons. In addition to his film and TV work, Walsh is also a charitable founder of Open Book with his wife Morgan. The charity donates LGBTQ affirming books to public elementary schools around the country. Matt currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Morgan Walsh and their three children.
Marc Evan Jackson
Marc Evan Jackson is best known for his roles as Kevin on Brooklyn: Nine-Nine; Shawn on The Good Place, attorney Trevor Nelsson on Parks & Recreation, and Mary Anne’s dad Richard Spier on The Baby Sitters Club Marc is an alum of The Second City Detroit and his also one of the partners in the schooner Grace Bailey in Rockland, Maine.
Tim Meadows
Tim Meadows is an actor, writer comedian who was one of the longest-running cast members on Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for ten seasons.
Tim played John Glascot on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs throughout its ten seasons and starred as the same character in Schooled for its two-season run.
Meadows also played the school principal in the hit comedy Mean Girls and co-starred with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in the blockbuster comedies Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2. Addionally, Tim co-starred with Andy Samberg in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping for Universal Pictures and co-starred with John C Reilly in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story for Sony Pictures.
He was seen multiple times in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Office, Miracle Workers, and the lead in CBS/Paramount’s No Activity. Tim has also voiced one of the main characters on Bob’s Burgers for Fox and starred in hybrid live-action/animated comedy, Son of Zorn, from Chris Miller and Phil Lord alongside fellow SNL alum Jason Sudeikis. Most recently, Tim starred in the Peacock series Poker Face, Disney+’s The Mandalorian, and Comedy Central’s animated series Digman!
