Kelly Wensing

Kelly Wensing - prefers life up, dirty and shaken, not stirred. Kelly has been exploring improvisational comedy styles for more than fifteen years. She has been with Comedy Helper since just about it’s beginning helping it grow from a short form/sketch group into a long form/sketch group. She carries a leading role with Comedy Helper as a writer, director, actor, producer and “Girl Friday”. She enjoys all the performers she works with in Comedy Helper and performing their signature format “The Kraken”. Kelly has performed in the Big Stinkin’ Improv Fest in Austin, Texas, The Chicago Sketch Fest, in Chicago, Illinois, The Denver Improv Festival, and most recently the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Regional Festivals in Wyoming. She has taught Long Form Improv at the University of Wyoming, Cherry Creek High School, Eaglecrest High School and The Cherry Creek Arts Festival. Kelly burst into improvisational comedy from a traditional theatre background where she conquered the jobs of Theatrical Designer, Director, Producer, and Executive Director of an award winning Theatre Company. As an actor, Kelly has brought to life the characters of Jane Pennington in Lovely Letters, Ma Joad in Of Grapes and Nuts, Dorothea Lange in Migrant Voices, Azreal in The Creation of the World and Other Business to name a few of the more obscure roles she has loved.