Get to Know our 2025-2026 Improv Soup Troupe
The 2025 - 2026
IMPROV SOUP TROUPE
Colleen Murphy Clifton, Director
Acting as Director since 2011, Colleen was not unfamiliar with Soup, performing as a troupe member from 2003-2007. Colleen has been an active member in the Un-Common Theatre Company since 2001 with highlights including her work onstage in Assassins (2006) and behind the scenes on the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2010), Carrie (2015), and Heathers (2016). She received her BA in Communications at Westfield State University and her MBA from Boston College. Colleen spends her time working as a fundraiser for a private high school, volunteering for her alma mater, and tackling projects in her new house. She resides in Easton with her husband Jack and their mini Soupian Caroline!
Anya Doherty, Assistant Director
As a former Soupian herself, Anya cannot be more excited to return to the Improv Soup Troupe as the Assistant Director for the current improvisors. Anya’s journey with Un-Common Theater began in 2010 as a mersister in The Little Mermaid, and from there her love for music and theatrics only continued to grow. Anya participated in 2 years of Soup Jr before becoming an official Soupian from 2016 to 2020. From there, Anya continued to expand on her love of music and drama and attended UMass Amherst, where she double majored in Classical Vocal Performance and Film Studies. While at UMass, Anya was a performing member of Mission:IMPROVable, where she also acted as Producer and Director for her college troupe. Anya was also Vice Chairperson for the UMass Comedy League in her senior year. Since graduating, Anya has been pursuing filmmaking and is currently teaching film classes throughout the Greater Boston Area. In her free time, Anya can be found snapping photos on her film camera, singing in choirs, and trying out wacky voices for her friends.
Brady
Brady has always been interested in making people laugh and jumped at the opportunity to audition for the improv group Improv Soup, with the added bonus of free Soup (hopefully). In his spare time, Brady enjoys playing various stereotypical nerd games such as D&D and Minecraft. Along with this, Brady enjoys talking with friends and taking care of his pet plant Albert.
Catt
A connoisseur of bugs and bad music. Often seen failing to befriend bunnies.
Conceived in the cold, unforgiving autumn-but-it’s-december-so-people-think-it’s-winter time of year, Catt was the only (and therefore, best) child in the family. She grew up in Colorado and Massachusetts, states where the only notable separation between the two is the vastly different, yet equally unpleasant humidity.
With hair that doesn’t curl until several weeks after using an iron on it, Catt has begun her descent into high school. Attending Tri-Country Regional Technical Vocational High School, she studies Legal and Protective Services alongside the usual, academic subjects. Catt was unofficially crowned the “leader of honors kids” before subsequently dropping out of honors classes, which will be put in the history books as the “most predictable and uninteresting plot twists of all time”. She now strives to do good enough in school.
Common past times include petting cats, drinking ice water, getting mad at the way carpets look after you vacuum them, and taking chilly showers like a vegetable in a grocery store.
Catch phrases include such bangers as, “WAHOO!” and “YAAY!!”
Eden
Eden has been fluent in sarcasm since she started talking. Then she discovered her love for theatre. And voila, the two go perfectly together at Improv!
She has been in many theatre productions and improv classes. But this is her first year as a Soupian. Eden has 3 cats, 2 Guinea pigs and a rabbit. She likes Green Day & skateboarding. But she’ll save the Ollie’s for the skatepark not the stage.
Elias
Elias dreams of being an actor and or an engineer. He lives with his Mom, dog, snake, and their ducks. Elias likes to spend his free time with his friends, whether it be video gaming, goofing off in his treehouse, or just walking around his hometown of Natick. When he’s not with his friends Elias enjoys gardening and playing games. Elias has been in 6 plays as of now, including four with Natick Drama Workshop, and two with the Kennedy Middle School Theatre Club. Elias is currently a freshman at Natick High School and is very excited for his first year as an improv soupian!
Emerson
There hasn’t been a time when Emerson wasn’t performing. Whether it was to try to get attention from her three older siblings, or to see how many people she could make laugh at a party. When she isn’t performing, she’s probably baking, re-watching Glee (again), or practicing her Tony award speech. Emerson is so excited to be a part of Improv Soup and can’t wait to try so many new soups! (Thats what this is right?)
Emily
This strange creature was left inside a trash bag as a child. Once they managed to bite their way out, they got to discover all the wonders of the world. They fell in love with the arts, especially theatre. They decided to become an actor. Now, they spend their days saying silly things on stage.
Gwen
Since the moment she was born, Gwen always had exquisite taste in entertainment. She first found her love for performing when realizing you truly can be anything. While on her school bus ride traveling to kindergarten Gwen made a life changing decision. She was going to be the coolest kid on the bus. She could think of nothing cooler than speaking Spanish! One problem …Gwen knew no Spanish. So there began Gwen’s first improv performance. The whole bus was blown away by her made up Spanish! Gwen is so excited to be a part of Improv Soup!
Ikey
Ikey, otherwise known as Sir Isaac Anthony Findsen Scire, was born one dandy spring morning, in the wee hours of May. His head circumstance was of epic proportions, and many legends were written about it. Being the middle child, he is well versed in boisterous voice projection and negotiating terms for everyday matters. When he isn’t making wise cracks, and eating buffalo mac and cheese, he is making other loud but enjoyable noises with his saxophone. He can often be seen doing marching formations at his high school band practice and completing a number of fabulous “pretty walks”. He looks forward to being a part of Improv Soup!
Louisa
Louisa has been passionate about theatre since she was 3 years old when her parents took her to see the musical: “Annie”. They knew she would become a theatre kid when she cried during intermission because she thought the show was over. She is now a student at Sharon High School and regularly participates in the musicals and plays they have, whether it be behind the scenes or on stage. Though theater is one of her passions, her biggest passion is music. Louisa plays many instruments such as guitar, keyboard, and bass. Her favorite bands are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Smiths. Louisa is looking forward to joining the Improv Soup Troupe!
Phinn
Never one to pass up the opportunity to perform, Phinn has been belting tunes of triumph since a very young age, when his mother would play Hamilton in the car and say “lalala” when curse words came on. He was always Gonna be destined for the stage, and by the ripe age of 8, Phinn was ready to give theater his all. He joined Un-Common Theatre as soon as he could. He made his debut as “spoon 3” in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, JR, and followed it with Saharan wildlife, water fowl, and foul pirates, though you may remember him as zombie house staff, a reindeer wrangler, or the great chief chimney slider of the north. Being able to entertain without a script isn’t a chance he’s going to give up.
Rose
Once upon a time, in a far away forest, a baby moose named Rose was born. As she grew up, she knew that she wanted to stop the world from those dreadful automobiles. She went around the world standing in the middle of the road. She would stop these horrible creatures left and right. Until one day, she decided to follow a car. She followed it all the way to a little town. There, she found out that they were auditions for something called Improv Soup. Rose thought this must be a club full of other moose, after all, they all enjoy soup! So Rose decided to try out for this club. She was so excited when she got in, until shortly after she found out that there were no other moose in this group. These were just people who did crazy things on stage, without a plan! However, she thought that this sounded pretty cool and so Rose decided to pursue it. Now Rose the moose loves theater and intends to do it throughout the rest of her life.
Sam
Ever since Sam was little she loved being funny and making other laugh. Sam also loved improv work, from ” yes and can I have more milk?” to now, ” yes and can I have 20 bucks?”. Sam’s been actively in many theater programs and shows over the past years. She is usually type cast as the comic relief or funny dumb sidekick due to, as past directors say, ” personal knowledge of the character”. Many people find their passions in various sports and hobbies, Sam’s finds her passion, community, and strengths in the performing arts. She one day hopes to turn her passion into a career, possibly making to the big times on SNL. Though all performances have their challenges, Sam hopes they all just keep making her better and stronger.