Bent Alumni

Sara Hammond

Sara is excited to be playing with Bent after a 10 year hiatus from the stage. She’s a graduate of the Bovine Metropolis School of Improv and has completed training with Bay Area Theatresports(tm) (BATS) Improv and UC Berkeley Improv. She loves improv because it is a perfect blend of wild imagination and radical cooperation. Sara is a big fan of lifting heavy things in the gym and discovering hip-hop samples, covers, and remixes. 

Pam Russell

Pam has been doing improv in Denver since 2014 and has been queer for decades. Before joining Bent as an inaugural member, she performed with STEMprov, a science and math themed improv show. She is a proud graduate of the Bovine Metropolis School of Improv. 

Quinn Swain

Quinn is an inaugural member of Bent and has been improvising in Denver since 2014.  They were the first winner of the feisty competition Deathprov and made their start toward fame by celebrating women in improv in the Daughters of the Improv Revolution. 

Denise Torp

Ever since a speech about broccoli in middle school Denise's been hooked on performing. In college she initially pursued training in traditional theater but ended up graduating from The Evergreen State College where she studied Theatre for Social Change. 

Matt Brown

Matt was one of the original cast members of Bent and our moral compass.  He was one of the best men any of us have ever met and he approached life with unmatched kindness, compassion, and empathy.  An educator through and through, Matt always made us laugh with his ability to turn learning into comedy.

Matt passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 5, 2019 after a year-long struggle with ALS.  He was a beautiful human inside and out and he will be dearly missed.