CCT Training Center

Kim has been a student and performer of Improv for nearly 10 years. Throughout her professional career, she has instructed and presented on several topics in the academic, corporate, and non-profit arenas. Since completing improv training at the CCT Training Center she has performed short-form and long-form improv for weekend shows, corporate events, and comedy festivals. She is an original member of CCT’s all-female ensemble “That’s What She Said”.

Kim is a wife, mother, financial services professional, and community volunteer who credits improv with helping her navigate life’s uncertainties.

 For nearly two decades, Drea has been bringing laughs and creative energy to the stage with Charlotte Comedy Theater. As a performer, show host, and instructor, she thrives on sharing the joy and playfulness of improv with others. Her improv education spans countless classes with amazing teachers (too many to remember!), fueling her passion for comedy and connection.

When she's not on stage, she's crafting brands as a designer by day and being a devoted dog mom to her two furry companions. She loves to laugh, whip up a delicious meal when inspiration strikes, and soak up the sun at the beach. Life’s too short not to have a little fun, right?

Mandy Butler has been an active improviser in Nashville, Richmond, Atlanta, Savannah, Charlotte, and Greenville. She is a Featured Performer and Teaching Artist at Dad’s Garage Theatre Company and leads the improv program at Newberry College, where she is a tenured Associate Professor of Theatre and Speech and the Director of Performance. She holds a BA in Theatre Performance from Georgia State University and an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mandy has trained and performed with instructors from the Annoyance Theatre, BATS Improv, Second City, Upright

Citizens Brigade, iO, and Steppenwolf West. She has taught master classes at improv festivals and studios across the United States, Istanbul, and Iraqi Kurdistan.  Mandy specializes in applying the Meisner Technique to long-form Improvisation and earned her Meisner teacher certification through the True Acting Institute.

Keli Semelsberger is the Owner of Charlotte Comedy Theater and a 29-year Chicago Improv Comedy Veteran. She is one of the co-founders of the VAPA Center, the author of “Improv Shaman – The Transformative Journey of Divine Play”, a tribe/team-building specialist, energy medicine practitioner, class V raft guide, and a veteran of the US Army. Her classes are legendary in their life-changing messages and inspired energy. Keli is currently focused on re-opening our sister theater, Big Island Comedy Theater, and works remotely.