KIRSTEN RASMUSSEN

Instructor: Kirsten Rasmussen

Class: Acting for Improvisers & PRO Short Form

Kirsten Rasmussen is an actor/writer/comedian and peanut sauce enthusiast living in Toronto, Ontario. If you want to see Kirsten on your TV screen you can find her screaming her guts out in Band Ladies on Highball TV, and throwing curveballs in Slo Pitch, Season 1 & 2 on Out TV and IFC. Her other credits include Schitt's Creek, TallBoyz, BitPlayas, Odd Squad, The Beaverton, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Dino Dana and a tiny but dignified masked role in Mrs. America. Kirsten has written on The Snoopy Show for Apple Plus and This Hour Has 22 Minutes on CBC. Kirsten has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for her work as a live comedian and sketch director.

She's an alumni of The Second City Toronto's Mainstage Company where she wrote and starred in three shows, and in their hit feminist revue called She The People, and she directed the mainstage show The Skyline's The Limit. Kirsten directs sketch for solo artists and groups in Toronto, most notably directing the Canadian Comedy Awarded Extravaganza Eleganza - an all Queer sketch revue, and Dead Parents Society featured in 2023 Next Stage Festival. Kirsten has toured this country, the one below, the high seas, down under and Germany performing sketch and improv.