Eibhleann Clyne (she/her) is an actor, writer, singer and clown living in Philadelphia. She’s so proud and excited to perform with Thank You Places and put all of those skills together! When she’s not performing she’s usually cooking and forgetting to water her plants. 

Gabby Formica (she/her) is a musical improviser and Licensed Social Worker in Philadelphia working in the public health sector. She found a community of fellow silly weirdos in musical theater as a young child and has not looked back since. She is thrilled to be performing alongside such talent team members on Thank You, Places! When not making up musical nonsense you can often find her cooking, frolicking at the dog park, playing ukulele or playing board games with her nerdy friends.

Claire Holm (she/her) is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Musical Improviser and Cat Mom. She was part of the Philly musical improv duo/trio Suggestical and has made up songs on stages for about 13 years. In addition to living her best life with Thank You Places, Claire coaches and teaches musical improv in and around Philly.

Chris Newcomer (he/him) is a Philadelphia based actor and singer.  Chris originated the role of Jacob Chicken in The Visit on Broadway alongside Chita Rivera and Roger Rees and also appears on the original cast album of that Musical.  He has performed on Broadway and all over the world with Chicago The Musical and is very happy he gets to play whatever role he wants with his beloved Thank You, Places team.  

Alanna Shaffer (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based improviser and- in another life- public historian. She has been a member of ‘Thank You, Places!’ since the team first began performing together in 2017, where she gets to joyously combine her two favorite things in the world- musical theatre and comedy.

Dan Perlman (he/him) has been playing piano for over 20 years in various genres of music including classical, jazz, rock, pop, and comedy. After graduating from Drexel University’s computer science program, he spent five years performing with the wedding and club dance band, The Seven Band. Currently, Dan is an active member of the tribute bands Born to Run Down a Dream and the Jagged Little Pills, and accompanies various musical improv groups in Philadelphia. During his free time, Dan enjoys indulging in songwriting, city walks, vegan cuisine, and showering his ragdoll cat, Aspen, with love.

Michael C. Raab (he/him)