the process series

Bryan Tucker is currently Senior Writer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” where he has worked for fourteen years, including Head Writer for the past four. Prior to writing for SNL, Tucker wrote for “Chappelle’s Show” and “The Chris Rock Show,” among others. His screenplay, “Party Starters,” was sold to Paramount with Lorne Michaels producing and Kenan Thompson attached to star. He also wrote “The Untitled Black History Movie” for Paramount, which Lorne Michaels produced as well. In 2015, Bryan Tucker and Above Average created The Kicker, a digital vertical that produced sports comedy on a daily basis. Bryan is a ten-time Emmy nominee, recipient of a Peabody award, and winner of four Writers Guild Awards.

Nicole Asava (she/they) is an actor, director, improviser, and teacher who’s been featured on Barry, The Undoing, Younger, and The Break with Michelle Wolf, usually playing a masterful waiter or eccentric front desk staff. Nicole was in the NBC/UCB 2016 Showcase, the 2021 CBS Showcase, and studied comedy at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, UCB, and Second City Chicago. They’re also a certified yoga instructor, having studied at Sarvaguna Yoga Dhamma in India. Today you can see Nicole performing around NYC, with Asian AF, UCB Tourco, and really anywhere they can play and dance.

You’ve heard his stupid voice on Netflix’s Squid Game and WB Games’ Gotham Knights. UCB teacher since 2019. Was on Lloyd Night with teams Horse Girl and Din Din and Harold Night with Dunce, Havoc and then Calico, and Characters Welcome Team, Mallrat.

Florence Friebe is a comedian/actress/singer/Victorian ghost who can be seen performing regularly with Asian AF, Cereal Mascots, the Armory's current longest running house team, heard on Sounds Funny Radio, an improv podcast alongside some of the city’s best improvisers and creating new forms with Looper, an improvised scene on repeat. She has been entrenched in the NYC comedy scene since 2012 and has been spotted sitting in your spooky attic window.

Akmal Tajihan has been performing comedy in New York since 2016. In that time he has performed at UCB and still performs there. Catch him being a problem both on stage and the internet.

Margaret Burrus lives in NYC and is a series regular on the audio anthology show "The Truth" (RadioTopia PRX), most recently playing the role of Lake in “Pariah", a 3-part crime drama. She can be seen in “Monsterland" (Hulu) "Love Languages" (Condé Nast Traveler) and several national commercials. A graduate from UNC Chapel Hill and an Upright Citizens Brigade NY improv and sketch comedy actor, she is represented by Take3Talent and Rebel Management. 

Bryan Burton, a Chapel Hill alum (’12) from Greensboro, is an actor and comedy writer/director in NYC, with extensive experience in film & television, sketch comedy, comedy improv, commercials, and cat sitting. Since leaving UNC with a piece of paper, he’s been most fortunate to work opposite a number of talented folks who are way funnier than he, but whom seemed to enjoy his presence regardless. Like a schmoozy schmuck, he’ll name a favorite few: George Clooney, Brian Cox, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, John Turturro, Paul Dano, Aubrey Plaza, Jimmy Fallon, Jodie Foster, Steven Spielberg, Steve Zaillian, Ben Kingsley, Bill Pope, Jeff Daniels, Kyle Mooney, Kieran Culkin, Chris Parnell, Liz McGovern, Craig Gillespie, Bowen Yang, Scott Adsit, Jon Glaser... ok that’s too much...he needs to edit this down, if-... eh, whatever. He’d like to thank Bryan Tucker for the absolute best time. // www.Bryan-Burton.com @bryanburton

Stephanie Linas lives in New York City, where she gets too excited and weirdly smiles at anyone wearing a UNC logo. Her work spans from theater, to film, to commercials, to comedy. A smattering of credits includes: Pixar in Real Life (Disney +/Improv Everywhere), Ancient History (Guild Hall), and national commercials for brands such Olly, Ketel One,and Samsung. This year she featured in an ad for the North Carolina Education Lottery as an over-caffeinated winner and next month she'll appear in Sense and Sensibility at Rhino Leap Theater. She also writes sketches and movies and shorts and this bio.

Allen Tedder was born and raised in North Carolina and attended UNC Chapel Hill for his undergraduate degree in Dramatic Art. He then went on to earn a Master's degree in Acting at the Juilliard school. Allen has played on Broadway in To Kill a Mockingbird. As well as at PlayMakers Repertory Company, The Public Theater, and others. He is thrilled to be back in this great community.