Andreas Fabis is in Control Issues at the Hideout, and performs with Marc in The Escorts.

Brad Hawkins has been performing improv since 2010, and is pleased to be a part of this show as it represents a chance to be intentionally creepy. He is a member of the troupes ¡ZARZAMORA! and Franz & Dave, and has also performed in such shows as The Next Chapter, Kenjutsu: The Art of the Sword, and GrimmNoir.

Emily Breedlove has performed opera across the country, and improvised in genre shows ranging from the Arabian Nights to improvised Doctor Who.

Jay Michael co-created Start Trekkin', the longest-running improvised genre show in Austin.

Jayme Ramsay has been improvising since 2011 and having nightmares since 1984. She is honored to be a part of her first podcast project with so many talented and dedicated performers.

Jessica Arjet is an owner and the youth director of the Hideout Theatre. She delights in the opportunity that The Black Vault gives her to be horrible and evil since she so rarely gets to be that in her personal life.

Justin Bozied has been performing, studying, directing, and teaching improv since 2007. Among the multiple troupes and main stage runs Justin has been part of in Austin improv theaters, The Black Vault and now the Tales from the Black Vault Podcast provide some of his most rewarding creative experiences. He’s thrilled for every chance to scare and delight audiences as part of this cast.

Marc Majcher has been a part of countless improvised theater projects since he began in 2005, and has been a Lovecraft fan since childhood. He is extremely proud to have directed the original stage production of The Black Vault, and he is extremely excited to share his terrible visions through the Tales podcast.

Paul Normandin loves to tell tall tales with the terribly talented tale tellers of the Black Vault. Paul first encountered Lovecraftian horror at 9 years old watching an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery in 1971. When he finally read The Call of Cthulhu, he was hooked for life.

Peter Rogers (Cast, Co-Producer) has been improvising since 2001, and is a renowned narrator in genres from Charles Dickens to the Arabian Nights. He first joined The Black Vault having never read Lovecraft before, but was relieved to discover that Lovecraft wrote more or less like he himself talked, and has thus been a valuable member of the cast ever since.

Roy Janik is an owner and the Artistic Director of The Hideout Theatre. He performs and travels regularly with Pgraph, an internationally touring improv company. He also teaches and directs at The Hideout. He has read every work of fiction written by H.P. Lovecraft, and if you say that Lovecraft had good ideas but couldn't write well, he will beat you up. Or try, at least.

Ryan Hill dabbled in acting for much of his life until 2011, when he discovered improv. As a long time admirer of Lovecraft's work and a fan of not-necessarily-comedic improv, he was a natural fit for The Black Vault, his first mainstage show the Hideout Theatre. It's still his favorite.

Clay Towery (member emeritus) was one of the founding members of the Black Vault, and one of the best-loved improvisors in Austin. He passed away in early 2014.

Lindsey McGowen (Co-Producer, Lead Engineer) moved to Austin from Detroit in early 2014, and quickly made herself a go-to person for technical theater needs in the area. She’s worked on several award-winning and highly acclaimed improvised mainstage productions as a stage manager, light and sound improvisor. Outside of improv, Lindsey is a nationally touring teacher and performer in the contemporary a cappella community from which she brings significant audio engineering expertise.

Brent Chismark (Engineer) has been mucking about with sound equipment and/or making unearthly noises for his entire life. Finally allowing himself to be molded and shaped by several leaders of the contemporary a cappella production community over the past five years, he joins the Tales From The Black Vault Podcast where he continues to muck about with sound equipment and make unearthly noises, but in a slightly more refined manner.

Cindy Page (Sound Effects Consultant) has been lurking in the tech booth of the Hideout Theatre since 2011. She is responsible for the spooky soundscapes of the live Black Vault shows, and is pleased to be a contributor to Tales from the Black Vault.

Michael Yew (Scoring Consultant) is the most renowned sound improvisor in Austin. He's soundtracked over a dozen show runs, in genres from H. P. Lovecraft to 1960s Batman, since 2010.

Nate Rendon (Composer) is a composer and performer living in Austin, Texas. He's also a gamer, an avid comic-book reader, and an all-around nerd with a beard.