Fun is Everywhere
This is both our mantra, and our mission. And we need your help. We believe that fun is everywhere. No exceptions. And we are hell bent on finding it.
We perform live improv comedy shows, write stories, make videos, record music, and anything else we can think of to help uncover the hidden fun in the world around us.
What’s in a Name
Octavarius started as a Chicago based improv comedy group, named after Octavarius, the mythical cyborg octopus from the future that is leading the Humboldt Squid invasion.
History
We have been doing improv together for four years in Chicago, the suburbs, anywhere that will let us really.
To make sure we stick to our goals, we’ve taken the pledge seen in the sidebar to your right. Take it too, and help us make this world a fun-er place for everyone.
Please send us any awesome stuff that you find or make, and please comment on the stuff we post. You can connect to the site with your Facebook profile, or comment on Twitter. There’s no messy registration forms or confirmation emails. You can choose whether you comments appear on our site, or on both our site and Twitter/Facebook.
Octavarius Team
Lauren “Timoney” Aimone
Lauren, our fearless company/stage manager, keeps the group on time and on task, but she knows how to have fun too.
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Chris Bogue
Chris Bogue is a recent grad of ISU. He is thrilled to bee improvising with such a great group in the city. He is the sassy one.
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Matt Castellvi
Castellvi is the “cute one” in our boy band. He has performed in Octavarius since the beginning, and despite what he tells you, he is a cuddler.
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Big Scott Danielson
Although Big Scott doesn’t perform with Octavarius, his top notch writing is a welcome addition to the site.
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Matt “LP” Gutierrez
LP stands for Latino Passion. We’re still puzzling out how he got the name; but between puzzlings, LP rocks out as a performer for Octavarius.
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Keith “Keith” Habersberger
Keith Habersberger is a recent grad of ISU. With 4 years in the ISU Improv Mafia and no city training yet, he is thrilled to be able to already be improvising with such a great group in the city. He is the tall one.
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Matt “Tinz” Herzau
Tinz is Octavarius’s resident scientist. His name comes from a long ago scene when he played the ghost “Tinz” who haunts an abandoned insane asylum.
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Scott “Shogan” Hogan
Shogan’s nickname comes from the highly intellectual smashing of his first and last name; and not, as we once suspected, from a title he held in feudal Japan.
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Nick “Mikula+” Mikula
M-I-K-U-L-A-+ is his name for himself. I take no responsibility. On stage with Octavarius, Nick will go by whatever name you want.
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Marc “Mashooganuh” Muszynski
Mashooganuh is our best shot at spelling Meshugana, the popular Yiddish slang. It’s origin as a nickname is unknown.
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Mike Noens
Mike Noens, of Sidenote Pictures fame, is the man behind the curtain for all our video production. He also smells good.
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Mike “Commodore” Norris
Commodore is a guest improviser and writer with Octavarius. He has exceptional taste in glasses.
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Brian “BWo” Wohl
BWo’s nickname was scientifically constructed from the first letters of both his names. He’s clever like that, and his input on stage with Octavarius is invaluable.
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