DAWN DUMONT
Dawn Dumont, of undetermined age, grew up in Saskatchewan on Okanese reserve, possibly the smallest reserve in Canada. Dawn eats a lot of pizza and potato chips but no fries because they're fattening. Dawn takes acting classes and improv classes at the Second City Training Centre in Toronto. Dawn left the Mixed Nuts comedy troop in December and we wis her the best of luck in the future.
  LAWRENCE DYER
Lawrence was born in Trinidad and grew up in La Belle province. Somewhere along the line he wandered over here. Like Robert Johnson he found himself at a crossroads: his choice - either be the token black in a troupe of whites or be a token black in a group full of tokens… let's just hope his decision wasn't a pact with the devil.
 

VIVIAN HOR
Vivian was lured into the group in guise of an ESL class hoping to better her English only to find herself playing Asian female characters with heavy accent. Pretty easy, since that's her real life accent. Talk about a challenge! Being a director at a local multi-cultural TV station also helps her gain insights into the array of idiosyncrasies of different ethnic groups - especially her own.
  JULES KOOSTACHIN
Jules is a Concordia Theater School Grad. During her five years of study, she directed, acted, designed, stage-managed, produced and wrote numerous student and out of school theatrical productions. Within the last ten years, she has worked extensively in all aspects of the arts. Jules is the founder of a registered Native Theater and Film Company. This company has created a number of productions with monies raised from the works going to the several Native Women Shelters and Centers helping Aboriginal People living in urban areas.
 
TANYA PILLAY
When Tanya isn't testing software usability, she is improvising spoof movie trailers for the Internet. Sometimes she’s on roller blades, tap dancing, swing dancing, singing show tunes, or playing a variety of East Indian characters with Mixed Nuts. This is her instinctive approach to attaining enlightenment; if you know of a better way, please let her know as soon as possible. Tanya actually left Mixed Nuts TV following our gig in August. Not because she hated us -- don't get that idea. We'd just like to say we appreciate her efforts and support along the way. Thanks T.P. Best of Luck.
  TRACY ROBERTSON
Tracy was raised by Scottish wolves in the backwoods of Louisiana. How did Scottish wolves get to Louisiana? We'll never know. But she was rescued by hunters and dropped off on a city corner by York University. Having nothing better to do, she enrolled in the theatre department. There she found her calling. Al Waxman took her under his wings. Okay, okay, she just took a couple of classes he taught. Can you tell she's a name- dropper. She's now looking for other famous people to meet.
 

KATHERINE WALKER

Determined to follow in the footsteps of her nomadic forebears, this Plains Cree roamed the prairies for a while in search of the elusive buffalo. A rumour that buffalo had been spotted on the streets of Toronto drove her from the place where the foothills of the Rockies meet the prairies to where the sludge meets the lake bottom. While here, Katherine Walker has attended the improvisational comedy program at Second City, and gone to school to become one of those there ejermecated Indians. Kathy left the Mixed Nuts comedy troop in December and we wish her the best of luck in the future.