John Duncan

    John Duncan has been performing with the Light-Fingered Five since 2005 and is currently serving as their business manager as well. John teaches theatre arts at Portland Community College. He has acted, designed, produced, written and directed plays in Oregon for twenty-eight years. In recent years he has directed Extremities for the New Group Theatre Company, “Master Harold” . . . and the boys at the West End Theatre and at Chemeketa Community College, and Crimes of the Heart at Portland Community College. John is also the faculty advisor for the PCC Improv Team (PANTS), and the Artistic Director for the New Group Theatre Company, which is currently producing She Stoops To Conquer in late April and May at the Shoebox Theatre in Portland.

Aimé Kelly 

   Aimé Kelly is one of the original members of Light Fingered Five. She is also a professional voice actor working both locally and internationally and performs with Twilight Repertory Theatre and KBOO’s “The Sudden Radio Project.” She has been involved in a variety of dance and theatrical stage productions over the years

  Aimé Kelly is the Youth Art and Conditioning Coordinator for the Multnomah Arts Center as well as a Theatre Arts instructor.  She is an active member of The Committee for Audio Description in the Arts (CADA), a service for the blind. Aimé holds a bachelor degree with honors in both Theatre Arts and Arts and Letters. She loves laughter, llamas, wine, and cheese.

David Gallic

    David likes to improvise. In fact, he does it daily, usually in everyday conversation with others. He especially enjoys to act like he's somebody else, but he usually saves that for Light Fingered Five performances. He joined the group in 2006 and is an active member (or at least tries to be) of the local community theatre scene.

Jared McClain

    After one life changing fourth grade taleent show, Jared made a vow that he would do all he could to make the world smile.  Jared has been with The Light Fingered Five since its conception in the summer of 2003.

Melissa Berntsen

    Melissa has worked in stage and film for over 10 years.  Her love of comedy surfaved when she joined the famous Groundlings comedy troupe based in Los Angeles.  Melissa enjoys teaching comedy to underserved children.

Tom Henderson

    Tom is a student of both mathematics and improvisational theater.  He thinks that both are pretty damn funny.




J. J. Hawkins

    J.J. was raised on a steady diet of Movies, Comic Books, and every aspect of Pop Culture he could get his grubby little hands on. No one is suprised more than he that he found a use for it all with the Light Fingered Five.