Lindsay (she/her), Corn’s Board President, spent 10 years as a Corn Company Member, Improv Gladiators Wrangler, and host Bono in Off the Paddy Wagon. She also served as Artistic Director of 20% Theatre Company Chicago for a decade and has worked across Chicago as an actor, stand-up comedian, and dialect coach for over 50 theaters.

Professionally, Lindsay is the Director of Development at Catherine Cook School, bringing extensive experience in fundraising leadership, capital campaigns, and major donor management from previous roles at Girls Inc. of Chicago, Josephinum Academy, and the University of Chicago. She remains active in the Kappa Kappa Gamma and DePauw University alumni chapters and lives in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood with her husband (a fellow former Corn Company Member) and their daughter (probable eventual Corn Company member).

Martina (she/her) is a Chicago-based actor, director, and costumer. She is the Board Secretary at Corn Productions and a member of Avalanche Theatre’s ensemble, where she served as Company Manager from 2022-2026. In Chicago, she has performed with Avalanche Theatre, Bower Theatre Ensemble, Corn Productions, Otherworld Theatre, and several comedy houses, including the Second City, iO, and the Comedy Clubhouse. She has worked in directorial and designer capacities with several Chicago theatres, including Avalanche, Bower, and Corn. Martina also has acted as dramaturg for new play development and has stage management experience, most recently at A Red Orchid Theatre.

Martina loves cooking, crafting, and her corgi, Pippin. Check out her website www.martinalogan.com to learn more about her or to reach out for collaboration.

Stephen King (not that one) (he/him) is a stage actor currently living in San Diego, California. He is a Corn company member emeritus, having performed with Corn from 2003 - 2006. He is originally from the Atlanta area and has performed with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Give Us Brains Sketch Comedy, and Button Theatre, among others. While in Chicago, Stephen was also an Artistic Associate with WNEP Theater. Before relocating to San Diego, Stephen spent ten years in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he performed with the Los Altos Stage Company, Dragon Theatre, and the Pear Theatre. Stephen’s most recent role was as  Velasco in a production of Barefoot in the Park at the Coronado Playhouse

Stephen has also been working in the non-profit world since 2017, when he started at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in the Grants Department and is now a Senior Grants Specialist with Tides, a 501(c)(3) public charity based in San Francisco.

Amber Nettles is the former Executive Director and Chicago Chapter President of Women in Comedy and the founder of Wayward Woman Productions, which has produced shows including Haunted: The Improvised Ghost Hunters, Take Two: The Improvised Movie, Femme Forware and Soulmates. She has been a judge for Cornservatory’s Improv Gladiators since 2017 and has coordinated the show’s judges for several seasons. She has trained at the Push Comedy Theater (Norfolk, Va) and iO, the Annoyance, Second City Conservatory, Theatre Momentum, Comedy Clubhouse, and CIC.

Amber currently serves as Chief Partnerships Officer at EmpowerLocal, where she works with local media organizations across the country on partnerships, revenue, and sustainability. She previously served as Publisher of the Chicago Reader and has held roles at the Chicago Tribune, The Center for Sales Strategy, Audacy, and the Daily Press. Her career spans more than two decades in journalism, media, revenue, partnerships, and organizational leadership.

Amber lives in Lakeview East with her two cats, Picasso and Phantom, and is always happy to talk television and film, Stephen King, or whatever pop culture moment is currently consuming the group chat.

Jake (He/Him) is a Chicago based actor and playwright. He has been working with Corn since 2010 when he was cast in the early morning kids show. Since moving to Chicago he has worked and performed with Naked Roommates, Second City, The New Coordinates, Lookingglass, The Goodman and Steppenwolf. Jake currently lives in Ukrainian Village with his fiancé Martina and their pink-nosed corgi, Pippin.

Professionally, Jake has been in the world of finance since 2020. He currently helps to manage a team of operations and new business specialists across the US for AssetMark.

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