Kristen Schier is the Artistic Director of The Philly N Crowd a short form group in Philly. She has a B.F.A. in Theater Arts from the University of the Arts and has been working in Philly as a professional actor, improviser and teacher for several years. Kristen has studied clowning intensively with Giovanni Fusetti. She has also studied improv for a brief time at The Second City in Chicago and the Annoyance. She has taken workshops with such improv notables as Michael Gelman, Jill Bernard, Asaf Ronen, Susan Messing, Mick Napier and many members of the UCB Theater in New York City. When she is not on stage, Kristen is incredibly absent minded and susceptible to fraud.