Our Team
Stephanie Jones
Founder, Chief Improv Officer
M.S., Speech, Language and Learning
Stephanie is an improv performer and educator, speech-language pathologist, and instructional trainer and designer.
A Boston native, Stephanie has frequented the stages of ImprovBoston and ImprovAsylum. During her 8 years in Chicago, she performed with various casts and house teams at iO Theater as well as Improvised Jane Austen.
Inspired by her work as a speech-language pathologist - specializing in play-based treatment and communication therapy for people on the autism spectrum - Stephanie enjoys teaching clinicians from diverse fields how to integrate improv comedy into their therapeutic practice.
In her free time, you can find Stephanie road-tripping with her fiance and her dog-son, Ted; building custom apps for clinicians; searching for buried treasure with her metal detector; and looking for excuses to belly laugh with friends.
Stephanie sees improv as the art of living and shared laughter as a force of unity.
Treatment Experience
Speech-language pathologist in outpatient clinics and K-12 school systems
Provided assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with speech, language, literacy, learning, feeding and swallowing disorders, across the lifespan
Designed and delivered continuing education courses on Autism Spectrum for clinicians
Trained Orton-Gillingham provider; designed treatment plans for children with dyslexia and literacy challenges and disorders
Trained and supervised graduate students and clinical fellows, providing feedback and mentorship on their clinical skills and professional development
Designed speech-language evaluations and treatment interventions for multilingual learners
Dr. Alison Sheesley
Consulting Counselor / Clinical Co-facilitator
Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, LPC
Alison is a licensed professional counselor, registered play therapist, counseling supervisor, and visiting assistant professor at Regis University, with advanced training in play therapy and group therapy.
Personally, Alison is an ambivert goofball who enjoys watching and doing silly improv comedy. She lives in Denver, CO with her husband and two children.
Alison believes that empathy - feeling deeply understood and accepted despite all of our imperfections - is the foundation for all growth.
Treatment Experience
Play Therapist in private practice (2020-present)
Group Therapist for UNCO (2017-present)
Adjunct Professor teaching and supervising counseling students seeing a wide variety of clients across the lifespan (2017-present)
Play Therapist for Griffith Centers for Children (2013-2016)
Group Therapist for Beacon Behavioral Health, an intensive outpatient/partial-hospitalization clinic (2012-2013, during my internship year)