Meet the Dumpster Divers

Rebecca Barnard (Podcast Creator & Host) is a comedy writer, performer and producer living in Los Angeles. She's covered the news (and written jokes about it) for live shows, media outlets and even her own election-focused online show, Let's Do 2020. Rebecca has worked and performed at Second City, iO, Comedy Central Stage, Open Fist Theater and others in NY, LA, DC and Chicago...she's also lived in a lot of different places (ask her about South Africa!) Rebecca is an alum of the DAF Onion Fellowship and Late Night with Stacey Rumaker. When she grows up, she wants to be Graham Norton.

Sarah Cho (Podcast Producer) is a Los Angeles-based comedy writer and playwright. She has performed at Green Gravel Comedy Festival and Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival, as well as written for house sketch teams at the Pack Theater. Her work has been featured on ComedyCake, WhoHaHa, and Funny or Die. Sarah holds an MFA in Playwriting from University of Iowa’s Playwrights Workshop, where she excelled at drinking pie shakes. To learn more about Sarah’s current work, visit her website: www.sarahcho.com

Brandon Burkhart (Head Writer) is a Los Angeles-based Tex Mex comedy writer originally from San Antonio. He's written for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Onion, and The Musk Magazine. Brandon was one of seven writers chosen for the NBC Late Night Writers Workshop from over 900 applicants. He's a Moth GrandSLAM storytelling champ and his half-hour comedy script Minimum Rage won the ScreenCraft Comedy TV Pilot Contest. He would normally give his socials but it's hard to know which ones are about to get canceled, so go to his website www.BrandonBcomedy.com

Rebecca Golden (Co-Producer & Staff Writer) writes jokes, sketch, short and long-form comedy. She worked in tech startups, ultimately as Marketing Director, traveling around the world to stage events, and to write, design, and produce for web, film, and print, including regular contributions to Forbes and documentaries for brands like Porsche and GSK. She previously worked at the firm behind Obama’s digital campaign, in a DC think tank, and at a film studio. She studied sketch with Laughing Buddha, the PIT, and Second City–and officially, history at Pomona College. Her work won a Muse Award, and has been recognized in several screenwriting competitions, including the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship.

Alaina Warren Zachary (Senior Senior Correspondent) has been a performing professional seemingly forever. She writes sketch comedy for the live LA-based show This Week This Week directed by Ron West. New is her weekly podcast My Senior Moment on Spotify and on The Dump. Alaina is an award-winning screenwriter and director. Performing credits include original Broadway musicals,(Grease, Nine, Baby)concerts, opera, and roles on Roswell, Better Call Saul, Wander, Half Brothers, and other tv and films you've seen.

Claire Alexander (Staff Writer) is a New York City-based stand up comedian and headline contributor for Reductress. She performs regularly at both comedy clubs QED and The Tiny Cupboard, as well as other clubs and independent shows all over the city. Claire is the producer of three-year-running, “Drule,” a weekly comedy show in Brooklyn with an all women and queer people lineup, which was featured in the New York Comedy Festival in 2021. Claire was featured in the Connecticut Comedy Festival in 2020, and has been described as “an attentive waitress” by multiple elderly customers at the restaurant she has to work at because she decided to pursue a creative career.

Reva Grimball (Staff Writer) is a queer comedy writer and actor currently living in New York City. She is a Saturday Night Live scholarship recipient, was accepted into the Diverse As Fuck Onion writing program, and her writing has been featured on Cracked.com. She is the creator of the digital short series Drunk Bathroom Girl, co-produces the independent sketch comedy collective BoogieManja, sings with her musical improv team The Understudies, and teaches sketch writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB). Check her out on Instagram @revagrimballcomedy or at revagrimball.com.

John Hardy (Staff Writer) is a Nottingham UK based Stand-up, Improviser and writer. He trained with Annoyance Theatre in Chicago. A writer for This Week This Week, you can find him on stage around the UK performing stand-up and improv. with his twoprov group Honey Badger or in Ensembles at different shows. Follow him on instagram.com/johnhardycomedian

Chloe Hawker (Staff Writer) is a New York-based writer, sketch comedian, and space lawyer (really). She’s also into writing novels and buying piles of books on very specific topics. Chloe has trained at The PIT, UCB, Script Anatomy, and The Sketch School, and has performed at NYC Sketchfest and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She started writing comedy in law school, just like other normal people. You can catch Chloe at @chloechawker on all the socials or at chloechawker.com.

Rick Larsen (Staff Writer) is a writer, artist, and improvisor based in Phoenix. He studied improv and sketch at the Torch Theatre (Phx), the Pack Theatre (LA), and Rise Theatre(Denver). He is a contributing writer for the new-based sketch show This Week This Week in Los Angeles and and The Dump podcast. He also cohosts Sweet Podtato, a podcast about things that are excellent. Follow him at rlarsen4 on Instagram & YouRube and ricklarsen4 on Venmo. You can learn more about him at linktr.ee/rlarsen4. He is not Banksy.

Sam Metzler (Staff Writer) is a midwest based comedian, teacher, and general silly person. He is trained in comedy through the Second City Chicago, is a writer for Frazzled, and for The Dump Podcast. You can catch him trying desperately not to get caught breaking his diet regularly. You can follow his career on his instagram @samuel.metzler.330 or on his X @16minutesnews.

Cassie Soliday (Staff Writer) is a comedy writer and cartoonist. They’ve written and developed animated series for studios like Disney, Cartoon Network, and Warner Bros while their humor writing and cartoons can be seen around the internet at The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The Belladonna, and more. Originally from the rural Midwest, Cass hung up their tornado survival gear to live in LA where the wildfires and earthquakes roam free.

Izaak Sunleaf (Staff Writer) is a writer and comedian whose work has been featured in SF Sketchfest, Toronto Sketchfest, Philly Sketchfest, and Greener Pastures. He is the co-writer and co-producer of “Conventional: a convention center themed sketch show” and “Boyband Breakup: The Musical.” He is one-half of the cross-country comedy duo, Serendipity Comedy Duo. Previously, Izaak was a producer and co-head writer for movie trope sketch comedy show, Turner Classic Sketches; writer and actor for multiple BoogieManja teams in New York; an improviser on the Armory improv house team, Goliath; and a writer for Blackout Improv, a comedy troupe focused on social justice and arts access for black performers. More at: www.izaaksunleaf.com.

Eoin Wenger (Staff Writer) is a writer/performer based in NYC and studied at Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) and The Second City. Currently, you can catch him online in Big MacEntire or in person at The PIT on the BoogieManja team EZ Pass. He is a contributor for The Dump podcast, humor publication Humor Darling, and sometimes even his own Instagram feed. If you feel so inclined and mesmerized by all this info, you can follow him everywhere at @eoinwenger or check out more at eoinwenger.com. Also, it's pronounced “Owen.”

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