Meet Our Comedians

Nichole Ochoa is the Founder of Patent Pending Productions LLC and the Artistic  Director of Patent Pending Sketch Comedy. She started in the performing  arts at 3 years old as a classical ballet dancer. When High School came  around she started learning the technical world for stage performances.  Continuing her love of the creative arts she moved to New York at 18 and  studied Meisner Technique at The School for Film and Television. She  left the theater for other adventures and then made her return in 2016  with a local sketch comedy troupe. In 2022, she took the idea of Patent  Pending Comedy and ran with it pulling together the talent you see on  the stage here today.

C Austin Farris  is grateful to see another season of Patent Pending come to fruition.  Farris has been practicing comedy and artistic entrepreneurship in the  valley for twenty years as a founding member of Friday Night Live Sketch  Comedy, NFAH Improv, and Patent Pending Productions, with additional  experience as a contributing writer/performer/director to The  Cosmonauts. Farris believes strongly that Phoenix cradles a verdant  artistic potential to be cultivated. To this end, you can find him  hosting weekly virtual writers’ rooms open to the public on the Patent  Pending server. Farris would like to thank the cast, crew, and of  course… you! He sincerely hopes you find all of this silliness as  delightful to watch as it was to create.

Mike Potts is a cat dad and photographer who has been doing sketch comedy for 12  years. To date his greatest triumph is taking a tuxedo selfie with  penguins in Antarctica.

Jen Gantwerker is a theatre artist, educator, yoga teacher, and burrito  enthusiast. By day, she is the Education Program Manager at Childsplay  Theatre. The rest of the time, she writes, directs, and performs in as  many interesting projects as she can. This is one of those projects!  Thanks for coming out to see it.

Amanda Byars is a Sirian Starseed and Meisner method actor. She  is ecstatic to make her Phoenix stage debut! Last P3 performance,  Amanda managed the back of the house keeping cast fed and costumes  labeled. She is grateful to hold the role of Stage Manager as well as  Cast for the spring show. Amanda trained at The School  for Film & Television in NYC and performed with Pinch-n-Ouch  theater in Atlanta. Her work in holistic health, young son and grandma  hobbies keep Amanda growing and learning. She would like to thank  Wedding Cake and ice cold Coke-a-Cola in a can, for always hitting just  right.

Angelica Saario is back and ready for season 2 with P3! Angelica is a full time college  student at ASU getting her BA in theatre acting. When she’s not at the  gym weight training or enjoying a yoga class; she’s performing in as  many shows as she can around the valley. She also loves acting in short  films, directing and writing. 

Tyler Ochoa My bio will not be about me. 

Veronica Harris is a scientist by day, actor by night. She is very excited to make her sketch comedy debut with Patent Pending. Veronica would like to thank her wonderful boyfriend, Garrad, for babysitting her cats while she’s away on the stage. 

ZA Zucotti - Bio Coming Soon

Paul Green may have resting murderer face but he’s actually harmless. He has been performing comedy for over 15 years starting in 2008 as an improviser and actor. In 2014 Paul expanded his comedy career as he begin performing stand-up at The Tempe Center of the Arts. In 2015 Paul packed up and moved to Hollywood where he performed stand up on some of the most iconic stages in the world. In 2022 he returned to his hometown and continues to perform stand up, improv and act. Paul loves nothing more than bringing joy and laughter to his audience.