Seth Meyers
Executive Producer
Allyson Rice
Producer/Director
Jennifer Wiggin
Producer/Director
Tom Wiggin
Producer/Director
Joseph B. Radding
Executive Producer
Paul W. Warshauer
Executive Producer
A Documentary Film
Seth Meyers (Mee-Ow Alum!) is an actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, television host and comedian. He is best knownfor hosting NBC's Saturday Night Live news parody segment Weekend Update and the NBC talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Allyson, a proud alum of both Northwestern University and The Mee-Ow Show (go Cats!), is a producer of the feature documentary Banned Together, scheduled for a Fall 2024 release.
She began as an actress for decades on stage, radio, primetime TV (Family Ties, 413 Hope Street, TimeCop) and daytime (As the World Turns). She was Assoc. Director of Creative Development and a producer for The STAGE Network. She continued as a producer with Atomic Focus. Independently, she created and performed a multi-award-winning comedic rap music video (Fine, I’ll Write My Own Damn Song). As a writer she has written two TV pilots, three screenplays and is an award-winning author and narrator for her novel The Key to Circus-Mom Highway (2023).
Jennifer Wiggin is the Co-Founder and Executive Producer of Atomic Focus Entertainment, LLC. She was previously the Executive Producer in charge of Production for The STAGE Network and produced all original content for the Network. Jenn has produced feature documentaries, talk shows, unscripted reality series, documentary series, and filmed theatrical events.
Jenn is a producer of Banned Together, a feature documentary film scheduled for release in Fall 2024. Before producing film and television, she worked as a theater producer, company manager and general manager for Broadway, Off-Broadway and European Tours.
Tom’s work at Atomic Focus continues a professional show business career that has spanned five decades. He started as an actor, playing leads on Broadway (Grease), Off-Broadway (Livin’ Dolls), on Prime Time TV (Breaking Away) and on daytime TV (As the World Turns), among numerous stage and TV credits.
Tom is a producer and director for the new feature documentary Banned Together, coming out in 2024. For Atomic Focus, Tom serves as a creator, developer, producer, story editor and director for a variety of projects such as Crossovers Live!, Always Authors, Thursday in the Park with the Broadway Show League, and The Charleston Literary Festival.
Joseph B. Radding was the Surrealist-in-Residence of the first Mee-Ow Show. He is an artist, designer, writer, educator, former agency creative director, martial artist, and medieval re-enactor. His first book was a textbook about interdisciplinary collaboration in advertising. He lives in Michigan with his brilliant wife Marilee, their extraverted basset hound Hank, and their two cats Bella and Chaucer.
Paul W. Warshauer co-founded the Mee-Ow Show. He owns and operates Grande Venues, a real estate development company that acquires, restores, rehabilitates, or operates historic old theatres and buildings. He also has written, produced and performed over 450 original murder mystery entertainments across all 50 states under the company name Murders4Fun. He lives in Minnesota.
THE PRODUCING TEAM
Of all its significant accomplishments, Northwestern University is also home to the longest-running college improv comedy show in the country. The Mee-Ow show celebrated its 50th anniversary this year with a big Reunion Weekend in April., Alums from all 50 years attended. There were be parties, star-studded panels with people like Ana Gasteyer, Dermot Mulroney, and Kristen Schaal , improv sessions, and information on a book being published about the show's history.
We will be telling the story of the Mee-Ow Show in a documentary film. Mee-Ow alum Seth Meyers has joined as an Executive Producer, and other high profile Mee-Ow alums will consider joining after the reunion in April (...Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one!)
Filming will take us to SNL, Second City, The Groundlings, and late-night talk shows, and into the homes of alums who attribute Mee-Ow to their success in professions outside of comedy.
If you are able - would you please consider making a donation to this project to ensure we are able to showcase Mee-Ow for lovers of improv and sketch comedy around the world.
Your donation is 100% tax deductible through our partnership with The Film Collaborative, and will help provide the production much needed support to make a truly memorable film.
Documentaries are difficult to fund and they're not used for anyone to get rich, but rather to spread the word on something we all feel is important and should be seen, which is why they are often crowd-sourced. Please consider becoming a part of the 'team' with a donation and help us spread the word!
Please use this link to make your tax-deductible contribution. All donations over $500 receive mention in our Special Thanks in the credits for the film.
THANK YOU for your consideration of this project and we'll be so excited to show you the final product. And IF you are an alum of Mee-Ow and are interested in participating in the film - please reach out to us! We'd love to talk to you.