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Comedy XPeriment Players - Player Biography
Diane Rinehart

Email: diane@comedyxp.tv

Who is your favorite comedian?
John Candy, Chris Farley, Tracy Ulman and Gene Wilder (studied at the U of I drama dept. Yea!).

Who is your favorite actor?
Jan Brady.

What is your favorite CXP game?
Pan Left, Pan Right, Blind Lines, and Chaos

Where were you born?
In a cold, bright, sterile room.

What do you do at CXP?
I laugh, play and most importantly, enforce the rules.

What is your favorite Des Moines activity?
Making out by the blue lights at the D.M. airport and skating during the moonlight song at Skate West.

What is your favorite place in Des Moines?
The hammock in my back yard.

Who is your favorite Des Moines personality?
Do we have a Des Moines personality?

What is your most memorable moment at CXP?
If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

Who are your influences as a performer?
The family of 10 that I was raised in, and the cast from "Laugh In".

Are you married?  Do you have kids?
Ya Baby! Three and counting!

Why do you like improv?
The financial opportunities.

Why do you like CXP?
Because of all our charity performances.

What advice can you offer to improv students?
Become a doctor.

What are your hobbies and interests?
Yoga, reading and quilting. Anything quiet and unassuming.

Who would you most like to meet?
Jesus.

What is your favorite movie?
Princess Bride, Young Frankenstein and It's a Mad, mad, mad, Mad World.

How did you get started in improv?
I bribed the director.

Anything else you'd like to share?
I have some left-overs in the 'fridge.