Alex Grindeland
Owner & General Manager
Alex has been an improviser, actor, comedian, teacher, and an almost-daily-shower-taker for over 20 years. He is elated for the opportunity to teach and perform improv comedy in Jacksonville.
Alex began performing improv when he was only 16 years old in the High School League at CSz Milwaukee, the original ComedySportz club. Later, after graduating from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a degree in Theatre-Education, he worked as a high school theatre teacher for 3 years before ultimately setting off to Seattle, Washington. This is where he opened and led CSz Seattle - home of ComedySportz Seattle. Under Alex's leadership, this troupe of Seattle artists grew from a small nomadic improv group to a community of comedy performers with a dedicated fan base and a brick and mortar venue, housing two theatres.
Alex also formerly served as President of the CSz Worldwide, the organization that licenses theatre companies to perform ComedySportz internationally.
See videos of Alex's improv performances on his website!
David Bogan
Roadshow Manager & Education Director
David Bogan, a former Marine and die-hard Tom Petty fan, is an experienced veteran of improv comedy. He has taught and performed many styles of improv comedy for over 25 years. Starting in 1997, David performed and taught at CSz Milwaukee - Home of ComedySportz. After 20 years, in 2015 he relocated to co-manage CSz Seattle - Home of ComedySportz. He has performed in thousands of shows, and has also taught a vast number of individuals, teams, and organizations the art of improvisation and how the skills that improv training introduces can be applied to life, play, and work. Some applications include comedy entertainment, public speaking, science communication, corporate team building, and helping to manage anxiety.
David has also designed and facilitated Applied Improvisation training for a diversity of companies and organizations. His workshops center on making communication more collaborative, supportive, and effective both in and out of the workplace. Such past and present clients include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Amazon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United Way, Hershey’s, and many, many, more.
For more information about David, check him out on LinkedIn.
Madelaine Grindeland
Owner & Marketing Manager
A Jill of several trades and master of some, Madelaine is a founding member of First Coast Comedy. With more than a decade of experience in leadership, management, teaching, and performance, she is thrilled to be running the comedy club alongside her husband, Alex.
Madelaine practically grew up onstage, touring the United States with her musician mother. Over the years, she has worked as a touring actor, musical theatre performer, film actor, and theatre educator, spending nearly a decade teaching theatre to children.
In 2021, Madelaine, Alex, and Dave took a leap of faith and moved to Jacksonville, Florida, determined to make their dream of opening a second improv comedy club a reality.
These days, Madelaine can usually be found performing, teaching, or convincing herself that one more theatre project is a good idea—though most of her time is dedicated to her precocious children, Lucy Rose and Levi Isaac.
Madelaine's résumé also includes a few less conventional adventures. Prior to comedy, she worked as a professional wrestler under the name Vicky "The Captain" Dreamboat and earned her 100-Ton U.S. Coast Guard Captain's License. For one memorable spring, she also served as the sales assistant to Oregon's most prolific stinging nettle salesman. Ask her about it.
You can follow Madelaine on social media for your daily dose of comedy clips, questionable reels, baby photos, wrestling highlights, gym selfies, and whatever else happens to catch her attention: @madgrincomedy.
Learn more about Madelaine on her website!
Steven Gibbs
Bar Manager
Steven is a skilled artisan cocktail maker with a with a knack for making even the most surly laugh, and he looks forward to mixing you the perfect drink for your evening of laughter at First Coast Comedy. He's also a dancer, romancer, and top tier Halsey fan, but don’t ask him his opinion of his name (Stephen) being spelled with a PH instead of a V…
