WeirDass
c. 2001-present (intermittent) ยท Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL
Also known as Weir/Dass
Stephnie Weir and Bob Dassie's husband-and-wife two-person long-form, the domestic-cinema counterpart to TJ & Dave.
Known for
- Stephnie Weir and Bob Dassie met at Second City classes; became a couple during an Edinburgh Fringe run in the late 1990s.
- Moved to LA after Weir was cast on MadTV; experimented at iO West with the two-person form that became WeirDass.
- Praised by improvisers for grounded, married-couple realism in improvised scenework.
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ioiO West
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stephnie weirbob dassie
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