Improv /
Musical Director
Biography
Faustino Solis is the Musical Director of ComedySportz Las Vegas and local Las Vegas troupes Bleach and One Take.
Faustino was introduced to improv in 2014 through the Improv Kingdom in Las Vegas. In the summer of 2016, Faustino later took his first drop-in workshops with Brent Mukai and Kopy Kopatich, then later with Darren Pitura and Derek Shipman of Vegas Theatre Hub. Faustino began attending jams and shows at Vegas Theatre Hub and The Spot.
In February 2017, Faustino attended a performance of Musical Megawatt of the Magnet Theater, his first exposure to musical improv at UCB Sunset. Having met musical directors Sam Johnidas and Tony Gonzalez of the Sam and Tony Show after the performance, Faustino decided that he wanted to play piano for musical improv in Las Vegas. Upon his return, Faustino bought his first electric keyboard and was named Vegas Theatre Hub's first Musical Director, assigned to accompany for the newly formed house team We Hot Bingo. In exchange for accompanying services, Faustino took his first improv level courses through the Hub.
Realizing the possibility of expanding the presence of musical improv in Las Vegas (there had been other groups performing musical improv prior), Faustino reached out to the Second City Training Centers for guidance. In a turn of events, Faustino visited all three Second City theaters by Amtrak train, training with Hughie Stone Fish in Los Angeles, Amanda Murphy in Chicago, and Ayaka Kinegawa in Toronto.
Since that summer, Faustino frequently teaches and performs in theaters and festivals around the country. Training programs include Vegas Theatre Hub, The Groundlings, ImprovBoston, and Second City Chicago. Notable teachers are Stephanie McCullough, Scott Passarella, Dave Asher, and Laura Hall.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting quarantine, Faustino founded the InterCity Long Form Improv Jam, an online improv jam aimed to support improvisers who are unable to improvise with a theater or troupe, connecting improvisers together from across North America and the world. As of January 2021, the organization was rebranded as InterCity Improv.
Troupe Collaborations
20 Minute Musical (ImprovBoston)
After Party
Anarchy: The Improvised Rock Opera
Bette MINtler
Bingewatch
Bird and Friends
Bleach
Bliss
Cards of Destiny
Cat Couch
Cardio Spider
Chartreuquoise
Cheesecake French Toast
ComedySportz Boston
ComedySportz Buffalo
ComedySportz Chicago (Online)
ComedySportz Las Vegas
ComedySportz Seattle
Confirmation of Receipt
Cosplay Improv Mashup Show w/ Brandon Green & Brent Mukai
Fabricated Egg
Famke Roumstead Is Hot
Fontaine Party w/ Courtney Fontaine
Four Average People
Four First Names
Forever Team
Furious Water
Going Steady w/ Matt Castellvi & Stacey Smith
Harpoon
Here! The Improvised Musical
Hot Mess! The Musical
Hysterical
Jackson Soup
Judgement City
Las Vegas Improvisation Players
League of Pointless Improvisers
LimboLand w/ T.J. Mannix
Linoleum City
Magic! The Gathering
ManCandy
Matt Geiler
Murder Fairy and Arson Leprachaun
Musicorn Sparklez
Next Generationgap
One Take
Park City Improv
Penny Arcade
Quick Wits
Rhyme and PunishMINT
Solitaire w/ Nick Condon
StaceJam w/ Stacey Smith
The A-Team
The Comedy Project
The Fishermen
The Mama's Papa
The Wild
The Yerks
Trudy Carmichael: The Improvised One Woman Her-story
Uncle Crimson
We Hot Bingo
Well Known Strangers
We, Robot w/ Bill Arnett & Christopher George
Wonderland
Xplōd
Ya Hussies
Your Life: The Musical
Zip-Zopera
Festival Appearances
Wasatch Improv Festival, Midvale, UT 2020, 2022
Secret City Improv Festival, Oak Ridge, TN 2021
InterCity Improv Festival (Online) 2021
Palm Beach Improv Festival (Online) 2020
New York Musical Improv Festival 2020
Gatlinburg Improv Festival, Gatlinburg, TN 2020
Third Coast Improv Festival, Nashville, TN 2019
Kansas City Improv Festival 2018, 2019
ComedySportz National Championship, Philadelphia, PA 2019
Omaha Improv Festival 2019
Downtown Vegas Improv Festival 2018, 2019
Chicago Musical Improv Festival 2018
New England Musical Improv Experience (ImprovBoston) 2018
Performance Venues
American Repertory Theater, Buffalo, NY
Arcade Comedy Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Square Theater/Vegas Theatre Company, Las Vegas, NV
Atlas Theater: Home of ComedySportz, Seattle, WA
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Historic Grove Theater, Oak Ridge, TN
ImprovBoston, Boston, MA
iO, Chicago, IL
Kick Comedy Theater, Kansas City, MO
Laugh Out Loud, Chicago, IL
Majestic Repertory Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
Midvale Performing Arts Center, Midvale, UT
Orpheum Theater, Twin Falls, ID
Rozzie Square Theater, Boston, MA
Show Creators Studios, Las Vegas, NV
Sweet Fannie Adams Theater, Gatlinburg, TN
The Annoyance Bar and Theater, Chicago, IL
The Arena: Home of ComedySportz, Buffalo, NY
The Backline, Omaha, NE
The Space, Las Vegas, NV
The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA
Third Coast Comedy Club, Nashville, TN
Unexpected Productions, Seattle, WA
Vegas Theatre Hub, Las Vegas, NV
Workshop/Class Venues
Arcade Comedy Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
ComedySportz Boston
ComedySportz Buffalo
ComedySportz Las Vegas
Orpheum Theatre, Twin Falls, ID
Reno Improv
Second City Training Center, Toronto, ON
Theater Puget Sound, Seattle, WA
The Space, Las Vegas, NV
The Spot Improv, Las Vegas, NV
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Vegas Theatre Hub, Las Vegas, NV