Kevin O’Brien

Kevin O’Brien is a musician and educator who has been part of the Pittsburgh comedy scene since 2014. As an improviser, Kevin has performed regularly on numerous house and indie long form, short form, and musical improv teams around the city and in festivals around the country (most notably The Ted City Yodelers; Your Life: The Musical; Miniature Table Concerts; Kill Screen, and Moop Troop). Currently, you can see Kevin perform regularly at Arcade as a cast member of Danger Stage and Co-Workers. As a coach, Kevin also regularly works with a variety of numerous house and indie long form, short form, and musical improv teams (including Select Start; Barbara, A Mother; Choir Consequences, and String & the Beans). As a writer, Kevin has produced several sketch shows for Arcade Comedy Theater and Fringe Festivals around the east coast. As a teacher, Kevin has brought musical improv workshops to festivals and since 2018 regularly teaches short form improv, musical improv, and sketch classes at Arcade. Since 2016, Kevin has also worked as a Stage Manager at Arcade, where you can hear his booming pre-show announcements voice and his sing-song call of “THIS IS PLACES!”