Chip Keyes

After graduating Hartford's Trinity College, Chip Keyes moved to NYC with The Portable Circus, a sketch comedy troupe he founded at Trinity. The Portable Circus toured nationally, at over 90 colleges and had theatrical runs in Philadelphia and New York, as well as bookings at the NY Playboy Club & The Main Point in Philadelphia. He next was half of comedy team Keyes & Lippa, playing such NY clubs as The Improvisation and Catch a Rising Star. They opened for Maureen McGovern at The Bitter End, as well as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Livingston Taylor at NY's The Bottom Line. After a move to LA, Keyes & Lippa appeared regularly at The Comedy Store and Improv as well as other local clubs. When the team amicably split, Keyes returned to NY and made his living as an actor on stage, in soaps and TV commercials. As a playwright, his Easy Outs or The Adventures of Alphonse On the Lam was co-produced by Arts Ark and the Federal Theater Collective. There's A Broken Light For Every Heart, for