Eric Turk
A graduate of the Toronto Second City’s Conservatory Program, Eric has been improvising and writing since he was 13 years old. Now at 23 years of age, he is the Jewishest member of Stautory Jape. Eric believes that the greatest comedy comes from the absurdity of everyday life and will stop at nothing until you agree with him. Commonly found in temperate or desert climates. In addition to Statutory Jape, Eric is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and is currently pursuing a law degree at the University of Toronto. In his spare time, Eric enjoys coaching high school improv, travelling, and stalking the elderly. Do not approach if threatened. Primary diet consists of voles and small fieldmice. Often located in groups of 20 or more, they may also be found foraging in groups of 1 or 2 during harsh environmental conditions. Eric is so thrilled to be a member of Statutory Jape and hopes you come see him real soon! The female of the species can be identified by the rich plumage around the neck and shoulders but is far more easily startled than the male. They have also taken on more cultural significance, symbolizing nobility and grace in Europe. Individuals native to desert regions may be collected by members of the aristocracy for sport hunting though they are often now only kept as displays of power. Threatened but not endangered.
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Adam McNamara
Some have called him the Da Vinci of our generation. Not for his contribution to the arts, but for his love of dirty limericks (It is a well know fact that Da Vinci is the great great great great great grand father of the man from Nantucket). Just like the last digit in Pi, Adam McNamara is a person no one really wants to deal with or figure out. His love for sketch comedy and improvisation is only over shadowed by his embarrassingly large collection of Transformers paraphernalia. Adam's love for comedy flowered in his early teens, when a lack of fighting skills forced him to joke his way out of many confrontations. He soon discovered that laughter had a more practical use in entertaining others rather than in the prevention of his own death, so he joined the Second City Training Centre, where he met his future troupe mates of Statutory Jape. Statutory Jape wisely redirected Adam’s ideas of forming a pant-less all Bass Barber-Shop Quartet called, “Crotch-tastic!!!” and suggested sketch comedy, as they didn’t have enough material to be pant-less. From there, Statutory Jape went on to be the leading sketch troupe of High Reference Low Brow comedy in Toronto and arguably London….England! He has been fortunate enough in the past to be involved with several other fantastic sketch comedy troupes, more notably Accidental Company and Kathleen Turner Overdrive (both still active today), and more recently Reverse Oreo! A self proclaimed wanker, Adam thanks his family and friends for all their support, his girlfriend Alex and hopes to one day win enough money to build and live in a life size replica of Castle GreySkull.
Aaron Hagey-MacKay
Born and raised in Toronto, Aaron met the fellow members of Statutory Jape at The Second City’s improv training program. Fun fact: Aaron is the tallest and youngest member of Statutory Jape which brought about his nickname, Giganto-Scamp.
He loves comedy in all its forms. Aaron has been performing improv comedy since he was fourteen years old, and sketch since he was seventeen. Now he has finally taken up the task of doing stand-up comedy. Fun fact: Aaron is the third Jewishest member of Statutory Jape after Adam McNamara.
Aaron also has other ongoing projects. He performs with another troupe The Assembly, plays banjo in a novelty bluegrass band that does popular music covers called The R&BG BoyZz, and writes fake news on occasion. Fun fact: Nostradamus has predicted that Aaron’s last words will be, “But I only look Jewish”.
Simon Pond
Simon Pond is the second tallest, second smartest, second wealthiest, second whitest, second best dressed, second loneliest, second funniest, second most diseased, second cleanest, second youngest, second cleverist, second most punctual, second least Jewish, second most empathetic, second sexiest, second cheekiest, second cheapest, second stubornist, second loosest, and fattest member of Statutory Jape.
Simon hold a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Toronto and frequently exercises all the rights and privileges of that degree by caging and testing monkeys. Most of studies involve some sort of attempts to genetically engineer a monkey with whom he can fall in love and grow old with. So far all his attempts at creating a Simian wife have failed.
Simon hopes you come out to see Statutory Jape at all of their shows. In addition, if you are looking to purchase a dead monkey wearing lipstick, Simon is just the guy to get in touch with.