Over 7 years ago I was teaching an "Actor's Group" in the bowels of the Mayan Nightclub for a very hip church named Mosaic. Mainly teaching improv, I had the privilege of seeing performers like Dan Braswell take some of his first improv steps. Soon we had our first show performing for a Mosaic Sunday service using "What could someone be destined to do?" as our suggestion since the theme for the service was Destiny.

Little did I know that the small group who started meeting in the infamous Blue House on Orchard Avenue by USC would turn into the juggernaut that is now known as Monkey Butler. If you are not familiar with Monkey Butler, it is an improv troupe which has been teaching free improv classes for the past 7 years. We have grown to teaching over 300 people a week in Los Angeles alone, not to mention becoming international and opening chapters in Colorado, New Zealand, and England.

The sad news is that Monkey Butler is being dissolved. In a nutshell, it got too big to be able to manage. No one was getting paid, remember? However, I have no doubt that the amazingly creative people who were blessed by Monkey Butler will rise to do bigger and more spectacular things.

Everyone is welcome to come to one last party and show at 8PM on September the 19th at Mosaic on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and La Brea in Hollywood, California. Come laugh, cry, improv, and celebrate all that Monkey Butler was, is, and is to come!!

Special thanks to David Magidoff and Gabe Trevino and the countless hundreds who helped take the group to spectacular heights. Also thanks to Ryan Self, Katie Self, Matt Tate, and David Arcos who helped guide in the last days. It went way beyond what I could have hoped or imagined. Only in Heaven will we completely see what impact Monkey Butler had on this world.

Special shout out to my team Chauffeur: Todd Ritz, Caleb Martin, Andrew Hanson, Jeff Braine, Nathan Davis, Gabe Trevino, David Magidoff, and protégés of mine Marc Chester and Morgan Owens.

Also shout out to my new, albeit brief team, Shoe Shine Kids: Grace Bannon, Erich Tamola, Nick Rasmussen, Nathan Davis, Moses Storm, and Brittany Joyner.

Monkey Butler (at least as we know it) is being laid to rest, but only to plant a seed of something bigger, better, and more beautiful. Much love and thanks to all. It's been one amazing ride.

Asking one last time: "What could someone be destined to do?" How about destined to change the world through improv?