Ken Lehr always dreamed that by the year 2000 he would be CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, a world renowned global traveling Nobel Peace Prize winning diplomat, a member of the House of Representatives, the Dalai Lama, or some other person of great prestige. As he has achieved none of these goals, his self esteem now derives from drawing laughs from the audiences of improvisational comedy in the Philadelphia area. How did his life arrive at this point?

Ken's first taste of acting came in the 4th grade at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Southampton, Bucks County, when he played the title role in The Wizard of Oz. (He played the Wizard, not Dorothy!) Although his performance drew rave reviews from "The Counsel Cougar" as well as "The New York Times" and "Variety" Magazine, Ken retired from acting for nine years to focus on academia.

Ken decided to stop focusing on academia during his freshman year at Saint Joseph's University, and joined the student acting troupe "Cap and Bells" while maintaining a concentration in theatre studies. (Anyone who spells it "theater" is just itching for a fight!) memorable roles included the milkman in Our Town, Mr. Duskin in the musical Summer in My Heart, the stage manager, conventioneer #7, and the wooly mammoth in The Skin of our Teeth, Pompey the clown in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and Uncle Will in The Philadelphia Story. Ken particularly relished the last role, as it required pinching the bottoms of all the girls in the cast.

Ken removed himself from acting for another seven years to pursue the illusion of working towards a meaningful career. His life's journey in the 1990's included detours to Venice, California, where he joined a volunteer program to feed homeless people for one year; Syracuse, New York, where he earned(?) a Master's Degree in Public Administration, only to be disappointed when he learned he would not be getting a degree in Public Defenestration (To understand this joke, look under the heading - Thirty Year's War, cause); Germantown, Philadelphia, where he managed the Awbury Arboretum, and West Goshen, Chester County, where he now serves as Park and recreation Director and has full authority to reprimand residents who do not clean up after their dogs.

In 1997, Ken began taking classes in improvisational comedy at the renowned Comedy Sportz Academy. He spent the next two years leading a double life as pissed on bureaucrat during the week, and insipid improv student each weekend. Finally, in 1999, Ken auditioned for Polywumpus. It was a perfect match! Ken appreciated the scene-based improvisation of the troupe, while members pf Polywumpus appreciated Ken's successful efforts to bribe his way into the troupe with $20 and a carton of cigarettes. ken's performance highlights with the troupe include setting a Polywumpus record for most times being killed (23) in skits in a one month period (October 1999.)