Press

TRIKE

Improv trio Nick Kanellis, Peter McNerney and Leslie Korein meld playful physical transformation and careful scenework in a weekly show that delivers an impressively quick and detailed overlap of events in its conclusion.
-Time Out NY

TRIKE gushes with characters, visceral drama and lightning bolt organic transitions.  The product is a seamless improvisational joyride.
-GOMagazine

This 3 person team is hot! Well-acted, well-staged, and remarkable to watch. All three actors were superb! The rapport between Peter McNerney and Leslie Korein was especially great and believable as the teen-age couple grappling with peer pressure.
-Israel Savage, Improvisation News

I've been a fan of Leslie, Peter & Nick and their respective work for some time now, and was very excited to welcome them to perform at PHIF as Trike. We were very pleased to see the trio approach their scenework with a seemingly effortless simplicity that was both energizing and engaging. They demonstrate a playful patience in exploring the smallest moments, while never losing sight of the larger picture. Their performance left a truly memorable mark amongst excellent company and we hope to have the opportunity to continue to present them to our audiences in the future.
-Matt Nelson, Executive Producer, Philadelphia Improv Festival

GIRL CAMP

Girl Camp is a raucous good time, complete with raunchy lyrics, hysterical songs, a bat infestation and a creepy cook — oh, and a giant vagina. Writers Marcy Jarreau and Leslie Korein also star in the musical; the two leads are in perfect sync with each other as our nascent Sapphics, capturing all the embarrassment and discomfort of adolescence in brilliantly nuanced detail. With songs like “Pillow Fight Love Scene,” “How Do We Fit Together?” and “They’re Banging in Heaven,” Girl Camp leaves you wishing that sleepaway camp was really this much fun.
-Christina Ku, Show Business Weekly

PRAISE FOR LESLIE'S COACHING & WORKSHOPS

Leslie is available for improv coaching and teaches various workshops with members of the Magnet Theater community.

Seeing Leslie's group perform totally changed my basic assumptions of what Improv is. Their patience and full attention to one another's actions and emotions on stage was incredible. They showed how to bring the truth back in an art form that can sometime become all-too campy. Since my experience with them, I have now seriously considered pursuing my love of improv beyond my four years at college.
-Chris, Middlebury College

Leslie's workshop was more than helpful in improving our character development and appreciation for our scene partners. An amazing improviser and even better teacher.  I would recommend this workshop to anyone interested in performing!    
-Tess, Sketchy Characters, University at Albany

Working with Leslie was an eye-opener for me. I'd recommend anyone to this workshop, regardless of experience. Through close and precise coaching, Leslie trains you to bring out the truth of the scene, revealing the comedy, and sometimes the heart, underneath.
-Marty, Sketchy Characters, University at Albany

We were shocked and unbelievably impressed at the talent of this group. Leslie was a great coach and teacher. There was a new energy at our rehearsals afterwards and we were all inspired to use the new techniques that we had learned. 
-Alyssa, Middlebury College