About

Mission

The Exuberant Theatre Company are artists passionate about lifting the spirits of human beings through celebratory act of theatrical performance. We believe that theatre and film are restorative, purifying, and unifying media.

Adventure Story performance
Adventure Story: Improvised!
Adventure Story poster
clown workshop
Clown Workshop
Act Social film poster
Act Social poster
Exuberants Improv Comedy Team
Performance at Broadway Comedy Club Times Square NYC
Redeem
Exubs teach a workshop in the Bronx, NY

History

The Exuberant Theatre Company was born in 2017 when physical theatre actor Sean A. Mulvihill moved from Torino, Italy to New York City. His only worldly possessions were two real suitcases of clothes, one ‘clown’ suitcase for his solo clown show “Velo,” and one Yamaha acoustic guitar. His first order of business: teach and perform clown with the actors of NYC.

After a successful clown collaboration with physical theatre company The Ume Group, Mulvihill started the Exuberants Improv Comedy Team, which had a weekly improv comedy show at the Broadway Comedy Club for two years, ending in March 2020. The company also toured the Tri-State area with our signature improv comedy shows.

During the pandemic, Exuberant Theatre Company stayed afloat with funding from The Actor’s Fund, the state of New York, and other charitable organizations with the mission to assist artists. In 2020, we also developed a partnership with non-profit NGO Hello Future, developing arts curricula for displaced Syrian refugee teens in Iraq.

In 2021, The Exuberant Theatre Company’s documentary feature film about applied improvisation, Act Social, won the “Film Heals” Award at the Manhattan Film Festival. The film, directed by Sean A. Mulvihill, stars legendary actor/improv comedian Colin Mochrie.

In 2022, the company launched its latest improv comedy show: Adventure Story: Improvised!

In 2023, the company relocated to San Diego, California to offer classes in improv comedy, sketch writing, screenwriting, and acting to a diverse population. We also have an annual Christmas Caroling group which is available to perform at private parties all over Southern California.

Founder

Sean A. Mulvihill, Artistic Director

Hi, I’m Sean A. Mulvihill. I’m the Artistic Director of the Exuberant Theatre Company. We started out with a long-running improv comedy show at the Broadway Comedy Club and other NYC venues from 2018-2022. I moved to San Diego in early 2023 and am very excited to work with you. You can catch me performing improv around town at Mockingbird Improv (Team Broadway Unscripted) and Finest City Improv (Team Fjordache). I also put up scripted theater work at the annual San Diego International Fringe Festival (2024: Puppy Love).

I’ve been teaching acting and writing since 2001 and improv and sketch comedy since 2018. 

I’ve been acting professionally since the age of 16 when I got my first summer stock musical theatre gig in Illinois. I was late to the first rehearsal because I failed my Math Analysis final. The teacher let me retake it on the following Monday after school ended. I got a C. Because of that C, I got into USC.

So, at age 18, I moved to Los Angeles and went to USC to get a BFA in Acting. I had my first exposure to improv training with the great Dan O’Connor and Eric Trulles, but unfortunately I was partying so much I don’t remember much about those classes. After graduation, I was a founding member of the acclaimed Blue House Theatre Company alongside present-day stars Patrick J. Adams and Chris Pine. I developed an interest in the mystic and at the age of 24 I made a feature film called Living Luminaries with my then-hero, Eckhart Tolle, the author of The Power of Now.

I went on to act professionally on many regional and international stages from Tuacahn Ampitheatre in Utah to the Venetian Macau. I’ve appeared on TV and streaming channels like: RAI Italia “Questo Nostro Amore”, CBS “Next”, GSN “Baggage” (a dating show hosted by Jerry Springer), Amazon Prime, and am the voice of a Sony PlayStation game called “Loading Human.” I got my MFA in Physical Theatre in Italy and lived there for four years during which I gained weight.

After Italy, I moved to NYC in 2017 and fell in love with improv. I studied at UCB, the Magnet, and the PIT. My studies led me to direct a feature film called ACT SOCIAL starring Colin Mochrie of “Whose Line is it, Anyway?” Colin was a good sport when we put him in an fMRI and looked at his brain while he did improv. The film won the “Film Heals” Award at the 2021 Manhattan Film Festival.

I’m a positive and motivating person and my teaching style is honest, practical, and fun. I look forward to helping you reach your goals!

Read some reviews for my performing and teaching at: https://exubs.com/reviews/