About Us

Computer Station #23 (Editor-in-Chief, Lead Investor), a long-forgotten relic of the early age of computer technology, is located in the basement of Nation’s First Bank in Jersey City, NJ. Upon mysteriously being reactivated, CS23 wired money to a random group of bloggers with the instructions to use the funds to launch ActClassy.com.The bank’s disgruntled janitor was electrocuted during a plumbing accident in the room directly adjacent to CS23′s storage space, and the Act Classy staff have developed the theory that his soul now inhabits the machine. Since the money keeps coming, though, they don’t ask too many questions. CS23 enjoys Pong and having its holes blown into.

Molly Karrasch acts classy as an actor-ess in Austin, TX, often as a company member at austinplayhouse.com. She is also a producer of theatre, writer of ridiculousness, mother of boy, keeper of books and would never get anything done without Jay-Z. An enormous percentage of her time is spent trying to kick anorexia in the face.  She once pulled a pocket knife on rapper Mack 10 in a mini-van in a Wal-Mart parking lot; RELAX, it was to HELP him. That’s a pretty old photo, she’s cleaned up her act.

kdiddy is a lifelong Pittsburgher and always has trouble readings people’s facial expressions when she tells them that. She’s been a writer since somewhere around second grade, when she penned a novella about a monster who attacked her suburb, devoured all of the kids in her Catholic school, and put a hurt on the supply of hot dogs in the cafeteria. Since that auspicious beginning, she’s earned a few fancy-pants writing degrees and vomited her words in print and online (kdiddy.org, MamaPop.com). Her hobbies include wife-ing, mothering, showing hoes no love, carbs, and candy.

This is Molly G. Martin. Now is the winter of her discontent. She is a writer (MamaPop.com), a career gal, a mom, a wife, a shoe collector, a lipstick hoarder, and other stereotypes from a 1980s Lean Cuisine ad. Molly has more than once intervened in strangers’ drunken arguments about whether or not Richard Dawson is dead. She sometimes likes to act classy, but rarely when there are Cheetos or Dots involved.

Last in the line of a once Noble House, Fred Betzner spends his days silently staring out of windows in his castle, Le Château de Kangourou, and cursing his ill fate in severely broken French. He is considering changing his name to Molly.

Jive Turkey lives in Pittsburgh, PA where she believes in the power of her dreams. A whimsical soul who was once called “just plain nasty” by an employee of the New Jersey DMV, Jive Turkey works as an actor, blogger (Jive Turkey, MamaPop, Pay it Forward), and playwright to support her passion for secretarial work. Her favorite pastimes include motherhood, frenching, and fostering a healthy grudge against the Sears Portrait Studio. She sincerely hopes you have a bitchin’ summer.

 Joe Lyons is a Pittsburgh-based humorist, playwright and the only man to successfully play Street Fighter II at Beeps, Balls & Bings in Camp Hill, PA blindfolded for 12 consecutive matches in 1992. His fighter of choice was E. Honda, thanks to the ease of his attacks, the reach on his punches and kicks, and the fact that when he flew through the air you could kind of see his butt.  Butts are funny. Joe has been featured on Significant Objects, Hilobrow, and will someday spout his insanity on a gigantic video wall in the middle of a major city, like that Geisha lady from Blade Runner.

Scott Nicklos was found behind a local Pittsburgh vegan restaurant, frothing at the mouth with a celery stick swinging from his vein. Walking back from their Stripper Saturday Lunch Buffet, the Act Classy crew kidnaaaa… LET HIM VOLUNTARILY JOIN THEM, cleaned him up, and helped to find his true calling. They abus… nurtured his creative talent by infusing a Wacom pen to his hand (completely his idea, seriously). He now works in the undisclosed headquarters of Act Classy Death Ca…. Happy Farm where he’s quite content in what he does. Do not contact him. Seriously.

Brad Stephenson is a Pittsburgh-based writer, actor, director, chupacabra hunter, and father. His work has been featured in various print and online publications, including MamaPop.com and PopCityMedia.com. Brad doesn’t care how many pamphlets you send him. He will never believe that Restless Leg Syndrome is a real thing. Suck it up and quit moving your damn legs so much… he’s trying to sleep. Also, Brad really likes burgers and pizza. Like everyone else, he’s also on Twitter.

Addi Twigg loves few things more than the place she calls home, Pittsburgh, PA. If you aren’t impressed by the view of the city from her back porch, she will cut you. She maintains a day job with an evil insurance company to balance out the fact that she was recently sainted. Her final miracle was teaching your mom how to stop calling all the time and just send a damn text for once. Addi is a notoriously loud laugher and a renown vocalist in the car, the shower, and her own mind. More of Addi’s fluff can be found on additwigg.com, baitandswitchmusic.com, and Twitter.