Reunion Show Flyer (in PDF format)
The group broke up in 1995, but several of the members went on to form Crazy Monkeys before the cheese was even cold.
The members of National Velveeta were all either Purdue students or Purdue alumni; membership changed yearly as people came and went.
The group was formed in 1989 by Purdue student Phil Granchi, and went on to perform professionally in West Lafayette, Indianapolis, Bloomington, and Louisville. National Velveeta performed at cafes, bars, dorms, benefit concerts, festivals, private parties, and banquets. In addition, the troupe did two successful self-produced shows. National Velveeta was been written up in all the local newspapers, and wrote and produced a Halloween radio show, "Attack of the Were-Corn,".
| Name | What They're Doing | How Recent My Info Is |
|---|---|---|
| Robb Bruce | Working in New York | 3/99 |
| Mark French (mafbjf@aol.com) | " I am going to be going to North Africa in the fall to work with a medical humanitarian agency with Betsy, my wife. We hope to eat Velveeta melted over our cous cous and lamb's head."4/99 | |
| Carrie Gatke | ||
| Fuzzy Gerdes | Performing with various groups in Chicago | 2007 |
| Gerry Gobel | An in-house emcee at Cracker's in Indianapolis | 1/15/98 |
| Phil Granchi | NV Founder, went on to work with the Annoyance Theatre, currently touring with his show Modern Problems in Science. | 4/99 |
| Shaun Himmerick | Performing with various groups in Chicago | 2007 |
| Matt Kaye | Performing in Los Angeles | 2/02 |
| Supna Kumar | Taking classes at the Improv Olympic and performing with ComedySportz Chicago | 11/98 |
| Kristin Lietch | A long, long time ago Kristin went off to New York. | Oh, years and years ago |
| Matt Martin | Directing and performing with Spot Theater in Omaha, Nebraska | 2/02 |
| Dave Mitchell | Teaching high school down south somewhere | 9/96 |
| Mike Monahan | Pursuing graduate studies at U of Illinois-UC | 3/99 |
| Andy Shark | ||
| Scott Starkey | Working in Lafayette, cartoonist, game designer | 3/99 |
| Ben Taylor | Working at MSE Corporation in Indianapolis. Says improv "really helped me cope with engineering." | 2/16/98 |
| Brian Terjung | ||
| Liz Thelen | ||
| Lawrence VanVactor-Lee | Methodist Minister in Two Harbors, MN | 2007 |
| Jim Westrick |
We liked our name, but we received a sign that we should consider changing it.
