Ed Herbstman is an actor and writer originally from Chicago, and is married to writer/director Melanie Hoopes. Acting credits include Film: Hustlers, The Big Sick, Ode To Joy, Arthur, TV: Manifest, Search Party, Alpha House, Pinkalicious. Theater: Magnet Theater (co-founder) Second City TourCo, Laurie Stanton’s Sound Diet, Mantzoukas Brothers, Armando Diaz Experience. Writing credits include Da Ali G Show, The Truth Podcast. Ed is also a faculty member of the Syracuse University Tepper Semester, and a volunteer firefighter and EMT in the Hastings On Hudson Fire Department.