JillAnne Aden has trained and worked the past six years at Finest City Improv, a Chicago long form style school in the heart of historic Hillcrest, San Diego. Starting improv in her high school years, she turned her energy towards studying theatre, starring as Daisy in Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues, Queen Gertrude in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, M’Lynn in Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias, Beatrice in Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge and singing in an award-winning San Antonio College collaborative ASL production of Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak’s musical Godspell, among others.

She has completed improv comedy, movement, sketch-writing, clown, musical improv and voice and character training with instructors from all over the world, including IO, The Second City, Comedy Sportz Chicago, Annoyance Theatre, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Pack Theater and Improv Comedy Mumbai.

Some of her favorite former teachers include KIDS IN THE HALL's Kevin McDonald, Craig & Carla Cackowski, Jay Sukow, Shulie Cowen, and Brian James O'Connell. She has also had the great privilege of performing with Rick Hall and pianist Laura Hall, of "Whose Line Is It, Anyways?" fame, in musical improv shows, something she regularly teaches and performs at FCI.

She has been a member of FCI’s House Musical Team Sunset Cleffs, House Vertical Harold Team Houseboat, FCI’s Clubhouse Graduate Team, long-time indie narrative team Big Shoes (winners of the 2019 San Diego 48 Hour Film Festival, with members Tristan Cole, Mark Rachel, Randy Salgado, Stacey Willard, Melissa Slawson, award-winning author Margaret Dilloway and legendary BATS improviser Diane Rachel), Pretty Flower Team Macaroni Rascals, and Mono-scene Teams Family Dinner and Car #1.