Whitney DeLise is a native New Yorker and has been an actor/improv comedy performer and a member of Screen Actors Guild.   Her first screenplay, a romantic comedy From Out of Nowhere received outstanding reviews from UCLA Film and Television Dept. and other industry professionals.  She wrote and performed her own theatrical solo play; a comedy entitled Scottish Fever in New York City.  She has also worked as a Business Development Rep for cutting edge technology companies in NYC.  Whitney is a self-taught painter, musician, and evangelist.

Acting/Comedy Improvisational Training: 
Artistic New Directions, NYC:  Instructors:  Gary Austin, Wenndy McKenzie, Carol Fox Prescott, Michael Gellman, Jeffrey Sweet, Larry Rosen, Michael Rock, Kenny Raskin (clowning)
The Peoples Improv Theater, NYC Instructors:  Ali Farahnakian, Ptolemy Slocum, Ed Herbstman
Song Improv:  Larry Rosen and Noel Katz, NYC
Chicago City Limits – Improv
Improv Retreat: Artistic New Directions, Woodstock, NY
 
Acting Training:
Actors Movement Studio:  Janice Orlandi
HB Studios:  Scene Study-- Instructors:  William Hickey, Utah Hagen, Stephen Strimpell,
Elizabeth Dillion, Molly McCarthy, William Maloney