Original Creative Team

Original Music by: Leslie Collins, Colten Winburn & Frank Spitznagel

Leslie Collins:

Leslie Collines wrote Nighty Night with Miss B, during the pandemic shortly after returning home to Texas to live with her parents and sister. Originally a web series, she filmed the first Miss B episodes on green screen in her garage, collaborating with her out-of-work creative friends and her family members willing to operate a camera, wear a wig and lipstick (thanks, Dad!) The original web series was further developed into a staged version, Miss B’s Very Silly Playland Zirkus!, as an artist in residence at Arts Mission Oak Cliff in 2023 and at the FIT Festival in 2024 at Theatre Three. 

Leslie has performed theater and musical theater for many years and found her comedy roots in NYC and LA at the PIT, Magnet and UCB. On TV, she appeared in many commercials, TV Shows and in sketches on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, MTV and VH1. She traveled the world performing musical improv Baby Wants Candy (Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Leslie currently teaches comedy classes all over DFW. Her sister, Laurel, is also in the show and has always been part of the project from the first day because she’s awesome.

Frank Spitnagel:

Frank Spitznagel is the Musical Director at Magnet Theater and a piano accompanist who frequently plays for such improv groups as I Eat Pandas, Veal, The Made-Up Musical, Gusto, and many others. He is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano performance. His work can be heard on several studio recordings. Frank has composed for Comedy Central and the Aspen Comedy Festival. He accompanied Itzhak Perlman in an original jazz composition by Benny Golson at Lincoln Center. He also played the American premiere of The Hired Man Off-Broadway. He has been musical director for productions such as Nunsense (all incarnations), A Chorus Line, Chicago City Limits, and several original musicals.

Colten Winburn:

Colten Winburn has been performing improv comedy since 2011 when he joined and eventually became president of the UNT Improv Club. He graduated from the improv program at the Dallas Comedy House in 2012 and ended up teaching improv and sketch comedy there for many years. As a lifelong musician, he performs at Four Day Weekend (Dallas) every Friday and Saturday at 8pm in the company and as band leader and also, performs comedy and musical improv all over the country.