Willy

Willy Appelman is a Program Manager at Lessonface. He is also an actor, comedian, and producer based in New York City. Willy is a 2021 Brooklyn Arts Council Grantee and was featured on NBC’s Bring The Funny performing original characters. He has appeared in videos for Comedy Central, Sesame Street, Budweiser, TruTV and Google and has performed live at The Sundance Film Festival and Bonnaroo. In 2018, he appeared in “Our Town” at The Weston Playhouse alongside Christopher Lloyd. His writing, acting, and directing have been featured on The Today Show, The Huffington Post, MLB.com, Elite Daily, Cosmopolitan and NPR's “All Things Considered”. He is a member of The Story Pirates, Pipeline Theatre Company, Ten Bones Theatre Company, and a performer at UCBT NY.