Karen is a comedian, actor, and author who has performed all over the country (and sometimes in other countries, if you count Canada). Karen can be seen at just about every club in New York and is a regular at Gotham, the Comic Strip and Broadway Comedy Club. Karen has been on Comedy Central, the Oxygen Network, Court TV, and USA networks. Karen is the author of two acclaimed novels, "Following Polly" and "Perfect is Overrated," she co-hosts the popular podcast "Shut Up, Mommy’s Talking," and she puts out a popular weekly newsletter. More about Karen at www.karenbergreen.com

Rich Aronovitch, known for appearances on Gotham Comedy LIVE on AXS; The Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay, and HBO's Bomani Jones, NBC's Last Comic Standing, The WE Network Three Men And A Chick Flick. He gained social media fame for his silly dances, which led to features on NBC's Access Daily, a Tiesto music video, performances with Limp Bizkit at Madison Square Garden, and on the jumbotron for the New York Islanders. Recently, he was featured on TNT's March Madness Sweet Sixteen Pre-Game Promo and appeared on The Food Network’s Worst Cooks In America Season 25 Viral Sensations.

Dave Ross is dumb. He makes dumb comedy about his emotions. His comedy is so dumb that it is sometimes called “smart“, and it is so emotional that it is sometimes called "brave". Dave is the only stupid comedian on planet earth, and no one on earth is stupid but him. He loves to make things. That’s basically all he does. He’s been on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Corporate, This is Not Happening, Drunk History, WTF with Marc Maron and so much more. He’s made some shorts and sketches you might’ve seen, he’s a Moth Grand Slam winner, and he tours like crazy. Vans Warped Tour, Fest, SXSW, The Hollywood Improv, SF Sketchfest, The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs in Montreal and your basement are just a few of the places he's done stand-up. His podcasts Terrified (on Nerdist) and Suicide Buddies (on Starburns Audio) have both garnered hefty cult followings, and you also might know him as co-host of Nerdist’s Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast for a time. At the current moment, Dave lives in beautiful Glendale, California with his very old cat. His first album The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex is out now on Aspecialthing Records and Little Dipper. Parental advisory he talks about cum a lot lol

.P. McDade started doing stand up comedy in New York City in the Fall of 2012. He began by hitting open mics and grinding through unpaid gigs in bars, but these eventually opened the door to slightly better unpaid gigs in bars. Night after night McDade has performed at various comedy clubs, bars, and small theaters around New York and on the road and built a reputation as a clever joke writer. In 2015 he began writing for the web series Sports Balls, demonstrating his knack for topical joke writing. In addition to writing for this web series, he has appeared onscreen in several others. Although J.P. has done his share of monologue and roast joke writing, his stand up act is more than a collection of one-liners. J.P. is a capable mimic who weaves characters and impressions into his set to keep the audience guessing and, more importantly, laughing. In New York, J.P. is a regular at Stand Up New York, appears at other comedy clubs like The Stand and The Standing room, as well as independent shows, such as his free semi-regular show at Lucky Jack's called Suckerpunch. In 2016 J.P. appeared at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and performed as a New Face at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. He also made his television debut on Comedy Central's "Roast Battle II."

Described by LA Weekly as “a comic who’s got big ideas and big plans to go big places,” Byron Bowers is a stand-up comedian and actor that has toured nationally with Dave Chappelle, Hannibal Buress, John Caparulo, and The Eric Andre Show Live. Byron won the Big Sky International Comedy Competition and was named by LA Weekly as a “Comedy Act to Watch”. He was also featured as a New Face at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. Byron performed on the main stage at the Oddball Comedy Festival, sharing the spotlight with Louis CK, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman and others. Byron’s appeared on The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim, Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party, on the reboot of BET’s Comic View and he made his late night debut on The Pete Holmes Show and followed that with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He was also featured in the last season of MTV’s Guy Code. In 2016 alone he performed at the Famous Hollywood Bowl to 12,000 people with Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and George Clinton. He is in the film THE 4TH written and directed by Andre Hyland and also appears in KUSO which recently got into Sundance this year. His TV credits include season 3 of The Meltdown on Comedy Central, Funny as Hell in Montreal for Canada HBO, and Vice Land TV. He has also performed at many festivals this year including Montreal Comedy Festival, SXSW, Life is Beautiful, Austin City Limits, RIOT, SF Sketchfest and Blue Whale Comedy Festival. Byron appears regularly at The Comedy Store, The Comedy and Magic Club, The Hollywood Improv, The Nerdist Theater, and various Colleges and Clubs throughout the nation.

Matt Goldich is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Comedy Central's Premium Blend. Matt began performing stand-up comedy in 1999 when he was a sophomore at Brown University, where he founded the Brown Stand-up Comics. In 2001 he was selected as one of the "five funniest college students in America" by HBO.com and performed at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. He has also been a staff writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, the Jeselnik Offensive, Ellen, and VH1's Best Week Ever. He has appeared at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, OR. He has also written for the game shows Cash Cab, Stump the Schwab, The Chase, and the World Series of Pop Culture. He has written for the Spike Guys Choice Awards and was a consultant on the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. He has won two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Charlie Pickering spent ten years travelling the world as an award winning stand-up comedian before settling into the closest thing he had to a day job since he left his legal studies behind. As host of The Project for 5 years, Charlie was at the centre of one of Australian television’s most daring experiments – re-defining the way that hundreds of thousands of Australians see the news. Charlie chose to wrap up with The Project at the start of 2014 so that he could focus on his stand up and some other exciting projects and in 2015 he returned to our TV screens as host of his own hotly anticipated show for the ABC, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering which returned for a second series in early 2016.

Kimberly Congdon is an actress and producer, known for Stoned Science (2018), Half Fulland Metal Heads (2016).

You can hear Regina long before you see her, so this stand-up comic is always easy to find! Take a little time to enjoy The View on ABC, because Regina is there every day warming up the audience and having fun with the ladies and the amazing crew - it really is a party! Regina recently appeared on CBS's Blue Bloods and Sherri Shepherd's show Sherri as part of her Laugh Lounge segment. For the last three years she has warmed up the audience for NBC's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting. ABC News sent Regina to Philadelphia to warm up both President Joe Biden's and President Trump's Town Halls, and she also went to New Hampshire to warm up the audience for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate for ABC News. In addition, Regina warmed up the audience for both of Showtime’s Funny Women of a Certain Age television standup specials, starring The Nanny herself Fran Drescher and comedy greats like Caroline Rhea, Lynne Koplitz, and Luenell. Regina has hosted Bloomingdale’s “Make-Up Date” event in Westchester, sharing the stage with TV personality Carson Kressley. At night, you can find Regina performing at the world famous Comedy Cellar in NYC. Also a favorite at Gotham Comedy Club, Regina is often asked to participate in benefit shows for organizations like Gilda’s Club and Achilles International. You can sometimes hear Regina on SiriusXM, either as part of The Ladies of Laughter From The Friars Club album or as a guest contributor to The Howard Stern Show. Regina has performed at the “We've Got Friends” Annual Golf Classic alongside Whoopi Goldberg, ABC’s Deborah Roberts and DeMarco Morgan and Jericka Duncan of CBS, as well as Broadway’s Sydney James Harcourt; “We’ve Got Friends” is a program that provides hangouts for teens with special needs. Regina made her television debut on AXS-TV’s Gotham Comedy Live. Her stand-up has been featured numerous times on FOX TV’s Laughs, and she appeared on The Dr. Oz Show as herself. She’s performed at colleges all over the United States, and she’s even done comedy in Shanghai, China. She’s been a part of the Nantucket Comedy Festival, the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, the Asheville Comedy Festival in Asheville, North Carolina and Boston’s Women in Comedy Festival. Before taking the plunge into stand-up comedy, Regina worked for many seasons behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live, and then Whoopi, Whoopi Goldberg’s NBC sitcom. Regina's original musical comedy premiered at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania in November 2017. The New World was an incredible experience with an extremely talented creative team comprised of Regina, her writing partner L.F. Turner, and the song and lyrics team of Gary Adler (Altar Boyz) and Phoebe Kreutz. Stafford Arima (Allegiance) was the Director, and Lorin Latarro (Waitress) choreographed. In 2012, Regina was crowned the new winner in the Ladies of Laughter competition, thereby joining the ranks of the many fabulous female comics who came before her. She was a Semi-Finalist in the 2012 She-Devil Comedy Festival in NYC. Regina was voted Lower Hudson Valley’s Funniest Person in 2011. Regina happily shares her ever evolving story of being a woman in comedy. As a graduate of Barnard College, she was asked to return as the keynote speaker for their Senior Class Dinner.

When he is not on the road, you can usually find him at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. He made his Comedy Central debut on Gabriel Iglesias' "Stand Up Revolution". He would rather write movies than this bio, so if you want to know who he is, please listen to his podcast "Good Times with Steve Simeone".

Sam Tripoli views comedy as a calling rather a profession. It’s a passion that he preaches to audiences at comedy clubs across the country and on television. In 2014, Tripoli’s 2nd album “Believe In Yourself” went to #2 on iTunes in America and #1 in Canada! His TV Credits include Showtime’s “Live Nude”, “Russell Peters’ Comic Without Borders!”, E!’s “Love You, Mean it! With Whitney Cummings,” CMT’s “The Josh Wolf Show,” Comedy Centrals’ “Premium Blend” (receiving only one of two standing ovations in the history of the show), a frolicsome turn as a male escort for E! Entertainment’s “Party @ the Palms,” “The Late Late Show on CBS”, “Comics Unleashed”. He was also a co-host of Spike TV’s hugely popular “Wide World of Spike” and “Bellator MMA Digital!” Tripoli has been heard on The Howard Stern show, The Jason Ellis Show on Sirius Radio, and also regularly appears on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Tripoli hosts his own very popular radio show called “The Naughty Show” on PlayboyRadio as well as his mega popular All Things Comedy “Punch Drunk Sports” podcast with co- host Ari Shaffir of Comedy Central. Sam’s writing credits include The 2012 MTV Movie Awards, Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers and Pamela Anderson, The 2011 World MMA Awards and most recently his Roast Of The Iron Sheik jokes were quoted in Rolling Stone Magazine. On stage he’s a force of nature, pacing the stage like a cyclone of funny as he questions authority and the conventions of our society one moment, then earnestly expressing his affinity for bizarre the next. His comedy has no limits – its whatever he’s thinking about, and that’s usually what everyone else is thinking about, even though sometimes we don’t like to admit to it. “I like to think of myself as the little voice in everyone’s head, except I have a microphone and I’m funnier,” Sam says.

Jeff Scheen has recently been seen on The Late Late Show with James Corden and released a Drybar Special on YouTube. You can also hear Jeff album “JEFF” on XM radio and iTunes.

Eleanor is the latest in a long line of historically funny women who cut their teeth at the World Famous Comedy Store. Starting out as a waitress there, Eleanor learned the ropes of comedy, all the while making the best comics in the country laugh, in the kitchen of the club. It would take several years and lots of pushing from one of her biggest fans, Andrew Dice Clay, to finally get her to take her comedic talents to the stage. After co-starring with him in “Dice Undisputed”, Dice invited Eleanor to go on the road with him to promote the show. “I’m an actress not a stand up!” she replied. After seeing her one woman show, Andrew would no longer take no for an answer. “You’re hysterical and everyone should know that!” he said, and Eleanor’s been performing stand up in clubs and theaters around the country ever since.

Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian based in New York City. His comedy has been featured on MTV, Vulture, and Comedy Central. Fumi recently opened for Ronny Chieng from The Daily Show at Carolines on Broadway and the Comedy Cellar. In addition, he was a semi-finalist in the Stand-Up NBC competition in 2017 and 2019. He has performed at various comedy festivals across the country such as Devil Cup Comedy Competition (placed 2nd), Laughing Devil Comedy Competition (placed 3rd), Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, HBO Showcase at Women in Comedy Festival, and the Audible.com Fresh Voices Showcase at SF Sketchfest. He currently produces and hosts a comedy podcast titled "Asian, Not Asian", which was most recently included in Vulture’s Comedy Podcast Roundup as well as The AV Club’s Podcast series highlights.

Isabel Hagen is a stand-up comic who has been featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and as a New Face of Comedy at the Just for Laughs festival in Montréal. She can be seen performing all over the country at clubs and colleges. Isabel is also a classical musician and studied viola at Juilliard. You may be wondering if she ever combines music and comedy. The answer: sometimes.

Ryan O'Neill is an L.A. based comedian, writer and podcaster. Best known as the co-host of the popular Danish and O'Neill podcast. He's also made regular appearances on Comedy Central's This Is Not Happening, Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank and Bert Kreischer's Bercast. He's currently touring the country spreading deviancy across this great land.

Ryan O'Neill is an L.A. based comedian, writer and podcaster. Best known as the co-host of the popular Danish and O'Neill podcast. He's also made regular appearances on Comedy Central's This Is Not Happening, Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank and Bert Kreischer's Bercast. He's currently touring the country spreading deviancy across this great land.

IAN IS A NOCTURNAL, NEW YORK BASED COMIC ORIGINALLY FROM MICHIGAN. IAN'S JOKES ARE PLAYFUL WITH A DARK, SARDONIC TWIST. HE IS THE WINNER OF THE 2017 STAND UP NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL AND CREATOR THE POPULAR BROOKLYN BASED BAR SHOW "GOOD FOR YOU." IAN IS A MAD MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR AND A MEMBER OF THE SKETCH GROUP "SICKNIKS," WHICH WON THE CHANNEL 101 "BEST SHOW" AWARD FOR THEIR WEB SERIES "INSTA BOYZ."

Mat Edgar is an American comedian from Long Beach California. In 2007 Mat began his path into stand up comedy at The World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood as a door guy. In just four years he rose to the rank of “paid regular” where he would perform late nite honing his loose and connective style of mashing bits with conversation. In 2012, he began touring the country with rock bands such as Guster and The Vegabonds. He made his Comedy Central debut in 2016 on the hit story teller show ‘This Is Not Happening.’ Later that year he began headlining the comedy portion of Adam Carolla’s ‘Carolla Drinks Comedy and Music Tour.’ After touring with bands throughout 2017 he released his serialized audio drama Kevin’s Cryptids that he created with four of his lifelong friends. Kevin’s Cryptids quickly rose on the iTunes comedy podcast charts which led to it being signed by Starburns Audio. Mat currently resides in Los Angeles where he has expanded his late night style across the entire scene.

Originally from Seattle, Jak is an LA-based stand-up comic, writer, and actor. He was named a 2014 Comedy Central Comic to Watch and a 2015 New Face at the Montreal JFL Festival. In television, Jak has performed on The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, @Midnight, and Adam Devine’s House Party. On the road, he performed at the main stage of 2015’s Oddball Comedy Festival headlined by Amy Schumer and Aziz Ansari, and has opened for various stand-ups including Joel McHale, Eric Andre, Moshe Kasher, and Dave Chappelle. Jak most recently taped his Netflix Quarter Hour special and is currently a writer/voiceover actor for the Netflix animated series, BIG MOUTH.

Toby is a Chicago based comedian. He Produces Parlour Car, “The best Stand-up showcase in Chicago” - Chicago Magazine. Toby is a regular performer at comedy clubs and independent showcases in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. His sketch group, Dandy Boy, created the digital sketch series, BLACKOUTS. The series was an official selection at the 2015 New York Television Festival and has been featured on IFC’s Comedy Crib. He has studied extensively at both IO and Second City Chicago. He hosts the podcast “The Sauce” available on iTunes via the People of Comedy Network. He has performed comedy in every environment where you can point chairs towards a microphone.

LeClerc Andre made his first splash on the scene as a featured new face at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Since then, he has made his network television debut on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and continues to work clubs and colleges across the country. He recorded his first comedy album, I am LeClerc, live at New York Comedy Club in the Spring and it is set to release this winter.

Abhay is a comedian and producer that moved from South-India to South Central Los Angeles for grad school. His act is an eclectic mix of his experience as an immigrant in the US. He's appeared on CBS, NBC, Audible and has been featured in The Huffington Post. His work has also been featured in the SF Chronicle and been part of comedy festivals like SF Sketchfest and the World Series of Comedy. He recently completed a 20 show tour of India and is the co-creator of Desi Comedy Fest- the biggest South Asian comedy festival in America.

Adam Mamawala is a stand-up comedian and actor based out of New York City. His debut album One of the Good Ones, released through Comedy Dynamics, debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in December of 2017. Named one of Funny or Die’s "Top 30 Under 30: Comedians to Watch. Adam has appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, BET and SeeSo and has headlined over 200 colleges across more than 35 states. Adam's festival appearances include the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, and New York Comedy Festival. He has been featured as Time Out New York’s “Joke of the Week”, has been a Freelance Contributor to Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update and Someecards, and recently headlined Carolines on Broadway, one of NYC's preeminent comedy clubs!

Ted Barton was originally born in Jacksonville, Florida, Ted is a Manhattan-based Stand-Up Comedian offering his unique, observational perspective on the world around him through a lens of innocence and curiosity. His comedy has been described as refreshing, lighthearted, relatable, goofy and original. He has been seen at Broadway Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Comic Strip Live and The Stand.

Mike Bramante is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and writer. He was selected as one of the 2021 New York Comedy Festival's "Comics to Watch", the annual live stand-up showcase featuring the very best new comedians from around the country. He was also chosen as a Caroline’s on Broadway Breakout Artist for 2022. In 2021, Mike performed at the “New Talent Showcase" at the 2021 Connecticut Comedy Festival at Fairfield Comedy Club. In 2019, Mike won the inaugural “Comfy Comedy Clash” at The Comic Strip. Mike has performed as a headliner and feature act across the country. Mike's first special, Championship Mode, is available on his YouTube Channel.

Shalewa Sharpe tells jokes. She developed her sly yet goofy style in Atlanta, where she was raised. Currently in Brooklyn, New York, she has joked on the extremely popular “Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” show and the influential weekly Comedy Night at The Knitting Factory. She has joked on “You’re The Expert,” a public radio game show featured on Boston’s WBUR. She has joked at festivals, too - at RiotLA (Los Angeles), the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival (Brooklyn), Comedy Exposition (Chicago) and Red Clay Comedy Festival (Atlanta). She co-produces and hosts a number of shows, including “Thug Passion Presents,” a lively table read and celebration of classic Black movies. In May 2016, her debut album, “Stay Eating Cookies,” was released on Rotknee Presents Records; it can be found on iTunes & Amazon and heard on Spotify, Pandora, and Sirius XM radio. She tells jokes on Twitter (@silkyjumbo) and posts self portraits of varying success on Instagram (@silkyjumbo).