Comedians


Greg Stone is a NYC based comedian who has been on AXS TV's Gotham Comedy Live, America's Got Talent and is a regular on Sirius XM and NPR’s Snap Judgement
Emily Walsh is a comic originally from Boston, MA and now she performs nightly all over New York City. She was recently seen on Kevin Hart’s Lyft Comics on LOL Network, and in 2019 she headlined a sold out Stand Up NY as part of their Headliner Series. She cohosts the Alone at Lunch podcast on the Wondery Network, and produces comedy shows all over NYC. Festival credits include SF Sketchfest, HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Festival in Austin, and Rogue Island Comedy Festival in Newport, RI. Her mom is very supportive of her comedy, and really wants her to write a tv show called “Lady Seinfeld.” So look out for that.
Besides being a self-proclaimed expert on Barry Manilow and Little House on the Prairie, Ray Ellin is a host, comedian, producer, and writer. He is the host of the upcoming tv show Trivia Truck, and the upcoming podcast Wild Night Nights on the Prairie. Ray was an executive producer of Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar, which wrapped its third season right before the NYC lockdown. He was profiled on Dateline NBC, where it was discovered that his blood pressure actually drops when he’s onstage. Ray was the host of the all-new Gong Show Live, a resurrection of the legendary 70s talent competition, and he was the popular host of Late Net with Ray Ellin, the groundbreaking comedy/variety show to simultaneously combine both in-studio and interactive online audiences, live. The show featured A- List celebrities, top comedians, and musical guests including Chevy Chase, Hank Azaria, Leonard Nimoy, Paul Shaffer, Fran Drescher, and more. Ray was also the host/writer of the tv shows New York Now, Brain Fuel, and The Movie Loft. Ray produced and directed the film The Latin Legends of Comedy, which he sold to 20th Century Fox. The film came in third in per-screen average during its limited theatrical release. Ray is the owner of Aruba Ray's Comedy Club on the island of Aruba. The venue recently celebrated its nine-year anniversary, and does approximately 100 shows a year, featuring top US comedians on each show (including Ellin). The wildly successful venue is rated Number One on TripAdvisor for ‘Best Show’ and ‘Best Nightlife Activity.’ Ray co-starred in the romantic comedy “Killing Cinderella,” has appeared on numerous television programs, and has been featured in many tv commercials including those for Volkswagen, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser. Ray is a regular performer and host at the NY Comedy Club and Comedy Cellar in New York City.
RHYS NICHOLSON (They/Them) Rhys Nicholson is a Multi-award winning Australian stand-up, author, actor and collager. With an enormous passion for live performing and a well-earned reputation for intelligent, premium comedy, Rhys Nicholson’s work continues to receive awards and accolades around the world. A star of the stage and the screen, there is no doubting their domination of Australian comedy, and their inevitable impact on the global scene. Rhys was hand-picked to open for comedy legend Conan O’Brien on his 2019 Australian tour, followed by their USA television debut as the stand up guest on CONAN (TBS). This was immediately followed by the recording of their third stand up special Nice People Nice Things Nice Situations. The show was released on Netflix worldwide, making Rhys one of only three Australians with a solo show on the streaming giant at that time. The show’s success additionally earned them a nomination for Best Stand Up Comedy Special at the AACTA Awards in 2021. Rhys has additionally received two AACTA Award nominations in the 2024 Awards, Best Stand Up Comedy Special for Big Queer Comedy Concert (Amazon Prime) and Best Comedy Performer for Ru Paul's Drag Race Down Under (STAN). Alongside a booming stand-up career, Rhys has become a favourite across our small screens. Scripted appearances include being cast as a series regular in the Sci-Fi comedy The Imperfects (NETFLIX), and a recurring role in FISK (NETFLIX). On top of this, Rhys appeared on all four seasons of Drag Race Down Under (STAN), featured as a contestant on Network 10’s Taskmaster Australia, and was invited to appear twice on the re-boot of Thank God You’re Here in 2023 & 2024. Rhys is also a regular guest on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (ABC), along with featuring on many of Australia's entertainment shows, including Guy Montgomery Spelling Bee (ABC), Spicks and Specks (ABC), Question Everything (ABC), and Would I Lie To You (ABC). Additionally, viewers may have caught them hosting the 2023 & 2024 ARIA Awards (STAN), New Years Eve Broadcast (ABC), and World Pride Broadcast (ABC). 2023 saw the release of Rhys’s debut book, Dish: Spiels, Scoops, Emotional Outbursts and the Occasional Recipe, published by Penguin Random House. Rhys has been a beloved mainstay of comedy festivals in Australia and beyond since their inaugural show, with subsequent tours through all major Australian cities, NewZealand, the UK, the USA, and Canada, and an impressive trophy cabinet featuring such prestigious awards as Best of the Fest and Directors Choice at Sydney Comedy Festival, and Best International Show at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. They have enjoyed appearances on the televised Melbourne International Comedy Festival's All Stars Gala (ABC), participating frequently with short spots, but also in the prestigious role of host. Recent years have seen them take their critically acclaimed shows abroad where they performed at the renowned invite-only Just For Laughs Montreal, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, London's Leicester Square Theatre, Soho Playhouse New York, Just For Laughs Toronto and theatres throughout the United States and the UK.
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.
A stand-up, writer, and actor, Eagle is a born and raised New Yorker. At 28 years old, he performs at all the major clubs in the city, including as a regular at the Comedy Cellar. Eagle has been featured on Comedy Central’s "This Week at the Comedy Cellar" as well as Amazon’s scripted series "Millenniums." He has notably performed twice on "Comedy Central Stand-Up," with his most recent set having been released in March of 2023. Eagle will be featured as a cast member on MTV’s upcoming Season 21 of "Wild 'n Out."
With equal parts confident social observation and cutting self-deprecation, New York City-based comedian Brendan Sagalow has deftly and defiantly owned the stage for over 10 years. His debut full-hour comedy special, "Thin Lips," was released in August 2024 on Youtube and continues to receive critical acclaim. Brendan performed as a “New Face” in the 2022 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. He has also taken part in the Rogue Island Comedy Festival, Skankfest, and the New York Comedy Festival. He was a finalist in 2018’s New York’s Funniest, 2017’s Carolines Comedy Club Competition, and 2017’s Carolines March Madness Competition. He has written for MTV's "Joking Off," and appeared on ViceTV’s "Tumbleweeds" with Killer Mike and the popular Barstool Sports series "Answer the Internet." He is a recurring guest on "The Jim and Sam Show," Barstool Sports’ KFC Radio, and "The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder." Brendan co-hosted "Here’s the Scenario" podcast with fellow comedians Mike Cannon and Mike Feeney, and now hosts his own show, "Sagdaddy Da Pod." He has been a guest on a wide array of popular podcasts, including "Are You Garbage?," "Tuesdays with Stories," and "Legion of Skanks." When not touring nationally, Brendan can be seen performing at clubs across New York City.
Mike Finoia is a comedian based out of NYC. He is a writer / producer for TruTV’s Impractical Jokers, and he also opens for the guys on their national theater tour. Mike is also the co-host of the Comes a Time Podcast, alongside Dead & Co / Allman Brothers Bassist Oteil Burbridge. Mike has been featured on TruTV, Sirius XM & Comedy Central. When not on the road, Mike can be found nightly performing at the premiere NYC comedy clubs. He can be heard regularly on The Bonfire on SXM Faction. @mikefinoia
Ben DeMarco is a New York City based comic and is the creator of the popular Fat Baby Comedy series. His recent TV appearances include MTV2, FX, and Comedy Central. He has also performed in several comedy festivals including The New York Comedy Festival and The New Orleans Comedy Festival.
UMPIRE UNMASKED throws out the same old boring comedy shows and brings the heat with a lineup of standup heavy hitters who aren’t afraid to swing for the fences. This high-energy showcase brings together some of the funniest performers in the game for a night of big hits, hot takes, and comedic chaos that will keep the crowd roaring long after the final pitch.
Jamell Sirleaf is a Liberian-American comedian, based out of New York City. He also most recently featured at Essence Festival of Culture in July 2024 and was the winner of the 2024 Jersey City comedy festival. He also headlined shows at the Vermont Comedy Festival in December 2022 & 2023, and the Vail Comedy Festival in May 2023. In October 2023, he was a part of Laugh After Dark’s comedy festival and Hell Yes Fest in New Orleans, LA in November 2023.
Raanan has performed his high-energy, joke-packed comedy on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", "The Late, Late Show with James Corden", and Comedy Central. His latest special, "Jokes from the Underground", was included in the New York Times' "Best Comedy of 2022’", in which critic Jason Zinoman called it the funniest YouTube special of the year, and said "his punchy and deliriously funny club comedy made me laugh after second and third viewings." His first special, "Downhill Ever Since", is almost at 200K views on YouTube. Raanan performs all over the world and is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
Sam Rubinoff is a stand-up comedian and writer that performs nightly around New York City. He’s also performed at the New York Comedy Festival, Red Clay Comedy Festival and the Hoboken Comedy Festival.
Will has been doing stand-up since he graduated college. He performs all over New York City, opens for headliners on the road, and goes wherever else someone will have him. He co-created and wrote an animated series, “That's My Bus!” which received a pilot order from FOX after winning 1st place at Just for Laughs Comedy Festival's "From Set to Screen" contest in Montreal. He also created and starred in an award-winning pilot, “Why Willy Why,” which was chosen as an Official Selection at the 2013 New York Television Festival, the 2014 Independent Television Festival, the 2014 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival and the 2015 LA Comedy Festival, where it won for "Kick Ass Original."
Remy Kassimir is a stand up, actress, and improviser who has been hailed as one of “8 Rising Jewish Comedians That Will Make You Pee Your Pants,” as well as one of Cosmopolitan’s Sexcellence Innovators. As host of her chart topping podcast How Cum (focused on the female orgasm) she has been profiled on Netflix’s Vox Series Explained, Betches, in TimeOut New York, Elite Daily, Huffington Post, Elle & more.
Ian Lara is one of the hottest rising comics in New York City. Last year he taped a set for “Comedy Central Stand up Featuring” which has garnered over 10 million views, he also made an appearance on the first season of “NBC’s Bring the Funny” and made his late-night debut on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. He was a regular player on ‘This Week at the Comedy Cellar’ on Comedy Central with his second Comedy Central set hitting the 10 million views mark yet again. He's been featured in The New Yorker Magazine and you can catch his short special streaming on HBO MAX titled ``LA MEETS NY”. Keeping the momentum going he was named one of 2021 “JFL NEW FACES of comedy” the same week he recorded his debut Comedy Central half-hour special set to release February 2022. Starting 2022 with a bang he's already signed on to do another half-hour comedy special for HBO MAX produced by Entre Nos.
Usama Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York. His debut 1/2 special was released on YouTube March 21, 2025 produced by Don’t Tell Comedy. Last year, Usama had his late-night debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. On the acting front, he is most known for his roles on Netflix’s Inventing Anna and Survival of The Thickest, HBO’s And Just Like That, Comedy Central’s Awkwafina, and on FX’s Better Things. He was featured on the 2020 season of America’s Got Talent as a semi-finalist. In 2018 he was a New Face at Just For Laughs. Shortly after he was passed at the world-famous Comedy Cellar in New York. His standup has been featured on Showtime’s Desus and Mero, MTV’s News, and Bravo’s Cash Cab. He was a finalist for the 2017 NY's Funniest Competition at Caroline's; a finalist in the 2017 NBC Standup Competition; 1st place winner of the 2016 Laughing Devil Cup Comedy Festival in New York; the 1st place winner of the 2015 Yonkers Comedy Festival as well as the 1st place winner of the 2015 Make Me Laugh Albany Comedy Festival. Usama has also featured on videos for NBC, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, and Huffington Post.
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.
Charles McBee is a razor-sharp NYC stand-up comedian, writer, and unapologetic 80s/90s baby from Toledo, Ohio, serving up nostalgia with a side of truth. Whether he's breaking down the wild logic of gym class dodgeball or reminding you what it meant to record songs off the radio without your mom yelling in the background, Charles brings hilarious, heartfelt commentary about growing up in a pre-WiFi world straight to the stage. He’s made three national appearances on "Gotham Comedy Live," was a standout on FOX’s "Laughs and Punchline" (Seasons 1 & 2), and has written for everything from VH1's Hip Hop Honors to the 2020 VMAs and the 2021 Golden Globes. He most recently served as Head Writer for Comedy Central’s "Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God," earning a Writers Guild Award nomination, and was a creative consultant on Nick Cannon’s "Wild' N Out." Charles has also built a dedicated social media following with his no-holds-barred takes on pop culture, politics, and the beautiful chaos of growing up in the analog era. If you’ve ever eaten a microwave dinner on a folding tray table, feared getting caught in a game of freeze tag, or lived through dial-up internet, Charles has a joke for you. Come see why his fans keep coming back: because he’s not just funny—he’s for real.
Ryan Long is currently the Creator, Star and Showrunner of the hit digital series ‘Torontopia’ on CBC Comedy, now in it's third season, and has been seen on Netflix, NBC, MTV, and Fuse TV, to name a few. Ryan also created and starred in Bite TV’s original half hour TV Series ‘Ryan Long is Challenged’, nominated for two Canadian Comedy Awards, the award nominated TV series ‘Crown the Town with Ryan Long’ on Rogers TV, and the CBC Comedy digital series 'That Guy'. He is the host of popular podcast 'The Boyscast with Ryan Long' and can currently be seen as the voice of 'Sublo' on the hit animated digital series 'Sublo & Tangy Mustard'. Ryan has over 300K followers on Instagram/Tikok/Twitter and has has now amassed more than 40 Million views on the web through his digital shorts. He has released two cutting edge standup specials, and has performed at the Just for Laughs festival, NXNE, Sirius XM’s Top Comic, and toured with names like Tom Green, Steve-O, Kenny vs Spenny, The Trailer Park Boys and more. In 2019 the culmination of Ryan's successful career allowed him to immigrate to America with the 'Extraordinary Alien' Greencard where he is quickly making a name for himself in the New York club scene while continuing to prolifically produce content for platforms of all kinds.
A prototypical native New Yorker, Jeff was born and raised in Queens, and is proud to let you know he got out.  The Gay Jew, as he is affectionately known, was once a rock singer who has appeared on MTV, and with Bob Dylan on the Grammy Awards. He's a native New Yorker, Brooklyn Nets season ticket holder, recovering pothead, and is against...
Actor/Comedian/ Brian Scott McFadden is one of the funniest stand up comics working in the industry today. A regular on the NY comedy club circuit, Brian has recently taken his act to a whole new level with his high energy performances & some of the most unique, incisive & hilarious routines around. After making his debut on The Late Show with David Letterman Brian followed that up with an appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS. A multidimensional performer Brian is both an accomplished stage actor, who has played Hamlet in New York, and a versatile voice over artist with a vast range of accents and character voices in his repertoire. Brian was recently seen on the big screen in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller & also performed in such films as Ice Age II with Ray Romano and Robots with Robin Williams & Halle Berry. Look for Brian’s new comedy special “Accents & Nonsense” on Drybar Comedy later this year.
A regular around the New York comedy circuit, Kevin has been seen multiple times on The Artie Lange Show on DirecTV, The Wendy Williams Show, and the Geico SportsNite Commercial series “House Of Fans” as the “Yankee Fan”; as well advertisements for Wix.com, StubHub, Radio Shack, and the Google App. Kevin is a regular on SiriusXM with shows like The Dean Obeidallah Show, Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang, and The Raw Report. Kevin has also been heard on numerous popular podcasts like Artie Lange’s Uncensored Podcast, Bob and Sheri’s Oddcast, The Journey Podcast with Carlos Mencia, and is a regular on the Compound Media Network with Anthony Cumia from “Opie & Anthony”. Kevin has been featured in several comedy festivals and competitions, including the Jersey City Comedy Festival, Meadowlands Comedy Festival, multiple March Comedy Madness standup competitions, and as a 2017 Semi-Finalist in NY’s Funniest standup competition at the legendary Carolines on Broadway; later returning that year to Headline Carolines for the first of multiple times as part of their “Breakout Artist Comedy Series”. Most recently his internationally charting podcast “Just Joking” was featured in the 2021 New York Comedy Festival with Rich Vos and Bonnie McFarlane, and has featured guests like Doug Stanhope, Judy Gold, Bobby Collins, Lisa Lampanelli, Chuck Nice, Jaime Kennedy, Brad Williams, Mark Normand, Bobby Kelly, Cipha Sounds, Todd Barry, Jessica Kirson, Kevin Farley, Jackie Martling, Adam Ferrara and more. In 2020 Kevin’s debut stand up album “High on Molly” debuted in the Top 5 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and reached #1 twice. When not performing at the top comedy clubs, casinos, and colleges around the country, you can catch Kevin opening up regularly for Carlos Mencia and AGT’s Gina Brillon on the road. Kevin is not making any of this up.
Marie Faustin is a New York-based comedian and actress known for her storytelling skills, lightning-fast crowd work, and ability to turn a bad date into a good story. Her comedy often explores dating, relationships, and the hilarities of everyday life. Marie has appeared in The New York Times, GQ Magazine, MTV, HBO, BET, and Comedy Central. She's currently hosting a dating game show called Why Are You Single? to figure out what exactly is wrong with us all.
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.