Comedians
Irina Chelidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia but has lived in New York City her whole life where she regularly does standup. She is a writer, actor, director and has been featured on CBS, Netflix, and more recently, the Bob Dylan biopic, 'A Complete Unknown'. She is a part of the Meat Cats comedy duo, and regularly releases sketches which you can find online.
Shane is a young but ever-aging comedian from Philadelphia, PA. Shane is a Features Contributor to the Onion. He performs at Helium Comedy Club, Punchline Philly and at other clubs across the country, even in New Jersey sometimes He's opened for funny folks like Zoltan Kaszas, Conner O'Malley, Michael Kosta, Joe List, Fern Brady, and Sarah Tollemache. His passion for comedy is only equaled by his passion for cereal.
Billy Hockman is a comedian and writer based in New York City. He is the co-founder of the Hell Yeah! Comedy Show and is the creator of The Adventures of Billy and Clyde podcast.
Dylan O’Keeffe is a comedian who got his start right here in NYC. He is a regular act and host in the NYC comedy circuit and has been featured on Barstool Sports and Buzzfeed. He has several top finishes in Comedy Festivals, and a podcast "Outrageous Fun”.
Mariel O’Reilly is a New York City based stand-up comedian originally from Long Island. Her comedy is sharp, self-aware, and rooted in dating, anxiety, and the everyday chaos of modern life. With a conversational, unfiltered style, she brings the energy of the funniest friend in the group chat to the stage.
Daniel Speiser is a comedian based in NYC. For years he has been charming audiences with a quick wit and silly stories about his life. He performs regularly at clubs and venues all around NYC and the Tri-state area. He has been described as an overall good guy.
Jocelyn Chia is a lawyer-turned-comedian originally from Singapore. She has been in Vulture, Forbes, Her World, South China Morning Post, and cnbc.com, and was recently named one of Singapore’s top comedians by Buro. She has been a guest comedian on the Howard Stern Channel of Sirius XM and a guest host on MTV. She made her standup television debut on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, hosted by William Shatner, taped her second Live at Gotham in 2019, and has appeared on Comedy Central and VICE TV.
Mara Marek
The New York City resident has been married three times and engaged seven times (that is not a typo). An avid bicyclist, she has been hit by cars twice. A native of Rockford, Michigan, she now is a personal trainer and comedian and co-hosts a podcast, “Happy Never After,” with Andrew Collin. One thing she does not joke about, though, is domestic abuse. Her experience as a survivor has prompted Marek to embark on a cross-country bike trip to raise money and awareness of the issue. She started in New York on Aug. 13 and expects to finish in San Francisco on Nov. 15.
Anthony Passaretti is a comedian from Montville New Jersey, based out of New York City. His comedy has been described by friends as, "Better than we expected" and "Actually not that bad". He has been featured on Sirius XM, and is a 3x belt holding champion of New York's Comedy Fight Club. He spends almost all of his time outside of comedy thinking about baseball."
Daniel J Perafan is a NYC based comedian that uses high energy sardonic humor to entertain crowds.Through his ironic, self-deprecating humor, he demonstrates the best way to deal with a problem is by laughing at it.
Through storytelling and observational comedy, Frank Favia offers hilarious insights about his neurotic insecurities, his stereotypically Italian family and how he’s too nice for his own good. On any given night he can be seen performing at clubs in NYC and all around the country.
British African comic Chris James began following his dream of doing stand-up comedy after a successful career as a fashion model. Chris’ charming style of comedy includes stories, impressions
and characters. He’s appeared on VH1, FOX and HBO. Chris recently finished shooting the feature film Obamaland in which he stars as the title character, Barack Obama. Chris has lived in many places including England, South Africa, New York and LA. He continues to tour internationally at the best colleges and comedy venues around the world.