Comedians


Shafi Hossain is a comedian and writer currently working out of New York City. He moved to America from Bangladesh to study Chemical Engineering before falling in love with stand-up comedy. Shafi has toured with Sam Morril, Nick Griffin, Phil Hanley, and has been featured at multiple comedy festivals. He produces a Summer Comedy Festival in NYC. He has been published on various satire websites, and made his television debut on "Kevin Hart's LOL Network". He is the producer of "Penthouse Comedy Show", which has been described as one of the top comedy shows by "TIME OUT NY." In 2021, he was named one of New York's Funniest Stand Ups by the New York Comedy Festival.
Brett Singer is a stand-up comic based in New York City. As an actor, he appeared in commercials for Blue Man Group and Oscar Health Insurance, and on shows for Discovery ID and the Travel Channel. He has written for The Daily Beast, The AV Club, and Forbes Woman, and appeared as a parenting expert on CNN HLN, ABC News Now, NPR and Fox News.
Jake Velazquez is an NYC native and comedian, born and raised in Riverdale. Raised by an East Village artist and renowned musician, his comedy consists of his unconventional upbringing, his divergent ethnicities and edgy observations that could only come from a seasoned New Yorker. He has been featured on New York Comedy Festival's New York's Funniest 2023, NY Comics to Watch 2022, and Red Clay Comedy Festival. Jake has also been the opening act for Jordan Jensen since 2022 and is a regular at New York Comedy Club.
"Rachel Lenihan is a stand-up comedian, writer, and visual artist based in New York City. Her comedy has been described by humor columnist Sean J Patrick Carney as being "" Tight, devastatingly awkward, and reminiscent of great one-liner comics such as Steven Wright, but with a millennial twist.""  Rachel was the Writer's Assistant for the Chris Gethard Show. She performed stand-up as the opening act for Chris Gethard and was a finalist in Caroline's on Broadway's March Madness stand-up Competition of 2020. That same year Rachel was featured in Metropolitan Magazine as a “Talented Young Comedian”. "
Lizzy Cassidy is a stand up comedian based in New York City, who performs all over the country. She has been featured on Sirius XM and is a reoccurring guest on popular podcasts like Keith and The Girl and The Hot Mess Comedy Hour. She’s also performed at comedy festivals like Skankfest and New York Comedy Festival.
Marisa Riley is a Brooklyn-based comedian and filmmaker. She has appeared in the Portland Queer Comedy Festival, the Cape Fear Comedy Festival, and the French Comedy Festival. She is one of the co-hosts, along with fellow comedian Alysia Hush, of Comedy Ugly: A Comedy STRIP Show, which is exactly what you think it is. Marisa is also one of the co-hosts of Well... That's Interesting, a comedy / science podcast. Her short horror film, Pretty, was recently (and miraculously) accepted into 11 film festivals, and was a finalist at the Austin After Dark Film Festival, and Oregon Scream Week.
Kimberly Dinaro is a Brooklyn-based writer and comedian whose writing has been featured in Someecards, Betches, Reductress and more. She's the co-host of a musical comedy and variety show called "Left Breast Comedy" at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn and has performed at New York Comedy Festival, San Diego Comedy Festival, Burbank Comedy Festival and more.
Comedian Jason Leong has a unique backstory as he is a doctor turned stand-up comic. His humour stems from his observing Malaysian society and its many quirks. Below are some snippets from his stand-out shows that display his standout comedy routines, ranging from mildly "insensitive" to explicit. Jason Leong only recently exploded on the global comedy scene in the past few years after winning the 7th Annual International Hong Kong Comedy Festival. He then became the first Malaysian to perform a full professional set at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, USA and Gotham Comedy Club in New York. This allowed him to not only gain more relevancy in Malaysia but on foreign shores as well.
Raised in a conservative Asian and Muslim family, Sarah is a no-holds-barred comic committed to challenging anti-Muslim biases and stereotypes through joke-telling. In addition, she also tackles taboo topics often found in race, politics, and sexuality. As a Moroccan-Japanese woman, Sarah’s comedic stylings offer a one-of-a-kind perspective on society, while her worldly upbringing allows her material to be universally funny. Some of her comedic accomplishments include being selected New York Comedy Festival's "Best New Comic” showcase, as well as being selected into HBO's Women in Comedy Festival in 2019. Sarah was also a quarterfinalist for Stand Up NBC, won second place in the New Faces in Comedy contest in October 2019, and won several comedy competitions throughout NYC. She was also selected for the Asian-American Comedy Festival, Arab-American Comedy Festival, and Detroit’s 10001 Laughs Festival. She has also performed in several major comedy clubs and venues internationally in Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington, and even the United Nations.
Nikki MacCallum is a New York based comic, actress, and musician. As a performer she's been seen at Lincoln Center, Birdland, 54 Below, and has been featured on CBS and VH1. She's a regular comic at The Grisly Pear.
Bronx born and Hoboken bred, Amanda Gail has worked at the top comedy clubs across the country, working with top headliners such as Gilbert Gottfried. Currently, she’s headlining around the East Coast and produces her own weekly podcast and charity comedy show “The Audacity”. Her writing can be seen all over the internet (Reductress, Some E-cards, E-Baum’s World, Girl with No Job, Fck Jerry) and her “brilliant” thoughts can also be heard regularly on Sirius XM. Her style has been best described as funny and worst described as observational, energetic, witty and a bit edgy.
Alex is a comic from Chicago who is a paid regular at the Laugh Factory, Zanies and clubs across the Midwest. You’ve seen him on the Netflix series “Easy” and places that have poutine
Leland Long is a stand up comedian from Arizona with a background in improv. He performs at comedy clubs all over New York and is one of the cohosts of The Idiots Catalog; a comedy podcast all about silly inventions. He has been featured in the New York Post. When he is not in New York he is doing various shows and festivals around the country including; The Memphis Comedy Festival, Tucson Comedy Arts Festival, The North Carolina Comedy Festival, and The New York Comedy Festival. If you have a dog he will instantly be friends with you. His favorite drink is lemonade, gift accordingly.
Luke Mones is a comedian. He wrote and starred in the Comedy Central digital series Genies. In 2019 he was named an Up Next comedian by Comedy Central, and he hosted a comedy news show for Inside Edition called The Breakdown. Luke appears on the current season of Insecure on HBO and has appeared on Conan.
Ryo Hayashi is the first Buddha Battle champion held at the New York Comedy Club, and won the 3rd place at the Comedy MOB Festival 2019. As an immigrant and divorced single father raising two young children in New York City, Ryo covers a wide range of topics called ‘life’ with aplomb sarcasm.
Carolyn Riley is a New York based comedian buy way of Boston, where she was named Laugh Boston’s “Funniest Person in Massachusetts.” She has opened for headliners including David Cross, Melissa Villaseñor, Alex Moffat, and Laurie Kilmartin. She has performed in festivals across the country including the Big Sky, Limestone, and Boston comedy festivals.
"Onika McLean, American Stand Up Comedian. She is the winner of Rising Stars Comedy Competition  in London.   She has appeared on the Emmy award winning Show, The Singles Project. The Bravo show won for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media - Multiplatform Storytelling. Onika was dubbed the fan favorite because of her infectious smile & crazy sense of humor. Onika preforms regularly at The Stand, Brooklyn Comedy Club, and Westside Comedy She preforms regularly at other New York Comedy clubs. Recently you can catch her cooking episodes on Epicurious Channel on Condé Nast Media. "
"Karthik Lavangu is an Indian-born NYC based stand-up comedian, storyteller, and a functioning germaphobe (he was a natural at social distancing and Purelling before it was trending). Karthik's Mom describes him as ""the funniest person I know who also happens to be my son,"" while his Dad can't wrap his head around why his son talks about his ""feelings"" and ""emotions"" in front of strangers in the name of comedy instead of putting his engineering and Masters degrees to use. As a tax-paying resident alien living and working in NYC, he has a lot of opinions and a unique perspective on everyday things people take for granted in the first world. Karthik's clean, nuanced, layered and at times dark(ish) observational comedy is inspired from his life experiences in India and the US. He performs all over NYC, at comedy festivals throughout the US, at corporate events, was selected for a residency at Broadway Comedy Club in NYC and produces comedy shows in NYC. Follow him on Instagram @karthiklavangucomic to give his millennial brain an ego boost."
Bassam Shawl is an NYC based stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He performs regularly at The Stand Comedy Club, Williamsburg Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, has appeared on Amazon Prime, and was selected in 2023 as a “Comic to Watch” at the New York Comedy Festival.
Wendy Steiner is a Brooklyn-based Jewpanese comic. While the Los Angeles suburbs raised her, living in San Francisco and New York really aged her. She’s a set-up-punchline kind of gal with a Berkeley-educated sense of privilege and half-white guilt.
Mike Lee is a standup comic who performs all over New York. He recently performed in the Burbank Comedy Festival and produces the bimonthly show Nice One! Comedy currently in Queens, NY.
Ben Frank is a New York-based stand-up comedian, who began his comedy career in Shanghai, China. He has performed all around the world and headlined comedy clubs in more than 10 different countries. In April 2022, Ben’s hour-long comedy album “Goodbye Shanghai” debuted at #3 on Itunes, and he also finished runner-up in the stand-up competition at the Baton Rouge Improv Festival. Ben was also a finalist in the 2022 Connecticut Comedy Contest.