Comedians
Talal Alyan is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. He is the co-producer of Under the Radar Comedy, a monthly comedy show at West Side Comedy Club. He's performed across the city and has been featured in Vice News, Huffington Post and elsewhere.
Levi White is a stand-up comedian based out of New York City by way of Cocoa, Florida. He is the co-producer of Under the Radar Comedy, a monthly comedy show at West Side Comedy Club and Tough Love Comedy at The Comedy Shop. Levi has been featured on Shudder, The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs, Salem Comedy Festival and Tower City Comedy Festival.
Dena Jackson is a Toronto-based comedian, writer and TEDx speaker. Her work has been featured on the CBC and the Beaverton and she’s performed at clubs and festivals throughout North America including the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC’s LOL and JFL 42. She’s also had the privilege of performing multiple shows in Alaska for the U.S. Military.
Dena’s debut album, Blue Lights reached number one on the iTunes Comedy Charts and can be regularly heard on SiriusXM Radio.
Hailing from Scarborough, Ontario, Nick Reynoldson has a unique view of the world. Sharp, smart and energetic, he’s already one of Toronto’s most respected comedians.
A 2018 Runner Up at SiriusXM’s Top Comic Competition, Nick has appeared in major festivals including Just For Laughs, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, NXNE
and as part of the New Faces Showcase at JFL 42. He’s been featured on MTV, MUCH, CBC and multiple national commercials.
Nick’s debut album, I’ll Be Fine received critical acclaim and can regularly be heard on SiriusXM.
Andrea Jones-Rooy has performed standup comedy all over New York City, though the most reliable place to catch her is at The Lantern Comedy Club. She started standup in Shanghai at the Kung Fu Komedy club, which has now morphed, sort of, into The Riff in Hong Kong, which you should all check out if you are there! Andrea has successfully produced “Ask a Political Scientist “,Political Circus,” and “Shanghai in 60 Seconds”. Andrea is miserable about updating her performance calendar, so the best places to go to find out about her standup performances are on her Instagram and Twitter. Or I suppose you could contact me directly if you’re feeling bold!
Garron Chiu is a mainstay of the Hong Kong Comedy scene, having appeared in Comedy Central's "Stand Up Asia!" Season 2 and winning the 2018 Hong Kong International Comedy Competition. He runs Comedy HK, Hong Kong's largest comedy collective, and has toured in 39 cities across 19 countries. On stage you will find him trying to justify his huge ego, talk about his myriad of doomed relationships (and the one that worked), and try to figure out whether he is too Asian or not Asian enough. Oh, and he rocks the most amazing eyebrows
Drew Beekler is a New York City based stand-up comedian. He is the host of the Drew Wanna Know podcast. Not only does he play in clubs all over New York City but also around the country and internationally including Canada and the UK. He is also a snappy dresser (his words no one else's).
Reuben Wolf is a stand up comedian and comedic writer based in NYC. He has headlined all over the country. He currently is a Staff Writer for sports parody website SportsRiot.com
Aidan Kelly is an Irish comic living in New York City who has performed all over Ireland and these United States. He has performed at the Boston Comedy Festival as well as featured at the Coney Island Comedy Festival. He is one half of the infamous StandUpTown comedy show which can be seen at the world famous DTUT! He is also a member of the Wingin It Improv show which can be heard on iHeart Radio and Amazon.
Ray Zawodni is a New York City comedian who over the past decade, has entertained audiences all over the country with hilarious tales about his dysfunctional family, his party animal lifestyle and his train-wreck of a dating life. He is a regular feature act at the Improv and Funnybone Comedy Clubs across the country. Before moving to NYC, he was a regular on the critically acclaimed WDVE Morning Show in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Ray has appeared on Sirius XM and is a sketch writer and producer on CBS’ FanNation. You can catch him every week on the Brand New Jerks Podcast.
Laura Sogar is a former professional swimmer who failed to make the Olympics and handles it by telling jokes on the streets of NYC. She runs a podcast Risque Business News where she talks shit about the business world and hosts Don’t Tell Comedy a “secret” comedy show featuring top talent from across the city.
Ari can be seen touring all over either by himself or opening for comedians such as Michael Kosta, Andrew Santino, Dan Soder, Erik Griffin, Mark Normand, Theo Von, and Pauly Shore. He has performed in many Comedy Festivals including The Laughing Skull, Big Pine, Laugh Your Asheville Off, and Kaaboo. His comedy has been featured on MTV’s Greatest Party Stories Ever, Gabriel Iglesias’s Stand-Up Revolution on SiriusXM, Nerdist, FunnyOrDie, Cracked, Medium, College Humor, &TBS.
Molly Densmore is a comic, actor and writer hailing from Woodstock, NY. Her credits include principal roles in movies on HBO and Amazon, national and international commercials and Off-Broadway. She produces and performs stand up all over NYC and her comedy style was once dubbed "dirty vaudeville" (which is literally what burlesque is. She doesn't do burlesque...yet...but appreciates the art form.) Beating her gym teacher in a tetherball match in third grade remains her greatest accomplishment.
My stand-up has been featured on Sirius XM, the RISK! podcast, in the Boston Comedy Festival, the Cleveland Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, and the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. I’ve been an actor in sketches for College Humor, IFC, Funny or Die, MTV.com, and Distractify (one of which ended up on the Today show).
I’ve written for College Humor, McSweeney’s, The Onion News Network on IFC, Someecards (where I was the Ecards Editor for over a year), TL;DR Wikipedia, Reader’s Digest, and a couple web series you’ve never heard of that paid me with checks that said, verbatim: “Cheese Jokes.” I was an “Adjunct Scholar” for Lapham’s Quarterly, created the Better Book Titles blog and wrote my own humor book for Penguin in 2012 called How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Life and AM Universal put out another collection from the blog called Never Flirt With Puppy Killers in 2016.
Adam Nate Levine is an NYC-based comic by way of Chicago. The Ohio-born comic blends Midwest sensibility with a vintage New York Jewish sense of humor, creating a comedy style best described as a rabbi that knows how to make gentiles laugh. He has performed at top festivals, including the Whale City Comedy Festival, Comedy Mob Festival, and Jersey City Comedy Festival. In Brooklyn, he hosts A Fistful of Jokes, a weekly show that keeps audiences coming back for more. A talented writer and actor, Adam has contributed to The Onion. In 2024, he acted in three short films—Lost in the Dream, Stalling (which he also wrote), and House of Sugar. His pilot, Shul’s Out, a mockumentary about a synagogue, was featured in the prestigious Austin Film Festival, highlighting his skills as a comedy writer beyond the stage.
Kitty Reynolds is an Irish-Italian stand-up comedian and writer based in NYC whose friendly demeanor is a misdirect for her dark and perhaps angry humor. DC politico turned comic, she has over 2.3M views on TikTok and has performed at all major NYC comedy clubs. Most recently, she’s opened for Moses Storm and is a regular host on Mondays at Fat Black Pussy Cat (Comedy Cellar),
Has appeared At Broadway comedy club, regularly performs for Homebrewed comedy all over upstate NY, and has been featured on Nervous Laughter.
Lissa Lenis is a bold and unapologetic comedic voice straight out of Queens, NY. Her sharp wit and fearless humor tackle everything from growing up as a fat Latina to navigating dating apps, generational trauma, and family dynamics with her signature sarcastic flair. Featured on Vice TV, the Decisions Decisions podcast, Hannah on the Street, Subway Takes, and NewYorkers. Lissa's humor combines biting social commentary with the kind of gossip that feels like you're laughing with your favorite cousin.
She’s performed at the New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, and the Alaska B4UDIE Comedy Festival. Beyond the stage, her writing has been featured in MassAppeal, Timeout NY, and The New York Times. Lissa has opened for comedy heavyweights like Marcello Hernandez, Gina Brillon, and many others. With roots in Queens and a voice that’s both relatable and refreshing, she’s bringing her unique perspective and big laughs to audiences nationwide.
Shivani Davé is an NYC-based, Indian-American stand up comic and writer from Boston. She performs at all the top clubs around NYC and the country, and hosts the successful “Top 5 Comedy” show. She has featured in national festivals like the New York Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, and is a 2024 Ladies of Laughter finalist. Shivani has opened for well known comics like Dave Attell, Gary Gulman, and Bonnie McFarlane. Prior to her burgeoning comedy endeavors, Shivani was Division 1 tennis player and a corporate lickspittle in the healthcare technology industry. She started her comedy career writing sketch (at Magnet Theatre) and screenplays, which have been recognized in major festivals, such as the Atlanta Film Festival.
Shannon Fiedler is a comedian, writer and content creator in New York City. Known for her relatable — albeit exaggerated — social media presence, Shannon heightens her comedic realism with a dash of the absurd, distilling ordinary situations into their most entertaining essence. Shannon's content has been featured on BuzzFeed, Barstool, CBS, Overheard New York, Betches, and Gratzia.
Alexa Loftus is a writer, actor, and stand-up comedian from Southern Illinois. Her love of film and TV began at her hometown video store that was circus-themed and run by literal clowns. While that store met an untimely end, her passion for the artform endured. She is currently a writer on the Emmy-nominated "The Problem with Jon Stewart" on Apple TV+ and performs her punchline-driven stand-up all over New York and Los Angeles.
Haitian Canadian comedian Che Durena was born and raised in British Columbia and is based in Toronto after spending time performing standup in Mexico. He is known for his work as a host and writer for My Most Amazing Top 10 (over 7.6 million subscribers) and he has amassed a social media following of over 7 million with over 197 million likes on his viral TikTok rants and commentary. Che has appeared on JFL All Access, Comedy Network, CraveTV, and recently dropped his debut comedy album Tales From My Butthole. His comedy offers an absurd angle on his experiences living abroad and his perception of matters like culture, race, relationships and drugs. Che has worked with brands like Coors Light, Herb, Vapen and many more. Catch him on tour in a city near you!
Sienna Hubert-Ross is a New York-based comic, actor, and writer originally from Boston, MA. She can be seen in a multitude of films, including "She Came From The Woods" (released in theaters in 2023), the upcoming feature "Love Bomb", and the Netflix comedy "Almost Love". You can catch her nightly at the best comedy clubs across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the New England area.
Lili Michelle is an NYC based Iranian comedian originally from Toronto. She unfortunately roots for the Raptors. Lili was named one of The New York Comedy Festival’s 2021 ‘Comics to Watch.’ You can catch Lili on season 5 of HBOMax’s hit series, SEARCH PARTY. She has been featured as one of Vulture’s “Best Up and Coming Stand Ups” and has been on Sirius XM, Elite Daily, Buzzfeed, Vice, Huff Post, and Document Journal. Lili also regularly opens for Shane Gillis on the road. You can find Lili online @lilsmichelle and at every bodega in New York buying Ketchup Chips.
