Comedians
Rangan and Vengan Anandan are identical twin stand-up comedians who perform together as The Twindians. While their parents are from India, they grew up in a smallish town in Michigan (as you can tell from looking at them) and now make New York City their home. The Twindians initially came to New York to pursue corporate careers, but they decided to get into the world of stand-up comedy after noticing the lack of twin Indian representation. They have performed in various cities within the US and internationally, and in numerous comedy festivals including Burbank Comedy Festival (Los Angeles, CA), Laughing Devil Comedy Festival (New York, NY), Trial By Laughter Comedy Festival (Indianapolis, IN), Windsor Comedy Festival (Windsor, ON), Harlem Comedy Festival (New York, NY), and The Meadowlands Comedy Festival (Hoboken, NJ). They are sharing their unique story, one show at a time.
Born on Long Island, Sam Mazany got his start in comedy in Raleigh, North Carolina where he became a regular at Goodnight’s Comedy Club and opened for acts such as Demetri Martin, Mark Normand, Dave Attell, and Sean Donnelly.
Since moving to New York, Sam has continued to produce his podcast, Conspiracy Beer Me
John Hastings is a globally touring stand-up comedian with 19 years of experience on stages, from Edinburgh and Melbourne to Just for Laughs Montreal. He's been featured on BBC Radio 4, Comedy Central, CBC, CTV, and more. A COCA Comedian of the Year, Amused Moose Award winner, and Martin Sims Award nominee, John went viral after being heckled by Dennis Rodman and earned a standing ovation on America's Got Talent—performing to an empty room at the height of COVID. In just 10 months, he released eight stand-up specials, and in 2024, he performed an hour-long show Off-Broadway in New York City.
Elazar is an Israeli stand up comedian with very little to say about the Israeli - Palestinian conflict, but a lot to say about salmon, ravioli, pokemon and his half Moroccan/American heritage. He is the winner of Broadway Comedy Club's industry room competition, and a regular performer at Greenwich Village Comedy Club and Brooklyn House of Comedy. He has performed alongside Israeli comedy superstars like Shachar Chasson, and international film stars like TJ Miller.
Jerry Garcia is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor,[2] who is best known for voicing Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and its two Nickelodeon spin-off television show series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Planet Sheen, as well as Pip the Mouse in Barnyard and its spin-off television show series Back at the Barnyard.
Gotham Live & Host of “Cheaper than therapy” podcast.
Tess Tregellas is an actor, comedian, writer, and avid list maker. She is also aware that you have no idea how to pronounce her last name. She has performed stand up comedy all over NYC and has appeared in shows with Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan. She has been featured on Funny or Die. She has written, produced, directed and performed in her short films “Left to Your Own Devices” and “The Cell Phone Block Tango” that have won awards at film festivals across the country. Currently, she produces, hosts and performs in virtual comedy shows for a company called Humor That Works. From her training at The Second City and UCB, she has created sketches and characters for her social media accounts. You can follow her on Instagram @tesstreg and check out her Youtube Channel for weekly sketches.
Mustafe Mussa is a stand up comic who has performed in comedy clubs across New England and the Tri-State area.
Dan Mahboubian Rosen is a comedian, writer, actor and native New Yorker. He brings his unique and wry perspective to the stage, touching upon everything from growing up with immigrant parents to his views on Aladdin. He performs Stand Up at some of the best clubs and shows around New York and worldwide, including Caroline's, The Comic Strip and The Stand. Dan has been featured in the NY Comedy festival, Laughing Devil Fest and was a breakout artist at Caroline's on Broadway. His comedy videos have been featured by Comedy Central, The New Yorker, Funny or Die, College Humor and Fast Company and on social media (270K followers on IG/TikTok) his videos have received over 100M views . He is also a published New Yorker cartoonist.
Gena is a Syrian-Mexican-American comedian, writer, and show producer based in Los Angeles. She’s currently a regular at the Hollywood Improv, the Westside Comedy Theater, the Crow, and a plethora of indie venues around LA. She co-produces "Hilarious Habibis," a quarterly stand-up showcase that exclusively features Middle Eastern talent. The show was recently featured in the Netflix Is A Joke Festival, the New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, the LA Times, and AlAraby TV.
Dave Siegel was a doorman at the DC Improv, while a college student in Washington, DC in the late 90's. His first show as a performer came at an open mic at an open mic on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Since that time, he has headlined premier comedy clubs across the country from Carolines on Broadway to The Improv on Melrose.
He's featured for such comedians as David Alan Grier, Richard Lewis, Jon Lovitz, Tim Meadows and Kevin Nealon. Dave has appeared on Comedy Central on three separate occasions and in the 2016 season on 'American's Got Talent.'
Dave has also appeared as a panelist on CNN, the CW, HLN, ABC's 'Good Morning America' and is a regular guest on SiriusXM's 'Stand-Up with Pete Dominick.'
Dave's original character 'White Guy Indifferent' went viral in 2017, resulting in over 10 million hits in a 3-day span.
You can see Dave Siegel on a regular basis at various NYC comedy clubs.
Plagued by constant sunshine, he desperately applied to graduate programs on the east coast. Rejected from all but one school, he packed all his belongings and boarded a plane to Boston. His belongings boarded a plane to Philadelphia and were never seen again. Jono is currently earning his PhD in Neuroscience at Boston University, where he spends his days giving cocaine to rats, and his nights with similar company in comedy clubs all over New England and the rest of our great nation. Inspired by the legendary performers before him, Jono is proud to continue the great stand-up comedy tradition of studying Neuroscience
