Comedians


Ali is the southern, dyslexic, pageant kid, who grew up to be a dyslexic, lesbian comedian, actor, and writer. Ali has been performing comedy for over a decade and is currently based in Brooklyn, NY. She co-host Y'all Gay? podcast with her best friend and fellow southern queer comedian Ever Mainard. Vulture named Y’all Gay? one of the top five comedy podcasts of 2022 saying the podcast is "hilarious.....it's the type of show that can't help but embody a certain southern charm". Ali’s stand up has been featured on the show Funny How? on VICE as well as Sirius XM. To find out what Ali is up to follow her @acountryclayton on all platforms.
Dan St. Germain is a comedian, writer, and actor who has a half-hour special on Comedy Central and has appeared on This is Not Happening, Conan, Fallon, This Week at the Comedy Cellar, Adam Ruins Everything, Crashing, Best Week Ever, @Midnight, John Oliver‘s NY Standup Show, Guy Code, HBO’s Funny as Hell, The Roast of Bruce Prichard, and is featured in the upcoming Ultimate Warrior documentary on A&E. He’s written for The White House Correspondents Dinner, Alternatino, The Break with Michelle Wolf, Superior Donuts, The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, Tru TV’s Ten Things, and has developed his own shows for both Fox and Comedy Central. He co-hosted The Ringer’s Masked Man, Not Safe, and My Dumb Friends podcasts as well as appearing on Ten Percent Happier, The Honey Dew, WTF with Marc Maron, You Made It Weird, Carolla, Bennington, Bertcast, and The Bonfire on Comedy Central Sirius. He’s a Variety Comic to Watch, Time Out NY’s Break Out Comedian of 2014, and has appeared at both the Just For Laughs Festival and Bumbershoot. He’s the creator of Kicking Dan Out on My Damn Channel and the co-creator of In Security on Comedy Central Studios. His album No Real Winners Here was listed as one of the best albums of 2018 by The Interrobang. Dan is developing a short film with Jermaine Fowler for Adult Swim, wrote on the upcoming Bill Burr produced sketch show Immoral Compass, and is the co-host of WrestleRoasts on Ad-Free Shows and All Things Comedy.
Eric Neumann is one of the fastest-rising standup comedians in the United States. In February 2022, he made his late-night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC. He has recorded three albums/specials, Nervous Lover, Just A Phase, and, most recently, But Enough About Me: A Crowd Work Album. All three reached number 1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and are currently playing on Sirius XM Radio. He has appeared on Season 3 of Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar, as well as Season 1 of The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show on Netflix. In 2021, he was featured in The Jerusalem Post as “one of the Jewish comedians who stayed relevant during the Covid-19 pandemic.” He is currently on a headlining tour performing at major comedy clubs across the country. When not touring, Eric lives in Manhattan, where he is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.
Born in the Great State of New Jersey, Dean’s comedy comes in large part from his unique background of being the son of a Palestinian father and a Sicilian mother. Dean, an award winning comedian who was at one time a practicing attorney, co-starred on Comedy Central’s “The Axis of Evil” Comedy TV special. He is the co-creator of Comedy Central.com’s critically acclaimed Internet series “The Watch List” featuring a cast of all Middle Eastern-American comedians performing stand up and sketch comedy. Dean has appeared twice on ABC’s “The View,” on the nationally syndicated TV series “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen” and was one of five comedians profiled in the recent one hour TV Special entitled: “Stand Up: Muslim-American Comics Come of Age” which aired in the US on PBS and internationally on BBC World and Al Jazeera. Dean co-directed and co-produced the award winning documentary “The Muslims Are Coming!” featuring a tour of American-Muslim comedians performing free comedy shows across the heartland of America in the hopes of using comedy to foster understanding and dispel misconceptions about Muslims. The film also features special guest interviews with various well known people including: “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart and Assif Mandvi, Russell Simmons, Soledad O’Brien and Ali Velshi, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, comedians Lewis Black, David Cross, Lizz Winstead and Colin Quinn as well as Congressman Keith Ellison, and many more. The film is now available on Netfilx, iTunes and Amazon. Dean co-created the comedy show “Stand up for Peace” along with Jewish comic Scott Blakeman which they perform at colleges across the country in support of peace in the Middle East and as a way of fostering understanding between Arab, Muslim and Jewish-Americans. He is a also columnist for The Daily Beast and writes frequently for CNN.com as well as other publications.
Sean Patton is a comedian based in Los Angeles and New York, by way of New Orleans. He began doing stand-up in the Crescent City and have since performed in comedy clubs across the US and Canada, as well as The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2011), Just for Laughs Chicago (2013), Just for Laughs Toronto (2013), and Just for Laughs Montreal (2008, 2010, 2012). He's performed on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham (2009), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010), and Conan (2011, 2013). 2013 also marked the release of his Comedy Central Half Hour. More recently, He's been on @midnight (2014, 2015) and will be on the second seasons of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (2015) and This Is Not Happening (2015, 2017), Showtime's Live from SXSW (2017) and TruTv's Comedy Knockout (2016, 2017) As for acting, He's appeared on IFC'S Maron, Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer and TruTV's Those who can't. Those are the things I’ve done that I’m proud of. For a list of things I’ve done that I’m not so proud of... yeah right, you ain’t never gonna know that! I love what I do, some of you will too (thanks!), and some of you will not (but thanks for coming). I want to share myself with you, whomever you are.
Myka Fox is a NYC comedian, writer, and radio personality known for her quick, off-the-cuff style and sharply written jokes. She currently writes for Comedy Central and Spike networks, has contributed for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, and maintains a forceful presence on Twitter and Facebook. Myka's safe word is "Cosby."
Calise Hawkins is a comedian and writer. Most recently, she wrote for “Hood Adjacent” and “@midnight” on Comedy Central. Calise has appeared as a stand up on numerous television shows including “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,” “Shortcoms,” “Stand Up in Stilettos” and “Parental Discretion.” She is also one of the stars of Oxygen's series "Funny Girls". As a writer, Calise’s work has appeared on several major television networks as well as the Whoopi Goldberg pilot, “Spoil Me Mad.” In 2012, Calise was named a New Face at JFL Montreal and has returned to do tapings such as Kevin Hart's digital series "LOL" in 2017. Calise has been a writer for Comedy Central's @Midnight, Comedy Central's "Hood Adjacent" and Trutv's "Comedy KnockOut."
Rosebud Baker is a New York based comedian, actor, and Emmy Award-winning writer. Named one of Variety’s "Top 10 Comics to Watch" and Vulture’s "Comedians You Should and Will Know," Rosebud is currently a writer for Saturday Night Live. She wrote and performed on two WGA Award-nominated sketch series: That Damn Michael Che and Inside Amy Schumer. Rosebud has performed stand-up on That’s My Time with David Letterman (Netflix), Bill Burr’s The Ringers (Comedy Central), and her debut stand-up special, Whiskey Fists, premiered in 2021 on Comedy Central’s YouTube channel, produced by Bill Burr & All Things Comedy. This year, she released her first Netflix special, The Mother Lode. Her acting work can be seen in Life & Beth (Hulu) and the upcoming horror-comedy feature film Hell of A Summer, directed by Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk.
One of NY’s brightest and funniest young comedians, Sam Evans is a comic originally from Cincinnati Ohio. After winning the 2012 Funniest Person in Cincinnati competition, Sam relocated to New York City in order to pursue comedy further. He was rewarded in 2014 when he was selected as on of the New Faces at Just For laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. He has been featured on Sirius XM and the Audible comedy podcast “Sounds Like America”
Marcus Monroe is a New York City based comedian. His show is a high energy blend of in your face comedic banter riddled with awkwardness. He is the recipient of the prestigious Andy Kaufman Award and has recently appeared on The Late Show, MTV, and ITV (London). The New York Times has selected Marcus’s show as a NYT critics’ pick 4 time and calls Marcus, “one of the most entertaining performers to watch in New York City.” Marcus is a regular at the world famous Comedy Cellar in New York and tours regularly. His one man show, “The Rise and Fall of Marcus Monroe” debuted to rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival earning the Evening Standard’s ‘Pick of the Fringe.’ Currently, Marcus tours theaters, comedy clubs, and colleges with his show and is putting out his debut comedy album later this year.
Nore Davis is a New York City based stand-up comedian who delivers an energetic performance filled with witty quips and sharp punch lines. Davis’s style hones the perfect balance between observational and anecdotal humor as he takes ordinary situations and transforms them into personal, relatable, cackle-inducing stories. Davis creates energetic, layered scenes complete with bold dialogues and wild intonation shifts showcasing a unique style of stand-up comedy and a powerful stage presence unlike anyone else. In the last year, Nore Davis has released his third comedy album Too Woke, filmed his first Comedy Central Half Hour which will air in Fall 2019, made two late-night television appearances (including an interview) on Conan, was featured on the final season of hit HBO show 2 Dope Queens, released his first comedy special You Guys Are Dope on Amazon Prime, is the recurring host for Marvel’s digital series Let’s Play, and was featured in season two of Comedy Central’s Thank You, Goodnight. Past credits include MTV, VH1, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, and was a comedy writer producing 74 sketches and segments for Seriously.tv under Complex.
Subhah Agarwal has brought an honesty to her comedy that will leave you saying "I didn't need to know that." Subhah has written for Netflix’s “Arsenio Hall” limited series, the "Plan B" movie on Hulu," and The Jim Jefferies Show"on Comedy Central, amongst others. You can also catch her jokes live at stand up comedy clubs across the country. If you don't want to leave your couch, you can see her late night debut on NBC's "A Little Late With Lilly Singh." She's also appeared on season three of HBO's "Westworld", "General Hospital," TruTv's sketch comedy "Friends of the People", and as herself on MTV2, Comedy Central, and Gotham Comedy Live.
James Mattern is a nationally headlining comic and media personality, who has quickly become one of the most beloved emcees in New York. James has released two albums, "No Segues" in 2019 and "The Check Spot" in 2021, the latter of which debuted at #1 on iTunes Comedy Charts and was voted Interrobang’s “Album of the Year” in 2021. The development of "The Check Spot" album was recorded from its conception and later released as a documentary film by the same name on YouTube on June 3, 2021. James has warmed up audiences on a number of TV shows in both New York and Los Angeles, including Netflix’s "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj," ABC’s "The View," NBC’s "Bring the Funny," Netflix’s "The Break with Michelle Wolf," and ABC’s "The Chew." He has also appeared on PlutoTV’s "Kevin Hart Presents Comedy in Color," MSG Network’s "The Bracket," Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s "Chris Gethard Presents," Fox Sports "One's Garbage Time with Katie Nolan," WWE Network's "The List," and MSG Network’s "People Talking Sports," to name a few. Currently, James can be heard as a co-hosts "The SDR (Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll) Show" on G.A.S. Digital.
Energetic, loud, never understated and always funny, Nathan Macintosh is quickly becoming one of the names to know in comedy. Most recently appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC, he’s also performed on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on CBS, Conan on TBS, his own half hour special shown on The Comedy Network/CTV, and Just For Laughs All Access and Talk Of The Fest. His debut album I Wasn't Talking was featured in Ex!aim Magazine's Top Ten Hilariously Good Comedy Moments of 2015. He is also the host of the podcast Positive Anger, which has over 1,000,000 listens on SoundCloud and is frequently in the top 200 podcasts on iTunes. Nathan has performed at many major comedy festivals, including the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, and the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival seven times. He's also been heard on Sirius Satellite Radio, XM radios Laugh Attack,is a regular on CBC's radios 'The Debaters' and has been heard on Raw Report.
Ian Fidance is an offbeat yet upbeat stand up comic & writer from Wilmington, Delaware who calls New York City his home. After working a million jobs while growing up an only child to a single mother in Delaware, Ian has grown to be a live force and a stand out stand up with a fresh, positive voice in comedy. A popular guest on SiriusXM radio’s “The Bennington Show,” and the Artie & Anthony Show as well, he’s been featured in the Boston, Brooklyn, Eugene Mirman and New York Comedy Festivals, written & performed in sketches for Funny or Die, Above Average, and Conde Nast, was commissioned by Nike to write & star in a live media presentation for the unveiling of their “Hyper” line of athletic wear, made his stand up TV debut on the third season of AXS TV’s “Gotham Comedy Live," will be seen on the upcoming season of "Talk 30 to Me" on VH1, and recently appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers. He has share his unique point of view and wild stories nightly at New York Comedy Club, The Stand, UCB Theatre, the Creek & the Cave, Union Hall, and The Bell House, and many popular bar shows alike.
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.
Brandon Barrera is a New York comedian originally from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. By telling unique and funny stories about himself, Brandon's goal is to leave an audience feeling as if they’ve known him their entire lives.
Raanan has performed his high-energy, joke-packed comedy on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, After Midnight on CBS, and Comedy Central. His second to last special ‘Jokes from the Underground’ was included in the New York Times ‘Best Comedy of 2022’, where 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 last special BRAVE also received a rave from the New York Times and was included in their 'Best Comedy of 2023'. Raanan performs all over the world and is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.
Cansu Karabiyik is a UK comic who recently made the move to NYC. She was a regular on the London circuit and performed in more than 15 cities across the UK. She is the founder of the non-profit Laugh 4 Change, an organization that produced more than 50 shows in 10 different cities across the UK to raise relief aid for refugees in Greece. Laugh 4 Change hosted by Cansu played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019. Cansu was the producer of the highly acclaimed comedy trio show FootDarks at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2019) that was featured in The Guardian. In 2018, she performed on The Guilty Feminist Live Tour, an award-winning podcast and live show hosted by Deborah Frances-White. Credits: BBC New Comedy Award nominee, 2017. Featured on the BBC, 2017. Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2018, 2019; Brighton Fringe Festival, 2019; Leicester Comedy Festival, 2018; Cambridge Fringe Festival, 2019; Producer of FootDarks at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2019; The Guilty Feminist Live Tour, 2018. Quotes: “Cansu Karabiyik is funny and fearless-two qualities that will take her far as a brilliant rising star in comedy” Desiree Burch “A joyful new very funny voice with a lot to say!” Deborah Frances-White
Masood Boomgaard is a comedian, actor, social media content creator, film maker and MC who has been active in the entertainment industry for over a decade. As a live stand-up comedy performer he has played across South Africa to packed theatres and auditoriums as a solo act and alongside some of the biggest names in the industry. He has also toured globally, having performed on numerous occasions in London, Dubai, Australia and the United States. His ‘African Indian’ solo comedy show was staged on London’s West End with its international follow-up ‘Indians from Africa’ showcasing in New York and Hollywood. His other solo comedy specials include “Joker” and “Funny Country.” In 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown Masood was the first South African comedian to record a lockdown comedy special from his home, entitled “My Father’s House.” Masood is often featured as a guest on national and regional radio and has been seen on Comedy Central. He is also a sought after corporate entertainer. Among his past blue chip clients are FNB, Standard Bank, Nedbank, Liberty and Mercedes-Benz. Masood is also a social media content creator who scripts, produces and acts in social media advertisements for numerous regional and national businesses. His online comedy skits and videos often reach millions of viewers across the world. As an actor he has appeared in film and television. He was recently seen on the popular Etv soapie “Imbewu” He has also written, directed and produced three of his own films namely Attack of the Indian Werewolf (official selection 2010 Durban International Film Festival), Curry and Vice and the 2021 film The Golden Cock: Revenge of Manu which he also starred in.
Max Manticof is a Latino and Jewish standup comedian, writer, and actor born and raised in Queens, NY. He has been seen on Amazon Prime’s “Basement Yard” with host Joe Santagato, as well as “Lyft Comics” on Kevin Hart's LOL Network. When he's not headlining around the country, Max has enjoyed touring with Tim Dillon, Leonard Ouzts, Matt Rife, and more. His wildly popular “Street Talk Comedy”, which has since produced 100+ shows in 15+ cities around the country, was selected as a Just For Laughs New Face of Comedy in 2023.
Andre D Thompson was born and raised in New York City where he began stand up at 18. He’s performed at comedy clubs all over the city such The Comic Strip Live, New York Comedy Club and Carolines on Broadway. He is currently in the 2019 New York Comedy Club Competition. He’s worked at the Music Choice Network in a development capacity incubating content focused on hip-hop and pop culture. As a Host, he has interviewed artists including Camilla Cabello, Lil Yachty and DJ Khaled. He has also been a digital ad campaign Brand Ambassador for companies such as Axe Body Spray and Bevel Shave Systems.
Shaun Murphy is a comedian originally from Buffalo, NY who has performed in many clubs and colleges throughout North America. He has told jokes at prestigious places like the Boston Comedy Festival and the Asheville Comedy Festival to less prestigious places like a high school graduation party with a broken microphone. He has been lucky enough to feature for a diverse group of headliners such as Dave Attell, Michael Ian Black, Jen Kirkman, Tom Green and Mark Normand. Shaun’s like-ability and awkwardness keeps audiences captivated whenever he performs. However, he thinks it’s really weird to impress strangers by talking about his accomplishments but hopefully it worked. If not, that’s okay too. He currently lives in New York City and has no money.
Katie Boyle is an Irish comedian living in New York City. Her favorite stand-up topics are her journey through American culture, dating, therapy and shame! She performed as a "New Face" in the 2023 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and was featured in NY Funniest showcase and New York Comedy Festival in 2022. Katie's debut album and special, "I'll Do It Myself," was released through Pinch Records in summer of 2023. The special has since hit half a million views on YouTube and the album hit #1 on iTunes Comedy Charts and is currently available to stream on all major audio platforms. Her Don't Tell Comedy set premiered in November 2023. Her second full-length special, "Terapy," is set to release in early 2025. Katie has headlined clubs across the United States and Ireland, and brought her hour to Dublin and Cork in the summer of 2024 for four sold-out shows. She’s been featured in "The Hollywood Reporter," "Irish Independent," and "The Irish Times" and her work has been featured at Laughing Skull, Women in Comedy, Kansas City Irish Fest, and on SiriusXM. Outside of stand-up, Katie has acted in various sketches and shorts, including LadBible and Unilad's "Man of the Street" videos, and she appeared in a commercial for Oracle. She also collaborates with brands like Piece of Cake Moving, Language Drops, Sundance, and MTV to create and develop funny content. Katie has been producing and emceeing a consistently sold out Irish comedy show at the Dead Rabbit since February 2023, which flies in Irish comedians to perform. She currently hosts The Shift podcast, on which she and guests discuss sex and dating from an Irish perspective. She is currently working in collaboration with OnlyFans' OFTV free original content streaming platform and sharing exclusive comedy material you can only see on her page here.