Comedians
Born in France to South American parents and raised outside of Philadelphia, Pedro is a comedian and writer based in NYC. He's been featured on Laughs on Fox and is a regular at the Helium and Punch Line comedy clubs in Philly.
Steve Furey is quickly emerging as one of the sharpest young stand-ups in the comedy world. His ability to craft jokes and command the stage has garnered attention in the LA comedy scene, as Furey was recently passed as the newest paid regular at The World Famous Comedy Store. Furey can currently be seen on E! as a co-host of Dating#NoFilter, and performs at clubs and festivals all over the country. He has performed with comics such as Anthony Jeselnik, Natasha Leggero, Ron White, and Kyle Kinane, and can also be seen at Buried!, a monthly show that he runs at the Comedy Store.
Ketra Long is a powerhouse known as a stand up comedian, actress, writer and producer. You can find her work on streaming services such as Amazon Prime’s “Laugh After Dark” where she recently made her standup comedic television debut. She also has a recurring role on the Roy Wood Jr. Comedy Central Pilot ‘Jefferson County Probation’. She made her theatrical debut in “Life of A King” starring alongside Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. She also recently lent her voice to the JFL animation project ‘Groceries’ as well as written for networks such as FOX and WeTV. And is preparing for the release of ‘Bearded’ a web-series that she created and will star in. On any given night you can catch her quick whitted, no nonsense with a touch of southern charm, style of comedy on any one of several comedy venues across the U.S. including L.A.’s World Famous Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv and Laugh Factory.
Orlando Leyba is an American stand-up comedian who connects with all audiences through his unique life experience and perspective. Orlando has a knack for finding humor in just about anything that crosses his path. With his animated demeanor, Orlando entertains audiences with his dynamic storytelling and undeniable likeability, inviting them to come along for the fun ride of his life experiences. He has been working hard... making his mark on the comedy scene. Most recently, he’s been back on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" for the 4th time. He has also been seen on AGT18, MAX, TruTV, NBC, and on his very own comedy special, "Adorable", streaming on Max. Orlando was a finalist in NBC's "Stand Up Showcase". He also played Wabo in the animated kids film "Luis and The Aliens". Orlando has become a regular at comedy festivals and clubs.
Comedian seen on Red Eye, AXS Gotham Comedy Live, and has two top ten albums in regular rotation on Sirius XM. Performed multiple military tours for the troops, and is the co-host of the podcast Shut Up Mommy's Talking.
Emily is a comedian/filmmaker from San Francisco who is known for her sharp joke writing and veritable dead pan delivery who was just named one of Time Out LA’s 2020 Comics to Watch. She is a regular at The Punchline and Cobbs Comedy Club and won first place at the 2017 Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Competition. She was recently a featured performer at Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, TX and selected as an Audible New Voice at SF Sketchfest. She recently opened for Pete Holmes at the Punchline (San Francisco), Michelle Wolf at Outside Lands Music and Comedy Festival, and Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro, Judd Apatow, and Patton Oswalt at the Largo Theater in Los Angeles. She just made her late night stand up debut on CONAN.
Atheer Yacoub is a Brooklyn based comedian and writer, whose comedy is inspired by her Palestinian-Muslim upbringing in Alabama. Atheer has a half-hour special on Comedy Central Arabia and has been featured on AXSTV's Gotham Comedy Live. She has written for the Emmy award-winning channel BRIC TV on The Breakdown and Passport Control. She's also the co-creator of the sketch comedy show Muslim Girls DTF: Discuss Their Faith, which won Series Fest Best Independent Comedy Writing. Atheer also co-hosts The No Fly List podcast which features funny conversations with other comedians, artists, and interesting people of color. She has been featured in numerous comedy festivals and tours domestically and internationally. Come watch her record her first comedy album!
Divya Gunasekaran is a New York-based writer and standup comedian who has previously performed at the NY Comedy Festival, the International Lady Laughs Comedy Festival, and Best of Fest at the Burbank Comedy Festival.
She was in the inaugural cohort of the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Comedic Voices Program in 2022, participated in The Onion’s writing workshop in partnership with the Diverse As Fuck Comedy Festival in 2023, and is currently a writer on a UCB house sketch team.
Outside of comedy, Divya’s life goals include cage diving with great white sharks and winning a pie eating contest.
Rebecca Kaplan is a standup comic and sketch comedy writer/performer living in New York. Her incredibly awkward Kesha parody landed her on Reddit's R/Cringe. Follow her on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok @RebeccaTKaplan
Luisa Lange is a New York-based comedian. Her stand-up is equal parts narcissism and self-deprecation. She regularly performs at the city’s iconic clubs and has opened on tours for Nikki Glaser, Moses Storm, and Hannah Berner. She also has a passion and knack for creating short form comedy content online. Her viral “song” videos have cultivated an ever-growing audience as well as brand deals with companies like Snapchat, Reformation, and Mr. Bubble.
Luisa has appeared on "Impractical Jokers" (pranking Sal with Eric Andre, Q, and Murr), SiriusXM’s "You Up With Nikki Glaser," and on several podcasts, including her own: "Should We Leave?"
Elle is a Chicago native, but started her comedy career in NYC. She is passed at New York Comedy Club, The Stand, BKLYN Comedy club, The Tiny Cupboard, and Broadway Comedy Club, but can be seen performing at other clubs and indie shows all over the city. Elle has made an appearance on The Bonfire on Sirius XM with Dan Soder and Big Jay Oakerson and have featured for comedians such as Rich Voss, Jared Freid, Greg Stone, and Michael Yo. Elle was recently named a 2023 “Creator to Watch” By New York Comedy Festival. Check out her weekly podcast Elle Diablo.
Max Moacanin is a New York City-based stand-up comedian. He performs regularly at clubs and outdoor venues in New York City and throughout the country. He recently won the 2021 World Series of Comedy satellite at Laugh Boston.
Sarah Garner is a Brooklyn based stand up comedian. She’s a regular host and feature at comedy clubs across the country. Sarah was a finalist in the NY Queer Comedy Festival and was voted one of the top LGBTQ comics in the city. She’s been featured in the New York Times, Time Out New York and is the co-host of the podcast, Cheers for Queers.
Born in New York. Raised in New Jersey. Now living in Connecticut. Damien has performed at comedy clubs all over the country, opening for Jessica Kirson, Paul Virzi, Ricky Velez, and Capone. Damien has performed at the world famous Apollo Theater and headlined the Meadowlands Comedy Festival as well as the Salem Comedy Festival. He can be found regularly at spots all around NYC. He is a high energy comedian who has no problem discussing the good, bad, and ugly of his life. If he is performing near you, don't miss out!
Jilberto is a first-generation Mexican American comedian who moved to NYC during the pandemic and quickly made his mark on the scene. He produces and runs two stand-out comedy shows: Purple Park Comedy, which spotlights rising POC and female comics, and Mariposas Comedy, an all-queer showcase.
Jilberto is also the host of "I Hope This Ages Well," a podcast where he interviews fascinating seniors in NYC, and co-hosts "Together We’re Straight" with Liz Glazer. He has opened for Ralph Barbosa and been featured in the New York Comedy Festival (2022-2024), Netflix Is a Joke Fest, and Limestone Comedy Festival in 2024. He was also a finalist in the NYC Queer Comedy Festival.
Jordan Temple is a New York City born, N.Y. based, multi-hyphenate comedian-playwright-writer-standup-actor who grew up in the projects peeing in the staircase and also the elevator.
In 2019 and 2020 Jordan was a Co-Producer for seasons three and four of Donald Glover’s acclaimed FX comedy, ‘Atlanta’. Previously, Jordan was a Story Editor for Season Three of the Emmy-award winning Amazon series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. Currently, Jordan is a Co-Producer for season 4 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”.
On the stand up front, he taped a set for Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring, a digital series showcase for new talent. He also taped a set for Bill Burr Presents, a new televised showcase for Comedy Central hosted by the great Bill Burr which aired in January 2020.
In 2018, Jordan was named a "New Face" of comedy at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal (wow, just look at that punim!) and also made his late-night stand up debut on CONAN. He also was a writer on Rob Mcelhenney and Charlie Day’s Apple sitcom. “Mythic Quest”.
Jordan is the mastermind behind the original comedic play, ‘Hidden Fences’, a hilarious, absurdist take on the viral mistake made at the 2017 Golden Globes and Academy Awards that combined the movies, Hidden Figures and Fences into 'Hidden Fences'. Hidden Fences satirizes the mistake in which 'Troy' from Fences wants to be the first black man to hit a baseball into space and the hidden figures do the math to help get it there. The play sold out four times and was staged at The Bell House for New York Comedy Festival. In June 2018 Hidden Fences made it's L.A. debut at The Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theatre, starring and produced by Jermaine Fowler. In addition to writing the play, Jordan also plays an unhinged, comedic version of the Denzel Washington role, ‘Troy’.
In October of 2017, he staged his follow up to Hidden Fences, an absurdist, one-act play entitled ‘The Color Urkel’ that loosely combines the narrative of The Color Purple with the characters Steve Urkel and Stefon Urquelle. In November 2018, ‘The Color Urkel’ also made it’s New York Comedy Festival debut.
INNOVATIVE, INDEPENDENT, with INDIVIDUALITY are the words that best describe MESHELLE “The Indie-Mom of Comedy”. With a style that makes you stop and in your tracks and say “she looks like “the Girlfriend, not “the WIFE” and certainly not anyone’s “MOM”.
MESHELLE is a wife, mother of 3, and sought after comedienne whose appearances include: Nickelodeon’s Search for the Funniest Mom in America 3 (Hosted by Roseanne Barr), Martin Lawrence Presents: THE FIRST AMENDMENT STAND UP (STARz), THE BLACKLIST: 20 Most Notable and Notorious Moments of 2009 & 2010 (TV-ONE); BET News Presents; Obama: Journey to the White House, as well as BET’s ComicView (2014), ASPIRE TV (LaffMobb Presents:We Got Next, 2014) The WORD Network (Soulaughable Comedy Series) (NBC, syndicated Documentary) Walk a Mile In My Shoes: 90 Year Look at The NAACP MESHELLE pioneered the role of “Michelle” (portrayed by Kimberly Elise in the film adaptation) in the hit Stage Play “Woman Thou Art Loosed” written by TD Jakes and Terry McFadden.
Rachel McCartney is a New York-based standup comedian, writer, and Twitter addict. Her writing credits include GSN's Master Minds, and that's it so far. She probably shouldn't have said "include" and then listed one job, but it was a very fun job.
Originally from Chicago, she has done a televised set on WCIU's Chicago's One Night Standup and appeared as a paid regular at the Laugh Factory.
Zach Zimmerman is comedian and writer. Their work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Popula, and The Washington Post, and their debut essay collection Is It Hot in Here? (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth) will be published by Chronicle Books in November 2022. As a stand-up, Zach was named a TimeOut NY Comic to Watch, NY Funniest Finalist, and their first comedy album “Clean Comedy” debuted on the Billboard Top 10. Zach is a regular performer at the Comedy Cellar and a co-host of Vulture and Union's Hall's weekly show Pretty Major. Recent digital credits include projects for Scruff, Grindr, and HBO Max Human By Orientation.
Matt Jenkins is known for his clean, quick-witted brand of comedy. Quickly becoming known as one of NY/NJ’s strongest clean comics, Matt uses his diverse background, in combination with solid joke writing and charisma, to give audiences a relatable as well as memorable experience.
Patricia Dinglasan is a former beauty industry nerd who became a stand-up comedian in her forties. This Filipino-American mom’s comedy has been featured in "Vogue" and on "NEXTSHARK," The Discovery Channel, The Style Network, and Buzzfeed. She appears in The SAGE Encyclopedia for Filipina/x/o American Studies as an upcoming comedian and was named a finalist in the Yes and Laughter Lab Competition for her project: "A Modern Asian Mom’s Guide to Parenting." Patricia is a founder of the bicoastal Filipino Comedy Festival highlighted by ABC7 San Francisco, New York’s PIX11, GMA Pinoy, and ABS-CBN; with sold out shows in San Francisco and New York.
Originally from East Tennessee, Alexis Bradby is a NY based comedian known for her contagious smile and youthful energy. In addition to stand-up, she writes for television and has worked on hit shows such as iCarly and Tab Time.
Christiana Jackson is a New York based stand up comedian, who has been performing for over 8 years. She regularly performs and hosts throughout New York and New Jersey. Christiana has appeared on Cash Cab, was the winner of the 2020 Jersey City Comedy Festival, and has performed in the Harlem Comedy Festival, Black Women in Comedy Festival, and Staten Island Comedy Festival. She also recently performed her two half hour sets Stout Lusty Wench and Filthy & Racism.
Norah Yahya is a comedian, actress, and producer based in New York City. Originally hailing from DC, she has performed at various comedy clubs around the country and was featured in the New York Comedy Festival, Black Women in Comedy Laff Festival and the Oak City Comedy Festival. She has opened for Nore Davis, Rita Brent and performed at West Side Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline's, and produces a show at The Stand Comedy Club. Norah's comedy draws inspiration from her crazy, character-filled family; and all things current, feminine, and political. She currently co-hosts a podcast and comedy show appropriately titled Two Bearded Ladies, which was recently featured on the top 50 charts on apple podcasts.
