Comedians
Let’s start with Ms. Pat hasn’t lived the life of your typical comedian. Born to a single mother of 5, living on welfare in a tough West end neighborhood of Atlanta, Ms. Pat learned early on she would have to fend for herself in this world. Her Grandfather ran a “bootleg” house where as a kid Pat learned how to roll the drunks for food money. She had her first child at 14 and her second child at 15, “I knew I wasn’t going to college so I figured why not get an early start on my family”. She became a drug dealer in her teens known by the street name “Rabbit”. “I figured there were two things I could do in my neighborhood to earn money, either sell drugs or sell p*@#$y”. At 16 she purchased her first Cadillac. During her teens she was shot twice and arrested numerous times. At 19 years of age she met a man, and with his help and encouragement decided to get out of the “life”. “I was so tired, I thought for sure I was going to end up dead. He was 21 and a military vet and he showed me a way out”.
Jason Lawhead is as relatable a comic as you’ll see working live on stage today. Observational everyday takes, with personal family experiences & an array of sports material along with a knack for impressions, voices & story telling make the Cleveland born comedian funny from start to finish. Lawhead made a name for himself as a regular opening act for Bill Burr on both his “Billy Red State” & “Billy Bible Belt” tours in 2014 & 2015, as well as opening for Bill’s Netflix special “You People Are All the Same”. A favorite guest of the Artie Lange show, Jason has also appeared twice on Gotham Comedy Live & was on Season 9 of Last Comic Standing. Jason currently tours all over the country & can be seen regularly in Los Angeles at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach.
Mike Figs is a young standup hailing from the boogie down Bronx. Known for his endless appearances on Aaron Berg’s and Geno Bisconte’s podcast “In Hot Water” and can be seen all over the New York City comedy circuit. He hosts his own show at The Bronx Beerhall on Arthur Ave called “Figs in The Hall” in the middle of “Little Italy”. He’s half Italian, half Puertorican, and full crazy. Buckle up.
Brooks is a cool dude. He went to University of Iowa and got a biomedical engineering degree, but then pursued comedy.
Here’s some stuff he’s done:
-Cast Member of Saturday Night Live (2013-14)
-Had the #1 comedy album on iTunes with the release of his debut album, “This is cool, Right?” which was hailed by many outlets as one of the best comedy albums of 2015
-Released a Comedy Central Half Hour special
-Appeared on Conan
-Appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers
-Appeared on Girls
-Appeared on MTV’s Ridiculousness
-Appeared on @Midnight
-Appeared on Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening
-Appeared on Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party
-One of Comedy Central’s 10 comics to watch in 2012
-Voice of Fred on Disney’s Big Hero 6 television series
-Montreal Just For Laughs Festival in 2013, 2014, and 2016
-RollingStone named him as one of the top 45 acts from the 2014 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
-Also performed at Comedy Central’s South Beach Comedy Festival, SXSW, Sasquatch Music and Arts Festival, Moontower Comemdy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and many others.
The A.V. Club described Brooks’ stand up as absurd and honest saying, “Wheelan is a considerable talent with a unique voice and perspective.”
Andre Kim is a Stand Up Comedian from Queens, New York. The Korean-American performer has also served as an opening act for Godfrey, Dave Attell, and Artie Lange. He currently co-hosts the popular podcast In Godfrey We Trust. Come enjoy a night of laughs!
Shawn Jackson is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor hailing from Philadelphia, PA. Shawn realized his comedy path at an early age. Staying up past his bedtime, he would religiously sneak and watch ComicView or Comedy Central Presents. After realizing he was not making the NBA, right after graduating high school in 2008, Shawn started performing stand up at The Laff House and open mics around Philly. After gaining some local notoriety by being voted to “Philly's Phunniest” top in 2012, Shawn decided it was time to take the leap and move to New York City to fully pursue his dream.
Arriving in NYC in 2014, Shawn quickly started to ascend the ranks of the city referred to as, “Comedy Mecca.” In 2015, Shawn Jackson made his National TV debut performing on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live. Since then, Jackson has become a regular performer around the city. You can catch Shawn at Gotham Comedy Club, LoL Times Square, or Broadway Comedy Club to name a few.
In 2017, Shawn began taking courses at Upright Citizens Brigade for sketch writing and improv.
Chaunte Wayans is a comedian, writer, and actress who proudly represents the new generation of Wayans’ legacy-making its mark in Hollywood. She was last seen in the film 50 Shades of Black, with other film and television credits including Hollywood Misconceptions, Dance Flick, TLC's Trading Spaces, Bounce TV's Off The Chain and Nicktoon's animated series, The Boo Crew. As a comedian, she has toured nationally wowing the audience with her unique brand of comedy featuring for comedic veterans such as Katt Williams, Russell Peters, and her uncles Marlon, Shawn, and Damon Wayans. Her comedic talent led her to become a featured cast member on MTV’s hit sketch comedy series Nick Cannon Presents: Wild N’ Out. Chaunte can also be seen on Katt Williams comedy special Kattpacalypse. Chaunte has showcased as a writer as part of CBS’ Diversity Showcase 2017. Recently she has featured on 50 Cents "50 Central" on Bet. Currently, you can see her featuring on TruTV's "Laff Tracks."
Jay Jurden is a New York-based comedian, writer, and actor. Originally from Mississippi, Jay regularly performs comedy all over the country, and is currently a Staff Writer for Apple TV+'s Emmy-nominated show, "The Problem With Jon Stewart".
Jay has performed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" twice and has also been seen on "The Late Late Show with James Corden", "Comedy Central Featuring", "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", and HBO’s "High Maintenance".
Stand-up comic and Emmy-nominated writer (Saturday Night Live) SAM JAY can currently be seen on HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay, a weekly late-night series on which she serves as Host and Executive Producer, and is currently in production on its second season. She will next be seen on the upcoming Peacock series Bust Down. In 2020, she debuted her first one-hour stand up special Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning on Netflix.
In 2019, Sam made her Netflix debut on The Comedy Lineup and released her album Donna’s Daughter through Comedy Central Records. Donna's Daughter was produced by Coach Tea and contains sporadic beats and "skit-like" interludes that make it sound as much like a hip-hop mixtape as it does a standup record. Also in 2018, Sam wrote for The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards and the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Sam’s 2018 TV credits include a recurring role on TV Land’s Nobodies and a guest star in Season 5 of Comedy Central’s Broad City.
In 2017, Sam was a standout of the Just For Laughs: New Faces. She was the host of Ricking Morty, the Rick and Morty post-show on Adult Swim and she was a cast member of MTV’s SafeWord. Sam made her late-night television debut on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and her half-hour stand-up Comedy Central Presents premiered in 2017 to rave reviews.
Sam was named as one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2018 and Comedy Central Comics to Watch in 2015 and has performed internationally at comedy clubs and festivals including the Vodafone Dublin Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot Festival, 208 Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Portland’s Bridgetown Festival, The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival, Boston’s Women In Comedy Festival, among others.
Sam’s television credits also include a part in the award-winning film Pinsky, Starz’s Take My Wife, Comedy Central’s White Flight, Crank Yankers, and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail; as well as Viceland’s Party Legends and Flophouse.
Comedian Tom Cotter has taken the comedy scene by storm since finishing as runner-up and becoming the Breakout Star from Season 7’s "America's Got Talent." He lost to a dog act, but don’t hold that against him; Tom was the first comedian ever to be a finalist on the show and was the highest finishing human being on the show that year.
In August 2013, AGT asked Tom back to perform as a special guest star (along with Train) and then again to host “The Season 8 AGT Snapple Viewing Party.”
In January 2019 Tom was again invited back to the AGT stage - this time to perform against the best of the best “Got Talent” performers from other years and around the world in “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.” In one the most talked about sets of the entire competition, Tom received a STANDING OVATION from the adoring crowd.
Tom's other numerous television and radio credits include "The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing,” his very own "Comedy Central Presents... Tom Cotter, "The Howard Stern Show, Comics Unleashed, multiple appearances on CBS’ "The Late Late Show" and Celebrity Host of “Gotham Comedy Live” on AXS-TV.
You can find Tom headlining all of America's most famous comedy clubs including The Comedy Cellar, The Improv and Caroline's On Broadway just to name a few. Tom has also been featured at the Montreal "Just For Laughs" Festival, the HBO Comedy Arts Festival and headlining "America's Got Talent Live" show at the Palazzo, Las Vegas. And recently, Tom was on the dais and took part in the Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Tom is also a regular on Fox News Channel and co-starred on an episode of CBS’ “The Good Wife.”
In addition, Tom has performed in a wide variety of venues from Alaska to China. His appeal is truly international as he was summoned to London to tour and perform on British Television, and won The Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition and Boston Comedy Festival as The Boston Herald noted “winning by the largest margin of victory in the history of the event.”
Tom came out with his first book, “Bad Dad: A Guide to Pitiful Parenting” (Willow Street Press) in February 2016 which is a collection of jokes, gags, one-liners and pithy bad advice for fed-up parents everywhere. It is this kind of versatility that has allowed Tom to excel in other areas of showbiz as well. So whether it be comedy, voice-overs, or acting, Tom Cotter gives it everything he's got. "If laughter is the best medicine, I yearn to be drugged."
Louise was a finalist on the second season of Last Comic Standing and has appeared on television programs such as Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and The View. Louise has performed at many of the leading comedy clubs throughout the world, including Caroline's, The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong and The Comic Strip Live.
Louise is married to Tom Cotter, who is also a notable stand-up comedian. They have worked together on different projects including Two Funny, a reality show on Women's Entertainment Network.
As seen on TV and Stages from Broadway to the Las Vegas Strip, Steven Scott is a comedian, actor, and host whose unique and tasteful brand of comedy combines clever observations of his everyday life with his amazing vocal talent; which includes an array of characters, voices and sounds ranging from celebrities to musical instruments. Once described as a perfect mix between Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Carrey, Steven loves getting paid now to do exactly what used to get him into trouble as a kid.
He has had the privilege of performing with some of the biggest names in show business, both onstage as well as on-screen where he has traveled to all 7 continents; performing comedy clubs, conventions, cruises, colleges, festivals, roasts, military bases and appeared on numerous TV and radio shows from Comedy Central, NBC, FOX, VH1, SiriusXM and his recent standing ovation appearances on America’s Got Talent.
His multifaceted voice can be heard in many commercials and video games. He once had a deal with Warner Brothers and was cast as a series regular in a pilot for a hip sketch comedy show co-starring Tyra Banks and Jamie Foxx. He also performed and created a co-starring role in an award-winning Off-Broadway Musical, has been a frequent late-night Radio sidekick and recently filmed a TV pilot for his own comedy travel show for the Travel Channel. He is a longtime member and former Governor of the legendary Friars Club and enjoys donating his time and talent to various charities that promote healing through laughter.
Reena Calm is an East Coast Jew turned Chicago favorite, and one of the most respected and requested comedians in the Midwest. Pulling from a lifetime of questionable choices, Reena’s material is autobiographical, silly, and charmingly inappropriate. Reena is a featured regular at the Laugh Factory and performs all over the country on her signature #CalmedyTours. She loves a good fest! Some of the best were Accidental Comedy Festival, Birmingham Comedy Festival, Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Let’s Fest, Burning Bridges Festival, Turnbuckle Fest, The Comedy Exposition, Flyover Comedy Invasion, Limestone Comedy Festival, RiOT LA, Gilda’s LaughFest - Best of the Midwest, and Just For Laughs Chicago. She has opened for Arsenio Hall, Laurie Kilmartin, and Eddie Pepitone to name a few. Reena has been a frequent guest on WGN Radio, the Doug Loves Movies podcast, and she was named Comic of The Week on The Jackie & Laurie Show. Check out her first book “Once A Pun A Time…” here: http://a.co/cAZpbVm. She’s been called “also terrific” by the Chicago Tribune, and “not a disappointment” by her mother.
Maximilian Spinelli is an NYC-based comedian, actor, writer and all-around peach of a human being. Blending together a style that is both conversational and confrontational, he’s built a brand that can only be described as “Premium Trash Bag”. In 2019, he competed in the Comedy Mob Festival, Stand Up NBC, and was the winner of the Sloshed Stand Up competition. A passed comic at the Comic Strip in the Upper East Side, co-producer of the monthly Tell You What Comedy Show, and writer/producer/star of a recent pilot, he’s more than just the guy you’ve seen in the background of several canceled network TV shows. You’ve also seen him at your local cafe saying things like “What percent cacao is this?” and “Timothée Chalamet stole my career!”
Milana Vayntrub is an Uzbekistan-born American actress and comedian most recognized for her role as Lily Adams in AT&T commercials or as Sloane on the NBC dramatic series This Is Us.
Sarah Cooper is a comedian and author of bestselling book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings.
Sara Schaefer is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, writer, and producer currently based in Los Angeles. She was the co-host of MTV’s late-night show Nikki & Sara Live. Her Comedy Central Stand Up Presents half hour special debuted in November 2019. She won two Emmy awards for her work at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and won a WGA Award for her work on Ed Helms’ Comedy Central special The Fake News with Ted Nelms. She has also written for numerous programs including The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Comedy Central’s Problematic with Moshe Kasher and Not Safe with Nikki Glaser. Her digital series Woman Online debuted on Seriously.TV in February 2017, and her stand up show Little White Box debuted to a sold-out run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Sara’s scripted web series Day Job was named one of 100 Best Web Series by TimeOut New York. Sara’s memoir is forthcoming on Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books.
