Comedians


Naomi Karavani is a comedian, actor, and writer based in New York City. For over five years Naomi worked as a writer and on-air talent for the news comedy show Redacted Tonight where she covered topics from Big Tech to Mass Incarceration to the baby on the Terrorism Watchlist. Good thing someone's watching him. She appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Bentzen Ball, and the Brooklyn Comedy Festival and runs a weekly show in Brooklyn called "Bitches' Brew."
Corey Bonalewicz, aka COREY B, is an American radio personality, comedian, and content creator based in New York. Corey B has been working in Radio for over ten years. He got his start in New Orleans and has hosted radio shows in Chicago and New York. Prior to the pandemic, Corey performed stand-up in the New York comedy club circuit and was planning on touring. Corey shifted his focus to long form content during the pandemic which showcased his comedic style on top of food hacks. He has amassed over 9M followers on TikTok and almost 6M followers on Facebook. He is releasing his own BBQ sauce and has equity in a New York restaurant and cookie company. Corey co-hosts a podcast, "Cane and Corey", which is currently behind a paywall. He had a family YouTube page with his fiancé, "The B Family", with a decent following, but stopped posting due to restrictions on videos with children in them. Corey would like to dive back into YouTube and build upon this audience with a "Corey B Reacts" and "Corey B Reviews" page.
Joe Nunnink is a NYC-based comedian and video creator known for his absurd characters, midwestern demeanor, and boundary pushing sketch comedy. Joe became the first paid regular at the Comedy Club of Kansas City in 2019 and has been selected to perform at the Flyover Comedy Festival, Fountain City Comedy Festival, the Comedy Mob Fest, the Boston Comedy Festival, and the 2023 New York Comedy Festival as an official “Creator to Watch.” Joe has opened for Shane Gillis, Andy Dick, Caroline Rhea and more.
Chris Riggins is a standup comedian based in Los Angeles, California. Chris first caught notoriety in the comedy community when he won the San Francisco International Comedy Competition and becoming a regular in the Punchline Comedy Club circuit. Now residing in Los Angeles, he’s become a paid regular at the World-Famous Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, and has become a continuing feature act for the greats like Dave Chappelle. His comedic style, characterized by clever observations and fearless commentary, challenges his audiences to think outside the box as he delivers his unique perspective on life. Before cutting his teeth in comedy, he found success in the Oakland music scene, where he was an MC with a world class jazz band named Mingus Amungus and attained a social circle with the likes of Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and many others. It was through his love for both artforms that led to the creation of his jazz-comedy fusion show, “SMOKIN’ JOKES.” In addition to his live performances, Riggins recorded his first comedy album "My Fifth First Album" with Blonde Medicine in 2021, further establishing himself as a force in the comedy world. Most recently, Riggins was a featured comedian at the prestigious 2024 Netflix Is A Joke Comedy Festival.
Mike Feeney is a New York City-based comedian. His high energy and sharp wit captivate young and old audiences alike. He has been featured on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly," Barstool Sports, Fox’s "Laughs," Funny or Die, SiriusXM, theCHIVE, ABC's "Right This Minute," "Inside Edition," "Reader's Digest" and Food Network's "Restaurant Stakeout." Mike's debut album, "Rage Against the Routine," premiered at number one on the iTunes Comedy Charts and number six on the Billboard Charts. His comedy videos have amassed over 200 million views across Instagram, TikTok and Youtube.
Matt Richards is an actor, host, comedian, and writer that has performed on several thousands of shows all across the country and currently hosts the popular game show app HQ Trivia. You can see Matt on Flatbush Misdemeanors for Showtime, both seasons of That Damn Michael Che for HBOMax, CBS’ 2 Broke Girls, Nickelodeon’s School of Rock, as well as KC Undercover and Bizaardvark for Disney. Matt was selected as a NEW FACE Character 2018 for the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and was a standout in the 2017 CBS diversity Showcase. As a writer, Matt is staffed on the WGA award nominated series That Damn Michael Che for HBOMax and he has written and produced for Snoop Dogg on various programming for VH1, TBS, Peacock and Animal Planet. Matt also wrote and performed his original sketches for Complex’s new web-series, Group Therapy sponsored by Old Spice and has appeared on The Funny Dance Show for E!, MTV’s World Star TV, and The Steve Harvey show.
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?"
Amos Gill is one of Australia’s hottest comedians, now making waves internationally as a touring headliner across the USA, UK, and Australia. Known for his sharp humor and quick wit, Amos first gained attention as a beloved Adelaide radio host on Amos, Cat & Angus. After leaving radio in 2018, he quickly became a comic to watch, earning accolades such as runner-up in triple j’s RAW Comedy competition and hosting the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s prestigious Comedy Zone. Amos has performed at iconic venues like the Sydney Opera House and Madison Square Garden, touring internationally with Jim Jefferies. He’s appeared on TV shows like The Full Brazilian and Comedy Up Late and recently sold out his 2022 solo tour, You’ve Wrecked The Joint. Amos now co-hosts At This Moment, a hit new podcast with Jim Jefferies, further showcasing his comedic talents to a global audience.
Mia Jackson is a Georgia peach (that's Georgian for “native”), currently living in New York. In 2017, she was selected as a New Face by the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and Atlanta's Creative Loafing named her the Critic's Choice Best Stand-Up in the city. She has toured nationally with Amy Schumer and is a featured comic at festivals and clubs across the country. Her first stand up special aired as part of Unprotected Sets on EPIX in 2018. Mia has appeared on Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar, NBC's Last Comic Standing and HBO Max. Her Comedy Central half hour special debuted in November 2019.
Jesús Abelardo, comediante venezolano y host del podcast 99%, presenta Baba, su nuevo y primer show que ha estado girando por Estados Unidos en ciudades como Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville y otras más. Un viaje personal cargado de humor sobre la relación con su papá sirio. En este show, Jesús Abelardo explora las diferencias culturales, generacionales y emocionales que lo separan de su padre.
A regular on the Sydney comedy circuit, Jenny Tian exploded onto our #fyp during the pandemic notching up millions of likes and amassing a collective online audience of 1M+. Her debut solo show Picture This sold out to audiences up and down the east coast of Australia and was released as a YouTube special where it has clocked up over 900k views. Her second hour Chinese Australian: A Tale of Internet Fame sold out across Australia and took her to her first ever runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and west end Boulevard Theatre, also selling out both. Off the back of her stand up success, Jenny has secured spots on the lineup for the 2024 and 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala’s and as a cast member in season 2 of Taskmaster AU, the latter earning her a Logie nomination for Best New Talent. Recently announced as a recipient of Screen Aus and YouTube’s funding initiative, Skip Ahead, Jenny continues her mastery of online content creation, often using it as material for her stand up shows. After a stint in London, Jenny is now living in New York where she has just completed her first ever US tour of her most recent hour, the aptly titled Jenny’s Travels.
Rosey Catherine is one of the youngest rising stars in the New York comedy scene. Once a staple in the DC comedy scene she broke Dave Chappelle’s record as the youngest headling act in the scene when she was 16. She currently tours nationally with Troy Bond. You can see her nightly at Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Westside Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, and Greenwich Village Comedy Club.
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.
Liz Glazer is an award-winning standup comedian, actor, and writer known for her smart, personal, and hilariously honest comedy. Liz’s new comedy special "Do You Know Who I’m Not?" is now streaming on YouTube. She has appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Don’t Tell Comedy, Nate Bargatze’s "The Showcase," and has opened for renowned comedians including Maria Bamford, Judy Gold, and Myq Kaplan. Liz won first place in both the Boston Comedy Festival and the Ladies of Laughter Competition, and was featured in a full-length profile in "The Wall Street Journal." Her work has also been covered by "Above the Law," "The Jewish Standard," "The Pennsylvania Gazette," and other publications. She’s performed at comedy festivals including the Laughing Skull, Big Pine, Seattle International, Rogue Island, and others. As an actor, Liz has appeared on ABC’s "For Life" and CBS’s "BULL." She is also on the faculty at Lesly Kahn & Co., a prestigious acting studio in Los Angeles. Currently, Liz is developing a television pilot based on her life—the script for which was a semi-finalist in the Stage 32 writing competition. Before comedy, Liz was a tenured law professor. She earned her B.A. magna cum laude and M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in just four years, then attended the University of Chicago Law School, where she served on the Law Review. She practiced as a transactional real estate attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York, and later earned tenure at Hofstra Law School. She also held visiting positions at Northwestern and Loyola Chicago law schools. Liz has published legal scholarship in leading journals including the Georgetown Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, Northwestern University Law Review, and others. Liz now draws on her unique life experiences—as a former lawyer, law professor, a lesbian, a rabbi’s wife and a mother — bringing insight and laughter to audiences across the country. She performs regularly at top comedy clubs and festivals, as well as at law firms, law schools, synagogues, theaters and corporate events. Whether she’s on stage or Zoom, Liz delivers thought-provoking comedy with warmth, wit, and sharp perspective.
Kristal Adams is a standup comedian, producer and writer whose standup has been featured on Amazon, JFL Digital, Vidcon and SF Sketchfest. She was named Best of Fest at the 2019 Big Pine Comedy Festival. In 2022 she recorded and released her debut album "Ain't I a Wombat,'' which was featured on NPR, Ebony Magazine and Paste Magazine. She has written for shows on Netflix, Fox and Hulu and released the first issue of her comic book series in 2024.
Harrison began performing stand-up comedy while studying psychology and English at Harvard. A summa cum laude graduate, Harrison was the co-founder of the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society (or "Harvard College SUCS," as the group's name is cheekily acronymized), the first organization at Harvard dedicated to the performance and appreciation of stand-up comedy and one still popular on campus today. Now living in Manhattan, Harrison has quickly become one of the most in-demand comedians in New York, performing in more than 600 shows a year and thus leading both Time Out New York and the NY Daily News to call him "the hardest-working man in comedy." One of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch," Harrison has also received many awards and honors for his comedy, including the Andy Kaufman Award (2010) for creativity and originality in comedy, the Shorty Award in collaboration with Comedy Central and the New York Comedy Festival for "Best Emerging Comic" (2011), and the Magners Comic Stand-Off (2011). On television, Harrison was featured on NBC's Last Comic Standing (for a clip, click here), AXS.TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, and National Geographic Channel's Brain Games, and has appeared on MTV, SPIKE TV, the Discovery Channel, and the Science Channel. Behind the scenes, Harrison was a producer for Primetime: Would You Fall for That? on ABC (which premiered in 2013 to over 3.5 million viewers) and a story producer for VH1’s This is HOT 97, as well as the warm-up comic for Katie, Katie Couric's daytime talk show on ABC. Internationally recognized for his talent, Harrison was the head writer for Tu Nite con Lorenzo Parro, the first-ever late night show on NBCU/Telemundo; was a featured correspondent on the Japanese television show, Scooper, which was broadcast nationally on Nippon TV; appeared in the documentary, 10 Minutes in America, on France's Canal+; and was a featured act in the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival in Scotland. Harrison was also the co-host and featured performer of the official Times Square New Year’s Eve World Wide Webcast in 2010 and 2011, broadcasting live to over 250 million viewers around the globe. Harrison also headlines comedy clubs around the country, including sold-out shows at TBS Just for Laughs Chicago and the legendary Carolines on Broadway (leading Punchline Magazine to name Harrison one of the “Breakout Artists” of the year). Harrison has also been featured in a wide variety of national and international publications, including being highlighted for the "Joke of the Week" in TimeOut NY and being featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and CNBC.com. Harrison's one-man show, Harrison Greenbaum: What Just Happened?, debuted at the legendary New York comedy hotspot, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, before commencing an Off-Broadway run and international tour that's included performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, and the Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA. (For more information on the show, visit the show's official site here.) Harrison is a talented comedy writer as well. He is a nationally published author (with selections printed in the books, 50 Successful Harvard Essays, 2nd ed., and How They Got Into Harvard) and has been a writer for MAD Magazine since 2005. From colleges to comedy clubs, from talk shows to theaters, Harrison is bringing his unique style of comedy to audiences across the country and around the world, proving each night why publications such as Newsday have named him one of “today’s best.”
Gray West is a high-energy comedian known for his sharp wit and infectious positivity. He got his start at the legendary DC Improv and is now a regular at top clubs like New York Comedy Club and many more. Gray has featured for nationally touring comics and performed at comedy festivals across the country, from Milwaukee to Houston and even Cleveland. With his unique style and undeniable stage presence, Gray West is quickly becoming a standout voice on the comedy scene.
Nick Tilleli is a NYC based comedian. He is climbing the ranks as one of New York Cities emerging young talents. He is the winner of the 2017 Broadway Comedy Club Summer Festival. First place winner of 2019 Long Island 8 round Laugh off. He head lined New York Comedy Festivals showcase in Staten Island! You can follow him @nicktilleli on instagram!
Jessica Kirson is a powerhouse on stage. She’s a hilariously relatable performer of sheer silliness, vulnerability, and ridiculous characters. Her countless comedic character videos have racked up over 50 million views on social media. Her audience is multigenerational, creating an excuse for large groups of friends and families to spend a night out together. In an era where only 10% of all touring comedians are female, Jessica stands out as one of the strongest comedians regardless of gender. Jessica produced FX’s Hysterical, a feature-length documentary that premiered at SXSW 2021. The film explores the changing landscape of women in stand-up comedy and features Margaret Cho, Nikki Glazer, Chelsea Handler, Fortune Feimster, and other notable comedians. Her one-hour special Talking to Myself was executive produced by Bill Burr and debuted on Comedy Central. She is a regular on This Week at the Comedy Cellar and has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The View, HBO’s, Crashing, and Kevin Can Wait. She also recently acted in and served as a consultant, producer, and writer on the Robert De Niro film The Comedian. Jessica’s highly anticipated prank call album, The Call Girls, also featuring Rachel Feinstein, was released on September 24th. Recorded virtually during the depths of quarantine, the album features characters such as old Jewish grandmothers, sexy co-eds, a conservative mother and her gay son, and more. Jessica’s characters are coming to life in her new podcast, Disgusting Hawk with rave reviews. Through her Relatively Sane podcast, Jessica has interviewed the likes of Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan, and Rosie O’Donnell. She was awarded “Best Female Comic” by the MAC association in New York City and received the prestigious Nightlife Award for “Best Stand-up Comedian.” In her spare time, Jessica is a regular contributor to The Howard Stern Show, where she produces and stars in prank calls for the program.
Peyton Ruddy started in the suburbs of Chicago at 17 years old and quickly grew in popularity to become a favorite in the city. He recently moved to Austin, Texas and is a paid regular at the Comedy Mothership and has went viral for his Kill Tony appearance, and has since gathered an even bigger following online for his style of stand up comedy and sketches, reaching over 125 million views in the last 6 months. His style has been referred to as “cutesty wootsey fat shit” Peyton has opened for names such as Tim Dillon, Joe List, Ron White, Chris Distefano, Ari Shaffir, Ralph Barbosa, Craig Robinson, Harland Williams, Bret Ernst, Steph Tolev, Sam Tallent and Casey Rocket all while still maintaining his rockin’ hot bod.
Stef Dag is a globally touring standup comedian and a 2022 New York Comedy Festival "Creator to Watch." She hosts the popular digital dating show, Hot and Single, and has been featured in the NYT, Nylon, Alt Press, Betches, HuffPo, Daily Mail, and more.
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."