Comedians
Skyler Higley is a comedian and writer whose incomparable stand-up explodes from his unique perspective and uncanny joke-slinging. Being raised by white parents as a Mormon in Salt Lake City, his fish-out-of-water comedic mind can generate anything from the most absurd observations to the most cutting insights. With his exceptional viewpoints and eclectic style, Skyler never stops surprising audiences with a trip through his world.
Ben Fisher is a comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He’s performed at The D.C. Comedy Festival, Hoboken Comedy Festival, Bad Bitch Revolution, NBC Universal’s Comedy Scene Showcase, and his impression of Jimmy Fallon was a Vulture ‘Best of Schtick or Treat’ at The Knitting Factory in 2018. Born gay and raised in a remote log cabin in central Connecticut, he now calls New York City home, where he is stopped at least once a day because of his physical resemblance to Fallon, and is still gay. He produces pop-up shows around NYC including The NY Ramblers Drag Rumble at The Duplex with Jay Jurden. He’s a proud graduate of Emerson College and The Upright Citizen’s Brigade.
Nick Callas is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer/director and alumni of NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing. He starred in Music Choice’s Questionable Choices and has been featured on NY's Funniest for NBC’s SeeSo. He's created scripted and unscripted comedy shows for MTV, SnapChat and Rizzle. His stand up highlights his physicality, energy, characters and creativity, he plays major comedy clubs across the country including the world famous Comedy Cellar and the MGM in Las Vegas.
Originally from Vancouver (Canada), Gavin is a stand up, writer, and actor now living in Los Angeles.
In 2017, he was the winner of SiriusXM Top Comic, the biggest stand up competition in Canada, it earned him sets at all the Just for Laughs festivals, including a TV taping at the prestigious Montreal Festival, and 25K which he is still living off. In 2018, he was named a TBS Team COCO Comic to watch and showcased at the New York Comedy Festival, through the showcase Gavin booked a spot on CONAN and is set to make his late night television debut in 2019. He’s been featured on Comedy Central and was recently handpicked by Bill Burr to tape a set for his new Comedy Central show, which comes out in January 2020.
Gavin wrote this and wants you to know he hopes you come to a show.
Allie Zisfein is a comedian, writer, actress, host and producer. Zisfein is based in Los Angeles and has performed all of the country. Being born in New York and raised in Westport, CT, could have made her entitled and bitchy, but she's really down to earth, just ask her dog. Since arriving in Los Angeles Zisfein focused on the stand-up comedy circuit and has performed at the Hollywood Improv, The Comedy Store Belly Room & Main Room, I.O. West, Second City and more. She is part of an online Sketch Comedy Group, "Nick and Trevor and Other People" and runs her own monthly show "Heist" at Oeno Vino.
Johnny has been seen on the Discovery Channel, performs at clubs throughout NYC nightly.
Brendan Donegan stumbled upon his hidden talent for stand-up comedy after entering and winning 1st place in the University of Scranton's Last Comic Standing competition. Immediately, he was hooked. A South Jersey native, Brendan quickly moved to the near-by city of Philadelphia after graduating to pursue his dream of performing stand-up comedy. His self-deprecating humor and boyish charm continue to keep local moms and movie theatres guessing whether he is 16 or 25. Brendan can be seen performing all over the Northeast and recently won 1st place in the Northeast Comedy Cabaret Competition and earned himself a spot as a Semi-Finalist in Helium’s Philly’s Phunniest competition.
Geoffrey Asmus began performing stand-up in 2013 immediately after wasting $143,548 on four college degrees. Within a short time Geoffrey won Comedy on State’s “Funniest Person in Madison 2015” and Penguin Comedy Club’s “Funniest Person in Iowa 2015,” both times beating out the guy who invented meth, Quentin.
In 2016 Geoffrey was selected as a ‘New Face’ at Just For Laughs in Montreal and performed on FOX’s ‘Laughs’ and Kevin Hart’s LOL Network. Geoffrey has opened for Brian Posehn, Aparna Nancherla, Todd Barry, Daniel Sloss and Alonzo Bodden among others.
Offstage Geoffrey has written for College Humor, Splitsider and the sketch group Mean Squad.
But no matter where he performs Geoffrey never makes eye contact, which is a blessing for all.
Joe Glasgow is a comedian and producer based in NYC. He has worked on productions for Comedy Central, Netflix, and CBS. Glasgow recorded his first comedy album His Early Stuff at the age of 23 and has since headlined shows all over the country. With a camera strap around his neck and a mic in his hand, Joe wanders the world recording episodes of his travel podcast Hostel Homies.
Laura Merli is a standup comedian, sketch performer, and writer. She was first runner up in the The Ladies of Laughter stand up competition, appeared in the Women in Comedy Festival, the Cinder Block Comedy Festival, and performs all over. She has written for and acted on a sketch house team at the PIT and also at Improv Boston. She’s also been a contributor to Reductress, The Hard Times, and McSweeney’s. You can watch her other sketch videos at youtube.com/lauramerlicomedy and read her thoughts on twitter @passiveabrasive
Erik Marino is an Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning writer who can make anyone 17% funnier; including SNL, Weeds, Roast Battle and the episode of Ellen when Ellen came out of the closet.
Mark Hayes has been dubbed "Ireland's craziest and wittiest comedian, a poet at times". Saying that, he has also been called "the runt of Irish literature" so take your pick.
Max is a stand up comic, improviser, and writer from rural Appalachia in Athens, Ohio. He started performing in a liberal college town and at not-so-liberal West Virginia bars. He was a finalist in Columbus' Funniest and figured that meant he was ready for New York. He's been living in Harlem for the last year and performs all over the city, at the New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, and the Grisly Pear.
Michael Blaustein is an internationally touring headlining comedian, accomplished actor, and award winning writer. He has performed at over 200 colleges worldwide and has been on the Comedy Central on Campus Tour, The College Humor Tour, and The Oddball Comedy Fest. Michael has preformed at prestigious festivals such as JFL 42 and The New York Comedy Festival. Michael can be seen on this season of CBS’s Person of Interest and has a role in The Lucky Guy, a feature film produced by Spike Lee, out in late 2017. He has hosted two pilots for MTV and was a cast member of the last season of MTV's Punk'd. Michael created and developed a Snapchat show for Comedy Central and has sold ideas to CBS Radio and various other production company's. He was also a comedy pilot finalist in The Austin Film Festival. Michael co-wrote, co-directied, and co-starred in the feature film "Up There" that will be out mid-2018.
Sara Hennessey is an acclaimed Toronto comedian who now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Sara has shot multiple stand up tapings at JUST FOR LAUGHS Montreal, and is the co-star, co-creator & co-writer of the CBC COMEDY series TERRIFIC WOMEN. Sara is a Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Stand Up, and has two comedy albums available on iTunes: THEY KNOW TOO MUCH (2018) & TROUBLE IN SARADISE (2015). Sara writes and performs for television, the internet, and you guessed it pal, the stage.
Eli is best known for his work as a writer for the Comedy Central Roasts and has been featured on Roast Battle.
Mona Shaikh is a Pakistani American comedian from NYC based in Los Angeles. She recently graced the cover of Newsweek and has been featured in The Guardian, LA Weekly and Huffington Post to name a few. She tours domestically and internationally and has her own show at The World Famous Comedy Store.
Gracie Canaan began her comedy career in Philadelphia in 2015, and since then has performed at major comedy clubs, colleges and notable venues in New York and along the east coast. She has made appearances at various festivals including The Hoboken Comedy Festival, Lady Laughs Comedy Festival in Madison, WI, and most recently, Laugh Your Asheville Off in Asheville, NC.
Zahra is an internationally touring comedian, writer, and actress. Born in New York, raised in New Jersey, and now living in Los Angeles, this Pakistani-American's arsenal of jokes covers everything from tacos to terrorism often leaving the crowd in tears of laughter, love, and a little
enlightenment (i.e. woke).
You may have seen her on NBC and Amazon Prime. She is a producer and performer of nationally touring comedy show and podcast called Facial Recognition Comedy featured in The New York Times and The Daily Beast. She is also the co-host of the highly rated and popular, 2 Girls, 1 Guy Podcast. You can also catch Zahra performing with her sketch group, No Fly List, at the Comedy Central Stage in Hollywood.
Fizaa Dosani was born and raised in Florida, but eventually escaped. As a comedian, she gives audiences access to her eccentricities and a uniquely hilarious, outside-of-the-box perspective that is her own. Fizaa is the creator of Facial Recognition Comedy, a nationally touring stand-up show, weekly podcast, and expanding comedy brand. The show was named by the New York Times as one of the top 5 shows to see at the 2018 NY Comedy Festival. Her TV credits include FX, Netflix, ABC, and more. She has only been involved in one high-speed car chase with the police– it was in Florida.
A biomedical engineer by day, stand-up comedian by night, Pallavi Gunalan is smart enough to know she’s dumb. She dives deep into subjects including her family, relationships (or lack thereof), and her tolerance for stupidity, which is as low as her standards for the people she dates. She performed vocal skits on Ruby Ibarra‘s hit debut album, Circa91, and has opened for Todd Barry, Preacher Lawson, and many other amazing comedians. She also creates and stars in the web series Dirty Science and has performed at Desi Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, Portland Queer Comedy Festival, Pittsburgh Comedy Festival, 208 Comedy Festival, the All Jane Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Fest, and on the Kill Tony Podcast, as well as at clubs all over the US and India (Pune, Mumbai, and Chennai). In Spring, 2018 she received the Upright Citizens Brigade Diversity Scholarship and is currently on a UCB Mess Hall team. She also produces Oversharing Comedy. In her spare time, Pallavi is tired. Luckily, she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Ted Barton was originally born in Jacksonville, Florida, Ted is a Manhattan-based Stand-Up Comedian offering his unique, observational perspective on the world around him through a lens of innocence and curiosity. His comedy has been described as refreshing, lighthearted, relatable, goofy and original. He has been seen at Broadway Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Comic Strip Live and The Stand.
Reem Edan is an Iraqi-American comedian who has performed at major venues across LA (Comedy Store, Laugh Factory), NYC (Gotham, the Stand), Europe, Japan and throughout the Middle East.
She's opened for comics including Iliza Schlesinger and Arsenio Hall, and has shared the stage with many more at the NY Arab American Comedy Festival, Burbank Comedy Festival (Best of Fest), Funny Women Fest, 1001 Laughs Festival (Dearborn & Palestine) and more. She can be seen on WhoHaha (including a Pitch Perfect 3 rap with Elizabeth Banks), SWAAY Media, and touring colleges and clubs around the US.
New York City comedian Oscar Collazos originally hails from Cali, Colombia. Oscar spent his childhood in Miami, Florida and for the last 18 years has traveled the world spreading his twisted views, unique humor and crazy immigrant family stories. Oscar has been featured on XM/Sirius Radio and appeared on ESPN and Comedy Central commercials as well as smaller roles in movies and television. You can find him entertaining audiences inside comedy clubs and all the way to legendary places like the Apollo Theater as well as working alongside comedy greats such as Tracy Morgan, Daniel Tosh, Bruce Bruce and many others. Professionally trained at the prestigious Upright Citizens Brigade, Oscar is an excellent improviser who has gone on to win multiple comedy contests – most recently the Seminole Hard Rock Casino Comedian’s Ball in Southwest Florida that featured a $7,000 first-place prize. In typical comedian fashion, that money lasted less than a week and he has absolutely nothing to show for it. Oscar also loves cats. You can follow Oscar across all social media at @colombiancomic
Carly Montag is co-host of the Alone at Lunch Podcast, an interview podcast talking to guests about any time in life they felt like the odd one out. Carly has been featured in the Cape Fear Comedy Festival, Midwest Queer Comedy Festival, Laughing Devil Comedy Festival, and She-Devil Comedy Festival.
Nick Hopping is a stand up comedian based in New York City. He appeared in the NY Comedy Fest’s Comics to Watch 2021, Amazon’s ‘American Comic’, the 2018 Underground Comedy Fest, Trial by Laughter, Devil Cup, Laughing Devil, and Oak City Comedy Festival. Nick also co-founded Stand Up a La Mode, a series of weekly comedy shows in Brooklyn, New York.
Gabe Mollica is a comedian who has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, written jokes for the New York Video Game Awards, and been featured on The Moth Radio Hour (NPR). He does not have a podcast.