Comedians
Bo Ballew is a New York based comedian originally hailing from Dallas, Texas. He’s been on ESPN, CBS, and the Hoboken Comedy Fest. He can be seen at The Comic Strip Live. He’s performed all over the country.
Mike Bramante is a New York City-based stand-up comedian and writer. He was selected as one of the 2021 New York Comedy Festival's "Comics to Watch", the annual live stand-up showcase featuring the very best new comedians from around the country. He was also chosen as a Caroline’s on Broadway Breakout Artist for 2022. In 2021, Mike performed at the “New Talent Showcase" at the 2021 Connecticut Comedy Festival at Fairfield Comedy Club. In 2019, Mike won the inaugural “Comfy Comedy Clash” at The Comic Strip. Mike has performed as a headliner and feature act across the country. Mike's first special, Championship Mode, is available on his YouTube Channel.
Nataly Aukar is a Lebanese born and raised stand-up comic based in New York City. She was featured at the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, has opened for Nimesh Patel (Saturday Night Live) and also featured for world-famous comedian Gad El Maleh as part of his World Tour in DC, Canada and the UAE. Nataly has most recently been opening for Mo Amer (Netflix, Fallon, Colbert) on his current tour.
Alex Quow is a New York City based stand up comedian who has been featured on HBO, Amazon Prime, and The New York Times. After entering and winning a competition whilst in college a secret passion was found. Since then he has performed at locations such as Comix Mohegan Sun and took part in Stand Up NBC’s nationwide comedy search.
Alex’s comedy discusses his personal life and his unique perspective displays the importance of laughter in everyday life.
After advancing to the Elite Eight Round of Comedy Madness at Carolines on Broadway in 2019, Erik Terrell was featured on Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch” showcase at the New York Comedy Festival. Erik now works at Carolines on Broadway, Stand Up NY, Broadway Comedy Club, and at least 20 more clubs around the nation. Erik starred in his one man show, "Officially Overseas", at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
Dan is one of the funniest young comics in the NYC comedy scene. He’s a regular at top NYC showcase clubs such as Caroline’s on Broadway and Stand Up NY, and runs one of the hottest stand-up shows in the city called “Super Giant” at Stand Up NY. He’s performed in the Asheville Comedy Festival, the Hoboken Comedy Festival, the Comedy Mob Festival, and regularly tours colleges on the East Coast. He also hosts a podcast called “Florida Boy” (his home state) which he records with his funniest friends in a studio in Upper Manhattan. His act is cleverly self deprecating and hilariously navigates through his own life experiences as a college grad who tries to balance happiness with other people’s BS. He’s definitely a guy you’ll want to buy a beer for.
Katherine Rawlinson grew up in Calgary, Canada. She then lived in Toronto where she produced theatre shows. Katherine graduated from Harvard with a degree in Social Anthropology and has been including that fact in every bio since because it's what her parents like best about her. Katherine is currently getting her Master's at New York University because she likes making inappropriate jokes in academic settings and she has nothing better to do.
Katie Morrissey is an animated comedian with a knack for delivering the unexpected. Most nights she is in New York City delivering her conversational comedy in shady comedy club basements. Featured recently in the 6th Borough Comedy Festival, Katie also produces an on-going show at the People's Improv Theater in NYC.
Katie was raised in Cleveland Ohio, affectionately known as the mistake on the lake. Being a mistake herself, she learned from an early age how to laugh at herself. Katie engages audiences with her openness and an attitude that continues to make her mother uncomfortable.
Patrick Loller performs at: Stand Up NY, Carolina Comedy club(Myrtle beach) from Tolland Connecticut
Described as whimsically morbid, this storytelling comedian recounts his previous career as a medic for both big city ambulances and the military.
Michele Durante has been making audiences laugh ever since she retired from the NYPD. She’s performed at the Women In Comedy Festival in Manchester, England; The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and all over the US. She performs regularly in NYC and Long Island, NY.
"Luis Lopez is a stand up comedian in New York City.
Luis was a 2021 Comic to Watch for New York Comedy Festival. He was part of the March Madness Comedy Competition in NYC in 2020, and also a semi-finalist in Last Comix Standing.
He tours clubs and venues across the country from his native Portland, Oregon to Miami, Florida and everywhere in between. "
Nick Alex is a NYC based stand-up comedian from Long Island. His comedic style of unnecessarily frustrated stems from his upbringing as an only child with an overbearing mother on an island known for its aggression. He' was a finalist in the 2018 Devils cup and 2019 Long Island Laugh-Off. His popular podcast “That’s A Shame with Nick Alex” comes out every Monday.
Lily Lester is an NYC-based comic and actor, originally from LA. Most recently, she was featured on the 'Newcomers at the Bellhouse' showcase and she produces a bi-monthly show called Mishegoss Comedy. Lily is also a world champion of a cappella (huge brag!) and makes videos about bagels and being Jewish for @NYJewishWeek.
Jhanelle is a Jamaican-Canadian from Toronto, Canada, currently living in New York City. Notable appearances include Field Trip Festival, Toronto SketchFest, Just For Laughs, JFL42 and CBC. She has opened for The Sklar Brothers and Bert Kreischer in Toronto, which isn't a “real” credit per se, what really matters is that as a kid, her mom told her that her last name spelled backwards is “Sinned”. She can't stop thinking about it.
She currently hosts a podcast with Jacob Derwin about failure and desperation called "I'M TRYING!"
Mae Planert is a Massachusetts born, Manhattan based stand-up comedian. She is a regular in the NYC club and bar show scene and has been featured on Comedy Central digital. Mae's humor centers on calling out hypocrisy and double standards. The only thing that she hates more than a hypocrite is herself. Mae has opened for headliners across the country and NYC and performed in bars, basements, airplane hangers, dumpster fires, Chuckie Cheeses, and your local Duane Reade. She also co-produces 'Borscht' a comedy show benefiting NYC based charities.
James Mac is a Veteran Stand Up working in the NYC tri-state area. He has traveled all over the world and brings those unique experiences to the mic. James has been featured on multiple national podcasts, festivals, clubs, and shows all over the US. You can follow him on all social media @jamesmaccomedy.
Peter Moran is a NYC comedian and writer whose satire can be found on Slackjaw, Little Old Lady Comedy, Points in Case, and Post Grad Problems. He’s been featured on TMZ, and is best known online as @Pickempetey with over 50,000 followers and 10s of millions of views of his wild tales.
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.
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.
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 standup comic born and raised in Boston, Mass. She's been featured on Comedy Central Radio, Sirius XM, and Caroline's on Broadway's Breakout Artist Headliner Series.
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.