Comedians
 Bill Dawes is an actor/comic/writer. Don't be fooled by his boyish looks, his comedy isn't for everybody. His high-energy delivery mixes adult subjects and material with comedy we can all relate to making his show a non-stop barrage of laughter you won't soon forget. Bill has performed all over the U.S. and the world, including tours of Canad...
Crystian Ramirez was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He first got on stage at the age of 15. His auto-biographical style allows for comedy audiences to connect with him immediately, whether he is being self deprecating or talking about his roots as a young man growing up on the streets of New York City. Crystian has performed all over the country ...
MIKE BROWN is a standup comic and writer based in Harlem, New York. He was named one of Rooftop Comedy’s Comics to Watch, Caroline’s Best of New Talent and a semi-finalist in NY Funniest competition presented by Carolines/JetBlue. Along with featuring at various comedy festivals like Comedy Central’s New York Comedy Festival, The San Francisco Sketchfest, The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Mike Brown has appeared on Adult Swim, MTV, TruTV, and Funny or Die.
Along with stand-up, Mike Brown produces COMEDY OUTLIERS (a podcast and comedy showcase) and writes the comedy web series Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (featured on Splitsider & ComedyHype.com).
Chloé Hilliard is a larger than life comedian. Well, that’s because she’s 6’1 and rocks a killer afro. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in a large Hasidic Jewish neighborhood, Chloé has spun her unique experiences into side splitting laughs. Once you know how to tell a story you’re set for life. As a journalist-turn-comedian, Chloé Hilliard is entertaining the masses with her wit and ability to find the humor in everything. For over ten years, Chloé was a culture and entertainment journalist, writing for The Village Voice, Essence, Vibe, King, and The Source. For her expertise on Hip Hop culture she’s appeared on CNN Headline News, ABC News, Our World with Black Enterprise and C-Span.
Her work has been featured in Best African American Essays: 2009. She made her national TV debut on NBC’s smash hit “Last Comic Standing” and has since appeared on AXSTV’s “Gotham Comedy Live,” Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show,” Tru TV’s”Almost Genius” and MTV’s “Acting Out.”
Comedian Kris Tinkle has been making his mark on the New York City standup scene since he moved here from his native San Francisco. He was the co-host and resident comedian on Comedy By Request on SiriusXM Raw Dog. He has appeared on DirecTVâs âThe Artie Lange Showâ, is a regular on Sirius XM Radioâs âFriday&rs...
A native of La Crescenta California, Taylor Ketchum’s journey into the stand-up comedy world has been anything but ordinary. A former college football player, Taylor spent most of his 20’s in and out of detoxes and various free clinics around the Los Angeles area. After a fated meeting with another comedian in a drug rehab, Taylor lied his way onto a local comedy stage and never looked back. Since then he has brought his unique perspective to audiences around the country, using his unusual background and unique outlook as fodder. Taylor’s comedy bridges the gap between the dark, dinginess of America’s underbelly and the everyday silliness of our conventional routine, “finding the balance between the only man and the every man.”
A co-producer of “The Meaning of Life,” a weekly stand-up showcase in the East Village, Taylor can be seen performing nearly every night in New York City.
Nick Turner is a Texas-born, Virginia-raised, New York grown, LA based comedian. He has done stand-up comedy on NBC’s Late Night w/ Seth Meyers & Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central’s "The Half Hour," & “John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show.”
He created, wrote and starred opposite Parker Posey in a pilot for Comedy Central called “Crazy House.” His debut album, "Yelling" was released in 2016 through Comedy Central Records. He was a regular cast member on VH1’s "Best Week Ever," “I Love the 2000’s," GSN's "Lie Detectors" and TruTV's "Almost Genius."
In 2011, he performed as a "New Face" at the Montreal Comedy Festival and returned in 2013 returned to film the Canadian and Australian television show, “Just For Laughs" and in 2016 to film for Kevin Hart's new VOD service.
He's an undefeated champion on TruTV's "Comedy Knockout" and can be seen improvising stand up on the most recent season of Seeso's "What's Your Fucking Deal? w/ Big Jay Oakerson."
Recently he created and starred in a Comedy Central digital series called "Ya Killin' Me!" This August he and Nick Vatterott release their new podcast on the Earwolf Network called “Get Rich Nick.”
My name is Chris Cotton, I'm stand up comedian, actor and writer. I'm also co-founder of my own Production company (Center City Comedy LLC). I'm a regular on the Artie Lange Uncensored Podcast & The Gavin McInnes Show. I have worked with a lot of best national headliners such as Hannibal Burress, Artie Lange, Keith Robinson etc... I have done the Gotham Comedy Live (2015), Artie Lange Show (2013) several times. I've also participated in the NYC Festival (2014), Semi-Finslist NBCuniversal Stand up competition (2013), World Series of Comedy Festival (2013), Eric Andre Show Live (2012), Charleston Comedy Festival (2012) Chris Cotton began performing stand-up comedy in the same city he was born and raised in (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). His Stand up Comedy Set topics include pop culture, current events, being married, and growing up in the city. Equipped with an easy going style, Chris is rapidly gaining popularity. He currently the Co-Host of the Artie Quitter Podcast with Artie Lange. Chris has worked with many of the best national headliners including Keith Robinson, Godfrey, Bret Ernst, Tommy Davidson, Kevin Hart, Judah Frielander, and Hannibal Burress. As a writer Mr. Cotton has written and acted in numerous sketches, television shows and contributed to developing commercial advertising. When he is not performing Chris enjoys spending time with his lovely wife.
Dave Smith is a comedian, political commentator, radio and tv personality. Dave is a regular guest on "The Joe Rogan Experience", "Tim Pool", "Kennedy", and "The Greg Gutfeld show". In 2017 Dave's debut comedy special "Libertas" was released and spent over three weeks at #1 on the ITunes comedy chart. Dave is the host of "Part of the Problem" a libertarian podcast about current events and the evils of government and the corporate media as well as his comedy podcast "Legion of Skanks".
Gilbert Lawand got his start on the mean comedy streets of Atlanta and now resides in Brooklyn. In the past few years, he has participated in several festivals including the Bridgetown Comedy Festival as well as the Laughing Skull Festival where he was a finalist in 2015. He's opened up for Dave Chappelle and Aziz Ansari in large theater shows and produces the annual Red Clay Comedy Festival which takes place in Atlanta every September.
Comedy seemed to be a natural fit for Hadiyah very early on. She was a Finalist in the NBC Stand Up For Diversity showcase, a Semi Finalist in the Ladies of Laughter competition and a featured comedian in the New York Underground Comedy Festival. Her television performances include BET’s One Mic Stand, The Mo’Nique Show, AXS’ TV’s Gotham Comedy Live and also appeared as a commentator on MTV’s Yo Momma, BET’s Do’s and Don’ts of the Hip Hop Awards, The Maury Povich Show as well as a contestant on TV One’s Get the Hookup. She will also be a featured cast member on Centric’s upcoming series “According to Him + Her.” Hadiyah has also appeared in the pages of O Magazine, TimeOut NY, Stagetime Magazine and MTV’s GuyCode Blog. Hadiyah performs regularly in NYC’s Stand Up NY, Gotham Comedy Club, The New York Comedy Club and clubs across the country and she’s worked with such noted comedians as Sherri Shephard, Donnell Rawlings, Sheryl Underwood, Hannibal Burress and many more. She’s even taken her act across the pond to Amsterdam’s RAI Theater as a Queen of Comedy and performed the troops in Germany and South Korea. Before making the leap into comedy, Hadiyah worked at MTV on the television series High School Stories, Uncensored, True Life, and P.Diddy’s Making the Band. Today she continues to create passion projects for television, film and the web. You can see the first 2 episodes of her web series The Grind online now. For show info log on to www.hrcomedy.com or email bookinghadiyah@gmail.com.
"POPPA" RUS GUTIN is a COMIC / ACTOR / WRITER & Creator of the hit Off-Bdwy Musical, GANGSTAPELLA. He is a graduate of the Musical Theatre Program @ AMDA. "Gutin's stage persona is a compelling mixture of Woody Allen and Sam Kinison. Something akin to Jewish angst on meth." - LA EXAMINER RUS is celebrating 16 years in the world of Stand-Up. He co-produced & Hosted COMEDY JUICE NY @ GOTHAM and FRIDAY NITE LIVE @ The COMEDY STORE. And he's been featured @ THE IMPROV, CAROLINE's, LEVITY LIVE, HELIUM, STAND-UP NY + THE STAND, ICEHOUSE, LAUGH FACTORY & more... POPPA RUS's new Hour Special, LEGAL GUARDIAN, taped live @ NEW YORK COMEDY CLUB, is avail NOW as a (Movie) @ rusgutin.vhx.tv AND as an (Album) on COMEDYRECORDS.CA on iTUNES @ http://apple.co/1HaXzD9! As a SAG / AFTRA Actor, RUS has appeared in a sketch on E!'s CHELSEA LATELY and starred in the movies "SURF SCHOOL" & "HOLD ON LOOSELY". And he's written comedy for BILLBOARD.COM, Broadway Legend / Country Star, LAURA BELL BUNDY, ALAN THICKE and CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO. FOR BOOKINGS, please contact his agent Alexander Driscoll @ http://www.ingridfrenchmanagement.com/ and Emilio Savone @ http://newyorkcomedyclub.com/. MAS POPPA RUS @ WWW.RUSGUTIN.COM!
Esther Ku is a comedian, actress and musician but mostly comedian because that’s what she told me to write first. I am her stenographer. (Not really, but she wants you to think she has a stenographer because she doesn’t want you to think she wrote her own bio.) In 2008, Ku was selected as the only female comedian from New York City to advance to the Las Vegas Semi-Finals in NBC’s Last Comic Standing. In Vegas, she advanced to the house portion of the reality show to become a Last Comic Standing Season 6 Finalist where she annoyed the hell out of everybody with her laugh. (I told her not to laugh so loudly but she doesn’t listen to me I’m just her stenographer. I hate it when she treats me this way.) Six months later, she was selected by Howard Stern as a finalist in the Hottest Funniest Chick Contest on Sirius Satellite Radio. She has been a featured regular in the Boston International Comedy Festival and the New York Underground Comedy Festival. She has performed in the hit comedy Shear Madness, the longest-running non-musical play in American theatre history. On her spare time, she manages to dedicate her energy to a serious and troublesome cause — to end tickling forever. “Tickling is forcing someone to laugh when you’re not being funny. Tickling is the opposite of comedy. If you’ve ever tickled anyone, you’re a fraud!” she warns. Ku’s muses include Harold from Harold and the Purple Crayon and Amelia Bedelia from the Amelia Bedelia Collection. (That italicizing will cost you extra little Ms. Ku. This is bullshit.) Esther Ku is the first Ku in her family who didn’t need a green card. She was born in Chicago a couple years after her parents immigrated from South Korea as missionaries thinking they were pioneers in “bringing Jesus to America.” Ku often wondered why her family traveled so far to bring Jesus to a country that already sells him on endcaps in K-Mart. At the age of 3, she picked up the violin. Ten minutes later, she put it down and told her parents it was too Asian. Years later, she became a prodigy at the oboe, the one instrument that best resembles the human voice. After years in the orchestra, though, she grew sick of projecting herself solely through musical instruments and longed for a way to communicate through her voice and ideas. (blah, blah, blah. How many paragraphs of this shit do you expect people to read?) So she ventured towards stand-up comedy with an auspicious debut as the emcee of her 8th grade talent show. Growing up in a rowdy house of five kids with a mother who didn’t allow her daughters to talk to boys inspired Ku. She began to fill her notebooks with jokes instead of math equations. She founded an underground school paper called “the coup” which exposed hypocrisy within the faculty and administration of her high school. At 17 years old, she ran off to college to dodge an arranged marriage set up by evangelical Jesus fanatics. There she learned how to hold a fork correctly and to talk to all the boys she wanted. Ku officially began her stand-up career in Boston where she shared the stage with Doug Stanhope, Steven Wright, Jonathan Katz, and Teddy Bergeron. For a hot second the team Ku and the Jew ruled the club — until they were fired by the bartender. She now resides in Brooklyn and travels the country entertaining audiences with her all-American bratty charm and infamous maniacal laugh. (She told me to write adorable but I secretly changed it to maniacal because it’s a more accurate description of that shrieking noise. Geez when did she get so delusional?) Preconceived notions of Asians and women, and Asian women, specifically, are dispelled within seconds of her gracing the stage. Her delightful demeanor and deadpan observational humor incite hysteria wherever she goes.
TJ Del Reno has been seen on The Daily Show, MTV and heard on SiriusXM. Since 2004 he’s been doing stand up comedy all over the city and the East Coast. TJ has performed with Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Dave Attell and other amazing comedians. He was also featured in the 2007 NY Comedy Festival with Jim Gaffigan. . His voice can be heard on television and radio in commercials such as AT&T, Coke Zero, Super 8 Hotel, McDonalds as well as video games (Grand Theft Auto V, BULLY) and cartoons (Poke’mon & Yu-Gi-Oh 5D.). He has a silly, high-energy style of observational comedy and talks about growing up poor in NJ, His gay brother, his wonderfully stupid relationships with girls and life as a nerd. Watch his web series With Friends Like These (www.with-friends-like-these.com). Finally if you like video game comedy he had a show on SiriusXM called “Unlimited Lives” which is on iTunes and CaveComedyRadio.com. Follow him @tjdelreno on twitter, instagram and Facebook.
Katie Haller is a stand-up comedian, and tiny rapper by the name of T-Spoon. She has performed in the Women In Comedy Festival, NY Funny Song Festival, and was most recently a finalist in the New York Comedy Club Competition. Her writing has been featured on Collegehumor, Elite Daily, and Huffington Post Comedy. She also writes about dogs for The BarkPost. She is 4'11, but seems way taller on stage, and on the internet.
Clark Jones is the type of comedian whose experiences range from being a Cubs fan to be attending a historically Black college in Atlanta. He has been named a Top comic to watch by BET as well as an invited guest at New York’s prestigious Friars’ Club. While in New York he has hosted the lauded Comedy at the Knitting Factory, been named one of Brooklyn’s funniest people, and performed in sketches for Comedy Central and Amanda Seales’ popular Get Your Life web show, and has been seen on HBO’s “Crashing” and “Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” on Starz.
His debut album “First of All” is streaming on all networks and is in development with a major network for his digital series “Six Minute Show”
Nate Fridson (Opens for Sklar Brothers, Survived Detroit): “Nate Fridson is a fast rising star out of the rich comedy scene of Detroit. Featuring well-crafted jokes and an inviting, accessible style, Nate’s act has been called ‘smart,’ ‘original,’ and, ‘better than it used to be’ by both peers and audiences alike. A caustic writer who ‘brings sarcasm to an art form,’ Nate shies from no subject— his material grows from deep, probing roots in the autobiographical to reveal a skewed, surreal worldview. Nate has performed at the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta, was a semi-finalist at the New York Comedy Contest, and recently traveled to Japan to perform for the US Troops stationed on Okinawa.”
Actor, comedian, and writer James Goff was born and raised in the South Bronx of New York City. In just a short time in the business, James has demonstrated the unique ability to bridge the gap between any audience, and connect with them on a level that makes them feel they've known him for years. Not only has he worked with some of the best in the business, James Goff's appearances also include Gotham Comedy Live, Comedy Central's Open Mic Fight, Sirius Radio, and a performance for Superbowl XLII Champions The New York Giants. When he's not headlining around the country, James is producing a weekly podcast, The Force 2 Care Podcast, centered around surviving parenthood and speaking to at risk youth about overcoming life's obstacles.
Hi. I'm Matty Goldberg. I live in Los Angeles with three dogs; Jimmy, Joni and Penny.
Since his breakout performance at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival, Ben Kronberg has performed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "Last Call With Carson Daly" and the third season of "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show" on Comedy Central. Ben is also a regular performer at the SXSW Music Festival and has been featured at the Vancouver Comedy Festival and Boston Comedy Festival. Ben recently co-starred in an episode of MTV's "I Just Want My Pants Back" and is currently starring in the popular web series "Ted & Gracie," a story of a woman who is engaged to a serial killer, but has no idea.
Mike Lebovitz
began his comedy career at the age of six with clowning classes at the local JCC. He's been delighting and confounding audiences with his intoxicating brand of wild-eyed humor ever since. Equal parts lovable and absurd, Mike's act careens from topic to topic with the force of a runaway freight train with a loose wheel and some questionable couplings. Audiences have described the experience as "spontaneous," "joyful" and "slightly terrifying."
Mike cut his teeth in Chicago (not as painful as it sounds), where he was a member of the popular collective Comedians You Should Know and a regular contributor to WBEZ's weekly live literary magazine, The Paper Machete. He also co-curatored (with his buddy Junior) Señorita Weiner's Top Secret Humor Experiment and Ice Cream Social Club, Chicago's longest-running clandestine, nomadic comedy showcase and the original members-only ice cream social.
A burgeoning international star now based in New York, Mike has offended nostrils in Montreal as a "New Face" of the 2013 Just For Laughs, and in Switzerland where he won the international competition at the 2013 The Montreux Comedy Fest. Mike returned to Montreux in 2014 as the "Godfather" of the competition, that year he also recorded his debut album, Two Slob Household for Stand-Up Records. It is still possible that it may be released one day. In 2015 he appeared on Season 9 of NBC's Last Comic Standing.
New York based comedian, Danny Cohen, first gained recognition as the co-creator and co-host of Spin Cycle Comedy, a weekly comedy/variety show held in a Laundromat. The success of this show was featured in the style section of The New York Times, ABC news,CNN, MTV, Marie Claire Japan, Newsweek and London’s The Sunday Independent. Danny has also appeared on Comedy Centrals Premium Blend, and was the 1st runner up in the search for AMERICAS WACKIEST COMEDIAN! In New York City, he was a featured comic in the Larnzi Comedy Festival and is always a favorite somewhere.
Keith Carey is a Long Beach-based comedian who performs all over the country, sharing his thoughts on comic books, homophobia, racism, the joys of crystal meth, and other hard-hitting topics. Born in Seattle, Keith moved to Orange County, CA at the age of 5. He first took the stage at an open mic in Long Beach in June of 2011, and he hasn't slowed down since. Keith performs nightly, either on the road or at home in Los Angeles, sharing his blend of personal stories, social commentary, and good old-fashioned American dick jokes. Keith is a regular at the Comedy Store's popular Roast Battle, which he also performed on at 2016's RIOT Alternative Comedy Festival in LA. He has also been featured onNerdist.com's "Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction," where he made a sexual nightmare out of the film "Space Jam." He produces a monthly show in Los Angeles called Warp Zone that has seen performances from Aziz Ansari, Maria Bamford, Pete Holmes, and many more. Keith also co-hosts the Mean Boys Podcast. He is a big dumb idiot and he loves you.
Hailed as one of the top 50 Latino comics in the U.S., Bronx native Angelo Lozada attributes his upbringing in the boogie-down for his comedic stylings. His career has included stand-up, sketch comedy, writing, theater and film.
Adrián Minkowicz is an award winning Argentinean comedian based in New York. He is one of the new generation of comics that tours and performs around the globe to worldwide audiences in multiple languages in clubs like “New York Comedy Club” in NYC, “The Improv” in LA, “Top Secret Comedy Club” in London, “La Chocita del Loro” in Madrid, or the “Comedy Store” in Tokyo. He also performs in festivals like the “Just for Laughs” in Brussels and his hour show in English at the “Fringe” festival in Edinburgh. He has been a featured guest several times in “The Artie Lange Show” (“DirectTV” & “SiriusXM”) and performed stand-up at “Gotham Comedy Live” (AXS TV) in New York. He is also known as “The Argentinean”. (theargentinean.com)
Gad Elmaleh is a MoroccanFrench stand-up comedian and actor who lives and works in France. He has starred in several feature films, includingCoco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.
A 2-time Emmy nominee, heard on the Joe Rogan Experience, a regular on The Adam Carolla Show and fresh off his critically acclaimed comedy special “I Never Thought” Michael Yo is a comedian, actor and host keeping busy in all of Hollywood’s platforms.
Michael is a proud father and loving husband with a bottomless pool of material about his family. In stand up, Michael came up under the wings of Chelsea Handler and Jo Koy and now headlines all over the country. He also appeared on season 15 of America’s Got Talent; Michael received a yes from all four judges and made it to the Quarter-Finals.
As an actor, Michael stars in the Apple TV+ series “Amber Brown,” recurred on “Kevin Can Wait,” shot the Damon Wayan Jr.’s pilot “Happy Together” for CBS and was a principal in Facebook Watch’s first sitcom series, “Starter Pack.”
Michael can be heard every weekday on SiriusXM’s Pop2K. He previously covered celebrity news on “The Insider,” “Extra” and “E! News.” He also coached Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian as radio DJs for their show “Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami” on E! Michael has co-hosted CBS’ “The Talk” and appeared as a hot topics guest on “The Wendy Williams Show.”
Michael hosts the “Yo Show” podcast (www.youtube.com/MichaelYoComedy), which often includes conversations with fellow entertainers and influencers. Michael has interviewed Joseph Gordan Levitt, Kevin Hart, The Rock, Dane Cook, Jo Koy, Ne-Yo, Jennifer Aniston, Tone Bell, Donnell Rawlings, Craig Conant, Jim Jeffries, Rick Fox, Anjelah Johnson, Margaret Cho, Sam Morril, Warren G, Erik Griffin, Chris D’Elia, Patton Oswalt, Fran Drescher, Tony Baker, Daphnique Springs, Steve Byrne, Dr Pimple Popper, Ashlee Simpson, Lisa Lampanelli, Karamo Brown, Adam Conover, Tone Bell, David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Preacher Lawson, Nicole Scherzinger, Serinda Swan, Brennin Hunt and more. The Yo Show video podcast is published on Michael’s YouTube channel (100K+ subscribers), as well as all major audio podcast platforms. In addition, podcast highlights are shared via Michael’s social media platforms (IG, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok), which reach 350K+ fans.
Alison claims Colorado as home, because that's where she tried hallucinogens and standup for the first time (not simultaneously - that would happen years later in NYC). She hones her writing skills by trolling dudes on Tinder, and is hoping to release a dick pic calendar in the near future. Alison produces shows at New York Comedy Club and The Creek and the Cave, has performed in the New York, Brooklyn, and She-Devil comedy festivals and can be seen on Questionable Choices (Music Choice).
