Comedians
Max Moacanin is a New York City-based stand-up comedian. He performs regularly at clubs and outdoor venues in New York City and throughout the country. He recently won the 2021 World Series of Comedy satellite at Laugh Boston.
Sarah Garner is a Brooklyn based stand up comedian. She’s a regular host and feature at comedy clubs across the country. Sarah was a finalist in the NY Queer Comedy Festival and was voted one of the top LGBTQ comics in the city. She’s been featured in the New York Times, Time Out New York and is the co-host of the podcast, Cheers for Queers.
Born in New York. Raised in New Jersey. Now living in Connecticut. Damien has performed at comedy clubs all over the country, opening for Jessica Kirson, Paul Virzi, Ricky Velez, and Capone. Damien has performed at the world famous Apollo Theater and headlined the Meadowlands Comedy Festival as well as the Salem Comedy Festival. He can be found regularly at spots all around NYC. He is a high energy comedian who has no problem discussing the good, bad, and ugly of his life. If he is performing near you, don't miss out!
Rachel McCartney is a New York-based standup comedian, writer, and Twitter addict. Her writing credits include GSN's Master Minds, and that's it so far. She probably shouldn't have said "include" and then listed one job, but it was a very fun job.
Originally from Chicago, she has done a televised set on WCIU's Chicago's One Night Standup and appeared as a paid regular at the Laugh Factory.
Zach Zimmerman is comedian and writer. Their work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Popula, and The Washington Post, and their debut essay collection Is It Hot in Here? (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth) will be published by Chronicle Books in November 2022. As a stand-up, Zach was named a TimeOut NY Comic to Watch, NY Funniest Finalist, and their first comedy album “Clean Comedy” debuted on the Billboard Top 10. Zach is a regular performer at the Comedy Cellar and a co-host of Vulture and Union's Hall's weekly show Pretty Major. Recent digital credits include projects for Scruff, Grindr, and HBO Max Human By Orientation.
Originally from East Tennessee, Alexis Bradby is a NY based comedian known for her contagious smile and youthful energy. In addition to stand-up, she writes for television and has worked on hit shows such as iCarly and Tab Time.
Christiana Jackson is a New York based stand up comedian, who has been performing for over 8 years. She regularly performs and hosts throughout New York and New Jersey. Christiana has appeared on Cash Cab, was the winner of the 2020 Jersey City Comedy Festival, and has performed in the Harlem Comedy Festival, Black Women in Comedy Festival, and Staten Island Comedy Festival. She also recently performed her two half hour sets Stout Lusty Wench and Filthy & Racism.
Norah Yahya is a comedian, actress, and producer based in New York City. Originally hailing from DC, she has performed at various comedy clubs around the country and was featured in the New York Comedy Festival, Black Women in Comedy Laff Festival and the Oak City Comedy Festival. She has opened for Nore Davis, Rita Brent and performed at West Side Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline's, and produces a show at The Stand Comedy Club. Norah's comedy draws inspiration from her crazy, character-filled family; and all things current, feminine, and political. She currently co-hosts a podcast and comedy show appropriately titled Two Bearded Ladies, which was recently featured on the top 50 charts on apple podcasts.
I am originally Florida-born but now based in New York City. I host a podcast called Morning Good and produce a weekly show called the Comedy Gallery at Solas Bar.
Electra Telesford is a comedian, actress, and screenwriter from Brooklyn, NY. Born into an Afro-Indo Caribbean family, she uses her cultural background to inform her craft. As a comedian, Electra has opened for Michael Che at the world-famous Caroline’s on Broadway, Larry Owens at Union Hall and Nore Davis at Caveat Theater. She was featured in the 2020 HBO Presents: Women in Comedy Festival. As a writer, she most recently wrote for Tiny Talk Show with Marsai Martin on Quibi (RIP).
Shafi Hossain is a comedian and writer currently working out of New York City. He moved to America from Bangladesh to study Chemical Engineering before falling in love with stand-up comedy. Shafi has toured with Sam Morril, Nick Griffin, Phil Hanley, and has been featured at multiple comedy festivals. He produces a Summer Comedy Festival in NYC. He has been published on various satire websites, and made his television debut on "Kevin Hart's LOL Network". He is the producer of "Penthouse Comedy Show", which has been described as one of the top comedy shows by "TIME OUT NY." In 2021, he was named one of New York's Funniest Stand Ups by the New York Comedy Festival.
Brett Singer is a stand-up comic based in New York City. As an actor, he appeared in commercials for Blue Man Group and Oscar Health Insurance, and on shows for Discovery ID and the Travel Channel. He has written for The Daily Beast, The AV Club, and Forbes Woman, and appeared as a parenting expert on CNN HLN, ABC News Now, NPR and Fox News.
Jake Velazquez is an NYC native and comedian, born and raised in Riverdale. Raised by an East Village artist and renowned musician, his comedy consists of his unconventional upbringing, his divergent ethnicities and edgy observations that could only come from a seasoned New Yorker. He has been featured on New York Comedy Festival's New York's Funniest 2023, NY Comics to Watch 2022, and Red Clay Comedy Festival. Jake has also been the opening act for Jordan Jensen since 2022 and is a regular at New York Comedy Club.
"Rachel Lenihan is a stand-up comedian, writer, and visual artist based in New York City. Her comedy has been described by humor columnist Sean J Patrick Carney as being "" Tight, devastatingly awkward, and reminiscent of great one-liner comics such as Steven Wright, but with a millennial twist.""
Rachel was the Writer's Assistant for the Chris Gethard Show. She performed stand-up as the opening act for Chris Gethard and was a finalist in Caroline's on Broadway's March Madness stand-up Competition of 2020. That same year Rachel was featured in Metropolitan Magazine as a “Talented Young Comedian”.
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Lizzy Cassidy is a stand up comedian based in New York City, who performs all over the country. She has been featured on Sirius XM and is a reoccurring guest on popular podcasts like Keith and The Girl and The Hot Mess Comedy Hour. She’s also performed at comedy festivals like Skankfest and New York Comedy Festival.
Marisa Riley is a Brooklyn-based comedian and filmmaker. She has appeared in the Portland Queer Comedy Festival, the Cape Fear Comedy Festival, and the French Comedy Festival. She is one of the co-hosts, along with fellow comedian Alysia Hush, of Comedy Ugly: A Comedy STRIP Show, which is exactly what you think it is. Marisa is also one of the co-hosts of Well... That's Interesting, a comedy / science podcast. Her short horror film, Pretty, was recently (and miraculously) accepted into 11 film festivals, and was a finalist at the Austin After Dark Film Festival, and Oregon Scream Week.
Kimberly Dinaro is a Brooklyn-based writer and comedian whose writing has been featured in Someecards, Betches, Reductress and more. She's the co-host of a musical comedy and variety show called "Left Breast Comedy" at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn and has performed at New York Comedy Festival, San Diego Comedy Festival, Burbank Comedy Festival and more.
Comedian Jason Leong has a unique backstory as he is a doctor turned stand-up comic. His humour stems from his observing Malaysian society and its many quirks. Below are some snippets from his stand-out shows that display his standout comedy routines, ranging from mildly "insensitive" to explicit.
Jason Leong only recently exploded on the global comedy scene in the past few years after winning the 7th Annual International Hong Kong Comedy Festival. He then became the first Malaysian to perform a full professional set at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, USA and Gotham Comedy Club in New York. This allowed him to not only gain more relevancy in Malaysia but on foreign shores as well.
Raised in a conservative Asian and Muslim family, Sarah is a no-holds-barred comic committed to challenging anti-Muslim biases and stereotypes through joke-telling. In addition, she also tackles taboo topics often found in race, politics, and sexuality. As a Moroccan-Japanese woman, Sarah’s comedic stylings offer a one-of-a-kind perspective on society, while her worldly upbringing allows her material to be universally funny.
Some of her comedic accomplishments include being selected New York Comedy Festival's "Best New Comic” showcase, as well as being selected into HBO's Women in Comedy Festival in 2019. Sarah was also a quarterfinalist for Stand Up NBC, won second place in the New Faces in Comedy contest in October 2019, and won several comedy competitions throughout NYC. She was also selected for the Asian-American Comedy Festival, Arab-American Comedy Festival, and Detroit’s 10001 Laughs Festival. She has also performed in several major comedy clubs and venues internationally in Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington, and even the United Nations.
Nikki MacCallum is a New York based comic, actress, and musician. As a performer she's been seen at Lincoln Center, Birdland, 54 Below, and has been featured on CBS and VH1. She's a regular comic at The Grisly Pear.
Bronx born and Hoboken bred, Amanda Gail has worked at the top comedy clubs across the country, working with top headliners such as Gilbert Gottfried. Currently, she’s headlining around the East Coast and produces her own weekly podcast and charity comedy show “The Audacity”. Her writing can be seen all over the internet (Reductress, Some E-cards, E-Baum’s World, Girl with No Job, Fck Jerry) and her “brilliant” thoughts can also be heard regularly on Sirius XM. Her style has been best described as funny and worst described as observational, energetic, witty and a bit edgy.
Leland Long is a stand up comedian from Arizona with a background in improv. He performs at comedy clubs all over New York and is one of the cohosts of The Idiots Catalog; a comedy podcast all about silly inventions. He has been featured in the New York Post. When he is not in New York he is doing various shows and festivals around the country including; The Memphis Comedy Festival, Tucson Comedy Arts Festival, The North Carolina Comedy Festival, and The New York Comedy Festival. If you have a dog he will instantly be friends with you. His favorite drink is lemonade, gift accordingly.
Luke Mones is a comedian. He wrote and starred in the Comedy Central digital series Genies. In 2019 he was named an Up Next comedian by Comedy Central, and he hosted a comedy news show for Inside Edition called The Breakdown. Luke appears on the current season of Insecure on HBO and has appeared on Conan.