Comedians
Comedian Lauren Hope Krass got her start in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. Now one of New York's hottest comics on the scene, she performs nationwide for Comedy Festivals, Colleges, Cruise Lines and Clubs. Her material ranges from the ridiculous to the brutally honest. What's especially unique about Lauren is her ability to put a body positive spin on jokes while remaining cuttingly hilarious for any audience. Lauren is the co-host of Betches Media podcast “Diet Starts Tomorrow” and recently went viral with over 50 million views across IG, TikTok and YouTube in a video where she pokes fun at the miserable fashion options plus size women are expected to love. Lauren is a recent winner of the She Devil Comedy Festival in NYC and is regularly featured in HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival in Boston. She has been featured in The New York Times, Time Out NY and Backstage and can’t wait to make you laugh.
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Max Antonucci is a stand up comedian born & raised in New Jersey, though he plans to die in another location. With his quick wit and gallows humor, he has made audiences across the country laugh at the absurdity of everyday life and thoughts. He has forgiven some of the people that led him to pursue a career in comedy and has already gained notice as a great performer with a bright future. He has written for Comedy Central's Roast of Alec Baldwin, performed on New York Comedy Festival, Jersey City Comedy Festival, Times Square Storytelling Festival, and can be seen regularly at New York Comedy Club.
Comedienne April Boddie is a contributor for iHeart Radio and performs across the U.S including opening for Mike Epps. Her credits include NY Comedy Festival and a Super Bowl commercial.
Dena Jackson is a Toronto-based comedian, writer and TEDx speaker. Her work has been featured on the CBC and the Beaverton and she’s performed at clubs and festivals throughout North America including the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC’s LOL and JFL 42. She’s also had the privilege of performing multiple shows in Alaska for the U.S. Military.
Dena’s debut album, Blue Lights reached number one on the iTunes Comedy Charts and can be regularly heard on SiriusXM Radio.
Hailing from Scarborough, Ontario, Nick Reynoldson has a unique view of the world. Sharp, smart and energetic, he’s already one of Toronto’s most respected comedians.
A 2018 Runner Up at SiriusXM’s Top Comic Competition, Nick has appeared in major festivals including Just For Laughs, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, NXNE
and as part of the New Faces Showcase at JFL 42. He’s been featured on MTV, MUCH, CBC and multiple national commercials.
Nick’s debut album, I’ll Be Fine received critical acclaim and can regularly be heard on SiriusXM.
Ryan Thomas brings laughs to people all over the country with his unique blend of witty social commentary and hilariously engaging story-telling. Since his first time performing stand-up in San Francisco's historic Haight Ashbury neighborhood, he quickly gained momentum and was soon featured on bookings at famed comedy venues like Tommy T’s, Cobb’s Comedy Club, and the SF Punchline. Ryan is a regular at The StandUp New York Comedy Club. He has also been featured in the RedClay Comedy Festival, the Asheville Comedy Festival, The Riot Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, and has won the World Series of Comedy in Atlanta and Phoenix. Ryan performs in clubs around the country including cities like New York, Las Vegas, Boston, and Chicago; these days you can find him performing at shows throughout New York City.
Garron Chiu is a mainstay of the Hong Kong Comedy scene, having appeared in Comedy Central's "Stand Up Asia!" Season 2 and winning the 2018 Hong Kong International Comedy Competition. He runs Comedy HK, Hong Kong's largest comedy collective, and has toured in 39 cities across 19 countries. On stage you will find him trying to justify his huge ego, talk about his myriad of doomed relationships (and the one that worked), and try to figure out whether he is too Asian or not Asian enough. Oh, and he rocks the most amazing eyebrows
Drew Beekler is a New York City based stand-up comedian. He is the host of the Drew Wanna Know podcast. Not only does he play in clubs all over New York City but also around the country and internationally including Canada and the UK. He is also a snappy dresser (his words no one else's).
Reuben Wolf is a stand up comedian from NYC. He is the producer of Ugly Parrot and Kitten Around comedy shows. He has most recently received Best of the Fest nod from the Aloha Comedy Festival.
Aidan Kelly is an Irish comic living in New York City who has performed all over Ireland and these United States. He has performed at the Boston Comedy Festival as well as featured at the Coney Island Comedy Festival. He is one half of the infamous StandUpTown comedy show which can be seen at the world famous DTUT! He is also a member of the Wingin It Improv show which can be heard on iHeart Radio and Amazon.
Ray Zawodni is a New York City comedian who over the past decade, has entertained audiences all over the country with hilarious tales about his dysfunctional family, his party animal lifestyle and his train-wreck of a dating life. He is a regular feature act at the Improv and Funnybone Comedy Clubs across the country. Before moving to NYC, he was a regular on the critically acclaimed WDVE Morning Show in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Ray has appeared on Sirius XM and is a sketch writer and producer on CBS’ FanNation. You can catch him every week on the Brand New Jerks Podcast.
Laura Sogar is a former professional swimmer who failed to make the Olympics and handles it by telling jokes on the streets of NYC. She runs a podcast Risque Business News where she talks shit about the business world and hosts Don’t Tell Comedy a “secret” comedy show featuring top talent from across the city.
Ari can be seen touring all over either by himself or opening for comedians such as Michael Kosta, Andrew Santino, Dan Soder, Erik Griffin, Mark Normand, Theo Von, and Pauly Shore. He has performed in many Comedy Festivals including The Laughing Skull, Big Pine, Laugh Your Asheville Off, and Kaaboo. His comedy has been featured on MTV’s Greatest Party Stories Ever, Gabriel Iglesias’s Stand-Up Revolution on SiriusXM, Nerdist, FunnyOrDie, Cracked, Medium, College Humor, &TBS.
My stand-up has been featured on Sirius XM, the RISK! podcast, in the Boston Comedy Festival, the Cleveland Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, and the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. I’ve been an actor in sketches for College Humor, IFC, Funny or Die, MTV.com, and Distractify (one of which ended up on the Today show).
I’ve written for College Humor, McSweeney’s, The Onion News Network on IFC, Someecards (where I was the Ecards Editor for over a year), TL;DR Wikipedia, Reader’s Digest, and a couple web series you’ve never heard of that paid me with checks that said, verbatim: “Cheese Jokes.” I was an “Adjunct Scholar” for Lapham’s Quarterly, created the Better Book Titles blog and wrote my own humor book for Penguin in 2012 called How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Life and AM Universal put out another collection from the blog called Never Flirt With Puppy Killers in 2016.
Kitty Reynolds is an Irish-Italian stand-up comedian and writer based in NYC whose friendly demeanor is a misdirect for her dark and perhaps angry humor. DC politico turned comic, she has over 2.3M views on TikTok and has performed at all major NYC comedy clubs. Most recently, she’s opened for Moses Storm and is a regular host on Mondays at Fat Black Pussy Cat (Comedy Cellar),
Has appeared At Broadway comedy club, regularly performs for Homebrewed comedy all over upstate NY, and has been featured on Nervous Laughter.
Shannon Fiedler is a comedian, writer and content creator in New York City. Known for her relatable — albeit exaggerated — social media presence, Shannon heightens her comedic realism with a dash of the absurd, distilling ordinary situations into their most entertaining essence. Shannon's content has been featured on BuzzFeed, Barstool, CBS, Overheard New York, Betches, and Gratzia.
Alexa Loftus is a writer, actor, and stand-up comedian from Southern Illinois. Her love of film and TV began at her hometown video store that was circus-themed and run by literal clowns. While that store met an untimely end, her passion for the artform endured. She is currently a writer on the Emmy-nominated "The Problem with Jon Stewart" on Apple TV+ and performs her punchline-driven stand-up all over New York and Los Angeles.
Haitian Canadian comedian Che Durena was born and raised in British Columbia and is based in Toronto after spending time performing standup in Mexico. He is known for his work as a host and writer for My Most Amazing Top 10 (over 7.6 million subscribers) and he has amassed a social media following of over 7 million with over 197 million likes on his viral TikTok rants and commentary. Che has appeared on JFL All Access, Comedy Network, CraveTV, and recently dropped his debut comedy album Tales From My Butthole. His comedy offers an absurd angle on his experiences living abroad and his perception of matters like culture, race, relationships and drugs. Che has worked with brands like Coors Light, Herb, Vapen and many more. Catch him on tour in a city near you!
Sienna Hubert-Ross is a New York-based comic, actor, and writer originally from Boston, MA. She can be seen in a multitude of films, including "She Came From The Woods" (released in theaters in 2023), the upcoming feature "Love Bomb", and the Netflix comedy "Almost Love". You can catch her nightly at the best comedy clubs across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the New England area.
Lili Michelle is an NYC based Iranian comedian originally from Toronto. She unfortunately roots for the Raptors. Lili was named one of The New York Comedy Festival’s 2021 ‘Comics to Watch.’ You can catch Lili on season 5 of HBOMax’s hit series, SEARCH PARTY. She has been featured as one of Vulture’s “Best Up and Coming Stand Ups” and has been on Sirius XM, Elite Daily, Buzzfeed, Vice, Huff Post, and Document Journal. Lili also regularly opens for Shane Gillis on the road. You can find Lili online @lilsmichelle and at every bodega in New York buying Ketchup Chips.
Jesse Eigner is a NYC based comic who has been featured on Good Day New York. Jesse recently made it to the final 3 out 131 comedians in the Last Comix Standing Competition at Mohegan Sun. Jesse has also performed at the Asheville Comedy Festival, San Diego Comedy Festival and the Sacramento Comedy festival. Jesse produces a monthly standup showcase called Giggles N’ Cream which was listed in Timeout as one of the best free comedy shows in NYC.
Keith Chase is a comedian based in NYC since 2018. He has appeared on HBO’s “Game Theory with Bomani Jones” and was featured in the 2022 Sixth City, Portland Maine, and Finger Lakes Comedy Festivals.
Bonnie Q is a New York City based comedian, impersonator and actor originally from New Jersey. Her stand-up most notably features celebrity impressions, comedic song parodies and her signature quick wit. Bonnie Q’s credits include opening for Craig Shoemaker at Raleigh Improv, New York Comedy Festival, Stand Up NY’s Chosen Comedy Festival, Leicester Comedy Festival, Chris Gethard Presents and co-writing for “The Peoples News Show” with Ali Farahnakian (Saturday Night Live). She hosts multiple shows and mics at NYCC including That’s My Q!, Hot Topic, Q Lab and sQuirrel Friends: A Womens’ & LGBTQIA+ open mic. Bonnie Q is a board member of The Ladies of Comedy Association and also hosts and produces their monthly LOCA Industry Showcase. Follow her on Instagram/TikTok/Twitter @bonnieqcomedy
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V. Lince is a comedian from New York City and Long Island native, her humble upbringing and immigrant background makes her a crowd favorite. She has graced the stage at some of the hottest shows for up and coming comics, from Nighttrain with Wyatt Cenac in NYC to The 1AM Secret show Atlanta, but also featured at a few of America's funniest comedy festivals including Women in Comedy Festival and recently appeared at the Treefort Music Festival in Boise, ID. Catch up with all the funny and other fun stuff over at vlincecomedy.com "