Comedians
SANTOS burst onto the comedy scene 3 years ago in her first National Television debut on Showtime Network's "Pride Comedy Jam". The Network touts, "a hip and hilarious show with a great ensemble of up and coming diverse comics, including the witty anecdotes of Renee Santos." She has been a regular on the Los Angeles comedy scene performing consistently at local clubs, including the Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and the Hollywood Improv and in April of 2015 became a Bi-Coastal Comic earning residency at NYC’s Broadway Comedy Club. SANTOS has been moving and shaking in the Comedy arena since she took her funny on tour to the East Coast and many Colleges Nationwide and in May of 2013 she joined Wanda Sykes and an amazing line-up of talented entertainment on Olivia Cruises 40th Anniversary Punta Cana Resort Vacation. The ball continued rolling for Renee in 2013 booking a starring role in the show “Stand-up and Deliver” featured on Jennifer Lopez’s new network NuvoTV Tuesday nights at 10pm. SANTOS returned to the Television Comedy world in January of 2015 showcasing for Season 9’s Last Comic Standing airing on NBC. 2016 Started out with a bang filming her Softmore 1 Hr Stand-up Comedy show, " Biting the Big Apple" at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan on January 22. Although she has a natural funny bone, Santos has been working hard at her craft for several years both on stage and on-camera. She recently appeared on TNT's "Murder in the First", as a CSI Officer, the Jerry Bruckheimer produced CBS sci-fi series “Eleventh Hour”, Showtime Network’s “Californication” starring David Duchovny, She also currently has 2 commercials running nationwide, for the fast-food chain "Wendy’s" and for "One-a-Day" Vitamins. Her credits also include roles in several celebrated indie films, including "30 is the New 12" which first earned high praise at Outfest Film Festival in 2010, and “Shooting April” which was featured in two festivals and was named ‘Favorite Movie of the Month’ by Film Stage Magazine. In addition, her voice-over abilities have landed her regular gigs on the ‘looping’ scene, including numerous Disney projects and the NBC hit-series “Brothers and Sisters” for its last two seasons. Santos is no stranger to improvisation and sketch comedy either, beginning as an active member of Emerson College's Comedy Sketch Group in Boston and most recently sharing her characterizations on the stages of the infamous Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in Los Angeles. Currently, she is in pre-production on her first 1 hr Stand-up Comedy Special.
Growing up just outside of New York City, Brian Grossi has been quick-witted and imitating those around him for as long as anyone can remember. In 2011, he decided to put those skills to use and try his hand at stand-up comedy. Despite being relatively new to the scene, he was invited to perform in Atlanta’s Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in March 2014. Since then, he has recorded his first television appearance as part of Popcorn Flix Presents Empire Tonight! and has appeared on TMZ. In 2014, he completed his first international tour, performing in Liverpool’s Hot Water Comedy Club, Manchester’s XS Malarky, The Madrid Comedy Club and Toronto’s North by Northeast Festival. This past March, he made it to the Sweet Sixteen of Caroline’s Comedy Madness competition.
When in New York, Brian performs every night. He has performed at The New York Comedy Club, The Broadway Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline’s on Broadway and the world-famous Metropolitan Room, among others. He continues to win fans over using his unique blend of hard-hitting punchlines, spot-on impressions and unpredictable crowd-work. He was named Hugs, Kisses and Laughes Comic of the Month in December 2012 and his tweets have been featured on Grantland. He is a three-time winner of the Inspired Word’s LOL! Comedy Slam, and was recently seen on TMZ.
Ryan E. Hoffman is a New York City native filmmaker and actor. He has appeared on HBO, NBC, ESPN, and in various independent films as a recurring guest star and character actor, as well as a recurring guest on “Countdown with Keith Olbermann." His first film, Venice Love Story, was a selection at LA Comedy Shorts and distributed in Urban Outfitters around the country as part of their Potty Mouth Film Festival in a Box. He is the co-founder of Temple Horses, a video sketch group that is regularly featured on the front page of Funny or Die, as well as winning the Best Comedy Short award at the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival. He performs standup regularly at New York Comedy Club and the Standing Room. Ryan is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Blue Comic, Jen Remauro, is full of unstoppable zest, wit and inappropriate statements. As a fresh face in the comedy industry Jen has performed at an array of clubs all over the East Coast & Los Angeles. She has also featured/hosted for some heavy hitters in the industry such as, The Reverend Bob Levy, Jim Florentine, Don Jamieson, Rich Vos, Bonnie Mcfarlane, Otto & George & Darren Carter. Besides producing laughter from the stage, Jen also writes and books celebrities for radio shows & podcasts. She has recently joined The Riot Cast Network and currently books for one of their top rated shows, The Glory Hole. She can also be seen as a weekly regular on The Reverend Bob Levy's video podcast, Levyland Live. Her hilarious sense of humor, quick wit and unique writing skills has gained her plenty of recognition amongst veteran comedians on Twitter which has led to her booking some top notch guests during her career such as Jesse James, Sandra Bernhard, Robert Kelly, The Reverend Bob Levy, Lisa Lampanelli, Faizon Love, Jim Norton and Rich Vos. Jen has been featured on MTV’s “Beach House” (1997), “Change of Heart”(2002). TLC’s “A Baby Story” (2005) Gawker.com (2011) NBC Extra (2011) and PerezHilton.com (2011) and is currently working on a T.V. pilot in NYC & L.A.
Adrian Davidson was born to a British-Italian father and American mother in London and spent most of his youth in São Paulo, Brazil with stints in Japan and New Jersey. What did this make him?... Confused. From an early age he used humor to connect with people and still remembers the first joke he ever heard at age 6 - ask him about it. It's a killer.
Adrian is a standup comic, actor, sketch comedian and comedy writer in NYC and has been for the past 8 years. He has a 4-year running stand-up comedy show Barely Making It at The Creek and The Cave and writes/performs in the monthly sketch competition Bragging Rights at The Peoples Improv Theater. His writing and performances have been featured in Off-Broadway showcases, landing him as a Finalist in the Harlem Comedy Festival, Actor's Project Monologue Challenges and Make Me Laugh Festival, and earning him First-Place/Finalist in multiple competitions.
He has trained with The UCB, NY Film Academy, Chicago City Limits, The Actors Project NYC, Working Actor Studio, The Peoples Improv Theater and more.
Fun Facts: Adrian is fluent in Portuguese, played D1 basketball at the University of Richmond and was a drummer with Manhattan Samba.
Chris Kepford is a New York City comedian and graduate of the American Comedy Institute. Chris is most known for his web series “The Chris Kepford Show” on Funny or Die. He is also well known for his array of eccentric characters that he brings to both film and on stage. Chris’ short film, “It’s Pronounced Rex” won the Best of the Fest Award at Oklahoma City’s Frack Fest. Chris is also featured on Law & Order: SVU and Saturday Night Live. You can find Chris on his Stand Up Comedy Tour, “Chris Kepford’s Comedy Clan”, starting in New York and then traveling to a city near you!
Jeffrey Gurian’s comedy writing career really began when Rodney Dangerfield started performing his jokes on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Since then he’s worked with performers that have ranged from legends like Milton Berle, ( his original sponsor in The Friars Club), and Jerry Lewis, to comics like Richard Belzer, the late Phil Hartman, Gilbert Gottfried, Joan Rivers, Pat Cooper, Pauly Shore, Dice Clay, and most recently George Wallace.
Paul Provenza, the director of the hit film “The Aristocrats”, wrote the forward to Jeffrey’s recent book, ” Filthy, Funny, and Totally Offensive” based on his many years of writing for the famed Friars Roasts. The book is packed with the favorite nasty jokes of more than 250 stand-ups and celebs from all areas of entertainment, including Drew Carey, Jason Alexander, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Adam Ferrara, Chris Elliott, Jeffrey Ross, Artie Lange, Lisa Lampanelli, Ice-T, The Sopranos, and many more.
Jeffrey’s writing for the legendary Weekly World News where he was given his own column called “Gurian’s World of the Bizarre”, and reported on stories like “Tap Dancing For The Criminally Insane”, and “Man Paints Replica of the Cistine Chapel With His Beard” recently led him to launch an animated short film “news” series.
Produced by GNN (Gurian News Network) it features “All The News That’s Fit To Dance To”, with animated stories like “Man Robs Bank With His Chin”, ” George Washington Wore Wooden Pants”, and “Man With Infant’s Head Sues For Discrimination”, which were shown at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, in the Short Film Corner. GNN also produces short bizarre “news” stories made specifically for radio stations.
Jeffrey has written two award-winning films, one feature and one short, and is currently writing a book, and co-producing a documentary film on the history of The Comic Strip, the longest running comedy club in New York City, with owner Richie Tienken, who opened that club in 1976. He has already interviewed Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Lewis Black, Susie Essman, Colin Quinn, Gilbert Gottfried, Jim Breuer, Lisa Lampanelli, Ray Romano, and many others. He is a regular guest on many radio shows, both comedy and of a serious nature.
Jeffrey created the comedy variety show “Uncle Nat’s Traveling Peep Show”, he co-produced the Hamptons Comedy Festival in 2004 and has been writing the national celeb-based entertainment column/Vlog Comedy Matters since 1999. It’s an inside look at the comedy world, currently in LaughSpin Magazine and on an A-list celeb-filled Vlog.
He is also a doctor, a Professor at NYU in the Oral Medicine/Oro-Facial Pain Department, and is on the Board of The Assoc. For Spirituality and Psychotherapy for the last ten years. He is a lecturer at Energy psychology conferences, an author, a playwright, a comedian, and he developed a cure for Stuttering, which he used to cure himself. He often appears on radio shows to discuss his Energy Healing techniques for treating stress-related illness and Depression. He’s a Renaissance man in the true sense of the word.
Carolina Hidalgo is a stand up comedian born in the borough of Queens, New York City. However she was raised in Mexico City, She started doing stand up comedy in NYC back in 2009. Since then she has performed at comedy clubs across the country and has been featured on the show “Viewpoints” with John Fugelsang. She is also starting in a spinoff show that was created by Al Madrigal called “The Rebel Report” She was featured in Ted Alexandro Web Series Teachers Lounge, and is starring in a comedy horror film “The Devil’s Tree. She also host a popular movie podcast “Everything We are Doing Is Bad” and is listed as top 5 best podcast on TimeOut NY
Matt Bridgestone has been performing, and producing comedy shows, for over 15 years. He has done shows with comics such as Jim Breuer, Dane Cook, Pete Davidson, Mick Foley, Nick Cannon, and many more. Matts style is a combination of intelligent observations and sophomoric silliness. His shows have a genuine quality that leave you feeling like you just got to hang out with an old friend. His favorite moment of his career was when he got to meet one of his heroes, George Carlin. He also co-produced a mockumentary he co-produced called "Archie Black." It is an improvisational style comedy that stars comics such as Jim Norton, Artie Lange, and Jay Mohr. Matt just hurt his back trying to pick up all the names he just dropped.
Jeffrey Paul has lived a very interesting life. He has been a School Dean, an English Teacher, a Police Officer, a roadie for Bruce Springsteen, and a manager at a strip club. While he was passionate about all his past endeavors, his biggest passion is making people laugh. Jeff is loud, obnoxious, and extremely rude, and it has made him a favorite in some of New York's most well known comedy clubs.
Wali Collins is a regular at all of the main stream Comedy clubs in the United States including New York City and Los Angeles. He even headlines and tours at Comedy clubs in Europe and Asia.
Collins’ television credits include NBC, CBS, FOX, HBO, ABC’, VH1, Comedy Central, Netflix, Hulu. David Letterman caught Wali’s act and recruited him to warm-up for his show. Later that season Wali performed his stand up on the “Late Show with David Letterman”. Quoted by GQ magazine “Wali’s true purpose becomes evident”.
He also landed small roles in films like independent feature, "Submission", starring Stanley Tucci and Chris Rock's "Top Five". And in the the "cult" classic, “Coyote Ugly”.
Wali also is featured in the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down", Hulu's, "Difficult People". And the Oxygen Network series, "Crazy Love".
If Wali’s face looks familiar to you it’s because you’ve seen him in over 30 national and international television commercials.
In the words of Robert Klein, “Wali Collins is versatile, smart and very, very funny.”
If you haven’t seen Wali do his thing in either stand up or acting, you’re missing out on one talented and gifted man.
Joe Larson is a second-generation comedian. Much to his parent’s dismay at the age of twenty, Joe went into the family business. Straight away he was chosen “College Comedian of the Year” at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Joe was nominated “Best Up-And-Coming Comedian” at the NYC MAC Awards, was a finalist in both the prestigious Johnny Carson Great American Comedy Festival and Boston Comedy Festival and was part of the feature film Stand Up 360.
Just as comedy was taking off big time, Joe became a father, giving him a new level of comfort in his role on stage and screen. Unconventional as always, Joe didn’t take on the traditional role of dad but rather he says he is simply a “man with a baby”. He is currently lending his Man With A Baby voice as writer and actor on the hit show Babies Behaving Badly on Discovery Family, TLC and Discovery UK.
Joe has also been seen on Gotham Comedy Live, NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Laughs on FOX, The Tonight Show’s “Laugh Squad” and the Speed Channel. On radio he is a repeat guest on Bob and Tom and the Bennington Show.
A lover of all things comedy, Joe is currently pursuing acting and writing roles for television as well enjoying every laugh he can give you while he’s on stage in NYC and throughout the US.