Comedians
Sam Mushman is a ex-college basketball player turned stand up comedian who has played shows all over the Northeast.
He has performed multiple times in the Free Stand Up Festival, Make Me Laugh Festival, Finger Lakes Comedy Festival, Hoboken Comedy Festival and Jersey City Comedy Festival.
He was also featured on The Wendy Williams Show, ZenLive TV, MNN and the "Something's Off" College Comedy Tour.
Created in November of 2015, Sam is the host of BBOX Radio's weekend talkshow, "BackCourt Violation", along with comedian Vince Chang. You can find all shows on Itunes, as well as listen live every Saturday morning at 10:30am on BBOXRadio.com
As a Sommelier, Sam produces a series of wine paired dinner's followed by comedy show called "UnCorked Comedy"
Venues for these shows include Willow Creek Winery and La Marina.
Jenny Saldaña has been called all of these things, but what she is most proud of is being called a cancer survivor. She grew up in Washington Heights, went to high school in Miami and has a degree in theatre arts from the University of Pittsburgh. She spreads cancer awareness with her very candid comedy style and can be seen performing all over NYC and beyond! She has been called the BOOB WHISPERER for all the work she does for women diagnosed with breast cancer, a title she has embraced and wears with honor.
Dave Jenkins is a 26 year old NYC based stand-up comic with great hair and tiny hands. His material is dark and silly, like the shadow of a mime. He's performed on some of New York's most iconic stages and draws influence from legends like Pryor and Carlin, along with contemporary greats like Burr and Mulaney.
Patrick Holbert has been making his living in NYC since 2003. A comedy scene regular, you can find him performing in the city’s hottest bars and clubs every night. He has appeared on Sirius XM, TruTV, and hosted the internationally syndicated TV show “The Movie Loft.” Well known for his playful wit and affability, Patrick is often asked to emcee some of the city’s most popular live shows. The NY Times called him the "charming M.C." of the children's variety show he hosted for two years. You can also catch him online on the “The Comic’s Table” podcast.
Jax Dell'Osso is a Brooklyn-born, Jersey-raised comedian. She spent her childhood on musical theater stages, singing, dancing, and writing and performing sketches with her friends. She once showed up to fifth grade fully dressed as Ferdinand Magellan to present her report on him--- didn't break character for an entire day, even though she had cotton balls glued to her face. People who grew up with her aren't at all surprised that she turned out to be a comic.
Between her time working as a stripper, her crazy Italian family, and her bizarre romantic relationships, Jax delivers a hilarious glimpse into her weird and interesting life through comedy. However, this fiery Italian chick isn't just a standup! Jax attended The PIT for improv and UCB for sketch writing. She produced, wrote and starred in her webseries, Life of an Instamodel, as well as a parody music video, Worth of You. Jax has been doing live stream character shows on Twitch TV, such as Vinny and Donna's Relationship School, with Nick Simmons. Jax also appeared on MTV on Wild N Out Live with Nick Cannon in March, 2017. People call her "Jax of all trades," which she pretends to think sounds lame, but actually kind-of likes.
Making people laugh is a personal matter for Dell'Osso. She's passionate about creating funny, unique, engaging content and putting on energetic, hilarious standup performances.
Danish Maqbool is a comedian from New Jersey. Prior to standup, Danish worked at Major League Gaming as an on-air talent and has been featured in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. He started doing standup in 2014 and went on his first college tour in the Spring of 2017 titled 'That's How That Works'. He has gone on 3 college tours since and has featured in multiple festivals. Danish holds a laid back style while discussing the moments in his life that have shaped him.
Brooklyn native, Alex Babbitt otherwise known as Mr. Babbitt, is a rising star in the New York City comedy scene. Mr. Babbitt started at the ripe age of 16 and now in his early 20’s he is quickly making a name for himself as one of the funniest and most charismatic comedians breaking into the spotlight.
As seen on HBO’s All Def Comedy, Mr. Babbitt continues to be observant and methodical as he constantly engages his audience with rapid fire Witt, complimented by his unrivaled energy. All while strolling down memory lane, poking fun at family or sharing lessons learned as a traveling comedian.
Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian based in New York City. His comedy has been featured on MTV, Vulture, and Comedy Central.
Fumi recently opened for Ronny Chieng from The Daily Show at Carolines on Broadway and the Comedy Cellar. In addition, he was a semi-finalist in the Stand-Up NBC competition in 2017 and 2019.
He has performed at various comedy festivals across the country such as Devil Cup Comedy Competition (placed 2nd), Laughing Devil Comedy Competition (placed 3rd), Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, HBO Showcase at Women in Comedy Festival, and the Audible.com Fresh Voices Showcase at SF Sketchfest.
He currently produces and hosts a comedy podcast titled "Asian, Not Asian", which was most recently included in Vulture’s Comedy Podcast Roundup as well as The AV Club’s Podcast series highlights.
Buddy grew up a fan of stand up, with a dream of one day performing. That dream became a reality late in life though, when he made a pact with his 6yr old daughter, in an attempt to inspire her to overcome her fears. Since then, he has hit the comedy scene running, working clubs in LA, Chicago, all over the east coast and opening for acts like Jimmy Shubert, Rich Vos, Joe Materese, and Dustin Diamond. Being divorced and a father of 3 daughters, Buddy attacks modern day family life with an energetic and relatable style.
Calvin S. Cato's unique brand of humor has been lighting up stages across the country. His television appearances include Oxygen’s My Crazy Love, National Geographic’s Brain Games, and an unaired pilot for Vice Media called Emergency Black Meeting. In 2017, Calvin was named one of Time Out New York's Queer Comics of Color to Watch Out For. You can catch Calvin every 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Mondays as the host/producer of Ed Sullivan on Acid at Freddy's Bar in Brooklyn, one of the longest running free comedy shows in Brooklyn
YouJean Chang is a native New Yorker who has performed at clubs and indie venues all across the city. He has slinged jokes at colleges across the city, apartment parties, weddings, and at the Friar's Club. He has performed at the New York Comedy Festival, Hoboken Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Arts Festival, and competed in Caroline's March Madness. He has also appeared in sketches for College Humor and Saturday Night Live.
Gene Meyer brings the energy and intensity of grindcore to the comedy stage. His topics run the gamut of his brain to include true stories infused with satire from his misfit childhood, addiction and cancer recovery, his life as a straightedge-grindcore enthusiast, and musings on which sandwiches go best with Don Rickles.
Gene is a featured writer for Decibel Magazine, Kerrang! Magazine and the vocalist for Bandit (2018 Maryland Deathfest), an internationally touring grindcore band based in Philadelphia, PA. When he isn’t performing, he’s rooting for the New York Jets. He has a dad.
Sasha Srbulj is a standup comedian and creator of the comedy special 'Artificial Ignorance'. He performs regularly at major clubs in New York, around the US & Internationally. His inspiration is drawn mostly from the feeling of "this can't be it?!" and that faint notion that buying more crap may not be the path to peace & fulfillment. Sasha has traveled the world and found peace of mind nowhere. Performances in Paris, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Tokyo and all over New York have done nothing to quench the turmoil of his mind growing like tendrils of curly hair from an ever more confused head. Audiences find the entire process very amusing. Join him for the descent.
Meghan Frank is a stand up comedian living in NYC. She can be seen performing in venues across the city, including Duplex, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, The Lantern, and Le Poisson Rouge. Meghan also co-hosts the monthly HOT FUSS benefit show in Bushwick.
Stephen Bolles is a comedian from Virginia living in Brooklyn. He started performing in 2013 in Hampton Roads, before moving to NYC he was a four-time winner of Clash of the Comics at the VA Beach Funny Bone and a regular at Cozzys Comedy Club. Since moving to the city he was named Funniest Under 25 at the Manhattan Comedy Festival, and performs regularly at clubs all across the city.
Felicia Madison had a childhood dream of becoming a Broadway dancer. Her parents had other plans ...which is why she was pre-med in college!
Felicia graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in biological basis of behavior and a minor in marketing. (She jokes that she's only qualified to sell drugs!)
Happily married and Manhattan mother of three, Felicia pulls on her experiences as a stay-at-home mom in an affluent part of the world to poke fun at marriage, parenthood and life in general.
Felicia is the founder of Laughing Affairs which produces a daytime lunch show, Laughercise- Come Laugh Your Ass Off, Comedy for a Cause, and private events for corporations and individuals. Felicia is the New Talent Director at West Side Comedy Club in New York City where she produces two new talent shows a month called F Comedy Club. Felicia curates comedians for her show and helps to develop and nurture young talent thru her daytime mic program also at West Side Comedy Club.
Funny Business Panel Discussion created and moderated by Felicia, provide a forum for female comedians to hear from female executives in the comedy world. Her first event at the Friars Club was a huge success and due to popular demand she is planning to produce 4 panels a year.
You'll find Felicia performing throughout NYC. In addition to live appearances, Felicia is blogging, podcasting and writing a sitcom based upon her life in the comedy world.
Leo Volf is a stand-up comic, writer, and actor based out of New York City. He was born in Russia, grew up in New Jersey, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Never shy about his love for all three regions, Leo can be heard talking about the finer points of his upbringing on a nightly basis. He is UCB trained and was recently featured in The Burbank Comedy Festival, The Hamptons International Comedy Festival, The Hoboken Comedy Festival and The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. If that's not enough, Leo can also demoralize you in a not-so-friendly game of ping pong.
Mike Figs is a young standup hailing from the boogie down Bronx. Known for his endless appearances on Aaron Berg’s and Geno Bisconte’s podcast “In Hot Water” and can be seen all over the New York City comedy circuit. He hosts his own show at The Bronx Beerhall on Arthur Ave called “Figs in The Hall” in the middle of “Little Italy”. He’s half Italian, half Puertorican, and full crazy. Buckle up.