Comedians


Dan Mahboubian Rosen is a comedian, writer, actor and native New Yorker. He brings his unique and wry perspective to the stage, touching upon everything from growing up with immigrant parents to his views on Aladdin. He performs Stand Up at some of the best clubs and shows around New York and worldwide, including Caroline's, The Comic Strip and The Stand. Dan has been featured in the NY Comedy festival, Laughing Devil Fest and was a breakout artist at Caroline's on Broadway. His comedy videos have been featured by Comedy Central, The New Yorker, Funny or Die, College Humor and Fast Company and on social media (270K followers on IG/TikTok) his videos have received over 100M views . He is also a published New Yorker cartoonist.
Gena B. Jones is a Syrian-Mexican-American writer, comedian and show producer based in Los Angeles. She got her start doing comedy on the East Coast before moving to LA in 2018. In 2019, she was selected to be a comedian in development at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Club on Melrose. At the club, she co-produces Hilarious Habibis, a quarterly standup showcase that exclusively features Middle Eastern talent. The show recently sold out the main room at The Improv and was featured by Al Araby TV and in the LA Times. Gena performs comedy several times a week and you can catch her doing sets at major clubs like The Westside Comedy Theater, The Laugh Factory, The Improv, and in various bars, cafes, garages, attics, basements, and back-alleys. Hope you’re into that!
Dave Siegel was a doorman at the DC Improv, while a college student in Washington, DC in the late 90's. His first show as a performer came at an open mic at an open mic on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Since that time, he has headlined premier comedy clubs across the country from Carolines on Broadway to The Improv on Melrose. He's featured for such comedians as David Alan Grier, Richard Lewis, Jon Lovitz, Tim Meadows and Kevin Nealon. Dave has appeared on Comedy Central on three separate occasions and in the 2016 season on 'American's Got Talent.' Dave has also appeared as a panelist on CNN, the CW, HLN, ABC's 'Good Morning America' and is a regular guest on SiriusXM's 'Stand-Up with Pete Dominick.' Dave's original character 'White Guy Indifferent' went viral in 2017, resulting in over 10 million hits in a 3-day span. You can see Dave Siegel on a regular basis at various NYC comedy clubs.
Plagued by constant sunshine, he desperately applied to graduate programs on the east coast. Rejected from all but one school, he packed all his belongings and boarded a plane to Boston. His belongings boarded a plane to Philadelphia and were never seen again. Jono is currently earning his PhD in Neuroscience at Boston University, where he spends his days giving cocaine to rats, and his nights with similar company in comedy clubs all over New England and the rest of our great nation. Inspired by the legendary performers before him, Jono is proud to continue the great stand-up comedy tradition of studying Neuroscience
Adam Glyn's youthful look is only disguised by his scope and depth in the comedy scene. A native New Jersian, Adam's humor has expanded from coast to coast. He has opened for such modern day comic icons such as Jim Norton, Shawn Wayans, and Artie Lange from the Howard Stern Show. On the small screen, Adam has appeared on TMZ, MTV Hits, TRL, and quickly became a favorite correspondent for the MTV networks. His quick wit and humor quickly transcended him as a frequent guest on the Maxim Radio as well as the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Being funny is second nature to Glyn. Quickly finding his comedic talents lent to print as well. The Star Ledger boasted Adam as "one comic to definitely to keep an eye on as his humor and energy light up a room." His blogs are funny and addresses the 20' something needs with a clever twist.
Matt Maran has been entertaining crowds since he was a 17-year-old travelling and performing on independent professional wrestling shows. He has since traded in his steel folding chair for jokes. Born and raised in Queens, NY but looks like he was conceived at a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. Matt is currently the Commissioner and host of the underground roast show, Comedy Fight Club. He loves mean jokes and hates shirts with sleeves
Offering a fresh and honest perspective that’s rare to find, Dulcé Sloan is the newest Correspondent on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" . She was named one of TimeOut LA's Top Comics to Watch for 2017 and and the Winner of the 2016 Big Sky Comedy Festival . She was honored as the 2015 NBC Stand Up Showcase Winner and as a 2015 Montreal Just For Laughs New Face.She made her late-night debut last year on Late with Conan O'Brien and her day-time debut as a "Comedian You Should Know" on the Steve Harvey Show. She can be seen on Greatest Ever and Comedy Knock Out on truTV. Dulcé's signature sass and confidence drives her hilarious views on everything from her personal relationships to the absurdities of society.
Anything worth having demands hard work and sacrifice. Just ask New York City’s newest superstar-in-the-making Wellie Jackson. Being a stand-up comedian might have been the last thing on his mind growing up the former college basketball standout turned to comedy after a season ending injury. Wellie found comedy while attending college encouraged by friends and family he turned to a friend who was an established National Comiedian who help him get his 1st show on the New York Comedy circuit. After his 1st show he was booked for another show at another New York City comedy club which is where he learned his style of telling his life story through comedy is what makes him unique. After making appearances on The Wendy Williams Show, Mtv’s “Totally Clueless”, Sirius Xm radio and various other media outlets with only being in comedy for a short time Wellie is recognized as one of the brightest up and coming stars in the comedy world. Wellie has traveled the country with names such as: Tracy Morgan, Colin Kane, and Andrew Schulz. These days Wellie is currently on his second Tour with Tracy Morgan this one entitled “Picking Up The Pieces” which will be hitting over 65 cities in United States and Canada. He wrote for Tracy’s comedy special with will air on Netflix. Wellie is a regular in New York city’s most prestigious comedy clubs.
Finding comedy in everything and everything in comedy. Ron Bennington has been a stand up comedian and comedy club owner and promoter. He’s also been part of two legendary radio shows, the Ron and Ron Radio Network and the Ron and Fez show. All of that experience comes together for Bennington. Three hours of talk entertainment with nationally known comedians. His co-host is Gail Bennington who has literally grown up in the business of comedy. It’s fun, edgy and covers everything in comedy today. What ESPN is to sports, Bennington is to comedy.
Jay Wells L’Ecuyer & Eytan Millstone are professional sketch comedians and award-winning filmmakers based in NYC. Currently, Jay & Eytan perform monthly on ‘The Interrobang Presents: The Comedy Records Showcase’ at The New York Comedy Club. Their untitled sophomore album, produced by Comedy Records, is set to release in June of 2018, and the latest installment of the Jay & Eytan Web Series, ’Night Light’ recently premiered at The New York Short Film Festival. Their debut album, All Growed Up reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in 2016 and is played frequently on Sirius XM Radio. It is also available on iTunes, Apple Music & Spotify. The first episode of the Jay & Eytan web series, Meat Pie won the Audience Choice Award at the New York No Limits Film Fest.
Nikki Glaser is a comedian, writer, and host whose television appearances have included The Tonight Show, CONAN, and Last Comic Standing. She was the co-host of the MTV late night talk show, Nikki & Sara LIVE, as well as the popular podcast, You Had To Be There. She lives in New York City, performing nightly at clubs such as The Comedy Cellar and The Stand, and travels frequently as a nationally touring headliner. Nikki can currently be seen as a regular contestant on Comedy Central’s @Midnight and will guest star on the upcoming season of Inside Amy Schumer
Originally from Longford, Ireland, Sean Finnerty gained notoriety for becoming the first ever Irish comedian to perform on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (2019). While spending his first years of comedy in Orlando, Sean was selected for Comedy Central’s Up Next competition (2013) and as a semi finalist in Florida’s Funniest Comedian (2014) resulting in an opening spot for WWE hall of famer Mick Foley. 2015 saw Sean make his television debut as co-host on Season 9 of Fireball Run on Amazon Prime, as well as being selected to perform at the Boston Comedy Festival. In 2016, Sean moved to New York where he quickly became known as a comedian to watch, performing at famous venues such as The Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Caroline's on Broadway, The Stand, and The Friars Club. Recently, he's performed at several festivals including Laugh Your Asheville Off (2017) Edinburgh Fringe (2018) and Electric Picnic (2018), along with making it to the semi-finals of the nationwide talent search, Stand Up NBC. Sean has also developed quite the reputation as a Roaster, and was also the #1 ranked roast comic in New York City.
Anthony Passaretti is a comedian from Montville New Jersey, based out of New York City. His comedy has been described by friends as, "Better than we expected" and "Actually not that bad". He has been featured on Sirius XM, and is a 3x belt holding champion of New York's Comedy Fight Club. He spends almost all of his time outside of comedy thinking about baseball."
Gina broke onto the American comedy scene with her appearances on Last Comic Standing (NBC), where she made it to the final 10. She is also know in the US for her regular, hilarious appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC), as Madame Yashere, The Surly Psychic. What you don’t know is that Gina Yashere’s sellout live appearances are legendary. Her bombastic delivery, infectious personality and cheeky observations have wowed audiences not just in the UK and the US but also in Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and all over Europe. Gina hails from London via Nigerian parents and shoots from the hip. Her unique take on being both a cultural insider and outsider never fails to raise the roof. Following an early career as a elevator engineer, Yashere made her comedy debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996. The show sold out almost immediately and overnight both audiences and critics were smitten. Since those early heady days, Gina has continued to take the comedy world by storm and is now one of the most highly sought after comics in the UK and the US, selling out theatres all over the UK, releasing her critically acclaimed DVD ‘Skinny B*tch’, and making numerous appearances on TV, radio, and the big screen. Her TV appearances have included her own 1 hour Comedy Special 'Skinny B*tch '(SHOWTIME), The Jay Leno Show (NBC), The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC), Last Comic Standing (NBC), Chelsea Lately (E!), Live at Gotham (Comedy Central), Def Comedy Jam (HBO), Comics Unleashed (ABC), The Mobo Awards (UK Host), Mock The week (BBC UK), The Lenny Henry Show (BBC UK), and The Celebrity Fame Academy (BBC UK). Radio shows have ranged from her own BBC Radio London Show to critically acclaimed radio Sketch show-The Powder Room (BBC Radio UK). Feature films have included Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Mr. in Between. She has also appeared on the West-End stage in The Vagina Monologues. She has also performed numerous times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and Toronto, and at HBO and TBS’s The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. It’s a wonder she found the time to pick up her 3rd award in a row for “Best Female” at the recent Black Entertainment & Comedy Awards (UK). Gina recently played a principal character in the TV series in the UK entitled 'Married Single Other' which is currently being aired on ITV in the UK, and in Australia. Gina currently resides in Los Angeles and tours non-stop around the world.
Charly Caruso is an announcing veteran who has done everything from news reporting — covering sports such as the NFL and the NBA — to lugging her own equipment into the hills as a one-woman band reporter, now finds herself in another wild and unpredictable terrain: WWE. Caruso, who has dabbled in standup comedy, loves playing flag football and still eats baby food prunes to this day (no, seriously), first made a splash covering all the action in NXT in early 2016. Soon after that, she also became part of the backstage announce crew for Raw. Caruso’s vast background will certainly be needed on Team Red as she enters some of WWE’s most memorable and heated situations that will require her to think fast on her feet!
Lindsey Jennings is a bicoastal comedian and artist from New York. She’s also an active model for the company SuicideGirls. You can catch her opening their burlesque show with her standup all over the globe this year!
In a city known for its fast-pace and high-tension, Petey DeAbreu is a fresh breath of seriously cool air. The Bronx native has been around for a few years, performing at comedy festivals, on popular stages around the city and on your favorite podcasts and albums, many of which we’ve reviewed here. He’s calm, he’s cool and he’s definitely going to make you laugh.
Red Nose Day is on a mission to end child poverty, one Nose at a time. Red Nose Day brings people together to have fun, raise money and change the lives of kids who need our help the most here in the US and in some of the poorest communities in the world. Since its US launch in 2015, Red Nose Day has raised over $100 million and impacted over 8 million kids lives. Noses On