Comedians


Venessa is a Colombian-American comedy writer and performer from So. California now based in NYC. She has over 9 years of experience writing, performing and producing comedy. A StandUp NBC Finalist 2018. Also director of ‘FOUL’ the web series. Her work has been accepted into The World Series of Comedy (Boston), The Chicago Comedy Film Festival (2012,2015), Cape Fear Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Red Hook Film Festival, Manhattan Int'l Film Fest, and Beverly Hills New Media Fest. She has play writing experience and acting training from a BA in Theater from UCSD. She has studied improv and sketch writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade (LA and NY), writes and produces live sketches and shorts for the comedy festival circuit, as well as performs stand up all over NYC. Venessa is also emeritus NY Chapter President of Women in Comedy Org.
Mike Bocchetti is an actor/comedian from NYC. With 20 years in the business Mike has worked with them all. He has appeared on The Howard Stern Show, The Jim Breuer Show and recently acted with Robert DeNiro in the feature film The Family. Mike was also the announcer for the ArtieLange Show which aired for almost 3 years on DirecTV as well as Sirius XM. He is also the co-founder of Blasted Films. He is one of the most dynamic & unique performers you will ever see and possibly the nicest person you will ever meet.
Dustin Chafin is a stand-up comedian based in New York City who The New York Times said “is getting laughs every time he speaks.” Chafin has had the honor of touring with the USO, performing for the troops in Korea, Japan, Africa and Iraq. He is a regular on SiriusXM, where he’s been featured on Jim Breuer Unleashed, Court TV Radio, Blue Collar Radio, Howard Stern Radio, Howard Demand, The Insight Channel and Raw Dog. Chafin brought down the house on Showtime's White Boyz in the Hood and was also featured on ABC’s special coverage of the New York Comedy Festival. He performed in the New York Underground Comedy Festival and hosted The Bill Hicks Tribute Show at the Laugh Factory. He’s been a staff writer for the SciFi Channel and a contributing writer for many television shows. Chafin has also written and produced for United Stations Radio and iHeart radio. He played himself in an episode of Crashing, an HBO series created by Judd Apatow and Pete Holmes. Holmes said that Chafin is “a funny and good man.” Chafin just released his new album Stop Telling People That on Comedy Records and his podcast I’ll Leave You With This is repped by Authentic Management and available on iTunes and Megaphone.FM. He headlines regularly at premiere New York City venues such as Caroline’s on Broadway, Comic Strip Live, Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Comedy Club, Dangerfield’s and Stand Up NY. Chafin hails from Texas he is part Choctaw Native American and part cowboy
Stand-up comedian, humorist, and commentator Pete Dominick is on a stable trajectory to becoming a household name. He stormed the New York City comedy scene in the late '90s, quickly making a name for himself locally as an emcee all the Manhattan clubs wanted hosting their best lineups. Meanwhile, Pete was sought by colleges nationwide, perform...
Michael Brigante has been entertaining audiences for over a decade with his side-splitting comedy and unique brand of storytelling. Having performed to sold-out audiences throughout the United States and Canada, this Caribbean-born, New York City-bred, performer is unapologetic in his approach to humor. He has been featured on Comedy Central, Kevin Hart's LOL Radio, and his comedy special, MICHAEL BRIGANTE: RELAX is now streaming on YouTube and TIDAL. His album (of the same name) debuted at #1 on iTunes with over 300k streams in the first 60 days. Energetic, loud, and always funny, the crowd is guaranteed to be taken for a ride they’ll remember.
Tyler Richardson began performing in the Washington D.C. area, and has been rapidly gaining a buzz in New York City since he moved.  He quickly began performing in New York's hottest clubs The Stand, Stand Up NY, Caroline's, Gotham and more. Aside from being incredibly likable on stage, audiences connect with his ability to tell a story and keep you captivated from start to hilarious finish.  Working with national headliners such as Jay Pharoah, Pete Davidson, Jermaine Fowler and Judah Friedlander has given Tyler experience that has landed him in several big festivals over the years.  Don't be afraid to ask for a picture after the show, he's not afraid to smile.
Heard every day on Sirius/XM Radio's Laugh USA, Blue Collar Comedy, and Jamie Foxx's Foxxhole stations, Clayton Fletcher is an American stand-up comedian who lives in New York City and performs throughout the USA, Europe, Australia, and Caribbean. Recently named 'Best of the Fest' at the Stockholm Comedy Festival, Clayton's has been featured on Hulu-TV's "Comedy Brew," MSNBC's "Your Business," ESPN's "World Series of Poker," and Comcast-TV's "Who's Laughing Now?" Clayton Fletcher allows us to see the world through the eyes of the son of a poker-playing mom and a jazz musician dad. His smart, clean, provocative comedy is geared towards audiences hungry for laughs without all of the crude shock value relied upon by so many modern stand-up comics. Drawing on his extensive theatre background, Fletcher brings to life all of the fun adventures his lifestyle provides every weekend at The Clayton Fletcher Show, which has been running at New York Comedy Club for over seven years. This comic proves once and for all that funny is funny, no matter who or even where you are!
Miguel Dalmau has twice been featured on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live and Laughs on FOX. Time Out NY featured one of his jokes as their Joke of the Week, and he’s been a featured performer at the NXNE Comedy Film and Music Festival and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival.
Anthony Kapfer is a NYC comedian, musician, filmmaker, cartoonist, author, narcissist, and native of planet Earth. “Anthony Kapfer practices a brainy, absurd brand of musical comedy. Think Demetri Martin or Nick Thune.” – Denver Post In 2020, several of Anthony’s music videos were featured on PBS 12’s Sounds on 29th. They were described as being “Lo-Fi but dynamic. Anthony’s dry sense of humor and onscreen style are reminiscent of Pavement, King Missile, and Mellow Gold era Beck.”
Sara Armour is NY Based Comedian who does so much self-help work that her success is inevitable. In 2015, Sara competed on Season 9 of NBC's Last Comic Standing, headlined Caroline's on Broadway as part of their Breakout Artist Series, showcased in the New York Comedy Festival, and was a finalist (and the only woman) in Comedy Central's New York's Funniest Stand-up Competition. Her story "Cheryl Wears Jeggings" a featured storyteller in the October edition of “Hot Mic,” Dan Savage’s podcast, published by Rooftop Comedy and distributed by Audible.com.  Since 2013, Sara has been traveling nationally as part of the “Betches of Comedy” live comedy tours sponsored by betcheslovethis.com.  Sara has been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, & Nylon Magazine. She’s been called "brilliant" by the Washington Post,  "a beacon of love and light," by an intuitive shaman, and "The Jewish JLo" by her mother.
Alex Edelman is a comedian, actor, and writer. He is known both for his solo shows—three, all award-winning, sell-out hits in London’s West End and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival—and for his TV writing. His first solo show, Millennial, won the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, the first American show to do so since 1997. Edelman has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Conan, and written on shows like The Great Indoors (CBS) and Jenji Kohan’s Teenage Bounty Hunters for Netflix. He is the creator of Peer Group—a show about young people—on Radio 4, and his special Live From the BBC is available on Netflix internationally. At the start of the pandemic, he served as the head writer and executive producer of Saturday Night Seder, a star-studded 70-minute special posted on YouTube that has so far raised $3.5 million for the CDC Foundation (COVID-19) Emergency Response Fund. His comedy album Until Now was named one of the best comedy albums of 2020 by NPR’s Bullseye. He has two differently sized feet.
Joe Gerics is a standup comedian and writer based out of Connecticut and New York City. Joe blends a self-deprecating style with an unfounded confidence that some people agree is… eh. Joe tackles topics from his marriage, to dog rescue, to life in the suburbs, all the way back to his marriage! He can’t say enough about marriage! Joe is a founder and owner of the Fairfield Comedy Club, a creator of the Free Standup Festival in NYC, and can be found weekly on Saturdays at the Fairfield Comedy Club, and is also a regular at the New York Comedy Club. Come find out what no one is talking about!
Josh Rosen is a New York City comedian, born and raised in Philadelphia. He is the creator and co-producer of the Happiest Hour Comedy Show, a free Thursday night show that has been featured in Time Out New York and The Village Voice. Rosen uses his non-threatening, suburban upbringing to make fun of himself, especially when it comes to his anxiety when food shopping. He, along with his mother, is devastated when people don’t like him. Plus, his girlfriend is much, much hotter than he is. He performs regularly at clubs all over New York, including Gotham Comedy Club, The Stand NYC, Stand Up NY, and Eastville Comedy Club. He has trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade and Magnet Theater and is a graduate of the American Comedy Institute. Rosen loves his mother very much.
John is a New York based comedian who can be found regularly in both NYC and Los Angeles. His debut comedy album “Nervous” (2013), was highly regarded and LAFT Magazine reviewed John as, “A comedian for the people.” John released his second comedy album, “New Phone, Who Is This?” (2015) which was also well received, ranking #1 for New Comedy Releases during its opening weekend. Both albums are currently available on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. He was featured on the WestJet "Just For Laughs" comedy tour headlined by Dane Cook. In addition, he featured for Cook at the Beacon Theater as part of the New York Comedy Festival. More recently, John opened for and appeared on Esther Povitsky’s Comedy Central special, “Hot For My Name” (2020) that was produced by Happy Madison. John has been on Gotham Comedy Live twice. Other notable appearances/credits include: GWF podcast, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, TVGuide Network (POP), Playboy Radio, BiteSizeTV and Reelz Channel. He also headlines, “Live w/ John Campanelli” at the Comedy Store in Hollywood which has been running since 2011. And was the host of @ComedyTrend w/ John Campanelli at the Hollywood Laugh Factory from 2014-2018. John is currently on the ProbleMATTic World Tour w/ Matt Rife
Born into a theatrical family – Jackie Mason (comedian) and Ginger Reiter (playwright) – Sheba has been performing since the age of two as a stage prop in her mother’s play where she sat in her high chair and drank from her bottle. Eventually the bottle turned into a microphone, and Sheba has not left the stage since. She has appeared in Comedy Clubs and for Special Events throughout the country. Sheba performs nightly in comedy clubs in Manhattan spouting her unique witticisms, on everything from politics to Grandmas to being single in New York.
 Hailing out of Altadena, Ca, Jabari Davis has taken the San Francisco Comedy community by storm with humor that combines down and dirty street smarts with thought provoking intellect. With a style that interweaves true-life failures backed by undeniable logic, his comedic dialogue transcends not only cultural barriers, but social classes as well....
Michael tried standup comedy on a dare while a student at the University of Notre Dame. He was soon emceeing Fighting Irish pep rallies and growing 70's style sideburns to do extra work in "Rudy". Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and took a job in advertising but, when his neck became irritated from shaving every day, he re...
Brian Holtzman is originally from Long Island, New York, where he graduated from General Douglas MacArthur High School. After being honorably discharged from the United States Air Force, Holtzman moved to the Bay Area, where he began performing stand up at the Holy City Zoo, the Other Cafe, the Punchline, and other clubs throughout Northern Califor...
Luchana Gatica is a Los Angeles based comedian. She has done two tours overseas for the U.S. troops through AFE and has performed in over 10 countries. She is also writer for DirtyandThirty.com and produces several comedy shows in Hollywood.
Madison Malloy is a stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer based in New York City. She has performed stand-up all over the country at comedy clubs and festivals including the Odd Ball Comedy Festival and Rock on Range. She has also been seen on Fox, Dish Network, DirectTV, NBC and much more. You can hear Madison every week on her podcast The Ashely and Madison Show on iTunes, Soundcloud and Spotify.
Nick Rutherford's imaginative style has captivated audiences all over the world. He recently finished a nationwide tour with his sketch group "Good Neighbor." His work can be seen on MTV, E! and the CW network. Nick was featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York Underground Comedy Festival, The Los Angeles Comedy Festival, The SF SketchFest and the Out of Bounds Festival in Austin TX. You can currently catch him on Comedy Central on “Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time.”
Guy Branum is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known as the head writer of, and a sketch performer on, X-Play on the G4 network and as a regular panelist on Chelsea Lately on the E! network. He used to host the podcast Pop Rocket on the Maximum Fun network and hosted TruTV's Talk Show the Game Show.
Comedy Fans the world over have taken notice of Kevin Bartini’s cutting edge, quick witted biting sense of humor. Kevin’s act is an ever changing mix of personal and often embarrassing stories, political humor, observational humor and improvisation. After ten years honing his skills in New York City, Kevin has become one of the brightes...
Adam Strauss’s work has been called many things, mostly adjectives. He won the New York Fringe Festival's Overall Excellence Award for Solo Performance and the Leffe Beer Craft Your Character storytelling competition. He's lost too many things to mention here. The New York Times said* he "mines a great deal of laughter" and Time Out New York called his solo show The Mushroom Cure "a true-life tour de force" and named it a Critics' Pick. He can be conveniently stalked at www.adamstrauss.com. --- *technically, wrote** ** technically, the Times didn't say or write anything, as it's not a sentient entity. It was actually a writer employed*** by the Times. *** or, possibly, a freelancer
Brooke Van Poppelen is a NYC-based comic, actress, and writer who has appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and performed on Season 4 of The John Oliver New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central. Brooke is a cast member of "World's Dumbest" on truTV and also appears as a talking head and panelist for different vh1 and MTV shows that make fun of the internet and celebrities. You can see Brooke on IFC doing stand-up in a tattoo parlor for some very confused people and even more confusing is her brief stint on TLC's "American Chopper" Season 6 as Mikey Teutul's comedy coachOff camera Brooke is currently a writer and producer for "Girl Code" on MTV seasons 1& 2 as well as an author for the forthcoming Girl Code books. She has contributed writing for "Guy Code" seasons 2 & 3 on MTV2, was a staff writer for "Failosophy" on MTV, and contributed writing for "Nikki and Sara Live".Brooke will be a featured headliner at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has performed at Riot Fest LA, The 2013 Bentzen Ball in D.C. with headliners Ira Glass & Tig Notaro, SXSW, and The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. In NYC, she performs regularly at UCB Theater on shows like Whiplash and has headlined Caroline's on Broadway as part of their "Breakout Artist Series." In Brooklyn she can be seen at Union Hall, Littlefield, The Bellhouse and her own show Dive Comedy at Freddy's Back Room every 2nd and 4th Monday at 9 pm with co-host Giulia Rozzi. Before NYC, she performed and trained in Chicago at The Second City, IO, and Playground Theater. Brooke hails from the Detroit suburbs and loves coney dogs.
 Comedian who hates writing bios. Loves cheese and whiskey.