Ian Abramson
Marcella Arguello
Kyle Ayers
Ron Babcock
Greg Behrendt
Greg Behrendt continues to crush it! In 2009, Behrendt’s second comedy special, “That Guy from That Thing,” was released by Image Entertainment after premiering on Comedy Central. Greg hit the road with the “Greg Behrendt’s Totally Into You Comedy Tour” and made his Edinburgh Festival debut at The Assembly Rooms. In 2010, Greg wrote a half hour sitcom pilot for CBS, produced and starred in “There Might Be Cake”, an unscripted pilot for IFC, and performed stand-up at both the Melbourne and Montreal International Comedy Festivals, and worked as a Consulting Producer on NBC’s Love Bites. In 2011 Greg launched the podcast “Walking the Room” and its standup spin-off, “Starfish Circus”, both of which he hosts with Dave Anthony; he also headlined an episode of John Oliver’s New York Standup Show on Comedy Central, performed stand-up at Nando’s Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa, and is currently writing a pilot for AMC with Hank Azaria and Jerry Stahl. Additionally, Greg tours country with his band The Reigning Monarchs and is a NY Times bestselling author.
Behrendt currently lives in LA with his wife/writing and producing partner Amiira and their two daughters.
Mister Chris
Los Angeles
When he was a kid, Mister Chris learned how to be a good boy from watching shows like Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Then, he grew up and realized there are different rules for being a good adult. But, there are no shows teaching adults like him how to be good adults! So, now that he has more time on his hands since his wife left him and his parole officer has mandated that he get a hobby, he decided to create Mister Chris’s Apartment Show to teach adults how to be good adults. This is it! Mister Chris created a dark kid’s comedy show for adults to help adults, just like him, to learn adult things. The show airs live on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/misterchrissapartmentshow and allows the audience at home to interact with Mister Chris and his guests.
Ben Berkley
Chicago
Ben Berkley is the managing editor of The Onion and a founding editor of its sister site, ClickHole. He has been with America’s Finest News Source since 2010. A native of Tempe, Arizona, Ben remains best known for his 3-year stint as Pope Gregory XVII in the early 1980s.
Michelle Biloon
Philadelphia
Michelle Biloon is funny. Most recently, you may have heard Michelle Biloon on the popular podcasts 2 Dope Queens, Comedy Bang Bang, or Doug Loves Movies. Or perhaps you've seen Michelle Biloon on the TV as she has been on Chelsea Lately, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, Comics Unleashed, The Gong Show with Dave Attell, Premium Blend, and Comedy.tv. Want to know more about Michelle? She loves Judge Judy. She lives in Philly. And she is motherfucking hilarious. Her mother has been quoted as saying, "I watched the tape of her before I left for bowling and I laughed so hard that I had to go redo my makeup." And that's the truth, jackasses.
Joel Kim Booster
Dana Gould
JT Habersaat
A native New Yorker currently calling Austin, Texas home, JT Habersaat has headlined and curated the Altercation Punk Comedy Tour since its inception in 2008, averaging 130+ shows per year. He is currently signed to the Grammy-winning Stand Up! Records, and his most recent one-hour comedy special 'Misanthrope' shot to #2 on the Itunes Top 200 Comedy Charts upon its release in August 2016.
JT has performed alongside numerous comedic powerhouses such as Brian Posehn, Andy Dick, Kyle Kinane, Joe Sib, Janeane Garofalo and many more, and remains one of a handful of comics ever invited to share the stage with Black Flag's Henry Rollins. Habersaat is a repeat headline performer at numerous festivals, including Punk Rock Bowling Las Vegas, Akumal Comedy Festival Mexico, Fun Fun Fun Fest Texas, The Fest Gainesville, Vans Warped Tour and Hell Yes Fest New Orleans.
His television and film roles include appearances on Comedy Central's 'Upright Citizen's Brigade', Troma's 'Toxic Avenger 4', the horror/comedy film 'Fun With Hackley: Axe Murderer' and many more. He has appeared numerous times as a guest on the Doug Stanhope Podcast as well.
JT is the author of 'The Altercation Archives', published in 2012 and currently in its 2nd printing, and will release his next novel in 2017. Habersaat also hosts the weekly TheRoadPodcast.com, which currently boasts over 30K downloads, and has guest hosted on national broadcast radio station 'Today's Comedy' as a featured comedian of the week.
"The godfather of punk comedy." - Chicago Now
"A not-to-miss rising comedy star." - New Orleans Gambit
"A cover story icon." - Austin Chronicle
Jackie Kashian
Kristine Levine
The neighborhood molester couldn't be bothered to abduct her children because they're too fat. Her sex life is an exotic journey akin to "going around the world in 80 men." And you really don't wantto know what the customer at the adult store did with that sausage, but you're going to hear all the deliciously gory details.
Kristine Levine is a blonde, tattooed, proudly overweight single mother who raised three "moon-faced" kids while working as a porn clerk in Portland, OR. As a comedian, her refreshing candor and unflinching, twisted perspectives on life, love and dysfunction have earned her a reputation as a biting, brutal cross between Lenny Bruce and Roseanne Barr. From videotaping the anthropomorphic exploits of sex toys and using a co-worker's semen to exact revenge on customers to clearing a dead body from a video booth, Kristine has seen - and done - it all and lived to tell the riotous tales.
Yet underneath her "shocking" exterior, Kristine is as genuine and disarming in real life as she is for a rollicking hour onstage. Simultaneously empowering and endearing, she gleefully plunders uncharted stand-up territory as a sweetly ambivalent Everygal who women fear yet are inexplicably drawn to and who men fear yet are inexplicably drawn to.
In addition to regularly touring both stateside and abroad, Kristine has lived in Egypt, served as a radio DJ, boasts numerous commercials and voiceovers to her name, was seen in feature stand-up documentary The Unbookables and has appeared in multiple sketches throughout each season of IFC's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Portlandia. Following the 2011 Seattle International Comedy Competition, 2012 saw her perform at the South By Southwest Music Festival, throughout the month of August at Scotland's Edinburgh Festival Fringe and achieve a Guinness World Record as the first female to play 50 states in 50 days on The Biggest Tour Ever.
Praise for Kristine:
"It's debatable whether honesty makes for the best comedy, but Levine certainly makes a damn good case for it being so by telling stories and observing motherhood, romance, and the oddities of life with the only filter being that it's undeniably hilarious. If only all those journalists, essayists, and bloggers that continue the discourse on women being funny would see Levine, they'd probably switch their focus to how funny pornography, especially when discussed sincerely, can be."
-The Comedy Bureau
"Stark and unapologetic dispatches from an exotic life."
-The Guardian
"One of the few comics who doesn't seem to gather her material via her remote control Lucky crowds had their sensibilities challenged, tested and happily bruised, black and blue."
-The Oregonian
"Wonderful back-to-basics, take-no-prisoners stuff."
-The Scotsman
"One of the most original comedic voices of this generation."
-Doug Stanhope
Danny Lobell
Danny Lobell is a storyteller and standup comic living in Los Angeles. He's told a story about raising a rooster on "This American Life" and was interviewed about starting the first comedy podcast on Marc Maron's "WTF." He has toured the world, performing in places like Scotland, England, Ireland, France, South Africa, and Belgium, and opened for Susie Essman and Bobby Kelly. He runs a podcast about comedians talking philosophy called "Modern Day Philosophers," and recorded his debut standup record "Some Kind of Comedian" at the Stand in Glasgow. He runs a monthly improvised comedy show at the Hollywood Improv called "Bookshelf."
Ryan McKee
Aparna Nancherla
Aparna Nancherla is delighted you are here. She’s a comedian of the stand-up variety, but can often be seen sitting. She recently worked as a writer and performer for Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC. You can also catch her on the current season of Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central and on the upcoming season of Judd Apatow’s Love on Netflix.
Other credits include writer and performer on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and appearances on Conan, Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, @midnight, Adam Devine’s House Party, Last Comic Standing, and Night Train with Wyatt Cenac. She has also done videos for Above Average, Refinery29, Funny or Die, Slate V, and MTV Other.
Aparna has accumulated a list of ‘top comedian’ lists and awards including: Variety’s “Top Ten Comics to Watch 2016,” Shorty Nomination for “Best Comedian on Social Media 2016,” Vulture’s “50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015,” Marie Claire’s “Funniest Women of 2015,” Time Magazine’s “140 Top Tweeters of 2014,” Jezebel’s “Comedy Queens of 2014,” Time Out NY’s “10 Funniest Women in New York,” Flavorpill’s “11 Essential Young Comedians in New York City,” LA Weekly’s “12 Comedy Acts to Watch” and Serial Optimist’s “10 Comics You Must Know.”
Maggie Maye
Amy Miller
Brandie Posey
Mishka Shubaly
After receiving an expensive MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, Mishka Shubaly promptly realized he was more interested in playing music in dive bars than writing. He lived out of a Toyota minivan for a year, touring nonstop, and has shared the stage with artists like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Decemberists among others. “Bad Dreams,” a narrative published in NYPress about his romance with an opiate marked his return to writing.
His Kindle Singles for Amazon have all been bestsellers. He writes true stories about drink, drugs, disasters, desire, deception and their aftermath. His work has been praised for its grit, humor, fearlessness and heart. ‘The Long Run,’ his mini-memoir detailing his transformation from alcoholic drug abuser to sober ultrarunner is one of the best-selling Kindle Singles to date.
In 2015, Mishka released the album "Coward's Path" on Invisible Hands Music, which has been praised by Johnny Depp, among others. His first hardcover memoir, "I Swear I'll Make It Up to You" was released March 8th, 2016 by PublicAffairs.
Beth Stelling
Shane Torres
Dave Waite
Brent Weinbach
Brent Weinbach is a recipient of the Andy Kaufman Award, which recognizes innovation in stand-up comedy. He is also responsible for various internet video sensations such as Gangster Party Line, Mind Jack, and Ultimate Drumming Technique, as well as the cult web series, Pound House. Brent has appeared on Conan, Lopez Tonight, Comedy Central (The Meltdown, @midnight, Kroll Show, Another Period), and lots of other places, and also toured with the Comedians of Comedy.
"...obscenely, disturbingly brilliant." -L.A. Weekly
"...weird in the best way" -Time Out NY
Mat Alano-Martin
Kirsten Alberts
Los Angeles
Kirsten resides in LA. She graduated from high school. Best known for wearing roller skates with no pants on & transporting herself by lighting her farts on fire, she was also named one of Oprah Magazine's Top Ten Comics To Let Sleep On Your Couch.
Her credits include Comedy Central Radio, Sirius XM and Laughs TV. She has performed in the She-Devil Comedy Festival, twice in the San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival, and was the Semi-Finalist in the Comedy Central "Up Next" Competition, a Semi-Finalist in the 2014 and Finalist in the 2015 Arizona's Funniest Competition. - She's pretty much semi-awesome!
Sofiya Alexandra
Los Angeles
Writer and comedian Sofiya Alexandra grew up in Odessa, Ukraine, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 11. She performs standup at venues all over LA, including The Comedy Store, UCB, The Improv, and throughout the alt comedy scene. She produces a hit mystery-lineup show called SURPRISE!, which has been featured in LAist, LA Weekly, The Los Angeles Review of Books, OneThingLA, and WeLikeLA.
Sofiya has competed in Literary Death Match at Largo and performed in the Comedy Central web series The Walsh Bros. Great & Secret Comedy Show. She was named one of The Fifty Funniest Women on Twitter by Playboy and one of 18 Funny Women You Should Be Following on Twitter by Huffington Post, as well as profiled in a Follow Friday feature by Splitsider. Her tweets regularly appear on Mandatory, HappyPlace, Splitsider, Smosh, and HuffPo. You can find her longer writing on The Bygone Bureau, Trop Mag, LARB, and Forth. Last year she participated as a writer in the CBS Diversity Showcase, and currently she's writing on Amazon's new series Danger & Eggs.
Danielle Arce
Tony B
Scottsdale, AZ
In 2008, Tony B got his start in comedy in improv at The Comedy Shrine in Chicago performing weekly for an all ages audience. Tony also tried his hand at stand up comedy at The Comedy Shrine and fell in love with the craft. After moving to Scottsdale in 2010, Tony trained and performed with NCT, Jesterz and The Comedy Spot. In no time, he became a regular featured performer at The Comedy Spot opening for national touring acts. Tony also hosts a YouTube talk show in his home called Whiskey Talk where he and other comedians drink whiskey.
Leslie Barton
Phoenix
Small-town Phoenix stand-up comic whose proudest accomplishments include: producing, writing, and directing the monthly, year long What the Fu*k Variety Hour, playing the part of the grandmother in Uncle Vanya and Blanche in A Bloody Mary Christmas, all at Space 55; running a monthly show called The Chuckle Hut at The Coronado; co-hosting a weekly, year-long comedy night at a gay bar in downtown Phoenix; a solid 3 minutes at the Cake Shop in Manhattan, NY; being called a feminist comic by fans in Flagstaff, and being called a "funny L.A comic" by New York comic, Wendi Starling. Otherwise, she's highly aggravated by everything she sees in media and real life.
Joe Bates
Indianapolis
Joe Bates is a hero. His absurdist confidence is displayed overtly by his plethora of corpulent words he doesn't comprehend, but it has also helped him be featured on NBC's SeeSo, Rooftop Talent on Spotify and Comcast's Trial By Laughter Finalist as well as performed on the Arch City Comedy Festival, Come And Take Comedy Festival, and the Santa Cruz Comedy Festival. He's the creator of the popular twitter @PowerMoveGuy and the host of the Bidchat show Rank You Very Much. He's made up such quotes about his act as "Pretty darn good, yee-ha!" and "You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll learn to love again." Joe Bates!
Sari Beliak
Phoenix
Sari Beliak is a writer and comedian from Phoenix. She is a regular contributor for the coolest punk satire site on the internet, The Hard Times, where she reported from the Playa as the Burning Man correspondent, but mostly she just enjoys getting paid to write about her love for Morrissey. She is also a contributor at Reductress. She was recently offered a trial run as a contributor through The Onion and Clickhole's 2017 Writing Fellowship. On occasion, Sari can be funny in person and she performs stand up and storytelling throughout the valley. She has performed at the Mermaid Comedy Hour in Los Angeles, the recently deceased Experiment Comedy Gallery in New York, and was a featured storyteller on FST! in Tucson. She lives in Phoenix with her dog Johnny Marr.
Gabe Bravo
Ben Bryant
Denver
Ben Bryant is an accomplished stand-up and a decent sketch writer. A loosely flowing absurdism and top improvisational skills has established Ben as a Denver comedy staple. Ben has performed at some of the best known venues in Denver and beyond, including Comedy Works, The Denver Improv, and many of the countries' best alternative comedy shows, including Arguments and Grievances, and 7 Minutes in Purgatory. Due to a series of technicalities and bold booking choices, Ben has appeared on Huffington Post, and the Denver Westword, and has been a part of the High Plains Comedy Festival, Memphis Comedy Festival, Crom Comedy Festival, Accidental Comedy Festival and Savage Henry Festival, and has worked with big dog comedians like Todd Glass, Ben Kronberg, Josh Blue, and Adam Cayton-Holland.
Robert Buscemi
LA
Buscemi appeared in the Netflix film "Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour," after opening for Barry on the road. Louis CK produced, Lance Bangs directed.
Buscemi has two critically acclaimed stand-up albums on Rooftop Records: "Palpable" and "One Pretty Peacock."
A veteran of the golden age of Chicago stand-up, Buscemi won high praise from the press and some famous peers (see www.RobertBuscemi.com), including being named Best Comic by the Chicago Reader newspaper.
He recorded a 2.5 hour marathon interview on Pete Holmes's "You Made It Weird" podcast.
He’s a veteran of the following comedy festivals … Bridgetown (4 times), The Andy Kaufman Awards (a 2-time semi-finalist), SF Sketchfest, The Chicago Improv Fest (2 times -- hosting and doing his one-man ow), and The Rooftop Aspen Comedy Fest.
He’s run the monthly revolving-venue mystery-lineup comedy house-party “SURPRISE! With Rob & Sofiya” show with Sofiya Alexandra for the last five years in LA.
Finally, in 2016, Buscemi acted in the ABC show "Marvel's Agent Carter" off the Captain America story line, and in the FOX show "Pitch" about the first female to play Major League Baseball.
He plans in summer 2017 to film an hour-long stand-up special directed by Chris Bradley (director of “Pittsburgh” with Jeff Goldblum) to shop to Netflix or another platform.
Jimmy Calloway
Jamie Carbone
Chris Castles
Austin
Chris Castles started stand up comedy in Portland, OR. in 2008, has since performed in the Bridgetown Comedy Festival several times, been featured on Comcast ON DEMAND twice in 2009, and worked all over the NW at casinos, cafe's, and bars. He is also the lead producer/cinematographer on an upcoming documentary film starring Andy Andrist and Doug Stanhope, directed by Paul Provenza, and since moving to Austin in 2013 has been a semi-finalist at Cap City's "Funniest Person in Austin", and books and hosts a weekly comedy showcase "In the Treehouse" at Austin Java every Friday night. Avocados are his spirit animal.
Matt Chadourne
T.J. Chambers
Bianca Cristovao
Lisa Curry
Ronnie D
Cristin Davis
Phoenix
Cristin Davis is a stand up comedian for the intent of this bio. His comedy sucks, just ask him. But you shouldn’t take his word for it because he’s also a liar. Who knows, maybe you’ll like it, the world is filled with all kinds of weirdo’s. Maybe you’re the kind of weirdo that likes bad comedy, Cristin certainly is. Don’t feel bad if you don’t like his comedy, he already expected that, therefore you and he are square. If you do like it though, you’re going to love it so be prepared to face your inner fanboi. He will typically sign autograph’s on T’s and D’s after the show, bring your sharpie.
Andrew Deacon
Tulsa, OK
Andrew Deacon is a Tulsa, Oklahoma based stand-up comedian who has performed across the Midwest. He’s spent five years honing his craft as a stand-up comedian at comedy clubs, festivals, bars, laundromats and wakes. In 2014, he cemented his position as one of the top stand-up comedians in the Midwest by placing second in the Tulsa’s Funniest Stand-Up Comedian competition at Loony Bin. He also participated in The World Series of Comedy in Rochester, Minnesota, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, Nevada in 2015. To say he placed in the top three would be a lie.
He has opened for several successful stand-up comedians, such as Michael Ian Black, Joe DeRosa, Dan Soder and Paul Varghese. All of them complimented him on punctuality. In addition to performing, Deacon uses his experience as an internet marketer to help to organize the Blue Whale Comedy Festival, by far the largest and most successful comedy event to ever occur in Tulsa. Blue Whale Comedy Festival brings professional stand-up comedians, improv groups and other forms of comedic entertainment to downtown Tulsa. As a leader in the Tulsa comedy scene, Deacon seeks to both bring bigger and better shows to local venues, and also to perform across the country as an ambassador for the Tulsa scene. Also, he heroically vows to stay the same weight.
Anthony Desamito
Los Angeles
Anthony Desamito is a five-year stand-up comedian and taco enthusiast from Arizona. Anthony is the Winner of the 1st Annual AZ's Funniest Person with a Day Job, was voted Best of Fest at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Best of SLOCase at the San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival and was a Finalist in Arizona's Funniest Comedian. Anthony is a Finalist in the 2016 Scriptapalooza TV Sitcom Writing Competition and he co-hosts an NPR featured podcast in which they recap episodes of the Golden Girls called, "Thank You for Being a Podcast."
He has performed at various fantabulous comedy festivals such as Hell Yes Fest, World Series of Comedy, Laugh Riot Grrrl, Scruffy City Comedy Festival and the Tucson Comedy Arts Festival.
Trejon Dunkley
Jasmine Ellis
Mike Enders
Phoenix
Mike Enders bursted onto the Arizona comedy scene in 2015 and quickly rose from bar to comic to...... still a bar comic. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mike moved to the Valley of the Sun after racking up a plethora of parking tickets and offending numerous bartenders. Mike quickly gained notoriety for his quick wit and new-age delivery. He brings a raw charisma to the stage, and has grown to be one of the most sought after comics in Phoenix. 2016 has been a good year for the kid; winning a Little Pine showcase at the Bird City Comedy Festival and being selected for The Big Pine Comedy Festival. He has worked with talented comics such as Paul Virzi, Jerrod Carmichael, and Kate Quigley.
Alex Falcone
Ella Gale
Kerrilynn Gallagher
Jack Galvin
Ian Gilb
Isaac Gordon
Jonathan Gregory
Scottsdale, AZ
Jonathan Gregory's unique one of a kind "creepy" comedy has audiences howling wherever he goes . A cross between Steven Wright and Sam Kinison, Jonathan has over 8 million hits on YouTube; and his television credits include Showtime Boxing, NBC's Last Comic Standing season 6, and E! Network's True Hollywood Stories Investigates Hazing. Gregory spent over a year on a weekly morning radio program called "Think Tank Tuesday" which was part of the Morning Infidelity on KWSS 106.7FM. He has also made multiple appearances on the "Wild Jokers" radio show which aired nationally on 24/7 Comedy Radio. Jonathan Gregory's stand-up was showcased at the SLO Comedy Festival, Ventura Comedy Festival, the iO West Comedy Festival in Hollywood, Comedy Central's "Up Next" Contest, Rooftop Comedy, he was named Arizona's best comedic writer by judges at the Tempe Improv, and he won Best of the Fest at the Big Pine Comedy Festival; and he likes pizza..
Patrick Hastie
NYC
Patrick Hastie is a comedian from Glenwood, Iowa who now lives in Brooklyn, New York. He has performed all over the country and has been featured in festivals like the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, the Beast Village Comedy Festival and the Bird City Comedy Festival. He won the 2015 Fall Stand Up Showdown at The Peoples Improv Theater in Manhattan and has been featured on The Chive, College Humor and The Interrobang. Patrick is a very nice guy and his 5 year plan is to be cool and live forever!
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Hattie Hayes
Phoenix
Hattie Jean Hayes is the producer and host of Ladykillers, the only weekly, all-women comedy variety show in Phoenix. She has performed at Cinder Block Comedy Festival, Sonoma Laughfest, Big Pine Comedy Festival, and her 3rd grade talent show. In her free time, Hattie writes about you in her diary. She can be found on the internet as @QueenHattieJean, except on Pinterest, where she lives under an assumed name.
Jeremy Hellwig
Jason Hill
Phoenix
Jason Hill is the host of The Broken Hearts Podcast where he interviews people about the most heart breaking parts of life. As a comedian, Jason talks about his own failures, heart breaks, and insecurities. It can actually lead to some pretty sad and awkward moments, but aren't those the best times to tell a joke?
James Hoenscheidt
Phoenix
James Hoenscheidt has been a favorite in the valley comedy scene for over a decade. James tours all over the southwest sharing his views on marriage, pop culture, and the things in life that drive us all nuts. Audiences love the stage presence and performance ability that James brings to the stage. James has been seen at The Tempe Improv, Stand Up Live, The Laugh Factory, and Stand Up Scottsdale.
Hannah Hogan
Leigh Houck
Phoenix
When she isn't doing comedy, you can regularly find her in the cheese aisle at your local Trader Joes. A military brat who grew up in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and has moved around a lot which contributes to her commitment issues. She has always had a true love for the stage. In middle school she got her first big break as she was cast in the production of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe as the, "Main Statue." That is when she started to become a pretty big deal.
Amanda Hurley
NYC
Amanda Hurley is a young comedian from Arizona who recently made the move to New York City. In Arizona, she was a semi finalist in Arizona's Funniest Comedian. Since her move to the city, she has hosted a popular weekly show in Brooklyn called Bear Trap, featuring the best up-and-coming comics in New York City. She has brought her comedy to clubs and colleges up and down the East and West coast, recently performing in Beast Village Comedy Festival, Bird City Comedy Festival and Tucson Comedy Arts Festival. She can't remember the last time she ate a vegetable and she's tired all the time!
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Tyler Jackson
Katherine Jessup
Jess Lane
Jessie Johnson
Phoenix
Jessie Johnson is a Phoenix based comedian who performs regularly around the valley. She currently runs a house show in the Coronado Historic Neighborhood District. She really hates writing bios so just go see her set or talk to her at a show if you want to know more.
Alex Kack
Tucson
Alex Kack is a stand-up comedian, writer and doer of various other things. He has performed around the south west, has been a guest on talk shows, and told jokes about blowjobs to rooms full of politicians. He is the creator of the YouTube series "Townhouse Comedy' and is a co-host of the Laughing Liberally Tucson Lab. He has appeared in a number of movies and short films and has been published numerous times. He lives in Tucson, AZ where he co-habitates a modest but charming duplex with his girlfriend their three cats and a chihuahua.
Mike Moses Kennedy
Michael Paul Kohn
Phoenix
He will eat all your snacks if you let him. He has intimate knowledge of the Real Housewives of Orange County. He wears brightly patterned clothing to hide his curves.
Bill Laskowski
Phoenix
Bill is a lovable little guy with a heart of gold, mostly from a high cholesterol diet and lack of sleep. Likes include pooping at work, and asking religious leaders if God is an ass man.
Teresa Lee
Matt Levy
Alley Lightfoot
Philadelphia
Alley Lightfoot is technically a human. For years people have told her "Please put that down it's expensive." Did she let that hold her back? Once, and she totally regrets it. Alley doesn't have parents, but she does have a prescription for anti depressants and an insatiable love of comedy. She has recently made the move from Phoenix to Philadelphia. While in Arizona she performed in venues all over the Valley, as well as the Tucson Comedy Arts Festival and at Big Pine Comedy Festival in Flagstaff, last year she won the Little Bird Showcase and got to perform at Bird City. Alley studied the art of makeup with a major in glitter and a minor in "light clown face" and loves to perform drag as a bio queen by the name of JonBenét Trélurparque. She is survived by her two cats.
Michael Longfellow
Joleen Lunzer
Phoenix
Joleen Lunzer is a Los Angeles-based stand up comedian. Her comedy has been featured on FOX, BET, On The Fly TV and Comedy Time TV. Joleen recently returned from competing in the 2016 Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta, GA. In February, Joleen embarked on her first Armed Forces Entertainment Tour where she traveled to Kosovo, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy and Spain to entertain the troops. Joleen was also 1 of 3 finalists in Loni’s Laugh Off, a national comedy competition sponsored by Comedian Loni Love and FOX’s The Real Talk Show. She has also performed at Boston’s Women in Comedy Festival, Sacramento Comedy Festival, Ventura Comedy Festival and the Burbank Comedy Festival where she was featured in the “Best of the Fest” Showcase. Joleen was a semi-finalist in the Ventura Comedy Competition and placed first in The Ultimate Funny Person Competition in Minneapolis. She also produces a comedy show in LA called, “Dissecting The Set.” In 2013, Joleen released her first comedy album, “Hot Off The Hotdish.” The album is a collection of original audio sketches that she professionally recorded in her parent’s Minnesota basement. In addition to hanging out in basements, Joleen is an improviser and commercial actress. Maybe you’ve seen her as the girl checking out her butt in the mirror in the newest Weight Watchers commercial. She is also a contributor to laff.com, bust.com, myTalk 107.1, SmartFem Magazine and is the host of The Moody Gurl Podcast.
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Kristin Lytie
Chicago
Kristin Lytie has performed stand up comedy in basements, laundromats, and dive bars all across the country. Originally from Northeastern Wisconsin, Kristin's comedy is fueled by a love of all things Midwestern, mostly classic rock and cheap beer. She is multidimensional, a feminist that loves Van Halen. An eternal optimist, she has worked in progressive politics for the past ten years as a community and labor organizer. Kristin has performed in the Altercation Comedy Festival, Floodwater Comedy Festival, the Champaign Urbana Comedy Festival, Chicago Women's Funny Festival, and produces three shows in Chicago: Solid(Hil)arity Forever, Mom Genes, and Appetite for Rock n' Roll. She has also funneled her love of horror movies into a podcast called Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary discusses horror movies through the lens of sexuality and feminism.
Rob Maebe
Ryan Malco
NYC
Ryan Malco is a stand-up comedian, storyteller and founder of Pale Blue. Comedy. He is the co-host of The Switch Comedy Show and co-produces a political comedy show on the last Sunday of every month at the Hotel Congress in Tucson called “Laughing Liberally.” He was invited to perform at the 2015 Netroots Nation Convention. Ryan was a co-creator, co-host, and co-producer of the limited run radio program "Mood Adjustment Radio". He has participated in several festivals including the Big Pine and Bird City comedy festivals and he helped plan the Tucson Comedy Arts Festival. Ryan is a regular on the Odyssey Storyteller stage and recently performed In AZ Storyteller’s 4th-anniversary show. Ryan can often be found at Moth Story Slams. He writes a monthly article about stand-up comedy for Local E Magazine and runs a writer's workshop at Laff's Comedy Cafe. After spending several years living in Tucson and touring around the Southwest. Ryan has recently relocated to Brooklyn, New York.
Ever Mainard
Danny Maupin
Rana May
Katie McCarthy
Kelly McInerney
Dustin Meadows
Kwasi Mensah
Boston
Kwasi bridges the gap between insightful observations about race and still thinking he could be a Power Ranger when he was 15. He's opened for the socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell and co-produces Laughing Liberally Boston, a show that combines comedy with progressive politics. He's been featured in the 2015 Boston Comedy Festival, The Comedy Exposition in Chicago, and was chosen to be Comic In Residence for December 2017 at the The Comedy Studio.
Matt Micheletti
Phoenix
Matt Micheletti is a Phoenix based stand up comic and show producer. He is the brain behind Comedy On Fire and Comedy Avengers. Matt is a veteran, former weather forecaster, and all around chill human being. He enjoys drawing from his varied life experiences to mold a mostly free form routine. His ability to read a room and adapt on the fly keeps audiences entertained... or confused. He has performed at Big Pine Comedy Festival and has performed with JT Habersaat, Mishka Shubaly, Tom Clark, Joe Caliz and at least a million open micers. We're all gonna die, might as well be laughing.
Hana Michels
Los Angeles
Hana Michels grew up on the west side of Los Angeles, the daughter of two Jewish psychologists, she pursued a career in comedy in hopes of utilizing her unique ability to judge herself at a professional level. While attending Syracuse University she began performing standup and writing, and has since performed at such venues as New York Comedy Club, UCB, the Improv, and the Westside Theater as a regular performer and a sketch performer in the Punk Haus Players. She was also featured on Rooftop Comedy. Hana’s writing for sites such as McSweeney’s, Reductress, Paste Magazine, The Hard Times and others has ranged from silly and satirical to personal and biting. She is currently working on a magazine for The Devastator and a show for JASH. She freelance writes for Funny or Die and is a regular contributor to their Pitch app.
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Rory Monserat
Lou Moon
Gene Moore
Carmen Morales
Los Angeles
Carmen Morales has a captivating style which incorporates opinionated quick wit and outlandish characters. Taking from family, friends and people from everyday encounters she transforms into these characters seamlessly, then adds hilarious commentary which leaves the audience doubled over in laughter. With a perfect combination of like-ability and vulnerability she has been well received by audiences internationally. She's been seen on two seasons of the tv show "Laughs" on Fox and heard on Sirius XM radio in the U.S. and Canada. She's also been featured in Gilda's LaughFest Comedy Festival, the World Series of Comedy, Scruffy City Comedy Festival, Women of Comedy Festival, in the New York Times and has produced her own traveling comedy show, The Not Your Average Broads of Comedy as well as performed in comedy clubs, colleges, strip malls, indie shows, dive bars, towns no one has ever heard of and military bases across the country.
Mike Mulloy
NegativSteve
Buck Newman
Phoenix
Buck Newman is a standup comedian, born and raised in Ohio but living in Phoenix, AZ since 2009. He is a writer and guest star for the web-series God As My Roommate, currently in its second season, and a writer/ cast-member for the live sketch comedy show First Friday Night Live in downtown Phoenix! He recently competed in the Funniest Comedian with a Day Job contest at Rick Bronson's House of Comedy, as well as the Arizona's Funniest Comedian contest at Standup Live! He also drives a 1992 Saturn SL1 to stay humble.
James Ngheim
John Nguyen
Shannon Noll
Billy O'Connor
Jen O'Neill Smith
Atlanta
Jen O’Neill Smith is a stand up comedian from Atlanta, GA. She has produced and co-produced many comedy shows including Schlitz and Giggles Stand Up Comedy Showcase, Brunchlines, and Date Night: A Sensual Comedy Experience. Jen has had the pleasure of performing on many festivals including Laughing Skull Festival, Laugh your Asheville Off, Hell Yes Fest, Accidental Comedy Fest, Memphis Comedy Fest, Devil Cup, and Broken Record Comedy Festival. She has been described as “dark and observational…yet like-able”.
Michael Palladino
Phoenix
Michael Palladino is a PHX based comic who did his first open mic four years, one month and one day ago. He's opened for such acts as Wille Barcena and Arden Myrin at Stand Up Scottsdale. He co-booked, co-produced shows at Scottsdale's Tatty Room through 2015. He also co-hosts "Bird City Radio", the official podcast of this very Festival. He's done three sweaty minutes at The Comedy Store on a Monday evening. And he once picked up Dana Gould from the Airport and told him he was a big reason why he wanted to get into comedy, and his response was "I'm sorry." He currently writes for "The Hard Times."
Danielle Perez
Zach Peterson
Geof Piccarreta
Phoenix
Geof Piccarreta is a popular and respected stand-up comic currently residing in Phoenix, Arizona. Though well-known for his dark and twisted perspective on life, Geof’s clever style and delivery leaves audiences wanting to adopt him instead of calling the police. Geof has traveled the country honing his craft and performed at an array of nationally-renowned venues, including: The Comedy Spot – Scottsdale, AZ House of Comedy – Phoenix, AZ
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Dante Powell
Des Moines
Dante Powell is pretty funny. If you don't like his stuff, idk man, just wait around and see if you like some of the other stuff. I mean, he talks about a bunch of different things on stage, so he might turn out to be okay. He is originally from Bernice, Louisiana. Now he lives in Des Moines, Iowa. He moved there for a girl, got dumped, but then stayed. See, that's pretty interesting, right? Now be his best friend, and buy a magnet of him for your fridge.
Bri Pruett
Brandon Ream
Iesha Renee
Genevieve Rice
Phoenix
Genevieve Rice is a Phoenix based comedian, human woman, and definitely not a bunch of raccoons in a trench coat. Recently named one of the top 100 creatives by the Phoenix New Times, Genevieve is embarking on a second year of the Bird City Comedy Festival to take place in downtown Phoenix in April 2017. She is also the co-host of Thank You for Being a Podcast, a podcast about The Golden Girls. She has also graced the stages of Beast Village Comedy Festival, Scruffy City Comedy Festival, Arch City Comedy Festival, Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival, Big Pine Comedy Festival and Altercation Comedy Festival. Genevieve lives with her husband, two cats and with a lifetime of regret.
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David Rodriguez
Ft. Collins, CO
David Rodriguez is a Comedian based in Fort Collins, Colorado where he regularly performs and runs shows all over town with his team--Fort Comedy In 2015 he took top honors in the Denver Comedy Works' 19th annual New Faces Competition (previous winners include Adam Cayton-Holland and Josh Blue). Then, in 2016, he proved it was no fluke by taking 1st place in the Stand-up Showdown at the Denver Improv topping a filed of 200 comedians. He is also the recent winner of several awards including "Favorite Newcomer" in the 2015 Denver Comedy Awards, and has been featured in SCENE magazine, 90.5 KCSU, 5280 Magazine, and The Coloradoan for his stand-up and contributions to the Northern Colorado Comedy scene. Audiences of all ages and backgrounds respond to his vibrant comedic style, which is a mix of animated story-telling and acerbic insights into a wide range of topics which generally center around being a responsible young parent in a generation where growing up is generally frowned upon.
Kristofer Royer
Phoenix
Kristofer Royer's clever, and often self-depricating takes on topics ranging from marriage to growing up Hillbilly have kept him in constant demand in clubs across the Southwest. His first full-length stand-up special, "Thanks For Paying Attention", is set for a March 2017 release.
Jen Saunderson
Los Angeles
Jen Saunderson brings an imaginatively whimsical and sometimes dark style of humor. Her bizarre upbringing, tales of a baby-obsessed mother and an unwavering desire to stay independent all play a part in making this 5’1’’ spitfire one of the most unique stand-up comedians around! She’s been a judge’s favorite on Season 6 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, which took her to Vegas, can been seen on Comedy Central’s AtomTV and FOX’s Laughs. She was recently named Seattle’s Best Comedian by Seattle Weekly. In addition, Seaman has performed in a variety of comedy festivals most notably Bumbershoot (Seattle), Bridgetown (Portland), SF Sketchiest (San Francisco), and the Women in Comedy Festival (Boston). Saunderson took third in the 2015 She-Devil Comedy Festival Competition in New York which hosted 60 female comics. When not on stage or writing Saunderson can be found indulging in her other passion, baking, for her web series, “The Filling is Mutual”, which will be featured soon on iFC’s Comedy Crib.
Arish Singh
Tyler Snodgrass
Eric Sobczak
Stryker Spurlock
Prateek Srivastava
Chicago
Midwest based comedian Prateek Srivastava tirelessly performs all over the country. His sharp social commentary and work ethic has landed him on nationally recognized stages including the Laugh Factory and Zanies Comedy Club. Prateek recently performed at the NBC Break Out Festival at Second City, he has also appeared at the Asheville Comedy Festival, the Desi Comedy Festival, and the Arch City Comedy festival. In 2014 Prateek was selected as Chicago Finalist in NBC's Stand Up for Diversity Talent Search. In 2016 he had the rare distinction of performing stand up comedy at the Chicago Improv Festival. He has performed alongside nationally touring headliners Maz Jobrani, Ryan Singer, Stewart Huff, Sammy Obeid, and Dwayne Kennedy. Prateek is a founding member and producer of Simmer Brown Comedy, which has been selling out shows since May 2015. Prateek also co produces the food based show Snack Attack Comedy. Prateek has been featured in the Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune and has appeared on WGN Radio and NPR. Prateek thanks you for reading his bio and thanks you for not realizing that he’s speaking in the 3rd person right now!
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Abby Stassen
Andy Steinberg
Phoenix
Andy spent his developmental years in Tucson, Arizona, which he does not recommend. Never expecting a career in entertainment, Andy followed a traditional path pursuing a job, marriage, and kids. But after a divorce, and a failed business attempt, Andy traded in his suit for a microphone. He courageously decided to tell people about his dysfunctional childhood, less than stellar self-confidence, and twisted views on life.
Andy performs at clubs and venues across the county and is a regular at his home club, Stand Up Live in Phoenix, AZ. He has opened for such comics as Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Attell, Amy Schumer, and many others. Andy was also invited to perform at the original "Odd Ball Comedy Festival" with Dave Chappelle.
You may recognize Andy from his appearance on The Food Network's "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" or his award-winning performance in the movie Green Guys as "Card Player Number 3."
Matt Storrs
Phoenix
Matt Storrs went to school, lucky enough to emerge with crushing student loans and a law degree. Matt brings his law background to the stage in The Storrs Objection, a monthly show where Matt and a co-counsel fact-check other comedians’ material during their sets. Matt is also one-half of Phoenix Educational Programming, a creative team that produces The Storrs Objection and LadyKillers in Phoenix.
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Chris Thayer
Valerie Tosi
Los Angeles
A ginger band geek brought up by sex crazed party parents, Valerie’s stand up is an eclectic mix of thick Boston accents and embarrassing role reversals. She is currently hosting and producing the Los Angeles based show The Mermaid Comedy Hour, showcasing up and coming female comics and nationally touring headliners. She has performed at Zanies, The Comedy Store, The Comedy Studio, and in 2016 alone has performed in ten comedy festivals across the country. Press for Mermaid Comedy Hour: http://www.comedycake.com/archives/38992
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Anya Volz
NYC
Anya Volz is a Vermont standup comic, now based out of New York City. Within her first year of comedy she won first runner-up in Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, and shortly after was nominated by the readers of Seven Days magazine for Vermont’s Best Standup Comic. She has performed in the Green Mountain Comedy Festival two years in a row and has featured for numerous prominent national touring comedians. Anya draws her inspiration from the topics that make her most uncomfortable. She believes laughter is a unifier, and humor a powerful tool with which everybody has an incredible responsibility when wielding. She also once ran a blog about the band One Direction, so maybe she shouldn’t take herself so seriously.
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Rachel Weeks
Denver
Rachel Weeks is a Denver-based comedian, writer, and actor from the suburbs of Chicago. Most recently, she took third place in the Comedy Works New Faces Contest. She has appeared on "Hidden America with Jonah Ray" and Mortified: Live in Chicago. In addition, she has been featured on High Plains Comedy Festival in Denver, Crom in Omaha, Beast Village in Des Moines, and Floodwater in Iowa City. While Rachel has only been a member of the Denver comedy scene a short time, she has already built a reputation as a strong, young performer to watch.
Emily Winter
NYC
Emily Winter is a writer at TV Land, a former staff writer for the Fusion comedy show Come Here And Say That, and an NBC Late Night Writers Workshop script judge. Her parody twitter accounts, @Feminist_Bro and @TrumpFeminist, have been written about on Someecards, Bustle, Hello Giggles, and The Frisky. The Miami New Times profiled her standup, and she's been lucky enough to perform in The Cape Fear Comedy Fest, The Brooklyn Comedy Fest, Out of Bounds, Cinder Block and some others.
Matt Ziemak
Tucson
Matt Ziemak is a young man from Tucson AZ. Like many people born in Tucson, Matt Ziemak was born in a barn. He continued to live in that barn for 18 years. While confined to such a small space he had to learn the essentials like forging for yourself, which turned out to just be watching stand up all day. Matt has done a lot in his short 3 year career. He was even a finalist in the 2016 Arizonas Funniest Comedian contest, which is cool because stand up is a contest and not really about personal preference at all! Matt's comedy draws you in with it's sweet outer shell and keeps you hooked with it's inner grittiness. Kinda like a crispy M&M which I think we can all agree is the best M&M and we are grateful for M&M and the whole Mars company for bring the crispy M&M back into production. Almost as grateful as you will be to yourself for checking out Matt Ziemak.
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The Court Stenographers of Comedy
Boston
The Court Stenographers of Comedy are a roving band of misfits putting on sketch variety shows all over New England.
Dawson's Queef
Phoenix
Dawson's Queef is a sketch and improv troupe that has been performing around the valley since 2011. What started as an improvised teenage drama morphed into a sketch troupe investigating the human condition. Dawson's Queef has also performed in showcases such as the 2012 Del Close Marathon, Second City Hollywood Cagematch and will be performing in the IFC showcase at the 2017 San Fransico Sketch Fest this January. Dawson's Queef also filmed a 17-minute web series pilot about friendship, romance and ventriloquism back in 2014 that was featured on Funny or Die. The current cast of Dawson's Queef includes Ben Backhaus, Kyle Coughlin, Jessie Johnson, Carly Kastner, Samuel John Lowy, Michael Margetis, Mat Montgomery Michael Skarsten, Kaitlin Thursby and Ty Thursby.
The [sic] Sense
Phoenix
The SIC Sense Sketch Comedy Troupe is kicking off our 10th season in Phoenix in January 2017. We opened our new space at 1902 E McDowell in July of 2016, and performed eight shows that year. Our troupe is known as "not for the easily offended" and we write new material for each show featuring troupe members (The Sickies) of close to 50 local actors, singers, and comedians. The current creative director for the troupe is Bill Dyer, and troupe founder Franc Gaxiola still directs. We have shows scheduled for January (Resolutions), February (Sweet Nothings), April, June, August, October, and December in 2017.
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Dangerville
Michelle Edwards and Jose Gonzalez have been performing together as Dangerville since 2005. Accompanying themselves on piano and triangle, they create musicals that straddle the line between sexy and ridiculous. Dangerville’s been featured at the The Torch Theatre, ColdTowne Theater in Austin, the Phoenix Improv Festival, and The Tempe Improv's Wonderama Theater.
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Kitten Spit
Tucson/Chicago
Clare and Brooke have been performing as the duo team Kitten Spit since November 2015, but they've been doing improv separately and together much longer. Although previously their style has been described as an "onslaught of dialogue," Kitten Spit focuses on finding the funny and the weird in a monoscene format. Kitten Spit's home theater is Tucson Improv Movement in Arizona. In December 2015, they were able to perform at Cake Batter's 2nd Annual Funny Women's Festival in LA, and they had a blast! They followed that up by performing (and reuniting) at the Tucson Comedy Arts Festival this past November. They hope to continue performing at festivals across the country, because it's fun!
Mariachi Kittens
Phoenix
Mariachi Kittens is Jose Gonzalez & Nina Miller. Sometimes we play slow, sometimes we play quick. Whatever the speed, we explore characters and the moments they share whether awkward or elegant. NO MAKING OUT (unless it serves the show). Mariachi Kittens are proud to be a part of The Torch Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, where both Jose Gonzalez & Nina Miller teach and perform. They perform longform improv rooted in character work, listening, and having fun and have traveled across North America teaching, performing, and meeting awesome improvisors. As Mariachi Kittens, they've been featured at the Arizona Longform Improv Festival (September 2014), Improvaganza, the Honolulu Improv Festival (September 2013), Huge Theater in Minneapolis (December 2013), and the Eau Claire Improv Festival (December 2013). Jose Gonzalez is a Phoenix native who received his start in acting & performance under bree valle (lowercase intentional) at Arizona State University, and has been studying improv since 2001. He is a co-founder of The Torch Theatre and a co-producer of the Phoenix Improv Festival. Jose performs regularly with Galapagos, Mariachi Kittens (with Nina Miller), The Neighborhood, and many other groups, shows & projects, and has performed & taught all across North America and parts of Europe. Nina Miller is an actor, improvisor, and designer. Not always in that order. She has been an actor and performer in Phoenix since 1995, recent stage credits include Stray Cat Theatre's production of Blackbird. She is currently working towards a Master's degree combining her two passions: improvisation and design collaboration. Nina makes a living using design to support the ideas she believes in and feels darn lucky. She is very enthusiastic about almost everything.
The Neighborhood
Phoenix
Since 2007, The Neighborhood features a special guest each week and their real-life stories inspire improvised characters and scenes to create a comedic performance of epic proportions. The cast is a supersquad of some of the best, funniest, and most attractive improvisors in Arizona, who also happen to be the founders, faculty, and friends of The Torch Theatre.
Pizza Party
Phoenix
Pizza Party has been producing independent comedy shows around the valley since 2015. A two-person character-based improv show starring Two-Time AriZoni Award Winner Michael Margetis and Proud Dog Owner Samuel John Lowy, Pizza Party has performed at many local venues including Valley Bar, Crescent Ballroom, Space 55 and the Playhouse on Park. Before Michael and Sam formed Pizza Party, they performed with sketch and improv troupe Dawson's Queef who is featured in the IFC showcase at the 2017 San Fransisco Sketch Fest.
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The Riveters
Tucson
The Riveters is an all-female long form improv troupe from the Tucson Improv Movement (aka TIM). From a brief opening these hilarious ladies will create a montage of fun, fast, and smart comedic scenes right on the spot. Founded in early 2015 they headline and manage The Best Show Period, a popular all female comedy showcase at the TIM Comedy Theater on historic 4th Avenue. The Riveters is comprised of Esther Brilliant, Catherine Bartlett, Jessica Gregg, Jessica Hill, Jessica Peck, and Clare Shelley.
Spearmint
Phoenix
With members from every part of this fresh nation, one audience suggestion brings Spearmint together to create different themes and worlds for the group to explore. Spearmint has been performing together since January 2014 and is a Harold team at the Torch Theatre in Phoenix Arizona. Spearmint has performed in the Del Close Marathon in NYC in 2014 and 2015. They have also performed at the 2016 Phoenix Improv Festival. Spearmint is currently coached by Bill Binder.
Tiny Punches
Flagstaff, AZ
Tiny Punches, based in Flagstaff, AZ, has been performing their own brand of longform improv comedy since 2014. While many different individual training backgrounds were brought to the table during their first rehearsal together, Tiny Punches was intentional about discovering a style that showcased all team members strengths. Always laugh-ripping and never stale, the team's style has evolved over the past two and a half years to become something greater than they could have imagined. Blending grounded, protagonist based, story-arc driven story telling and game focused, fast paced physicality and character work, Tiny Punches offers something fresh, new, and engaging.
Waiting to be Discovered
Phoenix
Shae Benton, Meredith Howell, and Alisha Ratan unite as an openly-feminist improv troupe, looking to explore emotions and to smash the patriarchy.
Sean David Christensen
Phoenix
Sean David Christensen is an artist who works in animation, illustration and experimental documentary. As both a filmmaker and graphic designer, his work has been featured at the San Francisco International Film Festival, New Hampshire Film Festival, Hi/Lo Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, the Nevada City Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, Little Big Shots: Australian International Animation Festival, Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival & the Sony Pictures Wet Paint Animation Festival. His documentaries have been seen at the Angelika Film Center, Film Independent's Cinema Lounge, Phoenix Art Museum, dA Center for the Arts, Arizona State University Art Museum & West Side Cinema in Scotland. Online, his artwork & design has been featured on Buzzfeed, The A.V. Club, Gawker, Fandor, Boing Boing and his animated documentary "The Sandwich Movie" was named a Vimeo Staff Pick in 2010. On television, his work has been shown on PBS. Of his short film "Fan Mail," Jonathan Kiefer of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle called it "One of the best shorts of 2009." Amy R. Handler of Moving Pictures has described his filmmaking as "Brilliant...fragile & hypnotic," and Sundance Award-winning director Jay Rosenblatt described Christensen's "Empty House" as, "Evocative...it does what many short films fail to do, makes you wish it were longer." Christensen lives and works in Phoenix, AZ.
Dan Hoen Hull
Phoenix
Dan Hoen Hull is the co-founder of the storytelling collective TheStoryline.org, which has been key in the development of the downtown Phoenix storytelling scene. Hull produces local storytelling shows like Then It Got Weird, The Storyline and The Whole Story, and he has sold out two consecutive years of his solo performances of "Bad Buddhist." Phoenix New Times has named him "Best Storyteller MC" and was included in their list of "Top 10 Creatives in Phoenix." He was also the recipient of the 2014 Phoenix Mayor’s Arts Award in Creative Writing.
Ashley Naftule
Phoenix
Ashley Naftule is a writer/performer and life-long Phoenix resident. A Space 55 ensemble member, he's acted in plays and written works for the stage. He also organizes the 7 Minutes in Heaven variety show at Space 55 & the annual H.P. Lovecraft Birthday Show at the Trunk Space. He's been published in Four Chambers Press, PHX SUX, De'Lunula, Rinky Dink Press, The Phoenix New Times, Dark City Mystery Magazine, AZKAOS, Maximum RockNRoll, and Spiral Nature. When he's not performing, he spends his time doing chalk art and butchering 80's pop hits at karaoke. He won 3rd place in FilmBar's 2013 Air Sex Championship.
Tania Katan
Phoenix
Tania Katan is an award-winning author, creative consultant and keynote speaker who believes in storytelling at all costs! She has performed her stories on NPR, Comedy Central Stage, TEDx, and more. Her work has been written about in Huffington Post, TIME, The New York Times. Katan is currently writing a book about sneaking creativity into companies, careers and lives called, Creative Trespassing.