Originally hailing from Boca Raton, Florida, but now settling
in New York, NY, you can find Eric Andre performing almost
every night of the week throughout New York City. Eric
brings a manic frenzied high energy to the stage, combining
autobiographical experience, politics, and experimental
psychedelic rambling. He has been doing stand-up in New
York since 2004 but began his career as a stand-up comic
in Boston while attending Berklee College of Music. Eric
was a finalist in NBC’s Stand-Up for
Diversity showcase and was selected for the 2007 HBO’s
US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. He is one of
the new Geico Cavemen, and be sure to watch out for him
on this year’s season of Comedy Central’s
Live at Gotham. www.e-rok.com
Dan’s
performed at more than 200 colleges around the country
after graduating with honors as a premed student from
Johns Hopkins University. His first big break arrived
when he was the youngest finalist on NBC’s
Last Comic Standing. Since then, his career has taken
off at lightning speed. He has been seen on Comedy
Central’s Premium Blend, ABC’s
20/20 w/ Barbara Walters and is a regular guest on Jim
Brueur’s Sirius radio show Brueur Unleashed.
Dan has worked as a writer for Comedy Central’s
Crank Yankers and for the new MTV sketch
comedy show Short Circuitz with Nick Cannon. He’s opened
for Lewis Black, Jay Mohr, and Patton Oswalt and was nominated
Best New Artist by Campus Activities Readers Choice Awards.
Ahdoot was the highest booked comedian at the 2005 and
2007 NACA National Conventions.
Craig Baldo is a stand-up comedian and writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Craig has been telling jokes on stage since 1999. Craig recently performed at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, Canada. He was a finalist on the first season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and has been featured on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic Remix and NBC’s Late Friday. Craig is also a regular sketch player on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and can often be spotted making waggish remarks on VH1, Bravo, G4TV and the OLN. His stand-up can be heard on Invite Them Up, a star-studded comedy CD/DVD produced by Comedy Central… in stores. In New York City, Craig warms up studio audiences for the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, both Comedy Central joints. His writing has been featured in scores of on- and off-line publications such as The Onion and CollegeHumor.com. Craig is currently on the Nobodies of Comedy Tour playing in major theaters throughout New England.
What 37-year old comedian stars in the new Fox series Sit Down, Shut Up? What comic earned “Best of the Web” from Salon.com and the Harvard Crimson for her web series The Maria Bamford Show? What entertainer is one of Variety’s “Top Ten Comics to Watch” and was voted by Comedy Central viewers as one of their “Top Ten Favorite Comics?” Maria Bamford! That’s who! Maria started her performing arts career in Duluth, Minnesota at the age of 11 where she starred in the Chester Park Elementary production of How the West Was REALLY Won! A short 24 years of self-discovery and secretarial work later and look at her now! Maria is the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials. She starred in the Comedy Central series The Comedians of Comedy and Netflix’s Comedians of Comedy: The Movie. She has made multiple late-night appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and Jimmy Kimmel Live, as well as not-so-late appearances on Premium Blend, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and The World Comedy Tour: Melbourne 2003. Maria also performs comedic voiceovers for such cartoons as CatDog and PBS’s Emmy-winning series Word Girl. She has guest starred on Oxygen’s Hey Monie! and Cartoon Network’s Home Movies. In Nickelodeon’s animated feature Barnyard, she voiced “Mrs. Beady,” a role she later reprised in the TV spin-off series Back at the Barnyard.
Maria’s writing has been featured in The Onion, The Melbourne Age and LA Weekly which you can read archived on her site, www.mariabamford.com. She is currently working on a book about depression and mental illness with funny experiences of her own and other comedians that will be published in 2009 by Quack! Media. Her new CD, Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome, will be released by Comedy Central in the winter of 2008.
Todd Barry was born in New York City. He moved to South Florida as a cute little boy, then moved to Manhattan as a macho little man. He received a BA in English from the University of Florida. He’s done stand up on the following shows: Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central Presents: Todd Barry - 1/2 hour special, Last Call with Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, USO Comedy Tour - (Comedy Central), NBC'S Late Friday and Open Mike with Mike Bullard - (CTV). He’s been on these other television shows:Flight of the Conchords – Todd, Sesame Street - #7, HBO’s Lucky Louie – Todd, Friar's Club Roast of Chevy Chase – roaster, Chappelle's Show – Paul, The Larry Sanders Show – Keith, Spin City – Doug Sex and the City - Ordinary Guy, Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn - regular panelist and Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay - (Food Network).He’s done these movies:Road Trip - Campus Security Guard 1, Pootie Tang – Greasy, Tomorrow Night - Man Caught in Rain (Director: Louis CK, 1998 Sundance Selection), Los Enchiladas - Duane (Director: Mitch Hedberg, 1999 Sundance Selection) and Borrowing Saffron - George (Director: Todd Barry, Woodstock Film Festival Selection).Todd has done these festivals:Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Edinburgh, UK , Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Australia, Vancouver International Comedy Festival (2004, 2005), Just for Laughs Festival - Montreal (1994, 2003, 2006), Brighton Comedy Festival - Brighton, UK (2003) and Big Night of Comedy - Den Haag, NL (2003). He has some awards and he has done a lot of animated television shows but they are too numerous to mention.
Michelle is the
no-holds-barred comic you may have seen on MTV, VH1, Oxygen,
HGTV and Bravo. You can catch her on Comedy Central’s “Premium
Blend”, where she also interviewed the host, Damon Wayans,
for Comedy Central’s website. She just wrapped the ten-city
comedy tour “5 Funny Females”, a variety of the most talented,
funniest up and coming stand-up comedians. When Buteau is
not on stage bringing the funny, she’s covering the country’s
local hot spots for “Travel Zoo Unleashed” on TravelZoo.Com.
www.michellebuteau.com
Eliot Chang is one of the few comics in the history of Comedy Central's
PREMIUM BLEND to receive a standing ovation. He is not what you expect. He does not rely on ethnic jokes. He does not imitate his parents with a funny accent. Eliot electrifies the stage with confidence and honesty. Regardless of background, everyone will be able to relate to the material and enjoy the show.
Eliot also offers his cultural workshop "Asians in the Media." This
interactive political discussion covers how minorities have been portrayed
in TV and Film and the media's influence on America. He talks directly
about the issues and uses his skills as an entertainer to keep the audience
captivated. In September 2002, Eliot held his workshop at the NY offices of COMEDY CENTRAL as it was simulcast live to their LA offices.
No other performer offers a perfect blend of entertainment and education.
Since breaking in to the college market in the fall of
2000 Pete Dominick has been in constant demand. Over the
past 6 years Pete has performed close to 300 colleges.
Because Pete’s act and performance style is so adaptable
he has become a favorite at college orientations, family
weekends and everything in between. He made his network
television debut in last years season finale of NBC’s
The Apprentice and was seen this past summer on NBC’s
Last Comic Standing. Pete is also the warm up comedian
for Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report
& The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. After graduating
from SUNY Cobleskill in upstate New York, Pete was accepted
to The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York
City. Since Graduating from “AMDA” Pete has worked his
way to the top of the most competitive stand up comedy
scene in the world, New York City. Pete is one of the
few young comics who has passed at every single comedy
club in NYC including The Comedy Cellar, Caroline’s and
Gotham Comedy Club. Pete was selected to perform at the
prestigious 2006 Montreal Just For Laughs Festival
where he was quickly signed by Sirius Satellite to host
a live show everyday on the Raw Dog Comedy Network called
Comedy By Request with Pete Dominick. Most recently, Pete
was seen on Comedy Central’s Live At Gotham.
Mike Estime has been working steadily in Los Angeles on such hit shows as Everybody Hates Chris on the CW, Bernie Mac on Fox, Talk To Me on ABC and even guest starred on CBS’s Cosby. During that time, he has kept alive his first love; stand up comedy which he’s done for the past 11 years, starting as a student at Howard University in Washington, DC. Mike has great physicality on stage and amazing high energy, which really comes out as he invites you into his hysterical portrayals of growing up in a Haitian family. His unique outlook on sports, politics and marriage will have you stitches. As a stand up, Mike has been seen on HBO’s Laughapalooza, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and BET’s Comic View. He’s was also seen in the movie The Last Holiday with Queen Latifah and L.L. Cool J. as well as performing at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife of five years and their children.
Freestyle Love
Supreme is a stage show like no other. Five performers
take the audience on a non-stop, hip-hop improv ride.
FLS uses audience suggestions to spontaneously combust
into musical creations inspired by jazz, improvisational
comedy and hip-hop. They’ve been called a hip-hop version
of Recycled Percussion. They were selected for the 2007
Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, the Melbourne
Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well
as performing with Paula Poundstone and Flight of the
Conchords. See Freestyle Supreme combine vocal beats,
sound effects, soulful harmonies and free-flowing rhymes.
Melbourne’s The Age says “They are a five-man performance
ensemble of motormouth rappers, accomplished musicians,
dark and stylish Broadway crooners and an unassuming guy
who goes by the name Shockwave, who uses his mouth like
a sound-effects program that no computer could possibly
match for depth of stored data or instantaneous retrieval.”
The result - sublimely funny, wholly original, never to
be repeated hip-hop gems. For more info, go to www.freestylelovesupreme.com
While attending Rutgers University as a Journalism Major, Ardie
ventured to New York City's Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem. There
he watched a lot of young guys getting laughs and thought it
looked like a lot of fun, he had no idea you could make a living
from it. After working just one year in comedy, he became a
regular at the Boston Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy and Carolines.
Since then he's been seen on NBC's Friday Night Videos and HBO's
Def Comedy Jam and Apollo Comedy Hour. When not on the road,
he can be seen at his home based club, the Comedy Cellar in
New York City.
Ron G is blazing a trail as one of the hottest upcoming comedians in LA. This former class clown decided it was time to graduate from the classroom and take his act to the world's stage. His performance presents down to earth humor with an urban flare. He began his stand up career in Atlanta, GA, and was crowned 1st place winner of the 2005 Sierra Mist Late Night Laff Off. After recently moving to Los Angeles to further his career as a comedian and actor, he was a finalist on the new hit TV show Bill Bellamy’s “Who’s Got Jokes” and also a finalist on this season of Last Comic Standing. And if that wasn’t enough, on his very first commercial audition, booked a gig as national Spokesperson for Checker’s & Rally’s Restaurants. After receiving his first standing ovation only eight months in the game, he knew he had found his calling. Watch out...Ron G is destined to be the next Great King of Comedy!
Matt Goldich began performing stand-up comedy in 1999
when he was a sophomore at Brown University, where he
founded the Brown Stand-up Comics. In 2001 he was selected
as one of the "five funniest college students in America"
by HBO.com and performed at the US Comedy Arts Festival
in Aspen, Colorado. He currently resides in New York where
he performs regularly at clubs and alternative comedy
venues, and co-hosts the monthly comedy show "Twin Killing"
with Chris Jurek. He has also performed at various clubs
and colleges around the country and served as the host
of Heeb Magazine's college comedy tour "The Chosen One".
In 2006 he made his national TV debut on Comedy Central's
"Premium Blend". He has written for the game shows "Stump
the Schwab" and "The World Series of Pop Culture", and
contributed to the Random House book, "Bar Mitzvah Disco,"
a humorous collection of photos and essays about the Bar
Mitzvah culture of the 1980's and 90's.
Best known for his hilarious ˝ hour of stand up on Comedy Central and The Chappelle Show, Kyle Grooms is one busy comedian. After graduating from the Fort Lauderdale Institute of Art, Kyle ventured into stand up in Miami while working as Art Director for a Hispanic television network. His love of stand up eventually propelled him to back to the New York City area where his career started to blossom. Kyle delivers an honest and intelligent approach towards comedy as he gives an intimate look into his life experiences growing up in the American Melting Pot of Perth Amboy, NJ. Since then, Grooms as been seen on numerous Comedy Central shows including Jamie Foxx's Laffapalooza, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and Straight Plan for the Gay Man. No stranger to VH-1, you might’ve seen Kyle on 40 Awsomely Bad Songs, Johnny Depp A to Z or on MTV’s Red Carpet Fashion. He’s performed as far away as the UK, Sweden and Holland and can be seen frequently at clubs in Los Angeles and New York. For more about Kyle, check out www.kylegrooms.net
Known as "The Thinking Man's Comic" for his edgy social commentary, Steve Hofstetter is a cult hit. Performing at dozens of clubs and over 100 colleges each year, Hofstetter has also appeared on CBS’ Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, ESPN's Quite Frankly, Showtime’s White Boyz in the Hood, VH1's Countdown, ABC's Barbara Walters Special and numerous others. Half a million college students link to him on Facebook and MySpace, and a few million more read his work on collegehumor.com. After hosting his own show on Sirius Satellite Radio for two seasons, Hofstetter left to syndicate a sports show now airing on over 150 radio stations each week. Hofstetter has been a weekly humor columnist for Sports Illustrated, and has written for Maxim and ESPN magazines.
Unlike many comedians, Alex House didn't have a tormented childhood.
"I am certainly not your typical stand-up comedian. I don't
have a therapist, I only wear black to funerals and I have a
positive outlook on life-maybe I should see a shrink!" Alex
attended Kutztown University in PA and shortly after graduating
decided to move to New York to pursue her dream of stand-up
comedy. Various jobs such as selling Barbies at FAO Schwartz
and assistant manager at The Gap paid the bills and let her
do comedy at night. She has since left those jobs and is paying
the bills with comedy and acting. Alex has been seen in Kevin
Costner's For The Love of the Game and Meryl Streep's Music
of the Heart. She has performed at Ceasar's Palace in Atlantic
City and is a regular performer at Stand Up New York.
It's safe to say that Eddie is one of the most traveled
comedians in show business. This year alone, he has headlined
not only all over the United States and the UK, but also
in 10 other countries including South Africa, Australia,
China and the United Arab Emirates. His travels were chronicled
for an upcoming feature length, documentary film, entitled
"America the Punchline." It all started for Eddie,
while working at his father's insurance firm. One night
after work, Eddie, tried his hand at an open-mic night at
a local comedy club. The next day, he was either fired from
his father's firm or quit to pursue his new career, (depending
on who you ask.) Recently, Eddie was one of the five finalists
in the MySpace/Sierra Mist Stand Up or Sit Down Challenge.
Eddie has appeared on NBC's Last Comic
Standing II, Comedy Central's Premium Blend
and BET's Comic View. Most recently, Eddie
toured Australia for the 3rd time, selling out the Sydney
Opera House
Armed with a megawatt smile and a very unique perspective, Erin Jackson is poised to take the world of comedy by storm! In fact, she’d probably be well on her way to superstardom by now if her friends and family hadn’t spent so many years tearing down her dreams and stealing her joy. Equal parts sarcasm and insightful commentary, Erin’s laid-back style quickly made her a crowd favorite in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metropolitan areas. Erin has appeared on The Bob and Tom Radio Show, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and on NBC's Last Comic Standing 6 -- where she was a semifinalist. Erin is currently peddling her comedic wares at clubs and colleges all around the country, and while she’s in no rush to achieve celebrity status, she is looking forward to the day when she becomes famous enough to move to Hollywood, buy a mansion and marry a White woman—the ultimate symbol of success for Black celebrities.font>
Sabrina Jalees was the result of a carefully crafted plan for world domination brewed in 8005 B.C.by the SwissPaki tribe. Since she set foot on the Yuk Yuk's stage for the first time at 16, she has been the youngest stand-up ever added to their professional roster. She later broke Mike Meyer's record for being the youngest artist hired by Second City. She has performed at the Just For Laughs Festival, recorded a Comedy NOW special for CTV and has toured across North America. The girl's had leading roles in CBC's Smart Ask and Toronto One's, The Toronto Show and, now that both shows got pulled, is proud to be studying Radio and Television at Ryerson University. Balancing her school with stand-up, Sabrina has joined the award winning American based comedy tour Allah Made Me Funny in Toronto, Vancouver and Chicago. She recently shot her first film, playing the pregnant Sarah, in Lifetime's Mom At 16. Her comedy has landed her a leading role on Much Music's Video On Trial as well as many appearances on CBC Newsworld's The Hour. Sabrina has also branched out into the wonderful world of writing and is writing television shorts for The Comedy Network, CBC Radio and is a regular contributor for The Toronto Star's ID Section. If all goes carefully craftily as planned, Sabrina should cause the biggest stir ever to hit the world... www.sabrinajalees.com
