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Since her debut in 2008, Cleveland-native Phoebe Robinson is steadfastly rising up the ranks in the New York City comedy scene. Recently, she was a finalist in NBC’s Stand Up for Diversity competition and was a part of the Stand Up for Diversity College Tour, which traveled around the USA. She has performed in the New York Underground Comedy Festival for the past two years, and this past spring, she performed in Boston’s Women in Comedy Festival. Phoebe has also been featured in the New York Times, The Daily News, and the NY Post as well as on The Smoking Jacket and Rooftop Comedy websites. She regularly appears at venues such as New York Comedy Club and Carolines. Currently, she hosts a weekly comedy show at Manchester Pub called Case of the Mondays and co-created and co-hosts a weekly podcast called Shelarious. And this winter, be sure to check out her television debut on TV Guide’s “100 TV Shows to Watch Before You Die.”

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RENEE SANTOS shines in the new stand-up comedy special "PRIDE COMEDY JAM," featuring 6 up-and-coming gay comics and currently airing on Showtime and available On-Demand. The network touts the special as a "...outrageous ensemble of hip and hilarious queer comics, featuring the witty anecdotes of Renee Santos." Santos is a regular on the Los Angeles comedy scene performing consistently at local clubs, including the Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and the Hollywood Improv. Although she has a natural funny bone, Santos has been working hard at her craft for several years both on stage and on-camera. She recently appeared on the Jerry Bruckheimer produced CBS sci-fi series "Eleventh Hour" and has a commercial for the fast-food chain Wendy’s currently airing nationwide. Santos is no stranger to improvisation and sketch comedy either, beginning as an active member of Emerson College's Comedy Sketch Group in Boston and now sharing her characterizations on the stages of the infamous Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in Los Angeles. Currently, she is in pre-production on her all-new original sketch comedy show for UCB. Renée was born and raised in Cape Cod Massachusetts.

Randy & Jason can be seen regularly on ESPN's SportsCenter in The Bracket and on E's Chelsea Lately. They've been seen in their own half hour special on Comedy Central as well as NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, CBS's The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and their own show on ESPN Classic entitled Cheap Seats. In addition, they have also appeared as guest stars on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FX and HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm & Entourage. Randy and Jason were in the Touchstone major motion picture, Wild Hogs with John Travolta, William Macy, Tim Allen and Martin Lawrence, as well as in the Fox Atomic Movie, The Comebacks, with David Koechner. Look for their 2nd Comedy Central Presents special in 2010!

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Actor. Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata’s sharp and original stand-up, combined with her quick-wit and crowd pleasing conversational delivery has brought her appearances on Comedy Central’s The Watch List, Just Like Us: The Movie and several guest appearances on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. Maria has been invited to perform in numerous comedy festivals, such as the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, the New York Underground Comedy Festival, The Los Angeles Middle Eastern Comedy Festival, The Women in Comedy Festival in Boston and the San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival. She has been seen in theatres from coast to coast, including Town Hall in New York City, and House of Blues in Anaheim, California, as well as venues all over the Middle East. Maria’s comedy has taken her from suburban life in Columbus, Ohio, to New York City and now Los Angeles, where she brings to the stage a point of view that is hilarious, unique, and yet still universal. Watch out for Maria on Bridging the Gap: A Middle Eastern Comedy Conference airing on Showtime!

BARON VAUGHN plays Leonardo Prince, or "Leo", on USA's Fairly Legal, which is currently filming its second season and is due to wrap up in the spring. Baron also recently released his first album, Raised By Cable, produced by AST Records, is available at Amazon (mp3 and CD), and has debuted to a 5-star review on iTunes. Baron’s performed stand-up on Conan (below), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and has made numerous appearances on Comedy Central, including Live at Gotham and The Awkward Comedy Show (DVD and soundtrack available). He’s performed in the 2006 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, The South Beach Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Vancouver Comedy Festival, All Points West, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, and Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. He has also appeared in many shows on VH1, MTV, FUSE as well as the films Black Dynamite, Cloverfield, and The Other Guys.

Expect the unexpected from Director/Comedian/Actor/Writer Victor Varnado. Prevailing over the unique adversity of being born an African American albino, Varnado has succeeded in becoming a nationally known and recognized actor/comedian. Best known for his roles in End of Days and The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Varnado quickly became well known and respected throughout the film community allowing him to branch into other fields of cinematic interest leading him to direct and act in recent film Twisted Fortune (2007) starring Charlie Murphy and Carole Alt and featuring Dave Attell. Given his stand up performances on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central and HBO; his role in Chicago City Limits; his awards for both Most Valuable Performer in the 2001 Montreal Just For Laughs Improv Championship and the 2002 Comedy Central Laugh Riots National Stand-Up Competition, it is safe to say that the cutting edge comedian has never let go of his comedy roots and continues to perform stand up on a regular basis.

As a first generation Irish-American with a blue collar upbringing, PJ Walsh is instinctively aware of the power of laughter and its ability to transcend generations. Regarded as one of the hardest working comics behind the microphone, he is known for his quick wit, boundless energy and his often insightful observations on the things he cherishes most: the military, family, and being American. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, PJ discovered his talent for comedy while stationed in Bethesda, Maryland where he served as the primary dental care technician for the White House. While there, he flossed the teeth of such high-ranking military and government officials, as former President Bill Clinton, former Vice-President Al Gore and their families. Since 2005, PJ has been a natural fit as the opener on Larry the Cable Guy's hugely successful "Tour of America" and "The Right to Bare Arms" tours. PJ has also made a name for himself opening for other famous blue collar comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. Currently, he is on tour headlining comedy clubs nationwide. PJ is the host of "Wall2Wall Good Stuff" on Blue Collar Radio channel 103 on Sirius Satellite Radio. He can be seen in Larry the Cable Guy's "Git-R-Done" DVD, Ron White's "They Call Me Tater Salad" DVD and plays a role in the Lionsgate feature film "Delta Farce" starring DJ Qualls, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. In 2007, PJ had the distinct honor of performing with Larry at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. PJ currently resides in New York City.

When New York Magazine tapped Reese Waters as one of the city’s Ten Comedians To Watch in March of 2009, few realized just how quickly his star would rise. First came his victories in the annual Caroline’s Comedy Competition and the Emerging Comics Contest at the New York Underground Comedy Festival. Soon after, appearances on MTV, Good Morning America, Sirius Satellite Radio and NPR were followed by Waters’ mastery of his Comedy Central “Live At Gotham” set and subsequent role on the critically acclaimed Comedy Central series “Michael and Michael Have Issues.” Programmers took note, and within the next year, Waters was bringing comedy truth to sports as co-host of The Daily Line on the Versus Network, where his sly wit garnered raves for his commentaries on the big sports news of the day, along with his ground breaking interviews with everyone from D Wade and Queen Latifah to NBA MVP Derrick Rose and UFC President Dana White. Nothing, however, prepared the audience, producers and crew for “Tea With Tyson,” his death defying interview over breakfast with the heavyweight champ, where Waters was able to get the often shy Tyson to expound on his love of pigeons and his hatred for cannoli’s.

While co-hosting The Daily Line fed Water’s deep knowledge and passion for sports, stand-up is his true love, and soon he accomplished a rare scheduling feat of making back to back appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and the Late Show with David Letterman in the Spring of 2011. Reese Waters now resides with an overweight tabby in Brooklyn, NY where he can be found watching CSI, Cold Case or Intervention during the five hours a week he’s not watching ESPN. He is quite a catch.
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