John Moses was born in Toronto Canada, not the Canada depicted by Michael Moore where everyone leaves their doors open. We used to leave our doors open until we were robbed. Growing up a Toronto Maple Leafs fan you learn to live with a certain amount of disappointment.

My parents married young and were in love when I was born. That didn’t last. When they split up, me and my younger brother were raised by my father. Nobody messes with my little brother but me. My father is a very nice man, and we all know where they finish. I saw very little of my mother. My mother is an alcoholic, and when she drinks she can say some of the most hateful things ever uttered. I take after my mother. I’m a bit of a misogynist. Alcoholism and mental illness run rampant in my family on both sides. I’m part Native, that doesn’t help. read more

As a three-time champion at Showtime at the Apollo, Kareem Green is a multi-faceted entertainer and comedian whose talents include stand-up, improv, acting, writing, and dancing. Green’s relatable comedic style has earned him television appearances on BET, NBC, and ComicView and headliner appearances at St. John’s University and Princeton University. Green has also been featured at New York’s finest comedy clubs, including Caroline’s on Broadway, Laugh Factory, and Comic Strip. He has received national recognition in nationwide comedy competitions such as Comedy Central’s Laugh Riots and The Salem Orb Contest. Green is trained actor through the Bob Goodman acting studio and also is an accomplished athlete. He performs throughout New York, Chicago and Europe. read more

Liz Miele started doing stand-up comedy at 16. At 18 she was profiled in the New Yorker. At 22 she appeared on Comedy Central’s ‘Live at Gotham’.

Liz continues to perform stand-up comedy all over the country at clubs and colleges. She’s a comedy nerd, a cat enthusiast and has an unhealthy love for all things sweet.

When she is not taking an obscene amount of pictures of her cats she is reading something disturbingly sad or pretentiously upbeat and hopeful.

She is on a constant search to prove or disprove she is losing her mind and is an avid runner who runs the Marine Corps Marathon in DC every year with her Dad. read more

AWARD WINNING
mart, sexy, savvy, and funny, Leighann Lord’s “heads up humor” is stand-up comedy at it’s finest. Inspired by the brilliance of George Carlin, the smooth jazz style of Franklyn Ajaye, and the elegance of Rita Rudner, Leighann has crafted her own unique brand of Thinking Cap Comedy. It’s no wonder she received the NYC Black Comedy Award for “The Most Thought Provoking Black Female Comic.”  And for two consecutive years, Leighann was Harlem Week’s official comedian. (The only other comedian in Harlem Week’s history to earn that distinction was Richard Pryor.) read more

Drew Michael is a Chicago comedian who focuses on life from a dark, cerebral point of view. His rumination on God, religion, Hitler, government, relationships, ex girlfriends, bestiality, pedophilia, life and death has – in addition to making people violently angry – prompted TimeOut Chicago to call him, ”Smart, funny and unabashedly crass.”

Drew is a founding member of the comedy collective, Comedians You Should Know, whose weekly showcase is the best independent stand-up show in the city. The Onion AV Club echoed that sentiment: ”The genuine quality of talent on display is unrivaled in Chicago.” The group also released a self-titled album last year. Drew has performed at various comedy festivals, but doesn’t care to list them as that would validate this fraudulent notion that they mean anything more than what they are. read more

Dane Hanson is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and director living in NYC.

Dane wrote, directed and starred in “The Female Orgasm Law” which won the Audience Award for Best Comedy Short at the 2012 Friars Club Comedy Festival!

In 2013, The Friars Club asked Dane to be one of their jurors for their Comedy Festival.

Another comedy short, “Lie Detector” has over 2 million views and was selected to be part of the Friars Club Comedy Festival in 2011.

Maker Studios is currently working with Dane to make six to twelve more episodes of “Lie Detector”. read more

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Mike Brown is a comedian and writer from Harlem, New York. He’s performed at Caroline’s Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, Laugh Lounge, EastVille Comedy Club, and other venues all over New York. He also hosts events, including one at SUNY where he did a pretty awesome job. Really! He knows that because 128 audience members became his Facebook friend afterwards—and we all know how hard it is to get Facebook friends.

Mike Brown’s first time doing stand up was in the third grade for a talent show.He didn’t win. Those judges were idiots. read more

Max Alexander is one of the few comics to have appeared on The tonight Show with Jay Leno… and Johnny Carson! Max is one the the most sought after Motivational speakers lecturing today.Max’s face is instantly recognizable from such movies as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”with Jason Segal, Man on the Moon with Jim Carrey, Punchline with Tom Hanks and Roxanne with Steve Martin.Max has and can be seen on many television shows such as “the 9” on abc. the Emmy Award winning ABC drama The Practice, Hollywood Squares and on HBO and Comedy Central. Max’s voice can also be heard in the comedy hit The Farce of the Penguins. As far as stand up goes, well…Max has performed with the best of the best. From Frank Sinatra, Julio Iglesias and Tom Jones. And Max hasn’t just shared the stage with these icons once or twice, he has delivered the goods consistently for well over 3,000 shows. Max Alexander is one of the top corporate comics in the country today. Max has performed over the years for such companies as McDonald’s, Buick, Home Depot, Acura, Pepsi, to name a few. read more

Gregg Rogell is a professional comedian who resides in New York City. He has appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and The Nanny. He has had his own half hour special on Comedy Central, and was a featured performer in the movie The Aristocrats. He is a regular performer at New York City’s Comedy Cellar.