Ed Farrell is a stand-up comedian based out of New York City. Ed is an introvert that happens to own the BKLYN Comedy Club in Brooklyn and Bar Owner @bklyncomedyclub. He is a regular at some of the best comedy clubs in NYC such as Carolines, New York Comedy Club, St. Marks Comedy Club, and BKLYN Comedy Club.
Carolyn Castiglia is a multi-disciplinary artist who employs stand-up, storytelling, music, and more to wow audiences with her powerfully funny and endearing performances. Audiences routinely call her hilarious, amazing, kickass/badass, vulnerable, and human.
Her latest hour, Carolyn Castiglia: Cool Mom, began to tour in 2020, with its first stop at Franky Bradley’s (Philly) just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout her creative life, Carolyn has been a performer, writer, teacher, producer, and director. She served as the casting producer of Adrienne Truscott’s critically-acclaimed 2019 run of (Still) Asking For It at Joe’s Pub, in which she also appeared. In 2018, she developed the Women, Stand Up! course at The PIT, which she taught for nearly 2 years, and worked as the Head of Editorial & Creator Community at Laugh Exchange, a comedy app featured in Variety and The New York Times. Carolyn continues to offer one-on-one coaching for comedians who want to more deeply personalize their material and grow more confident in their performance. She also acts as a consultant to GOLD Comedy.read more
Keira McGill (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based standup comedian, actor, and playwright. She just received her 23 and Me results back, finding out she is 50% potato, 25% sweat, and 25% feelings. Keira’s most recent achievement was answering an unexpected phone call from an unknown number, but prior to that, she won the crown and sash at Broadway Comedy Club’s “YAAAS! Fest“ 2019. She performs all over NYC and is currently a regular at Greenwich Village Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club. You can follow her on Instagram at @sweat_potatoooo if you like ’em nervous and gay.read more
Eli Trichon was born in San Francisco. His father is a pianist – that’s where Eli gets his artistic side. His mother, a psych nurse – where he gets crazy. He went to UCLA to study acting. After school, he earned roles on NCIS, Criminal Minds, and John Darling in a national tour of Peter Pan. After LA, he moved to New York to be a “real” actor, and then he realized, “none of this makes sense.” Then he found comedy. After years of searching for his comedy home, he finally found one at the Grisly Pear Comedy Club where he performs most nights. He can also be seen at other venues around New York and the rest of the United States.read more
Dan Vitale has lived in Manhattan since 1980, right outside Times Square, where he began to cut his teeth on the New York comedy circuit during one of the grittiest periods in the city’s history. After establishing himself as a stand-up at places like the Improv and the Bitter End, Vitale spent several years being mentored by Lorne Michaels, joining Michaels’s short-lived (and now mostly forgotten) NBC variety show The New Show, which aired toward the end of his five-season hiatus from Saturday Night Live. Linking back with Michaels at SNL, Vitale was also a featured player on the show — where he was only credited in three episodes — alongside the likes of Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr. and Randy Quaid.read more
Angel Salazar, the man most known as Chi-Chi from “Scarface” describes his stand-up act as only he could. A hurricane of hilarity, the pop culture icon has been performing stand-up since the early 1980s with a one-of-a-kind show. Combining stand-up, improv, props, and costumes, Angel turns a headlining act into an energetic live-action event. Much like the catchphrase he has been using since his beginning in the business, a comedy fan must “sheck it out!”
Starting in 1982, Angel Salazar first stepped onstage at New York City’s Catch A Rising Star. Even early on, his act was unique. “I used to come into the audience like I just came from the street with a boombox [and say], ‘Check it out! Check it out! I got some gold chains for sale!’ And I’d show them some gold chains. ‘I got some watches for sale!’ And I’d show them an arm [and] wrist full of watches,” explains Salazar, “And I’d go, ‘Check it out, I’m going out of business. I lost my lease!’ And slowly I [built my] show.”read more
Mark Jigarjian is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and musician. Born and raised outside of Boston, Massachusetts he took the stage for the first time at the age of 15 for his high school’s popular improv troupe. Stand-up comedy soon followed and has blossomed into a career that has led to playing some of the world’s most prestigious venues. Jiggy signed on to The Impractical Jokers Tour presented by TruTV as an opening act and has been performing to sold-out theaters coast to coast for over 5 years. In November 2017 he joined the Impractical Jokers to perform for a sold-out Madison Square Garden as part of the New York Comedy Festival, a career highlight.read more
Meno Fernandez is a standup comedian and writer that performs nightly in NYC and regularly on Long Island. He was recently a finalist in the Long Island Laugh Off and performed at the 5th Borough Comedy Festival.