Raanan Hershberg

Raanan Hershberg is a neurotic, overweight Jew originally from Louisville, KY. In 2017, he was a finalist in StandUp NBC and The Laughing Skull Festival in Atlanta, GA. He regularly opens for Kathleen Madigan in sold out theatre’s across the country. His first album Self-Helpless climbed all the way to the top of the iTunes Comedy Charts.

His comedy has been featured on “Laughs” on FOX and is regularly played on Sirius XM. He is the founder of Character Assassination, a popular fictional roast series that started in Louisville and has now branched out to The Laugh Factory in Chicago and The Creek and the Cave in New York City, and was selected to be a part of TBS’s The New York Comedy Festival this year. He recently premiered his latest solo show OFF THE GRID in the New York International Fringe Festival. He currently resides in New York City.