PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT
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Get to know the feature comics performing at the 19th annual Cleveland Comedy Festival:​
A 279 combined years; average of nine (9) years each performing.
Samantha Archual
Massillon, OH
Samantha Archual’s uniquely silly and dark sense of humor continues to delight the audiences of Hilarities 4th Street Theatre, Funny Bone, Don’t Tell Comedy (Columbus and Cleveland) and more!
Samantha recently headlined two shows for The Cleveland Comedy Festival (2025), was featured in Sam Tallent/Raj Suresh/Kaz Sparkman’s Big Diamond Comedy Festival as well as Alaska B4U Die Fest and was nominated for The Cleveland Comedy Awards’ “Comedian of the Year” in March of 2026!
Julian Atwater
Pittsburgh, PA
Julian Atwater, 32, is a fresh faced comedian hailing from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. A former musician who specializes in storytelling, absurd observations and roasts. While relatively new he has credits with Don’t Tell Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Improv, and Roast Battle Cleveland.
When he’s not telling jokes he’s doing video/audio work for local talent in his area as well as being One of Two producers of Roast Battle’s Pittsburgh Chapter.
Amanda Averell
Pittsburgh, PA
Amanda Averell is the physical embodiment of her hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
a confluence where midwest sensibilities meet big city sass.
Her quick wit, unique perspective & self deprecating sense of humor have made Amanda a rising comic to watch; she is a festival favorite with over 25 comedy festival appearances across the country. In 2025, Amanda made her international debut with stops in London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. Amanda is part of the Roast Battle League and has been featured on the RBL Weekly Podcast. She regularly performs at the Pittsburgh Improv, Next Stop Comedy (Boston Comedy Club), is passed at Bark Comedy Clubs and Bonkers, and is regularly on Don’t Tell Comedy in various cities.
She has opened for: Todd Barry, Mick Foley, Aparna Nancherla, Bob the Drag Queen, Nic Nemeth (WWE’s Dolph Ziggler), Todd Glass, Jackie Kashian, Emma Willmann, Hannah Berner, Rosebud Baker, Dave Ross, Brandie Posey, Jared Freid, Shane Torres, Sam Tallent & more!
Christopher Be
Ferndale, MI
Michigan comedian who loves dark and goofy humor. Panelist on Bars against Humanity, Host for One Night Stan's Comedy Club, Performed at showcases and open mics across the mitten.
Christopher enjoys cats, martinis, and not getting shot with an AR-15 (again). His comedy talks about my disability, my marriage, and the silly things in life.
Paul Beel
Westlake, OH
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Paul Beel was born in Cleveland, earned his Maters of Fine Arts degree from BGSU, and lived another life (for 25 years) as a leading artist in italian figurative painting. Now voila!!
Paul’s back in Ohio enjoying early retirement and pouring his obsession for drawing and painting into his unique approach to standup comedy.
Hannah Belmont
Chicago, IL
Hannah Belmont is an up and coming comedian based in Chicago. She is a regular at the Laugh Factory, as well as a performer at other venues including Zanies, the Comedy Bar, the Comedy Vault, the Lincoln Lodge, Second City, several Don’t Tell shows, Roast Battle, and many more clubs around the Midwest. She has just recently began headlining various festivals and venues, including the Good Vibes Comedy Festival in Memphis.
Hannah has opened for Zane Lamprey, Danny Gonzalez, Pete Lee, Jeremiah Watkins, Katie Boyle, Sam Salem, Chris Franjola, Mekki Leeper, Sean Donnelly, and many other comics. Hannah is also a satire writer and her work has appears in the publications The Haven and Robot Butt. Hannah is very happy to be here.
Dar'Jon Bentley
Cleveland, OH
Dar’Jon Marquise Bentley is a Cleveland-born, multi-hyphenate artist whose work spans acting, stand-up comedy, writing, and education. He has performed on stages from Downtown Cleveland to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and has appeared in educational tours, comedy venues, short films, and voiceover projects nationwide.
Audiences may also recognize him on screens across the country as the “Big Deal Dad” for Big Lots. When he’s not performing, Dar’Jon is developing new creative projects, training in the gym, or watching horror films in the dark despite knowing better. His work often explores culture, career, education, family, and the beautifully chaotic spaces in between.
James Earl Brassfield
Cleveland, OH
James Earl Brassfield is a Cleveland comedy powerhouse known for his sharp wit, magnetic stage presence, and rapid-fire punchlines. A local legend with national appeal, he’s lit up stages across the county and opened for some of the biggest names in the game. Whether he’s hosting, headlining, or roasting, JEB delivers laughs that leave audiences with something to take home.
John Brown
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
John Brown has been performing all over the country for years. He has a laid back delivery combining observational humor with story telling and a touch of his herb induced day dreams. John has won best of fest awards at Rubber City Comedy Festival (2024), Cleveland Comedy Festival (2023), and was a finalist at the Loons On The Lake Comedy Festival (2023).
John is a regular at Hilarities in Cleveland and has headlined and featured at clubs and Don't Tell Comedy shows all over the country. John has been talked about as one of the comics to watch by Roast Battle League and has opened for comedians such as Ryan Goodcase, Nick Griffin, Derek Stroup, and Jason Salmon. This up and coming rust belt comedian is one that you don't want to miss and will surely be telling your friends at work about the next day.
D'Jaay BrownJohnson
Cleveland, OH
Young, broke, and unapologetically gay, D’Jaay navigates adulthood by tackling the world one joke at a time, delving into the everyday struggles of growing up, juggling bills, and balancing relationships. Their charm and ability to find humor in the mundane brings light to life's darker moments, creating a connection that leaves audiences laughing.
D’Jaay has won comedy contests, produced shows across Cleveland, and graced the stage at many comedy clubs including Columbus Funny Bone and Hilarities.
Colten Buzard
Ambridge, PA
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Colten Buzard is a Pittsburgh comic who gained popularity with a standout set at Kill Tony's MSG taping. After a 2025 national run including performances at Joe Rogan's Comedy Mothership (2 showcases) and the LA Comedy Store (Opened for Frank Castillo), he's built a 20k+ following as the voice of "Coltie's Crashout" podcast and the host of the live comedy show, "Crossfire".
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Kill Tony MSG
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Comedy Mothership
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Don't Tell Comedy
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Next Stop Comedy
Tyson Colson
Columbus, OH​
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Tyson Colson is a stand-up comedian based in Columbus, Ohio, known for his engaging storytelling and unique perspectives on everyday life. He has performed regularly on the Don’t Tell Comedy platform in Columbus, Cleveland, Utah & more, he has also performed at various venues, including The Funny Bone, The Attic, and Hashtag Comedy Co. He also won the funniest person in Cincinnati competition at the Go Bananas comedy club.
In addition to his live performances, Tyson maintains an active presence on social media platforms such as Instagram and Tik Tok, where he shares comedic content and engages with his audience. His work reflects a blend of personal experiences and observational humor, contributing to his growing reputation in the comedy scene.
Nicky D
Broadview Heights, OH
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Nick Dlouhy is a standup comedian based in Cleveland, OH. He graduated from the IO Improvisation program in Chicago and hosted at The Second City's Training Center. Nick combines self-deprecation with weirdness into an energizing act. His standup includes jokes about being a new dad, bullying, and scratching his mom’s back.
Nick has run shows in support of our veterans (so he's a great person!) and in support of himself (a great person with material needs). Nick has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and clubs nationwide.
Alex deCourville
Norton, OH
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Science Boy himself, Alex's first film Science Boy's High School Reunion is streaming on Xumo and Fawesome. And he has supporting roles in Gemini and In the Hands of Fate. Plus, he can be spotted in My Friend Dahmer and Judas & the Black Messiah.
As a comic, Alex was nominated for Best Comedian in the 2022 Buckeye Awards and was recently nominated for Best Cleveland Comic in Scene Magazine. Not only, has he performed on Broadway, Alex has shared the stage with Marc Price, Dalton Castle, and Greg Morton. And he even got some chuckles out of Oscar-nominated actor Bruce Dern.
Drew Fahey
Los Angeles, CA
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Drew Fahey is a Los Angeles comedian, writer, and podcaster. He’s also a huge metalhead, but he won’t be annoying about it (unless you ask). He’s written for A News Show, The Philip DeFranco Show, and is the co-host of the metal review podcast Pun So Vile (@punsovile).
Drew won Best of Fest at the 2024 Burbank Comedy Festival and was a finalist in the 2025 World Series of Comedy and 2025 San Gabriel Valley Comedy Festival.
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Mike Gamms
Victor, NY
Originally from the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, Mike Gamms (he/him) has been doing comedy since moving to Los Angeles in 2009, performing in nearly every state across the country since. He's been seen on CNN, at the Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, countless other comedy clubs, viral videos, and more than one police blotter. In 2020, he became the first ever openly bisexual male stand up comedian on the ballot for the US Congress in US history, as far as we know.
He is the host of the traveling comedy fashion show, "Comedy Runway," the only comedy show where comedians are judged for their outfit and outfit only. And currently runs a bi-monthly stand-up comedy showcase at The Clubhouse in Los Angeles.
Cam Godfrey
Cleveland, OH
Cam Godfrey is a standup, sketch, and improv comedian from Cleveland, Ohio. She was a Cleveland Magazine nominee for Best Comedian 2026, a Cleveland Comedy Awards Nominee for Comedian of the Year 2026, a 3-time Cleveland Scene nominee for Best Female Comic, and “Loudest Girl” in her high school yearbook. Cam's deeply personal comedy style centers her identity as a loud and proud Fat, Queer, Jew.
Zach Harley
Columbus, OH
Based in Columbus, OH, Zach Harley mixes dark humor with the oddities of this dumb, cool world while also pulling from his time in media and as a teacher to deliver laughs to clubs and bars around the Midwest.
Credits include Don’t Tell Comedy and The Attic Comedy Club.
Syed Hasnain
Milwaukee, WI
Syed is a Milwaukee based comedian whose humor often focuses on his experiences as a performer with a lifelong stuttering problem as well as being a Pakistani immigrant.
Syed has opened for Tim Butterly, Jon Dore, and Tom Arnold. He has been seen on Fresh Faces (Laugh Factory Chicago), Don't Tell Comedy (Chicago/Milwaukee), the Milwaukee Improv (MKE Roast Battles), The Attic Comedy Club, the Laughing Tap, Lincoln Lodge mainstage, and Skyline Comedy Club. He is a Comedy Gazelle Vouch winner and a back-to-back Madison’s Funniest Comic finalist (Comedy on State).
Hendoh
Akron, OH
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Hendoh brings a refreshing taste of satire to the comedic community by way of songs, blockbuster movies and theatrical anecdotes. His ability to convey his thoughts and transform fictional fashions to non-fictional reality is unparalleled.
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Hendoh's past life experiences as a combat veteran and African American parent brings a new perspective to the soliloquy of chaos in which we live day to day. Using jokes that describe the current sociopathic and economic disparity with disgruntlement he’s able to relate amongst multicultural and multigenerational platforms.
Emily Holden
Decatur, GA
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Emily is an Atlanta-based comedian and tours nationally with the show, Moms Unhinged. You can find her regularly in Atlanta at Laughing Skull, Helium Comedy Club and Punchline and producing the popular monthly show, Banjo Lounge. Emily performed at Rogue Comedy Festival and the Asheville Comedy Festival.
Emily has hosted and featured for a lot of national comedians but her fav is Beth Stelling! Emily grew up in Louisville. Yes, she looks like a poor man’s Reese Witherspoon but don’t be deceived. The way she speaks about motherhood and marriage has made more than one young audience member want to get a vasectomy.
Emily is like your dirty aunt that just whispered something about your mom to you during a family dinner. Her secret weapon/comedic strength is definitely being super present onstage with my audience. Emily wants them to feel like they just experienced something that can’t be repeated like a damn good party not just hearing someone recite a monologue.
Kevin Kellam
Chicago, IL​
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The black sheep in any family is likely who Kevin relates to the most. Loud but loveable and delightfully aware of their dysfunction.
Kevin Kellam has been performing on comedy at his family’s dinner table, stages, and on air with radio since 2001. His energetic need to entertain boomed with college radio where he performed various character voices, which led to radio work with Q101 and other stations in the Midwest. His new stand up comedy special ‘KEVIN AND HELL’ is streaming now on YouTube.
He is a product of the southside of Chicago attending Brother Rice and graduated from Columbia College.
Christian Klink
Cleveland, OH
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Christian is a Cleveland based comedian and can be seen on a number of shows around the city. Christian’s comedy can be described largely as observational with an emphasis on storytelling.
He's bad at talking about myself - he let's his quarterback play & comedy do the talking, IYKYK.
Nick Kollin
Brookpark, OH
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Nicholas Kollin is a Cleveland based comic who can be found performs at open mics across town. He recently was an honorable mention at a comedy contest held at the Tipsy Flamingo. When not performing, he likes to build and miniatures and watch cheesy movies.
Etay Kuperman
Toronto, ON​
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Etay Kuperman is a Toronto-based comedian who brings an earnest, relatable style to the stage. Born into a lively Ukrainian-Jewish household, Etay was immersed in humor from an early age — an influence that shines through in every performance. Whether sharing heartfelt stories or sharp observations, he effortlessly navigates a wide comedic range with professionalism, charisma, and genuine warmth.
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Etay has been touring all over Canada with Yuk Yuk’s since 2023. He’s also appeared at the London, Sorry Comedy Festival and the Rubber City Comedy Festival in Akron, Ohio. Wherever he goes, Etay consistently delivers big laughs and leaves audiences wanting more.
Flem Love
Lakewood, OH
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He's Flem Love. He's one of the local degenerate stand up comics in the Cleveland comedy scene. He started doing comedy in Orlando, Florida in 2019.
Flem's hobbies include writing erotic fan fiction for lonely housewives and knitting on mushrooms. He grew up watching stand up comedy as kid and he's been obsessed with it since.
Andrew Lucas
Youngstown, OH
A​t age 14 he performed for the first time at The OYM Fine Arts Festival in Dayton, Ohio. After winning this competition in the category stand-up comedy he slowly began to gain recognition throughout the state, and in 2024 launched Steel Valley Standup.
Andrew also formally ran "The Closer” and "The Creative Showcase” each month at the studio South Art Exchange in Youngstown, Ohio. Andrew takes a lot of inspiration from film, and has created many short films of his own where he features comics from the NE Ohio region.
Anya Lucia
Bay Village, OH
Anya’s comedy is dark, whimsical, and mischievous. She finds absurdity in uncomfortable situations and turns awkward situations into gleeful chaos. Her style blends deadpan observations, unexpected twists, and a childlike willingness to say the thing everyone else is thinking—but probably shouldn’t.
In her spare time she also runs a podcast, with her best friend Jen, called Bad Life Good Advice- available on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Plus, she also really, really likes cats.
Dylan Lusk
Los Angeles, CA
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Dylan Lusk is a comedian based in Los Angeles. Originally from that weird town that Trump got shot in, Dylan spent a few years as a drunk guy who occasionally did comedy in Cleveland and then quit to pursue alcoholism full-time.
Dylan later decided to step down from that role and moved to Hollywood in 2024 where he lives full time as a comedian, video producer, and podcaster and regularly works with names like Jordan Jensen, Ian Fidance, Pauly Shore, and Justin Martindale. Dylan is also very involved in the extreme metal scene and has a heavy metal centric comedy podcast called Pun So Vile.
Angelo Maneage
Cleveland, OH
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Angelo Maneage is a comedian and multidisciplinary artist living in Cleveland, Ohio. His alternative and physical performance style has been described as an "unpredictable, chaotic ball of charisma," and he has been called names such as a "buffoon". Since re-starting stand-up in late 2023, he has been a finalist several times in Bill Squire’s Comedy Contest and has been nominated for Cleveland Comedy Awards, including Best Short Form Joke in 2025 and Comedian of the Year and 2026.
Angelo's writing and drawings have been published in several literary magazines and online publications; some include Hobart After Dark, Points-in-Case, and STANK! Magazine. He has also written jokes for the now defunct comedy app Pitch. He has done theatre and independent screen performance as well as voiceover work for podcasts, notably The Storyworth Podcast (the episode has received over 4.5 million views on Reels).
Among basements, bars, and alternative venues, he has performed live in the 2022 BorderLight Festival (and will be again in 2026) as well as at Hilarities (Cleveland), Imposters Theatre (Cleveland), Funny Farm (Warren), The Attic (Columbus), Hashtag Comedy Co (Columbus), Arcade Comedy Theater (Pittsburgh), and on shows produced by Don’t Tell Comedy (Cleveland, Pittsburgh), Follow the Crowd Comedy, Henceforth Comedy, Snowflake Comedy, Con Tu, Roast Battle League (Cleveland), and the Cleveland Comedy Festival.
His “comedy” “special” BUFFOON, produced by Accidental Comedy, will be available for free on YouTube sometime in 2026. He is an organ donor.
Mario From The Barrio
Brooklyn, NY
Mario is a New York City stand-up comedian with a calm, observational style that turns everyday moments into unexpected connections. His comedy blends sharp pattern recognition, dry delivery, and subtle absurdity, inviting audiences to laugh at the strange logic hidden in ordinary life.
Whether he's dissecting modern culture, family, or the little contradictions everyone ignores, his act is thoughtful, original, and consistently surprising.
Daniel P. Myers
Parma Heights, OH
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Daniel P. Myers is, to put it simply, a bit of an outlier. Coined as "The Eccentric One" Daniel hails from...well parts unknown. He is one to stroll through the dirt paths in the deeply wooded areas of Ohio writing, collecting his thoughts and ruminating on another strange theory. Daniel enjoys hiking, biking and going on pilgrimages with an ever-expanding Rolodex of cults.
Daniel's style of comedy is more akin to backwoods preacher than anything else, but never the less has performed all over Ohio from Cleveland to Youngstown to Akron and everywhere in between and even South Carolina. He has performed at the Funny Stop Comedy Club, Funny Farm Comedy Club, the Hilton Head Comedy Magic Cabaret and at Hilarities including on the "Mike Polk Jr. Show" and probably his most breathtaking achievement of all, depending on who you ask he might have failed kindergarten.
Don't worry he wont read this he's too busy sitting under a chestnut oak tree staring off into the distance contemplating who'd win in a bare-knuckle fist fight between Stalin and Hitler.
Jonah Nigh
Bronx, NY
Jonah Nigh has appeared in a variety of roles for NBC (“Baking It,” produced by Amy Poehler and hosted by Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg), Peacock, CBS, Don't Tell Comedy, NYC Pride March, among other outlets. He has opened for Robby Hoffman, Natasha Leggero, and Lady Bushra, and he was recently filmed for the comedy series "Behind the Comedian" which will air on Amazon Prime.
Recent highlights have included performances at Laugh Factory Chicago, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Treefort Music Festival (Boise), The Wit Theater (Indianapolis), Black Circle Comedy (Indianapolis, headliner), the Hollywood Improv, Punch Line San Francisco, Mic Drop Comedy (San Diego), Rooster's (Sunnyvale, CA), Beaux (San Francisco), Flappers Comedy Club, Minneapolis Institute of Art, City University of New York, the HOT Festival (NYC), Traverse City Comedy Festival, Don't Tell Mama, G&B Comedy (London, headliner), Notoriety (Las Vegas), Philadelphia Comedy Festival (Best of Fest), Akron Comedy Jam, The Last Word Comedy Festival (Virginia), Queen of Hoxton (London), Asian Comedy Fest, Blue Whale Comedy Festival (Tulsa), Boulder Comedy Festival, Mad House Comedy Club (San Diego), North Carolina Comedy Festival, Comedy Mob Festival at Rodney's, A League of Her Own (Washington D.C., headliner), New York Queer Comedy Festival, among other venues.
In 2024, he made comedy festival debuts in Amsterdam, NYC, Los Angeles (headliner), Boulder (headliner), Ithaca (headliner), Iowa City (Best of Fest), Hollywood, Ontario, Maine, Denver, Portland, and New Orleans.
A former opera singer, Jonah has performed live in Washington D.C., Aspen, San Francisco, Boston, Milwaukee, and on TV and film. He has appeared in commercial campaigns for Chevy, Bose, and other national brands.
He was awarded second place in the 2025 US Comedy Contest (Los Angeles) and 2024 Next Best Comic competition (Canada); third place in the 2025 Comedy Mob Festival at Rodney's (NYC); and he was a finalist in the 2025 NY Queer Comedy Festival and 2024 Portland Comedy Film Festival.
Elyssa Penson
Boston, MA
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Elyssa Penson is a stand-up comedian and engineer based in Boston, MA. She was a finalist in the 2023 Philly’s Phunniest competition at Helium Comedy Club. She is a regular host at Wisecrackers Comedy Club, and performs at New York Comedy Club, the Comedy Studio, and Great Falls Comedy Club.
Elyssa's unique style of comedy combines personal stories about being raised by her grandparents, short anecdotes about being an engineer, and brutal one-liners that no one sees coming.
Brandon Petri
North Royalton, OH​
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Cleveland's own Brandon Petri, blends whimsicality and pathos with dark humor to create a regrettably relatable standup presentation. Audiences can look forward to a witty, yet socially awkward experience, and the knowledge they have helped to feed a starving man child with their attendance.
PorkChop
Hardeeville, SC
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PorkChop is known for high-energy storytelling, sharp, unpredictable punchlines, and a Southern charm that can turn even the darkest everyday moments into big laughs. With eight years of experience performing everywhere from packed local clubs to scrappy independent showcases, he’s built a reputation for finding humor in chaos and saying the things most people are only thinking.
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PorkChop has appeared with Don’t Tell Comedy throughout the Southeast and has performed at comedy festivals across the country, including the Fountain City Comedy Festival, Rubber City Comedy Festival, and Chateau Comedy Festival.
Whether he’s roasting family dysfunction, exposing his own questionable life choices, or pulling comedy out of uncomfortable truths, PorkChop delivers a raw, high-energy set that hits hard, moves fast, and leaves audiences laughing longer than they probably should.
Hunter Roberts
Johnson City, TN
Hunter Roberts is known for his highly energetic rants about pop culture and his Appalachian upbringing in the 90’s.
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Hunter is a professional wrestling hall of famer, a very surprising Taylor Swift fan, and the creator of Disney After Dark - which has nearly half a million followers.
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Hunter has shared the stage with late night mainstays like Trae Crowder, Caitlin Peluffo, and was an official after-party act for Mumford & Sons’ Gentleman of the Road Stopover Tour.
Skippy Rose
Detroit, MI
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Skippy Rose is a Detroit native, single mom, former circus performer, and battle tested badass roast comic. Known for juxtaposing chipper animated deliveries with twistedly dark analogies, this is an act that will leave you repeating punchlines long after the curtains close.
Noah Ryan
Cleveland, OH
Noah Ryan is a vocal chameleon with over 200 spot on impressions, turning every show into a one man parade of voices. From uncanny celebrity mimics to wild original characters, his comedy’s a rollercoaster of laughs. Noah’s shared the stage with impression legend Frank Caliendo, opened for sharp-witted Susan Rice, and even wowed audiences on The Today Show Australia.
You might’ve caught Noah slaying crowds at The Attic,The Red Room, The Chicago Laugh Factory, The New York Comedy Club, The Hartford Funnybone, or Hilarities in Cleveland. Buckle up! Noah’s impressions don’t just steal the show, they are the show
Chris “HaHa da Funny Mane” Scriva
Aliquippa, PA
Born to a blue-collar family in the Steel City, Chris’s earliest memories take place in his father’s repair shop. He’s a former altar boy, grandma’s boy, and oldest of 3 who was raised in a mixture of Italian and Eastern European traditions. A natural non-conformist, Chris was drawn to fast cars, fast music, and the rebelliousness of stand-up at a young age and was heavily influenced by countless nights of sneakily watching Chappelle’s Show and South Park.
After spending years in Chicago studying at the world’s top improvisation and sketch institutions, Chris has returned to the hilly, rusting, industrial landscape that forged him. Once a mechanical engineer, Chris now travels the world performing his own unique brand of anecdotal stand-up comedy. From Pittsburgh to Amsterdam, Los Angeles to New York, there is no place that he won’t take the stage. Check him out on his website www.ihatestandup.com.
Bob Seeholzer
Aliquippa, PA
A fixture in the Northeast Ohio comedy scene, Bob Seeholzer brings a sharp, relatable observational style to the stage that has made him a favorite at clubs and festivals across the Midwest. Known for his dry wit and methodical storytelling, he masterfully dismantles the absurdities of everyday life, blending self-deprecating charm with a seasoned perspective that resonates with audiences of all stripes.
Whether he’s headlining local showcases or sharing the bill with national touring acts, Bob delivers a tight, high-energy set that keeps the room laughing from the first punchline to the final tag. A true student of the craft, he is a regular presence at premier Cleveland venues and a key voice in the region's thriving stand-up community.
Jeff Shaw
North Ridgeville, OH
Jeff Shaw is an accomplished stand-up comedian and published writer whose two Dry Bar Comedy specials have garnered over 10 million online views and have streamed on both Peacock and Roku.
Jeff has also competed on “America’s Got Talent,” is a regular on SiriusXM Radio, has been a guest on the nationally syndicated “The Bob & Tom Show” radio program, and has appeared on “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen” on CBS.
Jeff also helped start the Punchliner Comedy Club program for Carnival Cruise Line and is a regular headliner for Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises.
Jeff Shaw. Clever comedy with a kick.
Alek Sondra
Brooklyn, NY
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Growing up in Quebec where the native language is French, Alek Sondra learned English watching American sitcoms. This is also where she developed her character voices by mimicking the great comedians she saw on TV, like Eddy Murphy in the Nutty Professor and Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire.
Alek Sondra's career in finance brought her to NYC and to study theatre which eventually brought her to L.A., where she started doing stand-up. Alek’s comedy is a collage of her experiences in NY, L.A and around the world with the colourful characters she’s met along the way. She is co-owner of «The Muttly Crew», a lifestyle brand for Pet lovers with a podcast on YouTube called FRR (fur) and funny pet videos.
Matt Sullivan
Chicago, IL
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Matt Sullivan is a comedian raised and based in Chicago who is lightly disrespected and needs you to know about it. Matt's lighthearted stories and observations about friends and family leave them saying "I don't think that's how that went".
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Matt was the winner of the 2025 Chicago Roast Battle Championship, and has performed at the 312 and Windy City Comedy Festivals, The Comedy Mothership (Austin), and in clubs around the Midwest.
Rey Tang
Chicago, IL
Rey Tang (she/her) is a Chicago-based writer, performer, and filmmaker, recently written up by the Chicago Reader. She performed stand-up in the 2025 Here to Pee National Tour and sketch as part of Right Wrong Radio Hour podcast. She's also performed in venues such as Laugh Factory, Zanies, and Hollywood Improv.
Rey is currently represented by Stewart Talent Agency Chicago and produces Lavender Laugh Lounge, a monthly queer show at Loaves and Witches.
Q. Tatum
Cleveland, OH
Q. Tatum is an up-and-coming comedic force from Cleveland, Ohio who has quickly become someone to watch in the local scene. Developing his unique style of thought-provoking irreverence in real-time, with just over 2 years under his belt Q has featured on many local showcases and open mics.
He has worked diligently to advocate for comedy to be embraced and hosted by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and he was nominated for Rookie of the Year at the Cleveland Comedy Awards.
Zach Welch
Cleveland, OH
Zach Welch is a stand up comedian, inebriation enthusiast, and great hang. Originally from Denver, Zach is now a proud resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and has performed on Cleveland Comedy Festival, Portland Queer Comedy Festival, and High Plains Comedy Festival. Zach is excited to make you laugh, argue about fantasy football sleepers, and quote The Real Housewives.
Vaughn Wesley
Warren, OH
Vaughn Wesley has been performing consistently for the past seven years. He performs witty, dirty, dark, quirky one liners. Vaughn is a good writer and has a good stage presence.