Alvin Kuai is a Nobel Prize-winning sex symbol who spends his free time curing impoverished children of their river blindness. When he's not giving away millions of dollars to charity, he can be found performing stand-up comedy. Alvin is based in New York City where he is a regular at the Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club, and West Side Comedy Club. He was featured twice in the New York Comedy Festival, in 2021 as "Comic to Watch" and 2019 as "Best of New Talent." He was selected to perform at SF Sketchfest 2022 and the 2021 Red Clay Comedy Festival. He was also a finalist in the 2019 Devil Cup. He has over 200K followers across social media platforms and currently tours the country headlining various comedy venues

Pranav is a former writer for MAD Magazine and co-host of the popular Mango Bae Podcast. A favorite of festivals and clubs around the country, he was most recently featured in the 10k Laughs Festival (Best of the Fest), Rogue Island Comedy Festival, and headlined the 2018 Milwaukee Comedy Festival alongside Colin Quinn, Gina Yashere, and others. An up-and-coming actor, Pranav also has landed roles in forthcoming episodes of The Marvelous Ms. Maisel and HBO’s The Other Two, and has previously starred in Law & Order: SVU. He is also the writer and co-creator of the upcoming BRIC TV Web Series Problematic. You can find him across platforms @pranahaha

Maggie Lalley is a NYC based comedian. She performs stand up and musical comedy regularly at clubs, independent venues and comedy festivals. She has performed her solo comedy show about being a teen witch, Sex Witch The Musical in LA, Boston, New York, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. For more info about her upcoming projects visit www.maggielalleycomedy.com

Charlie owes his existence to a TV show; his parents met while writing together on Laverne & Shirley. In 10+ years of performing standup, he has released two albums and told jokes around the world in clubs, colleges, festivals, bars, country clubs, teen centers, basements, attics, and one barber shop. He lives in New England where he also develops screenplays and with his wife raises their cat. He serves as co-founder of LaughDealers.com, a startup that produces custom comedy shows and content for companies.

Akeem Woods is the funny little brother you always (never) wanted — his comedy style will have you on the edge of your seat reeling from laughter! No topic is safe from discussion, whether it be the KKK or the hardships of growing up poor. Akeem is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in NYC, was a semi-finalist on Stand Up NBC, has been seen on Kevin Hart’s LOL Network and just recently made his television debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden! Currently you can find Akeem working on a new show for BET and at clubs and colleges all over the country.

Jiaoying Summers is a stand up comedian, Asian Hall of Fame inductee and social media comedy queen with over one billion online views and counting. She is a sold out national headliner. She recently starred in Netflix is a Joke Festival's Women in Comedy Show. Her 30-minute comedy special HOT GIRL SUMMERS is streaming on Peacock TV and Prime Video. Jiaoying is also an award-winning actress, CEO of Summers Group, and philanthropist empowering women and children and helping causes that touch Asian American communities. She was recently featured on BBC, CBS aNews, FOX News 5, NBC4, NBC Bay Area, KRON4, The LA Times, LA Confidential, San Francisco Chronicle, Yale Daily News, NHK World Japan and Vogue. She is the owner of The Hollywood Comedy in Los Angeles and focuses on producing shows that promote representation in comedy. “A major voice on the national comedy scene.” - Vogue International "Her name and survival story have one thing in common — a refusal to fade into the background." - The LA Times "[Summers is] amplifying the Asian American perspective through her work [with] uncensored, unapologetic comedic stylings." - San Francisco Chronicle Jiaoying Summers has been named one of “The Women Running The [Comedy] Scene in L.A.” -The LA Times

Jimmy Cash is America’s Favorite Janitor. And yes, he prefers to be called a janitor and not a custodian. Jimmy is the father of a teenage daughter, an uncertain number of step-kids, and an elementary school janitor who’s been sober for 18+ years. His comedy draws from his many life experiences living and working on the mean streets of Worcester, Massachusetts. Jimmy is known as the @janitorwithstamina on TikTok, where his hilarious videos have over 30 million views. Jimmy stars as the Red Sox Groundskeeper in the Plymouth Rock Assurance ad series on NESN. He won the "Last Comix Standing Competition" at Mohegan Sun in 2021. He was the national touring opener for Comedian Bob Marley. He has also opened for Bobby Kelly, Rich Vos, Joe Dombrowski, and more.

Michael Palascak is a comedian who grew up in Indiana and now lives in LA. He performed on both The Late Late Show with James Corden and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the same year. He has over 1 million views on YouTube. In addition, his resume includes A Little Late with Lilly Singh, The Tonight Show, Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Conan, has a Comedy Central Half Hour special, and was a Top 5 Finalist on Last Comic Standing where one judge claimed, “My first impression of Michael was a great likability. This is a guy that could star in a sitcom.” Michael’s likability allows him to relate to his audiences in a real way which sets up the huge laughs he gets from his sharp, personal material. Consistently writing and performing, this summer Michael released both a new album— The Internet Live through 800 Pound Gorilla and a new stand-up special on the Dry Bar app— 1984. Available for free streaming. Drew Hunt of The Chicago Reader wrote about Michael, “In a lot of ways, he represents the ideal antidote to the sort of unbridled cynicism that pervades much of contemporary stand-up.” Michael’s optimism continues in the new National Lampoon series — The Bright Side where he takes a positive stance on a negative topic streaming on YouTube. www.michaelpalascak.com

BIO Max Antonucci is a stand up comedian born & raised in New Jersey, though he plans to die in another location. With his quick wit and gallows humor, he has made audiences across the country laugh at the absurdity of everyday life and thoughts. He has forgiven some of the people that led him to pursue a career in comedy and has already gained notice as a great performer with a bright future. He has written for Comedy Central's Roast of Alec Baldwin, performed on New York Comedy Festival, Jersey City Comedy Festival, Times Square Storytelling Festival, and can be seen regularly at New York Comedy Club.

Rafi Bastos - UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY TOUR Rafi Bastos is a 6’7” tall Jewish-Brazilian comedian with an accent like Dracula and a rapidly growing social media presence of stand up clips in English, mostly filmed from the prestigious Comedy Cellar in New York. In his home-country of Brazil, Rafi is a trailblazer of comedy, media and is one of the first comedians to pioneer the art of stand up comedy as we know it in Brazil. His17-year comedy and acting career before coming to the United States garnered many firsts and was covered in an interview on TheJoe Rogan Experience. Rafi set records, created controversy through freedom of speech and used the power of the internet to reach an astronomical social media following. Rafi’s videos with stage performances, music videos, interviews and sketches have now more than 370 million views on his Youtube channel alone. In 2011, he was considered by the NEW YORK TIMES as the Most Influential Man on Twitter, at the time with 7 million followers, now at 11.4 million. In 2013, Rafi won the SHORTY AWARDS, also known as the “Oscars of Social Media”, for Best Comedian. Both in English and Portuguese, Rafi continues to prove that he is among the most talented artists of Latin America - always setting the bar higher for innovation, quality and influence. Rafi’s quick-witted observational humor has made him a hit online and the first Brazilian comedian to become a regular at the most renowned comedy clubs globally, including COMEDY CELLAR in New York, LAUGH FACTORY, and THE HOLLYWOOD IMPROV in California. He is also the first Brazilian comedian to headline at JUST FOR LAUGHS, the largest comedy festival in the world, hosted in Montreal, Canada. Among his many credits, Rafi has three comedy specials on Netflix:, A Arte do Insulto, Péssima Influencia, and Ultimato. He has starred in movies, had his own controversial talk show, been an in-field journalist and hosted reality shows (Ultimate Beastmaster for Netflix). He is the Co-Founder and owner of Comedians, the largest comedy club in South America. Let’s just say Rafi has done almost everything in Brazil and now he’s in the USA to do it all with a fresh perspective - in UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY.

Ethan is a stand-up comedian hailing from Waukegan, Illinois. He has been performing for audiences all across the country since starting comedy at age 18 in the small college town of Iowa City (A VERY white college town). There he found his voice merging his city upbringing with the suburban and rural culture that surrounded him, talking about everything from selling drugs to loving the bachelor. He moved to New York in 2015 to become better as a standup and after a few years of open mics and local bar shows he began to perform at larger local venues like Pine Box, The Knitting Factory, and Littlefield. In 2019 he was featured on Comedy Central.

BIO Matty is a stand-up/actor/writer who was a New Face at the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, and taped two sets for Comedy Central’s Stand Up Featuring. His recent television credits include FOX’s Empire, Netflix’s Soundtrack, and NBC’s Chicago Fire. His other credits include MTV’s Acting Out, a supporting role in the indie film Who Gets The Dog opposite Alicia Silverstone and work with The Onion Network. As a standup, Matty was recently invited to perform at the 2021 SXSW Comedy Fest, the 2020 San Francisco Sketch Fest, and tours across the country.

Haitian Canadian comedian Che Durena was born and raised in British Columbia and is based in Toronto after spending time performing standup in Mexico. He is known for his work as a host and writer for My Most Amazing Top 10 (over 7.6 million subscribers) and he has amassed a social media following of over 7 million with over 197 million likes on his viral TikTok rants and commentary. Che has appeared on JFL All Access, Comedy Network, CraveTV, and recently dropped his debut comedy album Tales From My Butthole. His comedy offers an absurd angle on his experiences living abroad and his perception of matters like culture, race, relationships and drugs. Che has worked with brands like Coors Light, Herb, Vapen and many more. Catch him on tour in a city near you!

Jen Gittess is a comedian, writer and actress originally from Fort Lauderdale, where she often returns to visit her family whenever she needs inspiration for new material. She started standup comedy during college at UCLA before moving to NYC to pursue it full time, and is currently touring at comedy clubs throughout the country.