After college and a misguided job at a supermarket, I came to NY in 2006 to become a Stand Up Comedian. I passed at the Comic Strip Live and Stand Up New York and have been bringing audiences laughs and blank stares ever since. My biggest influences are Bob Newhart and Nike commercials

Steve Macone is like a cross between the life of the party and the most nervous person in the room. His clean, high-energy style blends extreme confidence with social awkwardness. His brand of observational humor and absurdist one-liners shows his varied background: from working as a plumber to studying at Oxford. Physical yet cerebral, deep yet lighthearted, Macone’s style has become a favorite in the Boston comedy scene. He has performed around the US, Canada and England and appeared on Comedy Central. His humor writing also appears in the Boston Globe and was named a notable essay in the Best American Essays series.

Marc Maietta is one of comedy’s most unique new additions. Whether it’s through sharing his experiences coming out of the closet, or in candidly discussing his family issues, all types of audiences can relate and enjoy Marc’s self-deprecating whit and sharp style. Marc has managed to survive living in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and now New York City, all without major chemical dependencies. All Marc’s life he has been using his sharp whit to poke fun at a situation, or quite often himself. Once asked why he decided to go into comedy, he said “people have been laughing at me my whole life, I figured this just puts the ball in my court…”. Marc likes classic TV sitcoms, awards shows, and therapists that aren't afraid of a challenge.

Lianne is an Aquarius who loves rock stars and old people. Although a relative newcomer to the stand-up scene, she has performed at the Diesel Playhouse, Second City, Yuk Yuk’s, Absolute Comedy, The Rivoli and several other comedy clubs in and around the City. She has also performed in Tampa, San Francisco, Monterey, Santa Cruz and at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood. Lianne came second in both Hamilton and Barrie in the Great Canadian Laugh off and was one of the 32 contestants selected to compete in Bite TV’s Stand up and Bite me comedy competition in 2009. She has also won open mic contests in Hamilton. Her performance has also been recorded for broadcast on XM Satellite Radio’s Laugh Attack and also televised on Bite TV. Lianne has studied Improv and Stand-up at Second City and has performed with such comics as Shelley Marshall, and Elvira Kurt

Kevin McCaffrey is a comedian and writer based in New York City. Originally from Chicago, he graduated from Ball State University despite the school’s general policy of taking attendance, and since then has been a contributing writer for The Late Show with David Letterman. Kevin has also appeared on The Late Show many times as an actor, once being hosed down by Dave with a fire extinguisher. To his knowledge, this is an honor Kevin shares only with Richard Simmons. When asked to describe his exceedingly unique brand of comedy, Kevin says “What I do, is I try to say stuff that’s funny.” That’s how avant-garde he is! He's a storyteller who relies more on content more than volume; he’s not the crazy fat guy, or the crazy angry guy, or the crazy gay guy. At least not yet. Kevin also appears weekly on TruTV's "The Smoking Gun Presents," and has written for VH1, National Lampoon, and Fuse.

Originally from Georgia, Justin combines original observations and unique personal experiences with infectious style and delivery to create some of the funniest stand-up seen in clubs and colleges today. Affectionate and relatable to crowds he builds an experience not only through well-crafted material that is cerebral and silly, but also through his affable personality and southern charisma. Described in the San Francisco Chronicle as “Seinfeld type observations with a bit of a hip-hop style - a must see!” He has done 4 USO tours overseas entertaining our troops. As seen on Last Comic Standing, E!, Lifetime, and a regular on CNN (Rick Sanchez’s show).

Martin Montana is one of the rising stars on the comedy scene today. Martin brings a young and fresh perspective to the stage using voices, quick wit, and a commanding stage presence to entertain audiences. His broad appeal has led him to perform at clubs, colleges, corporate events, benefits, and private functions. He was a finalist in the “Catch A New Rising Star” competition and has appeared on Comcast Cable’s “Comedy Open Mic”. Martin was also showcased at the 2010 North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival.

Vermont native E.J. Murphy has played top clubs from New York to Boston, and built a reputation as one of the Northeast's consistently funny comedy acts while developing into one of Boston's new headliners. An astute observer of the ridiculous in human nature, he was chosen by Comedy Central to be a semi-finalist in the Boston Laugh Riots, and has been a semi-finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival. His Vermont upbringing helped him form his unique perspective, which blends with an onstage friendliness to make him a hit with all audiences. He has shared the stage with Gilbert Gottfried, Jim Norton, Nick DiPaolo and Pauley Shore. He has also opened for Styx at the Cape Cape Cod Melody Tent and South Shore Music circus, venues that seat 2,000

Adam used to get laughs between songs his band played in Athens, GA before he moved to New York to become a full-time comedian in 2006. After completing the long-form improv training program at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and appearing in countless CollegeHumor Original videos, Adam has also appeared on The CollegeHumor Show on MTV, The Demetri Martin Show on Comedy Central, The Tyra Banks Show, MTV’s FNMTV, ESPN's NFL Writer's Room, and as a regular guest host on "Get in Bed" on Sirius/XM Cosmo Radio. Adam performs characters and stand-up every night in clubs, colleges and NYC's alternative comedy venues, as well as all over the United States. He was a featured comedian on the New Orleans Comedy Arts Festival in 2008, taped a CollegeHumor Live performance in June of 2009, and was the winner of Comedy Central's Open Mic Challenge in 2009.

David Powell began his stand-up career in a quest to become the funniest MIT Ph.D. economist of all-time. Yes, even funnier than Ben Bernanke. While he began his comedy career in Boston, he is currently based in Los Angeles. He was a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival and one of the 24 comedians in the country invited to the Great American Comedy Festival. Recently, he wrote a short comedy biography, but now he's done.

Ira Proctor is a Boston based comedian that has traveled everyplace from Las Vegas to Afghanistan performing comedy. He recently showcased to rave revues at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival as well as taping his second season of NESN's Comedy All-Stars. He's the Boston winner of Sierra Mist's "Next Great Comic Search," become a fixture in the last seven Boston Comedy Festivals, and appeared in Comedy Central's "Laugh Riots." Ira’s other credits include appearances on ABC’s Inside Edition, Fox News, New England Cable News, NESN, Chronicle, and XM radio along with commercials for Diet Pepsi, Harvey Windows and Bob’s Stores

We all need a reason to laugh and for years Tim Pulnik has been filling that request in comedy clubs by entertaining audiences coast to coast. Tim headlines clubs, colleges and corporate events all over the Nation as well as Canada bringing his unique mix of high energy, quick wit and quirky antics when he hits the stage. Tim's unique performing/writing style has given him an edge that's been recognized by ABC, HBO, and Showtime as well as magazines and New York's Metro Channel. He has been showcased, and a finalist, at the LAS VEGAS COMEDY FESTIVAL. You can also hear Tim on Sirius/XM Radio and featured in the upcoming popular Football video game MADDEN 2011. Funny, just funny

Ryan Reiss is a comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. Ryan began his career as a comedian while attending college at NYU, and quickly became a favorite act on the scene. Ryan’s quick wit, instant likeability and unique way of engaging any audience have made him one of the most sought after comedian’s at the New York Clubs, and a favorite Audience Warm up performer. Ryan can be seen daily entertaining Fox studio audiences for the “M and J Morning show,” “John Stossel show,” “Huckabee,” “CenterStage” on the YES Netowrk, and “Fox and Friends.” When not performing live, Ryan has been seen as a Host on WE’ s hit series “Three Men and a Chick Flick,” MTV’s TRL, Nickelodeon “U Pick Live,” Fox “Red Eye,” “M and J Morning show,” Fox “Huckabee,” and “Howard Stern Show.” In addition to his television appearances, MTV took Ryan to Cancun where he wrote and co – produced “Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore’s Spring Break Face Off.” He also helped develop ideas, and served as a staff comedy writer for Spike TV. Ryan has enjoyed playing clubs, colleges, casinos, and corporate events throughout his career. He is rising quickly, and is currently writing…this bio

Matt Ruby is a NYC comedian. Some stuff he's done: 1) Regular commentator on the MTV show "FNMTV" 2) Performer at 2009 SXSW Festival in Austin, TX, 2009 NY Comedy Contest, 2009 Boston Comedy Festival, and the 2008 New Orleans Comedy and Arts Festival 3) Winner of Best Web Short of 2008 by ComedySmack for "White Collar Comedy with Mortimer the Steel Baron" 4) Nominee for Time Out NY magazine's Joke of the Year 2008 5) Cohost of "We’re All Friends Here," a live comedy talkshow and podcast 6) Coproducer of Hot Soup, a weekly standup showcase in the East Village 7) Costar of Think Tank, a web comedy series 8) Starred in "I Need Laughs: One week in the trenches of the New York underground comedy scene" 9) Author of the popular comedy blog Sandpaper Suit, a favorite of comedians for its behind the scenes look at doing standup 10) Perform at venues all over NYC and around the country

Rob Ryan, like many comedy greats, hails from Long Island and has taken New York City by storm. After graduating valedictorian from Stony Brook University Rob immediately threw out his degree and relentlessly pursued stand-up comedy. He is a presence in the New York scene performing nightly at the Broadway and New York Comedy Clubs, Times Square Arts Center, Gotham and others. He was also recently voted the‘Funniest Person on Long Island’. Rob is no stranger to writing having been a contributing writer for a number of sketch comedy groups in New York and L.A. Rob has recently teamed up with ‘The Reel Public’, an on-line sketch comedy group, and has written several on-line viral video hits for them. His work has been described as “witty” and “almost genius” by the DC Shorts Film Festival. Rob Ryan’s style is a perfect blend of clean, relatable observational humor wrapped in an energetic delivery. Audiences love that Rob not only shares the thoughts parading through his mind but he shows them, with vivid characters and spot on delivery. Rob’s intelligent witticisms combined with his infectious story telling make his shows not only entertaining but unforgettable. To tell you any more though would be giving it away.

Eric Silvera is a Bronx born and raised comedian. Though his teachers and friends told him for many years to try Stand-Up Comedy, Eric resisted. However, in late 2007, inspired by a group of Dominican gangstas telling Eric he was "the funniest white boy we've ever seen" at 4am in a pizza place, Eric began his comedy career and hasn't looked back. Discussing topics ranging from New York, ice cream, and his family (a Jewish mother, black Jamaican grandmother), Eric has opened for Jeff Garlin, Dave Attell, Judah Friedlander, and many more. When he's not performing, Eric moonlights as an advertising executive (pays the bills) and is also pursuing his MFA in creative writing.

Since starting comedy in 2007, Raj has performed at comedy clubs in Boston, New York and throughout the Midwest. He performed in the NBC Stand-up for Diversity competition, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, and was featured in the Reader’s Digest Funniest Person in Nashville Competition. He has finished Runner-up in the Carnival Cruise Comedy Challenge and has emceed for the Comedy Caravan and the Dayton Funnybone. Raj has performed at Comix, Caroline’s, Comedy Connection (Boston), Comedy Corner, Comedy Studio, Comedy Village, Comedy Caravan, Zanie’s Nashville, and the Dayton and Huntington Funnybones alongside comics such as Louis C.K., Amy Schumer, Eugene Mirman, Myq Kaplan, and Shane Mauss.

Having moved from Kansas, living in New York for over two years, and making strides in the tough-to-crack comedy scene, Danny Solomon has "made it" in a way his bullies never thought possible. He has performed at Comix, New York Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, The UCB Theater and many others, and has been featured on College Humor, TheComedyNerds.com and The Apiary. In addition, he was selected for the 2008 New Orleans Comedy Festival. Also, he has had sex at least once, so his past self will be very pleased to hear all that.

Jim Tews is a comedian and filmmaker currently living in Cleveland, OH. He was a finalist in the 2007 Boston Comedy Festival and was formerly a writer and producer for the now-defunct HBO Labs.

Mike Trainor, originally of West Orange, New Jersey was always a lifelong fan of comedy. Now he’s doing it: on stage, in print and on the tube. Mike’s standup was featured early on in an issue of Maxim Magazine. It was a spot that led to writing for College Humor.com as well as upsetting his mom. For two years Mike co-hosted and produced “Four Quotas” for Sirius Satellite Radio. As fun as it was sitting down with comics from Jim Gaffigan to Carrot Top Trainor decided to leave the show in the summer of 06, coincidently at the exact moment it was canceled. Trainor can currently be seen all over the TruTV series “The Smoking Gun Presents” (Thursdays at 9 ET) making fun of the world’s dumbest criminals, drivers, competitions, partiers and anything else they come up with. Mike has also been a guest on the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show. Mike lives in New York.

Mark Walton has enjoyed stand up for as long as he can remember. He technically started in 4th grade when he performed a short set to blank stares in Mrs. Mandiak's class. He waited until he was older before doing stand-up again, but when he got on stage a few years back, the audience had a completely different reaction. Since then, Mark has kept audiences laughing with his unique style, and has entertained at comedy clubs (Cleveland Improv, Jr's Last Laugh,...), colleges (Rochester Institute of Technology, Coast Guard Academy,...) and even performed at the Lucille Ball, and Buffalo Lebowski Festivals.

Lance made the jump to NYC, where he can now be seen nightly at many of the top comedy clubs including, Carolines On Broadway, The Laugh Factory, Broadway Comedy Club, The New York Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Stand-Up New York, Comedy Corner and The Laugh Lounge. In addition, Lance performs stand-up at colleges across the country as part of “The Fifth Year Comedy Tour,” “Laugh Hard or Die Trying Tour”, and “The Almost Famous Tour” and he has also performed as an opening act for VH1’s “Best Week Ever Tour Live”. As an actor, Lance has studied with the Upright Citizens Brigade and Michael Howard Studios in NYC, and he has landed featured roles in various films. He can most recently be seen as the AT&T Guy in a series of television commercials or heard as the voice of Kit Kat on radio commercials.

Mike Whitman whose innovative material and style made him the hit and semi-finalist of the 2009 Boston Comedy Festival has led him to become Boston's Best New Comedian. He is becoming one of the country's most versatile and entertaining comics working today. Mike has performed at colleges and top venues around the Nation. Come see why people are talking about Boston's Hot New Comic of 2010!!!

Dan Wilbur is a 10. That is, a 10 after adding up his three best features: Physique (3), Face (5), Personality (2). If you like Dan, even a little, it’s probably because you’ve seen his writing or you’re his parents. His writing is featured on Collegehumor.com, McSweeney's, and the Onion News Network. He also is featured on video game sites like the-minusworld.com and Hardcasual.net, The Comedy Central Insider, Sandpapersuit.com, and TheApiary.org. He also blogs for Comix, New York. His stand-up was featured on the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival 2009 and 2010, The Cleveland Comedy Festival of 2009, “The Daily Show and Friends” at Comix, and Gorilla Late Night. Dan was also the recipient of William Paterson University’s “Funniest College Stand-up” award.

Sean Wilkinson is a Stand-up and Sketch Comedian from Boston, MA. He has been entertaining crowds with his clever stories and deadpan style since 2005. The first 3 years of his career were spent honing his act at his alma mater, Emmanuel College, in Boston. After graduating with a useless degree in Sociology in 2008, Sean took his act to the storied comedy scene of Greater Boston. Sean has also organized and performed in several benefit shows for charities in Boston and was featured in the 2009 Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival. He also competed in the 2009 Boston Comedy Festival, the 2010 Laughing Skull Festival, and was one of 6 finalists in the 2010 Magners Comedy Festival. With so much success in such little time, he has solidified his spot as one of Boston's best up-and-coming acts.

Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Justin Williams is black and comfortably middle class. Justin developed his sense of humor as a defense mechanism-moving between two divorced parents caused him to always be the "new kid" in school. So it was either be the nerd or the funny nerd. Justin chose the second option, mainly because Steve Urkel was huge back then. Since moving to New York City, Justin parlayed that awkward energy into a unique Stand Up act, complete with deadpan delivery and a knack for sarcastically pointing out the absurd. As one of New York City's funniest up-and-coming comedians, he was a finalist at Gilda’s Club of Northern New Jersey’s 10th annual Laugh Off and a semi-finalist at the 2009 Boston Comedy Festival. He is also the host of "Death Comedy Jam" at the Creek and the Cave and a regular at the Time Square Arts Center and Comic Strip Live.

Rick got his start in stand-up comedy in the Washington,DC area. Since starting in the world of stand-up comedy Rick has performed with many of the top names in comedy and has made television appearances on "It's Showtime at the Apollo", and NBC's "Today Show". Rick has been seen in numerous national commercials including popular ads for Verizon, Staples and McDonald’s and also toured nationally with the Broadway Musical, "RENT".

Jono began performing stand-up comedy in San Diego in 2004. Plagued by constant sunshine, he desperately applied to graduate programs on the east coast. Rejected from all but one school, he packed all his belongings and boarded a plane to Boston. His belongings boarded a plane to Philadelphia and were never seen again. Jono is currently earning his PhD in Neuroscience at Boston University, where he spends his days giving cocaine to rats, and his nights with similar company in comedy clubs all over New England and the rest of our great nation. Influenced by the legendary performers before him, Jono is proud to continue the great stand-up comedy tradition of studying Neuroscience.