Caitlin Cook

Caitlin Cook is a LA-born, NYC-based, Oxford-educated, hyphen-addicted comedian. She has taken the stage all across the world at top-tier theaters, comedy clubs, festivals, strangers' living rooms, and even a houseboat once.

A fierce champion of mixed media and genre-bending works of art, Cook has carved out a space for herself smack-dab in the center of the Venn diagram between comedy, music, and theater. Her one-woman bathroom graffiti musical The Writing on the Stall sold out its off-Broadway debut at Soho Playhouse, and its accompanying studio album has hit over 25M streams across all platforms.

Cook has released three successful musical comedy albums, which are regularly featured on SiriusXM:

Zinger-Songwriter, which she recorded at 12 different venues while touring across the US and UK

Betty Pitch, which she recorded after writing 250 songs a day during the pandemic

The Writing on the Stall, the official studio album of her hit one-woman bathroom graffiti musical

Aside from her work as a performer, Cook served as a creative consultant for Sean Patton’s Number One on Peacock, as the producer for Gabe Mollica’s hit show Solo that was featured on This American Life, and as the director of A.J. Holmes’ critically-acclaimed Yeah, But Not Right Now. Cook also produces live comedy events, like the stand-up show Good God with Shane Torres, Brittany Carney, and Naomi Karavani and the variety show 2/3rds of a Threesome (and Friends) with A.J. Holmes.

COOK: The Writing on the Stall

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Daniel Van Kirk

Daniel Van Kirk is a stand-up, writer, actor and host whose comedy brings people together. Named a “Comic To Watch” by Comedy Central and one of JFL’s 42 in Toronto, Daniel captivates audiences with an energy and connection that creates honesty, sincerity, and laughter. You may know him from Bob’s Burgers (FOX), Physical (Apple TV+), The NFL Network and The UCB Show. And he can also be heard every week co-hosting the hit podcasts, Dumb People Town with The Sklar Bros and Pen Pals with Rory Scovel.

Writing-wise, Daniel got his training as a sketch writer/performer at the UCB and used his skills as a writer on Attention Deficit Theater for the CW, his own sketch show DVK on the Nerdist Channel. In 2021, the animated version of his podcast Dumb People Town was picked up for 6 episodes by Amazon and Daniel was showrunner/EP.  Most recently he completed a role as writer/performer on the new Sklar Brothers UFC Channel show Nosebleeds. Daniel’s feature credits include Beer Fest 2 for Warner Brothers and the upcoming independent film Wine Club in which he also stars.

Daniel tours the country, headlining clubs and appearing at festivals. Most recently he was at JFL in Austin and Montreal hosting his new show The Living Wake.

Management contact: Tasha@availcomedy.com

VAN KIRK: Standup, Reel, Website, IG

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Dave Holmes

Dave Holmes is a writer, comic, television host and radio personality based in Los Angeles. He’s an editor-at-large for Esquire Magazine, a contributor to Runner’s World, Vulture, and Decider, and the author of the memoir, Party of One, one of NPR’s Best Books of 2016.  As a TV presenter, he’s hosted shows for CBS, MTV, E!, FX, Comedy Central, Netflix and History Channel, among others, most recently co-hosting Bravo’s Play By Play with Jerry O’Connell and In Transit for Hearst TV. He has a recurring role in the reboot of Reno 911!. He also hosts the World of Wonder podcast, Homophilia, featured in Entertainment Weekly’s Must List. Plus the Maximum Fun game show podcast Troubled Waters. And, last year, launched his passion project podcast, Waiting for Impact, on the Exactly Right Network. He’s on air at SiriusXM’s music channel The Spectrum, a frequent guest on numerous podcasts including Never Not Funny, How Did This Get Made, Throwing Shade, and Comedy Bang Bang, the co-creator and writer of the RTE comedy pilot The Godparents, and his sketch comedy game show The Friday Forty has been running at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles and virtually during the pandemic. 

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HOLMES: Reel, IG

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Elizabeth Guest

Elizabeth Guest was born ‘on location’ in Eugene, Oregon, thus a movie-rain-loving baby was born. For many years her favorite day of the week was the dress rehearsal day of her father’s sitcom where she first observed the process of directing television and developed a love of crafty and free gum. She studied and performed at the Lee Strasberg Institute, the Second City in Los Angeles and eventually the Upright Citizens Brigade, her comedic home now. She attended USC’s film school. Her first short after graduation, in which she starred, garnered her the jury award for "Acting the Part" at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Her first feature script made it to one of the final rounds of the Sundance Lab. She has written, directed, and starred in several long-running stage plays at the Upright Citizens Brigade one of which became a mini-series produced by Funny or Die. She directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the first season of “Guest Appearances” which won “Best Scripted Digital Series” at the Austin Film Festival and “Best Short Form” at the Nashville Film Festival. A short she co-directed and starred in, “The First of Many,” won the Best Dramatic Short at the Cinequest Film Festival. She has spent the last few years shadowing directors, has appeared on NBC’s “Superstore” and completed a very fun comedic role in the high school comedy “Sid is Dead” produced by American High. She played the lead in the Christmas Rom Com "See You Next Christmas" now available on Apple/Itunes and Amazon and her most recent TV credits include Fox's "9-1-1" and HBO's "Barry.” Currently she is performing her solo show ’Sweeter” around LA.

GUEST: Reel

GUEST: Web Series

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Greg Barris

Greg Barris is an American Comedy Scene Darling and served as a staple in New York’s downtown stand-up scene for years. A frequent Time Out New York Critic’s Pick, much loved by BrooklynVegan and hailed as "Excellent" by The New Yorker, Greg created and hosted the long-running comedy variety show "Heart of Darkness". Greg and guitarist / visual artist Dima Drjuchin (Corrupt Autopilot) teamed up to form the Wigmaker's Son. Together they created a Zappa-meets-Lonely Island pop fantasy comedy album, ‘Greatest Tits’ which also featured friend Reggie Watts. Greg released his debut stand-up album 'Shame Wave' on aspecialthing Records and will be releasing a new comedy album on the label in the near future. Greg now lives L.A. where you can find him on stages across the city and beyond.

BARRIS: Reel

Twitter: @gregbarris Instagram: @galimmimus

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Inessa Frantowski

Inessa Frantowski is a Los Angeles based comedian and friend to all. She is a Canadian Screen Award  winner and a Canadian Comedy Award winner and  is one of Just For Laughs’ 2022 New Faces  Character. An alumni of The Second City  Mainstage, she wrote and starred in four record  breaking revues and also performed on UCB’s  Maude Night for four years. She was a writer/ performer on the Canadian sketch series This Hour  has 22 Minutes and plays Renee on the  International Emmy nominated series, The  Amazing Gayl Pile on Amazon Prime, for which  she won an Indie Series Award. You might also  recognize her from American Princess, The Kids in  the Hall: Death comes to town and the Avicii video  I could be the one, which has over 300 million  views on Youtube. Her stand up comedy album,  Help me, help ME is available on itunes/Spotify  though Howl and Roar records.

FRANTOWSKI: JFL 2022

Twitter: @inessacomedy Instagram: @inessacomedy

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James Fritz

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Originally from Kentucky, James Fritz started comedy in the great state of Chicago. After ruining his credit score there, he made his way to sunny Los Angeles to positively embrace the West Coast lifestyle. Before leaving, he was named “Best Stand-up” by the Chicago Reader. The Chicago Tribune called his comedy “a seamless blend of humor, honesty and fearlessness." He was featured at the High Plains Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs Chicago, Red Clay Festival, Crom Fest, and The Fest in Gainesville. Since moving to LA, he has performed at The Meltdown, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, The Comedy Store, The Hollywood Improv, Dynasty Typewriter, UCB, and co-hosts the much-beloved east side late night bar show Night Coffee. His album, "Still Together," was released by ASpecialThing Records in November 2016, right in time for the world to end.

FRITZ: Stand-Up

Twitter: @fritzisdead Instagram: @fritzisdead

J.B. Ball

J.B. Ball is proving himself to be quite the jack of all trades in comedy. He’s found success as a stand-up comedian, tv writer, sketch writer, performer, director, and producer.

He masks being deceptively edgy and intelligent with playful charm. His ability to bring the funny out of controversial topics for people on both sides of an issue brings audiences together with humor.  

His work can be seen on Comedy Central, MTV,  PEACOCK, NBC, CBS, COMCAST, SIRIUS/XM Satellite Radio, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, and as a Segment Producer of the hit show Ridiculousness.

He’s also making waves as a writer after the success of Olympic Highlights w/ Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg along with his sketch on Comedy Central Digital “Who’s the GOAT: MJ or Lebron”.

As a stand-up comedian he was selected for the prestigious "New Faces" at the 2016 Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, was the winner of the 2014 Trial By Laughter Comedy Festival, was named 2014's "Florida's Funniest Comedian”, performed at FunnyOrDie’s 2015 Oddball Comedy Festival, and was a finalist at the 2016 Laughing Skull Festival.

In 2023, he released his first stand-up special with 800lb Gorilla Records titled It’s My Privilege.

BALL: Stand-up

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Kenny Stevenson

Kenny Stevenson has been doing comedy in LA for 20 years, and has been performing at the UCB for over 10.  He has had recurring parts on "Parks and Recreation”, “Comedy Bang Bang”, and "Brooklyn 99". He has also been on the shows “This is Us”, “Hawaii Five-0", "Preppy Little Teen$", and “The UCB Show”.  His impressions can be heard on the podcasts "Cheap Seats", "Improv 4 Humans", and "Dumb People Town". He voiced and puppeteered the character "Edgar" on "Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time", and he worked as an additional puppeteer on the Netflix show "Julie's Greenroom" starring Julie Andrews.  As a writer, he wrote and starred in the award winning independent film "Love, Sex, and Missed Connections," which won 11 awards at 16 film festivals.  His script, "How To Be A Canadian," won the Grand Prize at the New Hampshire Film Festival, the Royal Reel Award at the Canada International Film Festival, and Feature Comedy at the Woods Hole Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Recently he teamed with fellow Groundlings alum Jon Huertas (This is Us), forming the writing/producing team behind the production shingle WestSide Stories where they have several TV/Film projects in various stages of development. They were selected for the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival for their comedy short, Two Jacked, written by and starring Kenny and directed by Jon.

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Check out:

twitter.com/kennygstevenson

www.kennygstevenson.com

STEVENSON: Reel

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Kojo Anim

Kojo Anim has fast become one of the funniest talents to come out of the UK comedy circuit in the last 10 years. Kojo has toured with Chris Rock, Kevin Hart and Dave Chappelle and was the first international cast member on Nick Cannon’s hit comedy improv show Wild N Out for 3 seasons on MTV. In the UK, Kojo has presented on radio stations BBC 1xtra & Hosted the breakfast show on Capital Xtra. His career reach an even higher level in 2019 when he received Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent. His audition has currently received over 50 million views worldwide. He then completed his first 30 date UK tour in 2020 with Live Nation.  Kojo has written Movies, TV Shows and has an exciting autobiography entitled “All Jokes Aside” where he recounts his journey through the foster care system and starting his comedy career. Kojo took part in the recent Netflix Is A Joke Festival and was a hit performing with Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl in front of 18,000 people in Los Angeles. He also opened for Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock at the O2 stadium in London.

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Anim: Reel, IG

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Learnmore Jonasi

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Learnmore Jonasi is a Zimbabwean stand-up comedian and actor. He stands at over 6 feet, his comedy is brought to life by past experiences, observations and his view (from the top) which elicit rib-tickling laughs, regardless of the crowd.

Since making his comedy debut in 2012, he has since performed with and along side the biggest names on the African Continent and performed in over 25 cities across 15 countries at various TV Shows, theatres, Comedy clubs, and Festivals. Most recently, he’s been seen on Comedy Central Africa's Virtual Comedy Bar.

In 2019 he won the National Arts Merit Awards as the Outstanding Comedian of the Year, the Savanna Comic Choice Awards as the Pan African Comic of the Year, and he was the People's Choice Award winner in Steve Harvey's Stand Up Spotlight competition. In 2020 he won the National Arts Merit Awards as the Outstanding Comedian of the Year. He has been seen touring all over the United States since 2022.

JONASI: Stand-up

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Maggie Maye

Maggie Maye loves candy almost as much as she also loves performing comedy. She made her late night debut on Conan and was featured on Last Call with Carson Daly and AXS TV presents: Gotham Comedy Live. She has also been a featured panelist for Rooster Teeth “What Do You Know?” and has written for the New Yorker. Maggie has performed stand up in festivals such as Just for Laughs, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest (as one of the Sketchfest Dozen), FunFunFun Fest, Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, SXSW, and the All Jane Comedy Festival. She’s opened for Hannibal Burress, Paul Rodriguez, Gladys Knight, and Earth, Wind and Fire. She’s had her name in comedy articles in the Huffington Post, Variety, LaughSpin, the New York Times, Splitsider and the Austin Chronicle, who named her 2016’s Best of Austin Stand up Comic. She performed improv comedy with her troupe Damn, Gina! and in various sketch and improv shows around Austin before moving to Los Angeles. Her comedy is described in the same way she is: sassy, charming, and smart. Also, a 6 year-old once told her she was the funniest person ever. And kids rarely lie.

MAYE: Stand-up

MAYE: Reel

Twitter: @maggiemayehaha Instagram: @maggiemayehaha

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Matt McCarthy

Matt McCarthy is a comedian, actor and writer based in Los Angeles, CA. Described by the NY Times as a “John Belushi-like madman,” he is best known for his sketch performances on Conan, The Pete Holmes Show, CollegeHumor, appearances on Black Monday, Adam Ruins Everything, @midnight, in the movie The Other Guys and has performed stand-up at such festivals as JFL Montreal, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands and on Comedy Central and was named one of LA Weekly’s Comics to Watch. McCarthy currently hosts the podcasts We Watch Wrestling and Justifying My Movie Collection, portrays Richard on Comedy Central’s Corporate and Carl on How We Roll, CBS.

MCCARTHY: Reel

Twitter: @mccarthyredhead Instagram: @mccarthyredhead

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Megan Koester

Megan Koester is a writer and comedian (obviously) who resides in Los Angeles (somewhat less obviously). LA Weekly (before it was taken over by right wingers, mind you) listed her as a "comic to watch," saying her "sets are as dark, self-effacing and in- the-moment as they come." Her short "Unmarketable" was an official selection at the 2016 New York Television Festival. A columnist for VICE, she's performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, and on VICELAND'S Flophouse. She recently appeared on Comedy Central's "Corporate".

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KOESTER: Stand-Up

KOESTER: Reel

Twitter: @bornferal Instagram: @bornferal

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Audiobook // PODCAST

Nick Flanagan

Nick Flanagan is A fixture in front of brick walls (and behind chicken wire) across North America, Nick Flanagan is a singular talent in the post-NAFTA underground comedy scene. Nick's endearing conversational deadpan, choice subject matter, and "sort-of pregnant" pauses have won him battalions of die-hard followers.

He has performed at SF SKETCHFEST, FUN FUN FUN FEST, BRIDGETOWN COMEDY FESTIVAL, Andy Kindler’s Alternative Show at JFL42 and JFL. He has recently relocated to the comedic nucleus of Los Angeles where he hosts Night Comedy at the revered Night Gallery.

His first album “I’m Here All Weak” was released on Talent Moat and his second album “Wiped Privilege” just came out on COMEDY DYNAMICS and a limited run cassette release on Radical Documents. The Laugh Button said "Nick Flanagan's Wiped Privilege is what stand-up needs".

In-between good old fashioned stand-up comedy sets Nick will sing in punk bands, write on such shows as Emmy Award winning Odd Squad (PBS) and Cupcake & Dinosaur (NETFLIX) star in feature films like indie darling Diamond Tongues and make multiple radio appearances on WFMU’s The Best Show with Tom Scharpling and the Goddamn Dave Hill Show.

And check out this nice thing that was said about him:
"In the future, when being hilarious is illegal, Nick Flanagan will surely (and deservedly) be sentenced to the electric chair." - Jason Woliner (Eagleheart, Human Giant, Last Man On Earth) Wow!

FLANAGAN: Reel

Twitter: @theflans Instagram: @nickflanagan

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Nnamdi Ngwe

Nnamdi Ngwe is a writer and performer who grew up moving between Texas, England and Nigeria. He played collegiate soccer at the University of Alabama/Birmingham (he was recruited to join the US National Team but refuses to brag about it) before deciding to pursue comedy. Together, he and his twin brother Amechi wrote the acclaimed web series JULIUS, which earned them a trip to the New York Television Festival and a nomination for Best Screenplay at the Best of The Midwest Film Awards. Nnamdi & Amechi made subsequent trips to NYTVF for their shot pilot Rap Skool and their pilot script Oak Ridge Patrol. Nnamdi also studied and taught at Second City and the iO theater in Chicago where he was awarded teacher of the year. Along with the rest of his sketch group 3Peat, he wrote and starred in THE BLACKENING on Comedy Central, which currently has over 15 million views and is soon to be a feature film. He's also written content for TikTok, Comedy Central Digital, Sony and The Ringer. Recently, Nnamdi wrote on YouTube’s TAB TIME and was a staff writer on THE AMBER RUFFIN SHOW (Peacock).

NGWE: Tik Tok, IG, REEL

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Phoebe Bottoms

Phoebe Bottoms is an LA based comedian, writer and Henson trained puppeteer.

Phoebe started doing stand up in Minneapolis cir. 2007 and since then has performed in a great variety of basements, dive bars and back rooms of restaurants. Phoebe has also been featured in festivals such as Bridgetown, LA Podfest, 10,000 Laughs, Akumal Comedy Festival and the Jewish Humor Festival. Phoebe has appeared in the Adult Swim series Decker and On Cinema at the Cinema. Bottoms was also the producer and booker of The Comedy Palace, which was named by Thrilledy as one of the Top 10 Best Underground Comedy Shows in LA.

Other hodgepodge accolades include being a four time winner of the podcast Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction, being selected to write for Tig Notaro's Twitter account and being the face of Minneapolis Metro Transit from 2015 to 2016.

BOTTOMS: Reel

Twitter: @PhoebeBottoms Instagram: @PhoebeBottoms

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Ramin Nazer

Ramin Nazer is a comedian/artist based in Los Angeles. He is the author of After You Die, I Love Everyone, Strippy Comics, Hey, and Cave Paintings for Future People. He was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and has performed on the The Late Late Show on CBS. His debut album You Were Good Too is available for streaming everywhere along with his weekly podcast Rainbow Brainskull.

NAZER: Acting Reel

NAZER: Animation Reel

Twitter: @raminnazer Instagram: @raminnazer

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Ryan Singer

Ryan Singer is the rarest of breeds: A comic’s comic who electrifies mainstream audiences with material that is both uncompromising and unpretentious. LaughSpin says, “With his high-energy delivery and unpretentious leanings, there’s not a lot to dislike about comedian Ryan Singer. And it’s not just us saying it: In the last few years, he’s won over audiences headlining the nation’s finer comedy clubs and was hailed by Marc Maron in Rolling Stone as a comedian “Who Should Be Big.”

Ryan has released 3 full-length albums IMMORTAL FOR NOW, COMEDY WONDER TOWN & HOW TO GET HIGH WITHOUT DRUGS, was a recurring character as himself onIFC’s MARON, been seen on Seeso and is the creator and host of one of the top Science & Medicine podcasts on iTunes, ME & PARANORMAL YOU, conducting in-depth interviews with people who possess paranormal abilities or have had extraordinary experiences. He was selected by LA Weekly as one of “10 LA Comics to Watch” for 2014, was mentioned in NY Magazine as a “Comic to Watch,” was one of 4 finalists in the original CMT’s Next Big Comic Contest, is a frequent guest on the WTF Podcast w/Marc Maron and the Bob & Tom Show, and his joke “United Snacks of America” has over 8 million listens on Pandora.

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SINGER: Reel

Twitter: @RySing Instagram: @RySing