August 29 - SEPTEMBER 2
Hilarities 4th Street Theatr
2035 E. 4th Street
Cleveland, OH 44115
Accidental Comedy Fest enters it's 7th annual festivities ready to take another step into the national spotlight. Hilarities 4th Street Theater is once again a proud partner & host of the ever evolving festival. ACF features the cream of the Cleveland comedic crop paired with emerging talent from all over the United States, all converging in downtown Cleveland Labor Day Week August 29 thru September 2.
Check out the schedule below (Mainstage shows in left column, Foote Printing Stage on right) and get your tickets by clicking on the corresponding show.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29
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ALL MAINSTAGE SHOWS ONLY $20
Cabaret Comedy Presented by
THURSDAY AUGUST 30
FRIDAY AUGUST 31
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2
2018 ARTISTS
The initial burst of headliners are peers, mentors & friends that we sweet talked into coming to Cleveland to hang out and eat pork shoulder.
Photo by Mindy Tucker
WED 8/29 @8p
LIZA TREYGER
HOMETOWN
Skokie, IL
CURRENT CITY
Brooklyn
CREDITS
Seth Meyers and Comedy Central
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
A hot gooey fudge brownie with ice cream!
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Mochi cause it’s gross as hell or mango and sticky rice since it’s not a real dessert.
BIO
LIZA TREYGER is a stand up comic living in nyc and is loving it. She has her own Comedy Central half hour and album called Glittercheese. She’s appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Desus and Miro, @midnight, Horace and Pete, Chelsea Lately, This is not happening and more. She enjoys tattoos, tv, lounging and chatting with friends, and spending more money than she has.
Too many vices, not enough hands

THURS 8/30 @8p
CLAYTON ENGLISH
HOMETOWN Atlanta CURRENT CITY Los Angeles, CA
CREDITS Last Comic Standing
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Bread pudding is the truth. It's versatile and never disappoints and the name sounds like it shouldn't be shit
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Brittle. Any type of brittle. Peanut, pecan, almond, pistachio, any brittle they all suck and the name is terrible
BIO
Originally from Atlanta, CLAYTON ENGLISH is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Most recently known as the winner of NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING in 2015, Clayton is currently headlining clubs, colleges, and festivals non-stop throughout the country. Clayton has also featured for comedy greats including Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr and was named a New Face at the Montreal JFL Comedy Festival.
Clayton made his late night standup debut on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS and is recurring in LOVE on Netflix. He also guest stars in an upcoming episode of BROOKLYN 99. Clayton recently wrapped production on THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, and Christopher Walken.
Fuck with me
FRI 8/31 @7:30p
DEBRA DiGIOVANNI
HOMETOWN Toronto
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles
CREDITS CONAN, Showtime Special
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Cake. Because: ICING
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Destroy as in REMOVE FROM THE EARTH? fruit cake. Destroy as in EAT HARD & FAST? Creme Brûlée
BIO
DEBRA DiGIOVANNI is a standup, writer and performer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Toronto, Debra is best known for her extensive portfolio of work in her home country of Canada including CBC’s Debaters, Much Music’s Video On Trial and Comedy Network’s Match Game.
Debra’s first hour special Single, Awkward Female premiered on Showtime in 2011 and her next hour special Here’s The Thing will premiere on Crave in 2018. Additionally, Debra has appeared on Comedy Central’s Live At Gotham, Funny or Die’s Office Humor and was a finalist on the 5th season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
Debra tour lives at venues and festivals around the world including the Glasgow Comedy Festival, JFL Sydney, Bridgetown, Moontower, High Plains, Bumbershoot and RIOT LA. Additionally she has appeared at JFL NorthWest, Toronto and Montreal over 15 times.
Debra releases weekly episodes of her hugely popular podcast Killing Time w/Debra & Zach, recently appeared on Comedy Central’s Corporate and will release her debut comedy album in April of this year with A Special Thing Records. She made her US late night comedy debut on CONAN in February of this year.
Beloved friend, awesome comic, Always kinda sweaty.
Photo by Mindy Tucker
FRI 8/31 @10:30p
SEAN PATTON
HOMETOWN New Orleans
CURRENT CITY Brooklyn
CREDITS Melbourne Comedy Fest, Edinburgh Fringe, VICELAND
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
I don't do sweets. Savory is the setting on my palate.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
I'd destroy them all before sugar destroys us all!
BIO
SEAN PATTON is a comedian based in Los Angeles and New York, by way of New Orleans. He began doing stand-up in the Crescent City and have since performed in comedy clubs across the US and Canada, as well as The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2011), Just for Laughs Chicago (2013), Just for Laughs Toronto (2013), and Just for Laughs Montreal (2008, 2010, 2012). He's performed on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham (2009), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010), and Conan (2011, 2013). 2013 also marked the release of his Comedy Central Half Hour.
More recently, He's been on @midnight (2014, 2015) and will be on the second seasons of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (2015) and This Is Not Happening (2015, 2017), Showtime's Live from SXSW (2017) and TruTv's Comedy Knockout (2016, 2017) As for acting, He's appeared on IFC'S Maron, Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer and TruTV's Those who can't.
Those are the things I’ve done that I’m proud of. For a list of things I’ve done that I’m not so proud of... yeah right, you ain’t never gonna know that! I love what I do, some of you will too (thanks!), and some of you will not (but thanks for coming). I want to share myself with you, whomever you are. "I’ve seen him perform more than a dozen sets, and he’s killed every time. He’s dynamite, even with ordinary material, turning standard Brooklyn hipster jokes into a stomping, roaring tour de force, and elevating a bit about sex-performance anxiety into high-stakes comedy. [...] He’s the rare comic who goes over as well in a comedy club as in a bar basement." - New York Times
Celebrating the perfection of human flaw
Comedian DOUG BENSON (Super High Me and Comedy Central's The High Court) hosts a podcast where he talks to his hilarious special surprise guests about his first
love…movies! To have a chance at winning some prizes, bring a movie themed name tag!
Recording a live edition of the beloved movie trivia podcast at Accidental Comedy Fest SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1 at...4:20p!
Hey everybody, my name was Doug. I loved Movies.
SAT 9/1 @7:30p
Joyelle Johnson
HOMETOWN
Union, NJ
CURRENT CITY
Brooklyn, NY
CREDITS
Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, Late Night With Seth Meyers, tours with Dave Chappelle
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Strawberry Shortcake
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Fucking FLAN!
BIO
JOYELLE NICOLE prides herself on being the nerd she was ashamed of growing up in NJ after attending Asthma and Band Camp. Fortunately, these unique experiences inform her set. Highlights of her career include being chosen as a finalist for NBC's Stand Up showcase and performing at festivals like Sketchfest, Bonnaroo and Bumbershoot, to making her late night television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers & Wyatt Cenac's Night Train for SeeSo, Joyelle has a lot to look forward to with this track record. Time Out NY told everyone why they loved her. And at the close of the incessant depression that was 2016 she reached comedy mecca becoming a regular at the world famous Comedy Cellar. Presently, she's on tour with Lizz Winstead's Lady Parts Justice League making her dream come true combining comedy and activism.
Life: She did that.
Sat 9/1 @10:30p
BILLY WAYNE DAVIS
HOMETOWN Crossville, TN
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles, CA
CREDITS CONAN, Squidbillies, Live at Third Man Records
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
ice cream because you know why.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Crispy cookies, take them out of the oven on time, they're not good, you just fucked up the recipe.
BIO
BILLY WAYNE DAVIS, originally from Crossville, TN is a writer, actor, and stand-up who has performed in 41 states, 4 countries and Texas. He has appeared on Conan, Last Comic Standing, WTF with Marc Maron, voiced multiple characters on Adult Swim’s SquidBillies, hosted a Morgan Spurlock documentary for CMT, named a 2015 Fresh Face by the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, opened for Grammy winning Sturgill Simpson’s 30 city Living the Dream Tour, and just released his second comedy album, “Billy Wayne Davis: Live at Third Man Records.”
The End is Near
SUN 9/2 @4:20p
CUMTOWN LIVE!
with Stavros Halkias, Adam Friedland & Nick Mullen
HOMETOWN Baltimore
CURRENT CITY NYC
CREDITS Cumtown
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Bread pudding a la mode
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
anything with raisins, get that fucked up lil dried fruit outta my face
BIO
cumtown is a bad show that's somehow a popular podcast and no one should listen to it but please buy tickets anyway
STAVROS HALKIAS is a plus size man.
They'll be doing a live edition of the popular podcast CUMTOWN Sunday afternoon on the last day of the fest.
Here lies a man that died with a full heart and empty balls
RETURNING ALUMNI
These folks will be performing on the mainstage, headlining the cabaret stage, or gazing longingly into your eyes over a big sandwich.
CURTIS COOK
HOMETOWN Cleveland, OH
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles, CA
CREDITS
Portlandia, Viceland, Comedy Central, The Jim Jefferies Show
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Sherbet 'cause it's diverse and delicious.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Neapolitan ice cream 'cause it's segregated and gross.
BIO
CURTIS COOK is a standup comedian and writer living in Los Angeles, California. He’s been seen on Portlandia, Flophouse, and Comedy Central as well as venues and festivals throughout the country, including the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Clusterfest, and the Chicago Comedy Exposition. In addition to performing standup, Curtis is a writer for the Willamette Week, Laugh Staff, and The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central.
If I come back as a zombie, you better believe I’m eating all y’all.
JIM TEWS
HOMETOWN Allentown, PA
CURRENT CITY New York
CREDITS NBC, FX, SiriusXM, New York Times Bestselling Author
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Chocolate lava cake probably.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Sherbert. It's fucking dumb. I get the point, but it's fucking worthless. I'd rather eat an orange.
BIO
JIM TEWS is a comedian and New York Times bestselling writer who got his start in Cleveland. Seen on NBC, FX, heard on SiriusXM radio. Shorter than he looks on stage.
He tried.

FELONIOUS MUNK
HOMETOWN Wakanda
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles, CA
CREDITS Blipsters, Second City, Comedy Central
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Fruit. Eat healthy you savages
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Red velvet cake. It's a scam
BIO
FELONIOUS MUNK appeared regularly on The Nightly Show with Larry Wlimore on Comedy Central and at the legendary Second City in Chicago as co-creator, host, and writer for the groundbreaking "Afrofuturism" and Black Side of the Moon shows, the latter of which he was nominated for a Helen Hayes award.
His semi-autobiographical show "Nothing To Lose (But Our Chains) was also nominated for a Helen Hayes award. He began his career doing stand up (poorly). He has since improved and has headlined comedy clubs from Gotham in New York City to the Funny Bone in Va Beach. He's a regular at the Laugh Factory in Chicago, Stand Up NY, The Stand, New York Comedy Club, and The Stand Room in New York. And his beard remains one of comedy's best.
Son was mad gorgeous

Photo by Josh Sanseri
amy miller
HOMETOWN Oakland
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles
CREDITS LAST COMIC STANDING, DOUG LOVES MOVIES, VICELAND
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Box yellow cake mix with gas station chocolate frosting. Because it's all I know!
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
A cheese plate. Because it's not fucking dessert. It's breakfast.
BIO
AMY MILLER was a breakout favorite in Season 9 of Last Comic Standing. Keenen Ivory Wayans said she had one of the “fiercest jokes he had ever heard.” Originally from the East Bay, Amy found her comedy chops in the Oakland and is still a regular at the SF Punch Line and Cobb’s Comedy Club. After a move to Portland, Amy quickly rose to the top of the Pacific Northwest comedy scene, winning Portland’s Funniest in Helium's 2015 contest, as well as being voted Portland’s Funniest Comedian for 2013 and 2015 in the Willamette Week. She was the first woman to win each position and the only one to win all three.
Amy’s debut album Solid Gold is available on Kill Rock Stars, and was named one of the top 10 comedy albums of 2016 by the Interrobang. You may have also seen Amy on Viceland or heard her on NPR, Doug Loves Movies, The Bennington Show, Put Your Hands Together, All Fantasy Everything, Keith and the Girl, or her own podcast "Who's Your God?."
Roseanne Barr really liked her
NORE DAVIS
HOMETOWN Yonkers, NY
CURRENT CITY Yonkers, NY
CREDITS "You Guys Are Dope" Comedy Special on Amazon Prime, CONAN
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
MILK in NYC cause it was on Netflix Chef Table. Anything on Netflix Chef Table is the best.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Pumpkin Pie. Its been getting more mainstream attention than Sweet Potato Pie and it's not right. Sweet Potato is Rihanna and Pumpkin Pie is Taylor Swift and Taylor Swift has to go!
BIO
Nore Davis is a New York-based comedian who delivers an energetic performance filled with witty quips and sharp punch lines, combined with an amazing stage presence. He has appeared on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, HBO’s Last Week Tonight, MTV’s Nikki & Sara Live, The Artie Lange Show, and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. He has also been seen in many videos on CollegeHumor and was featured on WNYC 2’s Dope Queens Podcast with Phoebe Robinson & Jessica Williams.
S/O Sickle Cell Anemia didnt kill me. I killed Sickle-Cell Anemia!
RyAN DALTON
HOMETOWN Cleveland, OH
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles, CA
CREDITS Comedy Central, TBS, producer of COMEDIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW L.A.
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
A hot brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Besides sex and heroin, it’s what the devil uses to bait his traps.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Flan or any dessert that has to be set on fire. What the hell is wrong with you? I’m trying to get this sugar fix in. Stop trying to give me 3rd degree burns with my treat
BIO
RYAN DALTON is a product of Cleveland, Ohio. Stand up comedy has led him to regular appearances in the country’s best comedy clubs. He is a regular on the nationally syndicated, “Bob and Tom Radio Show” and his comedy album’s , “You Were Funny Too,” and “I’m Married, Let Me Tell You About It” are on rotation on Sirius XM’s “RAWDOG” comedy channel, iTunes, Pandora Music, and Spotify. He took the grand prize at the “WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY” in Las Vegas in 2011.
Ryan has appeared on the third season of Comedy Central’s “LIVE AT GOTHAM.” He appeared on TBS’s sitcom “SULLIVAN AND SON” , and performed on AXS TV’s “GOTHAM COMEDY LIVE”. In 2012, Ryan was invited to perform in the “New Faces / Unrepped” showcase at the JUST FOR LAUGHS festival in Montreal. Ryan has toured with the USO in Qatar and Afghanistan. He’s written for Comedy Central’s “Roast of Charlie Sheen,” among other failed projects & pilots. Ryan currently resides in Los Angeles, California where he can be found acting, doing stand up and making keen observations about what is infuriating in todays world.
Who Farted?
cleveland artists
Photo by Rustin McCann
BIO JOSH MORROW is a comedian based out of Cleveland, Ohio. He is clever and charming, and would probably help you move after a short conversation and a beer.
JOSH MORROW
HOMETOWN Cleveland
CURRENT CITY Cleveland
CREDITS Accidental Comedy Member, Whiskey Bear Festival, Burning Bridges Festival, Ohio River Valley Old Man Circui
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake with that crunchy/fudgey shit in the middle. I am a simple man.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
I'm not destroying anyone's desserts, but most pies are bullshit.
I said I was fine

Photo by Rustin McCann
JOHN BRUTON
HOMETOWN Cleveland, OH
CURRENT CITY Cleveland, OH
CREDITS None
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Red Velvet Cheesecake. Have you ever had it?
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
pumpkin pie. White people should do better.
BIO
With a comedy style described as "chill anger", you definitely want to hear what comedian JOHN BRUTON has to say. A staple in the Cleveland comedy scene, John brings jokes to the stage that have put audiences in stitches from coast to coast. John has performed in the Burning Bridge Comedy Festival (Pittsburgh), Whisky Bear Comedy Festival (Columbus, OH), as well as Cleveland's Cleveland Comedy Festival and Accidental Comedy Festival. John has also worked with some of the biggest names mainstream and urban comedy like JB Smoove, Roy Woods, Jr., Theo Von, Michael Kosta, Clayton English, and Tony Roberts, to name a few.
Effort only gets credit when you get the desired result

Photo by Rustin McCann
CODY COOPER
HOMETOWN ClevelandCURRENT CITY Lakewood
CREDITS Bill Squire's squire
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
My Mom's Butter Tarts, because what else would I pick? Doughnuts? Fuck outta here.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Jello. It always makes me queezy and tastes like lack of consent.
BIO
CODY COOPER is a lovable panda shaped man from Cleveland, OH. If Cody ‘s unique stories and humorous observations of everyday life don't make his audience squeal with glee, then his podcast Gabbing with Grandma sure will!
I said I wanted to be planted as a tree.
JUANDA MAYFIELD
HOMETOWN Cleveland
CURRENT CITY Cleveland
CREDITS From Cleveland
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
All of them! Because, dessert.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Anything with coffee, meringue and/or savory. Because they don't belong in sweets!
BIO
JUANDA MAYFIELD is truly one of Ohio's own. She grew up on the east side of Cleveland, cutting her comedy teeth early on by impersonating members of her church family. Then on to school where as a heavy-set chocolate chick you had to be able throw a humorous barb as well as take one. Juanda soon learned she had a knack for making people laugh and keeping them entertained. She won the Ohio's Funniest Comedian contest at The Funny Stop Comedy Club and it was sunshine and giggles from then on.
She continued her success by winning several other comedy contests. She's had audiences busting a gut in almost every small town and hamlet in Ohio. From the bright lights of Akron to the steamy nights of Zanesville, no club or bar has been left unturnedout. She also loves playing in clubs and colleges across the country, because it gives her a chance to coupon (her second love). It is nearly impossible to contain your laughter once you experience Juanda's witty perspective on food, fat, children and relationships just to name a few. Hold on tight and ride the wave of Juanda Mayfield's rise through the comedy ranks as one of the country's funniest comedians. This is one performance you won't want to miss!
Too soon
Photo by Rustin McCann
JIMMIE GRAHAM
HOMETOWN Cleveland
CURRENT CITY Cleveland
CREDITS LOL
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Literally haven't had dessert in 15 years.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
I would destroy myself first in an act of passion.
BIO
JIMMIE GRAHAM is a founding member of Accidental Comedy and can be found dark charming audiences all over the place with his his intelligent, off-beat & honest point of view.
Who’s dick do I gotta suck to get a dick to suck around here?

Photo by Rustin McCann
MARY SANTORA
HOMETOWN Cleveland CURRENT CITY Cleveland
CREDITS
2x Cleveland Scene Magazine's Funniest Female Comedian
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Ice cream, it's a cure all
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Rhubarb pie because no one would miss it
BIO
Hailing from Cleveland, OH, MARY SANTORA is a fresh breath of femininity in the otherwise male dominated world of stand up. Her quick witted, observational style has landed her the opportunity to not only perform across the country, but to open for such comedic greats as Jen Kirkman, Dave Attell, and Tom Papa. She was named The Best Female Comedian by The Cleveland Scene Magazine two years in a row in 2016 and 2017, took second place in the 2015 Cleveland Comedy Festival and is a regular on The Alan Cox Show on 100.7 WMMS. Mary is quickly making a name for herself as one the best up and coming comics in the Midwest.
She crushed life; death will be no different.
Bill squire
HOMETOWN Medina CURRENT CITY Medina
CREDITS The Alan Cox Show, LAUGHS
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Ice Cream sundaes cause you can add every dessert to it.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
I’d destroy the whole concept of dessert. Why do I have to eat a meal then follow it with some cake? Cake is a meal. I’ll have a piece of cake and a side salad. Gotta keep the balance. Frosting and dressing on the side.
BIO
BILL SQUIRE is the co-host of The Alan Cox Show on 100.7 WMMS and was once a very motivated comedian. Now he’s getting older and just doesn’t seem to care as much. He’s still funny though. He’s just at a point we’re comedy isn’t as fulfilling as it once was. He’s just going through some things I guess. Also he doesn’t like writing his own bios. Guess he thought after 14 years and having a number 1 album on iTunes and opening for some for the biggest names in comedy he’d be further along. Don’t get me wrong he’s doing well. He just doesn’t have the accolades and credits other comics do. He didn’t really pursue those credits though he just wanted to be funny and not have a real job which he accomplished. He did win best male comedian in 2017 from Scene Magazine which is cool but Mike Polk Jr asked to not be on the ballot that year so it has an asterisk.
His strong arms were made for hurting children.
national submissions
Every year, HUNDREDS of comedians from around the country submit to be considered to come to Cleveland for fun comedy times. This year, these 11 made the cut!
JOE KWACZALA
HOMETOWN Pittsburgh CURRENT CITY Los Angeles
CREDITS Comedy Central Comic to Watch
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Rice Krispie Treats because they dared to dream of a world where cereal could be dessert and somehow pulled it off
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Black licorice. It's not 1915 anymore-- we've since discovered the concept of flavor.
BIO
Joe Kwaczala is a stand-up from Pittsburgh, who started doing comedy in Chicago and now lives in Los Angeles. He has performed at festivals like Colossal Clusterfest, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, and the Chicago Comedy Exposition, and in 2017, he was chosen to be one of Comedy Central's "Up Next" Comics to Watch. Joe has performed on the nationally-syndicated public radio show "Live Wire" and has written for The Onion News Network, ClickHole, and MAD Magazine. His independently-produced pilot "Cowards" won "Best Comedy Pilot" at the New York Television Festival and his subsequent web series for IFC "Does Dave Know We're Here?" was chosen by Paste Magazine as one of the "Best Internet Comedy Videos of 2015." Cleveland, you'll like this: Joe is obsessed with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and hosts a podcast about it, "Who Cares About the Rock Hall?"
He was balding but did a decent job of hiding it.

Photo by Roger Gordy
J SMITTY
HOMETOWN Boston
CURRENT CITY Cambridge
CREDITS Hart of the City on Comedy Central
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Reese's peanut butter cups.......wanna fight about it?
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
See above
BIO
J SMITTY IS A BOSTON BASED COMEDIAN AND WRITER. J’S HUMOR AND POINT OF VIEW STEM FROM AWKWARD SITUATIONS, RACIAL HUMOR AND MISDIRECTION. ALONG WITH HIS USE OF MANY IMPRESSIONS SMITTY WILL FIND A WAY TO HAVE YOU LAUGHING OR GROANING (EITHER WILL DO). J CAN BE SEEN ON SEASON 2 OF KEVIN HART'S "HART OF THE CITY ON COMEDY CENTRAL. HE HAS PERFORMED IN THE BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL, CINDER BLOCK COMEDY FESTIVAL AND WAS A FINALIST IN THE 2017 MARCH COMEDY MADNESS. HE IS THE HOST OF THE "FRIENDS WITH WORDS" PODCAST AND NOW THAT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU KNOW NOW. HE’S NOT THE COMEDIAN WE WANT, HE’S THE COMEDIAN WE DESERVE.
Let the games begin

Photo by Gabriel Michael
SAM IKE
HOMETOWN Boston, MA
CURRENT CITY Boston, MA
CREDITS NBC/Second City Break Out, Sirius XM
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Cookie. Can’t beat a good cookie.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Mint chocolate. Especially when you don’t know the mint is coming. Just give me the chocolate
BIO
SAM IKE is a comedian from Boston. His unique stage presence and observations have made him loved by audiences all over the country. He's performed in comedy festivals like Limestone, SF Sketchfest, Big Sky, and the Second City/NBC Universal Breakout Festival in Chicago. He's also been featured on NPR's You're the Expert, The Bechdel Cast on How Stuff Works Network, and The Check Spot on Sirius XM. Often you can see Sam as the cohost of the popular weekly show, Cityside Comedy or rewriting this bio.
You’re Welcome
MANDAL
HOMETOWN Atlanta, GA
CURRENT CITY Atlanta, GA
CREDITS Laughing Skull Festival, Memphis Comedy Festival
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Cheesecake. It combines two of my favorite things.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Carrot Cake. Leave your vegetables at home.
BIO
MANDAL is a Atlanta based comedian that is known for his high energy performance and quirky sense of humor. He is also the cohost for Clown School, a podcast about life's absurdities. He has opened for comedians such as Tig Notaro, Rory Scovel, and Donnell Rawlings. He has also performed in Orlando Indie Comedy Festival, Memphis Comedy Festival, and Laughing Skull Comedy Festival.
Fairly Decent guy.

Photo by Troy Conrad
ANDREA GUZZETTA
HOMETOWN Milwaukee, WI
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles, CA
CREDITS host of Oversharing Comedy and host of the Andrea Loves Everybody Podcast
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
mulberries and cream from my parent's backyard
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Sheet cake. It's the trailer trash of desserts. It's flavorless, low-quality garbage and no one should be eating it.
BIO
ANDREA GUZZETTA is an absurdly earnest artist and stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles. She co-produces the monthly ‘Oversharing Comedy Show,’ where audiences and comedians trauma-bond through laughter and hosts ‘Andrea Loves Everybody,’ a podcast that celebrates our flawed search for love and acceptance. A grandma in a young gal’s body, she enjoys heartfelt talks, handmade crafts, and fumbling with technology… and kickboxing. Just like your grandma.
she tried
Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola
HOMETOWN South Side, Chicago CURRENT CITY Chicago/NYC/LA
CREDITS HBO's Insecure, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, NBC's Chicago P.D., Empire on Fox
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Rainbow Sherbet. Ice cream makes you thirsty and too much pastries is good for nobody. Although I am a sucker for Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake from ocean’s Prime in NYC.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Ice cream. I don’t get it. It makes you thirsty.
BIO
Born and Bred from Chicago, IL. Comedian, Actress, Writer and Performer Rashida "SHEEDZ" Olayiwola is a Rising Star whose has been featured/ Guest star on HBO's Insecure, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, NBC's Chicago P.D., Empire on Fox. Has opened for stars such as Arsenio Hall, Hannibal Burress, Michael Che, Cecily Strong, Aida Rodriguez to name a few. Her sharp wit, smarts and cleverness has been capturing the hearts all across the country. Let SHEEDZ tell it "You got get this Black Girl Magic whether you like it or not".
She did dat shit henny
DAN ALTEN
HOMETOWN Garfield Heights, OH
CURRENT CITY Louisville, Ky
CREDITS LAFF Fest Records
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
How about a nice warm brownie with some raspberries and chocolate and a scoop of vanilla ice cream? Huh?
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Traditional birthday cake is boring and pedestrian and is probably just cheap and easy to make and we’ve all played ourselves by making it tradition
BIO
Based out of Louisville but born and raised in beautiful Garfield Heights, Dan Alten tours the country bringing his intelligently surreal nonesense to punk houses, art galleries, backyards, theaters, and comedy clubs.
He was slightly more than just another mustache
JENNIFER McAULIFFE
HOMETOWN Toronto
CURRENT CITY Toronto
CREDITS Performed for the Troops, Wrote for Just for Laughs, Edinburgh fringe
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Ice cream. It works as a synthetic for feeling like people accept you.
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Cheesecake. Gtfoh. Its gooey and gross and bland. Eat a flan you cowards.
BIO
JENNIFER McAULIFFE is a comedian from Toronto, Canada. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, across America, Canada, Ireland, the UK, and Bermuda. She has the distinction of performing for the troops at Base Borden. This summer she is writing for the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal where she lies about how much school french she remembers on phone calls to her dad. She is a writer and featured performer on VSP podcast with Steve Patterson of CBC’s Debaters. She went to University of Toronto and University of the West Indies, so owes several schools a lot of money. She recorded her album “Baby Face” in Nashville and really likes to work. At 14, she ran away from home to go to Mexico and you’d think she’d talk about THAT and not robots so much.
She died as she lived, walking across the street looking at her phone. OR “Lol, sorry”
NICOLE AIMEE
HOMETOWN Detroit
CURRENT CITY Los Angeles
CREDITS Oxygen’s Funny Girls and Comedy Central’s Road To Roast Battle
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Tiramisu or pumpkin pie. Not too sweet and always comes in a good portion to help you process any emotion. (Always fresh whip on the side)
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
I could never destroy a dessert Bc if you’re sad enough all desserts are delicious.
BIO
NICOLE AIMEE is a comedian who isn't letting her lady parts hold her back. She's a feminist that enjoys a good ol' fashion catcall and a well lit dick pic. Nicole Aimée Schreiber is really bad at writing bios. She grew up outside of Detroit with “a life of constant disappointment to her overachieving Jewish mother.” Despite being voted Class Clown for high school senior superlatives, Nicole did not pursue comedy immediately and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Pre-Med and Art History. Nicole went on to work in fashion and advertising doing sales and marketing. However, feeling like something was missing, she left her successful career and gravitated towards the world of acting, improv and standup comedy to satiate her need for knowledge, attention and rejection. In 2015 and 2016 she was featured on the Oxygen Network show, Funny Girls, about her life as a standup comic. She also took first prize at the 2016 Hell Yes Fest! In January of 2017 she was a featured comic on Comedy Central’s Road to Roast Battle Season II with Jeff Ross. She regularly features for Dave Attell and you can see her at comedy clubs around country.
She told you so
DEWAYNE PERKINS
HOMETOWN Chicago
CURRENT CITY New York City
CREDITS Writer for the Break with Michelle Wolf, Comedy Central, MTV
BEST DESSERT & WHY?
Ice cream cake because its two desserts in one and I like BEATING THE GOD DAMN SYSTEM!!!
DESTROY ONE DESSERT. WHICH ONE & WHY?
Flan, it's a trigger for me.
BIO
DEWAYNE PERKINS is a New York based Chicago born and raised writer/comedian, who TimeOut New York recently named a Breakout LGBQT Comedian to watch. Dewayne is currently a writer on the Netflix late night show “The Break with Michelle Wolf” and recently wrote for the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner.
He was recently named one of Comedy Central’s “Up Next" comedians. He is a former cast member on MTV's “Wild N Out” and was a NBC Stand Up For Diversity 2017 finalist. A DePaul University graduate, Dewayne’s an alumni of the Second City Touring Company, writer/performer of the Second City/Woolly Mammoth collaboration “Black Side of the Moon” and a member of the award winning improv team 3Peat, who’s Comedy Central web short that he wrote, The Blackening, went viral with more than 15 million views.. Dewayne also makes up half of the duo, Bleep that Bleep. Their original shows include Beyonce ft. Jesus and Uncle Tom & Jerry Curl, and their NYTVF "Best Short Form" award winning web series Starving Artists.
Dewayne is also a technically trained ballet and hip-hop dancer, performing with the Paris Opera Ballet in their first American tour of the ballet Giselle and Bolero and placing 7th nationally in" Hip Hop Internationals" in Las Vegas. You can catch him doing stand up all over New York, Chicago, and LA. He is represented by APA and Artists First www.dewayneperkins.com @dewayneperkins
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