Allison Summers is an actor, stand-up, writer, and producer based in Nashville, TN. A Second City/UCB alum and comedy writer, she was an official selection of HBOs WICFest film and screenplay competition. She won Audience Choice Award at 48 Hour Film Project, and Honorable Mention at New York Indie Shorts. She currently features for Heather Shaw on the road and recently returned from Boom Chicago Comedy Festival and Blue Whale in Tulsa.
Andra Whipple is a comedy writer from Ohio, where she spent her childhood milking goats at farm camp and getting her black belt with her doomsday prepper family to prepare for the apocalypse. She’s written on shows including Adam Ruins Everything and the WGA Awards, hosted podcasts including Tell Me I’m Ok and 3rd and Fairfax, and performed in Second City’s Live Rude Girls and Uncle Nepheneezer’s Variety Hour. Her bar trivia team is #1 in the nation and she was once stopped at the French border for being “too sweaty”.
Born and raised in Chicago, Arlieta Hall brings a rare blend of humor, heart, and purpose to every space she steps into. A Second City NBC Bob Curry Fellow and co-star on Showtime’s The Chi, she’s also the creative force behind Finding Your Laughter, a powerful documentary inspired by her experience caregiving for her father with Alzheimer’s. Whether through comedy, storytelling, or community work, Arlieta’s mission is to connect, uplift, and remind us of the healing power of laughter.
Brittany Alsot (Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographer) first learned the power of personal storytelling making videos at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She continues to focus on work that impacts underrepresented communities, creating marketing and campaign videos for social justice and cultural arts organizations. Her fiction shorts have screened at queer and feminist film festivals across the country, and internationally.
Brad Einstein is a writer, comedian, two-time National Park Service Artist-In-Residence, and National Forest Service Voice of the Wilderness. He was the lead writer of The Climate Variety Show, hosted by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jason Sudeikis, and his climate work has been featured in Rolling Stone, The LA Times, The Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, and more. Past credits include: Shameless, The Onion, Billy on the Street, The Second City National Touring Company, and more. He was a member of the inaugural Climate Comedy Cohort and co-creator of Tree Huggers Comedy with creative partner Kyle Niemer.
Kyle Niemer is a two-time National Parks Service Artist-in-Residence, a National Forest Service Voice of the Wilderness, and an award-winning director and producer specializing in adventure filmmaking. He has worked with noted brands across the country including Netflix, Amazon, MotorTrend, Discovery, Hot Wheels, Outside Magazine, VICE, Sonic, Lexus, and his digital content has been streamed in the millions. He was a member of the inaugural Climate Comedy Cohort and is co-creator of Tree Huggers Comedy with creative partner Brad Einstein.
Fouad Dakwar is a multimedia artist whose subversive comedy channels his Palestinian-American immigrant upbringing– all with a punk-rock twist. His semi-autobiographical musical, Fouad of Nazareth, has been presented at Joe’s Pub and was featured in the 2025 Yes And… Laughter Lab Comedy Festival, the 2024 Noor Theatre Highlight Reading Series, and the Playbill Songwriter Series, which aptly described Fouad as “a darkly comic pop-punk composer on the rise.”
Jeffrey! is an award-winning journalist and comedian. She has written and performed comedy for Upright Citizens Brigade and the Baltimore Improv Group and was selected for the inaugural Saturday Night Live/People’s Improv Theater fellowship. Her narrative writing has premiered at the American Black Film Festival, and she’s produced news for CNN and NBC News Studios. In her free time, Jeffrey! loves learning about Jesus (unironically), watching the Mets (usually lose), and telling people how often she goes to spin class (shout out Vibe Rides Atlanta 💚).
Dominique Nisperos is a comedian and recovering academic who has been honored as a Yes, And… Laughter Lab Fellow and a Ford Fellow. Their credits include ABC, Funny or Die, Blue Man Group, TVLand, ABS-CBN Global, Edinburgh Fringe, SF Sketchfest, and WorldStar. They write, perform, and teach in Brooklyn, New York.
Mehdi Barakchian, born in New York City and currently living in LA, grew up on his dad’s car lot in Queens. He was a natural with motors, driving at age 6, riding solo by 13, and by 17, holding licenses for cars, motorcycles, and boats. Today, he’s an actor and comedian, but motors remain a huge part of his life. He rides, races, trades, and builds, having rebuilt several bikes and cars from the ground up. Having lived through 9/11 as a New York local and Middle-Eastern teen, Mehdi knows firsthand about America’s divisions. A self-described “gas tank half-full” kind of guy, he believes that a shared love of motors can unite people. Not easily labeled, Mehdi is married to a woman from farm country, has a small designer dog, divorced immigrant parents, and speaks three languages. He’s also seen the band TOOL live seven times.
Jamie LeeLo is a seasoned stand-up comedian and writer. She hosted a long-standing live, late-night talk show called Brunch Night! that enjoyed a run at the famous Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City, and her work is featured across many publications and platforms including Comedy Central, Bustle Media, and Amazon content channels.
Nicholas “Naiem” Bouier (naiembouier.com) is an award-winning filmmaker and educator with 15+ years of entertainment industry experience; working across mediums & genres to direct both dramatic and comedic fiction, documentary, sketch, music videos, web series, and branded content. He’s an alum of Morehouse College, The American Film Institute Conservatory, and The Groundlings Sunday Company; and has been previously selected for labs through Film Independent, Sony Television, and NBC/Universal. Most recently, Bouier worked as a Story Editor on the Hulu series Interior Chinatown and is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America – West. He splits time between Los Angeles and Detroit, where he serves as an adjunct professor at The College for Creative Studies in Detroit and studies Urban Planning at Wayne State University.
Nikki Palumbo is a non-binary TV writer and comedian based in Los Angeles, but still reeks of New Jersey. Most recently, they wrote for the WGA Award-nominated Tiny Time Travel on PBS Kids and apologetically for AI at Google and MasterClass. Their humor writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and Reductress and they’ve won the ATX TV Festival Pitch Competition, participated in the Black List x WIF Episodic Lab, and are currently a WIF Fellow. Nikki usually writes subversive queer comedy, by nature, and often about their goofy Italian family, by nurture.
Nina Nguyen is a comedian, writer and actor from Houston Texas. She began stand up in 2012, was a finalist on Standup NBC, a sketch writer for CBS Showcase and is currently a performer in the sketch group “THESE?”. She recently had a run of shows at Largo opening for Beth Stelling, Margaret Cho and Sarah Silverman. She’s won contests and performed in tons of festivals across the country and world but can be mainly seen in Los Angeles where she lives with her wife and cat.
Nicole Blaine is the owner, CEO, and Artistic Director of The Crow, LA’s newest mission-driven nonprofit 501c3 comedy club. With a background in producing live comedy shows in Los Angeles and New York for 20 years, comedy festivals (Bergamot Comedy Fest, Westside Showdown), stand-up specials (HBO), her comedy special, Life’s A Bit, through Comedy Dynamics on Amazon Prime, and her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Pipe Dreams, she is thrilled to bring humor to those who need it most and help support the advancement of comedian careers that use stand-up to make the world a better place.
Rob Michaels is an Iraqi writer and director from Toronto, now in LA. He recently wrote for an animated series starring Will Arnett and Cobie Smulders, as well as season 3 of the hit Canadian show LATE BLOOMER. He’s also written for CBC’s workplace comedy ONE MORE TIME, Roku’s CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING, and CTV’s ROAST BATTLE CANADA. His directorial feature debut, PLEASE, AFTER YOU, is now available digitally on Apple TV+. He has performed extensively with THE SECOND CITY and has made comedy sketches with millions of views online via platforms like Funny Or Die and 9GAG. Rob’s greatest accomplishment is completing a math degree and a business degree simultaneously, then choosing a career that requires neither.
Taylor Blackman is a writer, actor, and retired baddie from Chicago, IL, who now lives a semi-quiet life in New Haven, CT. He is currently a Fire This Time fellow, an Alfred P. Sloan/Ensemble Studio Theatre–commissioned playwright, a NY Playground Playwriting Resident, and an Uptown Collective Playwriting Recipient. His work has been produced by PBS, City Theatre Miami, The Wild Project, and others. Taylor’s writing has also been published in We/Ourselves: Plays Celebrating Gender Diversity (Smith & Kraus), and his plays are licensed with Tiny Scripted. Outside of writing, Taylor can be seen on Raising Kanan (Starz), Alternatino (Comedy Central), FBI (CBS), and more.
Davon Williams is an international performer, two-time Anthem Award winner, and is currently getting his MFA from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University(Class of ’27). He is the 2025 Next Wave Black Excellence awardee, a WRTI “Artist to Watch,” and Philly Urban Theatre Festival winner for Best Play. His stage and screen work has been featured worldwide, with performances spanning theater, stand-up, and live music. He is also a published writer (When The Lights Are Bright Again), TED Talk alum, and March on Broadway co-organizer whose work has been profiled in Deadline, Forbes, CBS, Playbill, The Daily Beast, and 60 Minutes.
Toni Adeyemi is a comedy writer, performer, and producer despite her Nigerian parents’ wishes. Since graduating from Stanford, she’s worked at Disney, Pluto TV, SuperSpecial, and Honey Chile, and is currently the showrunner’s assistant on Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest. Toni writes fast-paced, ensemble comedies with humor and heart, mixing hard funny with warm fuzzies. She won the ATX TV Pitch Competition with her pilot Oakdale Country Club, premiered films at HollyShorts and the Pan African film festival, and has appeared in national campaigns for Apple Vision Pro and her dentist. You can catch Toni improvising on Harold Night at UCB LA or on game shows, trying to win another $10,000.
Aditya Mayya is a New York-based Canadian comedian, writer, and actor. He has performed across the United States and Canada, appearing in the 2025 Raleigh Comedy Festival, the 2023 New York Comedy Festival, and was in the All-Star Showcase of the inaugural Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival. As a writer, his comedy pilot won the 2024 SeriesFest Pitch-a-Thon (held at the Toronto International Film Festival) and he has been awarded the 2020 Award for Excellence in Writing and the 2017 Josh Goldfaden Award. In his spare time, he enjoys watching spy movies and will not rest until he has found Mr. Goodbar.
Ashley Singleton is a comedian and content creator for Funny You Should Ask from Salt Lake City. Her writing style finds the humor in life’s uncomfortable truths, making audiences feel seen, surprised, and a little uncomfy.
Sage Singleton is a writer and PR pro who knows how to spin awkward moments into stories worth laughing at. She’s made a career out of turning words into headlines and headlines into attention, but comedy is where she lets things get a little messier. With her sister and writing partner, she mines the funny (and sometimes traumatic) family archives—because it’s cheaper than therapy and way better for the crowd.
Avery Lee is an LA-based writer and performer from the Bay Area, who moved to Chicago, and then LA. He’s performed at UCB, iO Chicago, Annoyance, and Second City. Avery also co-created the NBC pilot and short digital series “Bobby & Iza”.
Brandi Campbell is a comedian, writer, and performer from North Carolina whose work fuses humor, social commentary, and theatricality. She uses her platform to uplift and connect with audiences through relatable and thought-provoking content. Through her production company, Silly Instinct Studios, she champions the idea that “Weird is Award-Winning,” creating silly content that spreads joy and challenges cultural narratives. @abrandinewshow
Brandon Collins is a screenwriter, comedian, and cultural commentator whose love for stories—especially the ones that make outsiders feel seen—led him to become a multi-hyphenate voice in entertainment. Brandon was one of just a few selected for the 2022–2023 Universal Writers Lab, where he developed narratives that fused comedy and adventure while exploring themes of race, identity, and injustice. He has since built a creative career that spans sold-out live shows like Drunk Black History, which earned praise from The New York Times and TimeOut NY, to performances at SXSW and the New York Comedy Festival.
Catherine Bloom is a Brooklyn based playwright and actor. Her plays have been supported by Ars Nova, Lincoln Center, JACK, Harlot, ?! New Works Festival, Brown Arts Institute, Providence Fringe, ART New York, and Theater [Untitled] amongst other theaters. She is an MFA Playwriting candidate at Brooklyn College.
Chet Siegel is an actress, comedian, director, and cook. She developed her solo show/ immersive nervous breakdown, MY DEAD WEDDING, as a 2022-2023 CAMP Artist in Residence at Ars Nova and performed at Ars Nova, Union Hall, Littlefield, and has run it monthly at UCB in NYC for the last 9 months. Performing credits include – Alternatino (Comedy Central), Search Party (HBO), Chicago Med (NBC), Uncle Peckerhead (Dread Central), Bloody Axe Wound (Shudder), and many independent projects that have appeare
Christine Ferrera has been performing hilariously absurd yet relatable stand-up for over a decade. She has opened for comedians Michael Ian Black, River Butcher and Emma Willmann, and performs regularly at clubs, crawl spaces and condemned malls throughout the Midwest. Her work has been presented on NPR and her show about overcoming lifelong social anxiety, The Shy Vaudevillian will premier at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2025. She lives and works and eats and prays and loves in Chicago.
Diana Hong is a Korean-American stand-up comedian and writer with humor like the ocean: deep, dark, and salty. Her stand-up has been featured in “Newcomers” on VEEPS and Fuse TV’s “We Need to Talk About America” and “Fresh Faces of Comedy”. Diana’s poignant and heartfelt storytelling explores identity, grief, and acceptance with humor that will make you laugh, relate, and want to give her a hug.
Kayla Velasquez is a writer, producer, and director with a BFA in TV Writing & Production from Chapman University and AA degrees in Theatre Arts and Film Studies. Whether she’s creating sketches, scripts, or penning a spicy queer romance novel, she uses her own mix of sharp, witty observations and silly humor to celebrate misfits in unexpected and heartfelt ways.
Emily Orr is an LA-based comedy writer most recently staffed on WIZARDS BEYOND WAVERLY PLACE on Disney+. She previously wrote for The Harvard Lampoon, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and more. A graduate of Harvard College, she was a recipient of the Franklin Ford Award for “strong intellectual ability and dry wit” and the Kwame Anthony Appiah Prize for “the most outstanding senior thesis relating to the African diaspora.” Before writing for TV, Emily worked at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., making videos about 200-year-old Italian sculpting techniques, how to do your make-up like a Vincent van Gogh painting, and everything in between.
Isha Damle is an Indian-American writer. She was a writer on the animated FOX series HOUSEBROKEN starring Lisa Kudrow, and her feature TITLE: FINAL DRAFT is a finalist for the 1497 Features Lab. She has previously worked in the writers’ rooms of an UNTITLED M. Night Shyamalan animated series, FOX’s CALL ME KAT, Netflix’s BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR, and Hulu’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin book series WILD CARDS. She graduated from Syracuse University with degrees in International Relations and Television/Radio/Film.
Siddharth Dhananjay is an Indian actor and writer. His breakout role came in 2017 with the Sundance hit PATTI CAKE$, and Siddharth’s other credits include Amazon Prime’s critically acclaimed series UNDONE from the Bojack Horseman team and the superhero action film BLOODSHOT starring Vin Diesel. He is currently acting, writing and producing various multimedia projects in Mumbai and Los Angeles. Siddharth graduated from Grinnell College with degrees in Philosophy and Economics.
Jake Noll is a transmasculine non-binary writer and comedian residing in Los Angeles. They were a digital content creator for Comedy Central/LOGO’s social media account The Gag and have 20K+ followers on TikTok and Instagram. They created and starred in the award-winning original series Just Call Me Ripley (OTV) and co-created the podcast Murdertown. A multidisciplinary performer, Jake was awarded best stand up in Chicago and was a sketch performer at Second City and The Annoyance. Currently they can be seen performing across venues in Los Angeles.
Jamil Suleman is a Seattle-based filmmaker, rapper, traveler, and community storyteller. Known for projects like Curry-NA-Hurry, Graffiti Village Tour, and The Bruce Lee Project, he uses Hip Hop, comedy, film and community engagement to celebrate diverse cultural narratives. Jamil won the 2019 Seattle Film Summit Pitch Contest for Curry-NA-Hurry, is a Green Room Alumni and 2023 Firelight Media (PBS) Fellow, was a past Washington Filmworks Above The Line Cohort member, and co-founded Indie Genius Media, which tells stories centered around ecology, healing, and mutual aid.
Jason Sweeten is a comedy writer and playwright. He’s written for Comedy Central, BuzzFeed, and The Upright Citizens Brigade, where he’s currently writing for their premier sketch show ASSSSKETCH. His sketches and characters have been featured on Queerty, LGBTQ Nation, and Vulture, which described his work as “boundary-pushing, deeply rewarding, and hilarious.”
Noelle Franco is an actress/director who holds an MFA in Acting from UCLA and a BFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Her acting credits include New Amsterdam (NBC), Gotham (FOX), Blue Bloods (CBS), The Other Two (Comedy Central), Just Like Us (Latino Theater Company), Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Oregon Cabaret Theatre), Valor (The Guthrie Theatre), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Baltimore Center Stage). Her directing credits include Lilitta and the Tramp (NYTF), Smoke (The Attic Theater Company) and Cowboys #2 (The Attic Theater Company). www.noellefrancoartist.com
Jen Bosworth-Ramirez is an actor turned assistant to Nic Cage turned therapist turned tv writer. A proud daughter of a fierce Colombian immigrant mom and used car salesman turned psychologist dad, Jen currently sees clients, writes for television and lives in a teeny house by a lake with her shy, skateboarding lawyer husband and their very recalcitrant dog, Doris.
Jerah Milligan is a multi-hyphenate storyteller who blends bold comedy with emotional depth. A D.C. native, Jerah is an actor, director, writer, and producer whose work spans Netflix, HBO, Showtime, and more. He’s also a level 10 Uno player so don’t sit at the table if you don’t want no smoke!
John F. O’Donnell is an NYC-based, national headlining comedian with over 20 years of experience. He has been featured in The New York Times and The LA Times, as well as being one of Comedy Central’s ‘Fresh Faces of Comedy.’ He is the creator/host of ’50 First Jokes,’ and the co-host of the ‘Episodic’ podcast. John prides himself on using comedy to destigmatize mental health issues.
Jules Crosby is a Black, queer comedy writer who escaped the deep South via Spirit Airlines after graduating college in 2023 (hold your applause).Jules interned in the writers’ room for season four of The Boys and became the writers’ assistant for two projects with Issa Rae’s RAEDIO division. Jules is now the writers’ assistant for an upcoming STARZ drama series.Jules is repped by Natalia Williams at M88 and was a finalist for the Reebok Human Rights Award, ATX TV Pitch Competition, and a runner-up for Humanitas’ David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award.
Julia Johns is a comedian, writer, actor, and illustrator living in Los Angeles. She wrote, directed, and stars in the short film “But Here We Are” and recently hosted the live talk show “The Littlest Late Show.” Previously, she appeared in Nickelodeon’s Shorts Showcase, hosted a live game show app called WTF, was a contributor to someecards, a contributing writer for MTV’s Girl Code, and was a member of the sketch group All Female Reboot.
Julie Golden is a Los Angeles comedian, TV producer, and podcaster, best known as the creator/host of The Big D — the comedy matchmaking show for divorced and divorce-curious singles. She’s been featured in the LA Times and Chicago Tribune and has performed at clubs including The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, The Ice House, Flappers, Mic Drop, Westside Comedy, and Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club in Las Vegas. Julie’s comedy deftly hides the medicine of social change inside sharp wit, dating misadventures, and commentary on the cultural chaos of right now — proving you can laugh and think at the same time.
Juno Men (she/her) is a Seattle-based comedian, writer, and storyteller. She is openly transgender, obviously Asian, and usually hungry. Her credits include the All Jane Comedy Festival, the Moth Radio Hour, the Omaha Comedy Festival, and opening for Janeane Garofalo, Nico Carney, James Tom, Nicole Byer, and Leslie Liao. She performs regularly across the PNW and can be found online at @seattlejuno on instagram.
Kristal Adams is a comedian, writer, and producer based in New York. As the co-creator of the Astigmatism Comedy Show, she brings her curatorial eye to a one-of-a-kind comedy and literature showcase. Named one of “7 Black Female Comics to See Before they Blow Up” by Madame Noire Magazine, Kristal has also been a consulting producer for shows on Netflix, Hulu, and Fox. She is also the co-creator of the acclaimed comic book series Mutiny: Black Girl Magik, dedicated to welcoming newcomers and underrepresented audiences to the world of comic books.
Originally from East Tennessee, Alexis Bradby started her stand-up journey shortly after moving to Los Angeles and attending the University of Southern California. She has performed at festivals such as Big Sky Comedy Festival and New York Comedy Festival. Recently, she filmed a comedy special for LMAOF. In addition to stand-up, Alexis writes for television and was in the writers’ room for hit shows such as iCarly and Tab Time.
Lee Robinson is NYC based stand-up comedian and co-host of the nationally touring comedy show Dyketopia. They’ve been featured on OutTV, Limestone Comedy Festival, High Plains Comedy Festival, and have opened for comics like Rachel Scanlon and Bob the Drag Queen. Their solo show, Good Christian Woman, was named Most Outstanding Solo Comedy Performance at the 2024 Denver Fringe Festival.
Pavar Snipe is a comedian, actor, writer, and Emmy-award nominated producer. Her credits include: DreamWorks’ Dragons the Nine Realms (VO actor), ABC’s When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren (writer, VO actor) and ABC 7 NY, NBC NY, NBC LA (producer). She was a writer for the CBS showcase and has performed all over the country including at the 2024 Austin Sketch Fest, where her one-woman show “Codeswitch” sold out and at Lincoln Center with ReelAbilities LIVE! which was also a sold-out show. When she’s not hosting her disability comedy podcast “It’s Not Even Like That” or teaching the next generation of comedy geniuses as a professor at The New School, you can find Pavar at the UCB Theater in New York where she co-produces and performs in the monthly Ninja’s Assemble comedy show.
Emily Turner is a New York City-based writer, producer, and director who co-developed “ReelAbilities LIVE!”– an annual comedy extravaganza featuring all-disabled talent that became a sold out show at Lincoln Center in 2025. She has worked on series like the PBS variety show “Read Awakening” and for production companies including Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment. In addition to live comedy shows and videos, Emily also produces the disability comedy podcast “It’s Not Even Like That” with Pavar Snipe.
Peter Kim is a writer, comedian and actor living in LA. JFL New Face of Comedy and can be seen on Shrinking, Frasier, and A Nice Indian Boy on Hulu.
Quincy Cho is a writer/actor/filmmaker based in Los Angeles. A Tribe Writers Fellow and Circle M+P x Anarchists United Writers Discovery Fellow, Quincy is also a WA on Season 5 of Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias, where she’ll be making her debut as a credited TV writer via freelance script. She is the comedic lead in the award-winning short Saverio and a producer on the international documentary Call of the Jab, which won the Tribeca Kickstart with Canva grant As a first-gen, elder daughter to Korean immigrants, Quincy’s work explores absurdity and complex relationships through a queer, AAPI lens. She can run 1 mile.
Reem Edan is an Iraqi-American comedian, content creator, award-winning writer and actress. Her performances have amassed tens of millions of views online and captivated audiences around the world, making appearances on: “The Stand Up Sketch Show,” Laugh After Dark, Sirius XM, Elizabeth Banks’ WhoHaha, and on her upcoming Dry Bar comedy special. Using edgy humor, colorful storytelling and witty commentary, Reem explores her “third-culture” identity and what life really is like living in the gray (or brown) area in-between.
Sabeen Sadiq is a New York-based comedian, actor/ VO actor, and writer known for her silly takes on the push and pull of trying to be so American but also so Muslim and also finding a way to feel Pakistani as well. There’s no way to balance all that – and she loves exploring the nuances on stage. She’s been featured in Vogue, Time Out New York, and Brown Girl Magazine. Sabeen released her debut comedy album Perfect Daughter in 2023 and has headlined clubs across the U.S., while also performing globally on fundraising tours with Human Appeal, IllMuslims, and PCRF. Sabeen has opened for Hasan Minhaj, Kumail Nanjiani, and Beth Stelling to name a few. She’s played the lead in the anthology series “Our Finest Hour” with Pop Culture Collab, she stars in the digital series CODE SWITCHED, and she led the sold-out play Arrangements at the New York Theater Festival.
Sammy Anzer is a sharp street boy turned comedian who uses his mixed-race background to examine all aspects of America and has written for Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, captured ZIWE’s interest for an interview, his debut album hit #1 on iTunes, and he’s appeared on PBS Roots of Comedy, Funny or Die, Sirius XM and is proud to have raised $20,000 for Saint Jude Children’s hospital. He recently made his booked debut at the Apollo.
Sammy Mowrey is a comedian and writer based in Los Angeles, CA. They have been seen on Adult Swim, HBO Max and featured in Vice and The Atlantic. Sammy tours all over the country opening for Adam Conover. Their short-form videos have millions of views across platforms.
Scarlet Meyer is a NYC based writer and comedian. Her pieces have appeared in Reductress, McSweeney’s, and carefully crafted work emails. She was recently accepted to the St. Nells Humor Residency for pilot writing in Jan 2026.
