Cipha Sounds
As a staple of NYC’s comedy scene and a DJ with roots in the city’s rich hip-hop history, Cipha Sounds is a man of many talents. With a knack for observational comedy, a background in improv, and an arsenal of music industry anecdotes, Cipha’s sets are always unique – drawing on the energy of the room and the audience.
When he’s not traveling the world with comedians like Dave Chappelle, Michelle Wolf, Mo Amer, and Michael Che, you can find him performing at Manhattan’s legendary Comedy Cellar, and headlining major clubs around the country. Cipha is no stranger to the small screen. He just wrapped a series with L.L. Cool J for A&E titled Hip Hop Treasures, which is slated to debut top of 2023. Cipha starred on TV shows like Tru TV’s "Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks", Fuse’s "What’s Ur Thing?" and was featured on HBO Max’s "That Damn Michael Che". He also spent many years as a host on Hot 97’s morning show, the original DJ for Chappelle’s Show, and a touring DJ for artists such as Lil Kim, Mos Def, and Rihanna. Cipha is currently the co-host of the podcasts Juan Ep Is Life (with Hot 97 and ESPN’s Peter Rosenberg), and Talk Clearlyer (with fellow comedian Wil Sylvince), and he is working on his debut half-hour special
Caitlin Peluffo
Originally hailing from San Francisco, CA, Caitlin Peluffo is a New York based comedian. Last year, Caitlin released a Comedy Central Featuring set and a Don't Tell Comedy set. She was also featured on the Late Show with James Corden, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, After Midnight on CBS, and as a New Face of Comedy at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. Peluffo regularly opens for comedians like Fortune Feimster, Matteo Lane, Maria Bamford, Gary Gulman, Colin Quinn, and the late Gilbert Godfried to name a few. She performs all over NYC at The Comedy Cellar, The Stand and New York Comedy Club to clubs nationwide talking about how she came to be such a lovable loose cannon.
Hari Kondabolu
Hari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer and podcaster based in Brooklyn. The NY Times called him “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today” and described his 2018 Netflix special Warn Your Relatives as “an incisively funny and formally adventurous hour that reveals a comic in command of his powers.” The special was named on many “Best of” lists, including for Time, Paste Magazine, Cosmopolitan, E! Online, and Mashable. He was also named one of 2018’s “Comics To Watch” by Variety. Hari currently hosts the new Netflix food competition series Snack vs Chef along with Megan Stalter.
In 2017, his truTV documentary The Problem with Apu was released to critical acclaim and spurred a global conversation about race and representation. The Nation called it “adevastating critique of the ultimate comedic sacred cow: The Simpsons.” It is now used in high school, college and grad school curriculums around the US.
Hari has also released two comedy albums, Waiting for 2042 & Mainstream American Comic with legendary indie rock label Kill Rock Stars. Additionally, he has performed on such shows as Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Show with David Letterman among many others. He is also a former writer & correspondent on the much loved, Chris Rock produced FX show Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.
A regular on the public radio, Hari is a panelist on the NPR game show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. As a podcaster, he co-hosted the popular Politically Reactive with dear friend W. Kamau Bell. Additionally, he also co-hosts what he politely describes as a “pop up podcast,” The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Podcast with his younger brother Ashok (“Dap” from HBO’s Chillin’ Island and defunct rap group Das Racist.
Hari attended both Bowdoin College and Wesleyan University, graduating from the former institution with a B.A. in Comparative Politics. A former immigrant rights organizer in Seattle who worked under the leadership of now-Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Hari also earned a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics in 2008. He was the “Artist In
Residence” at NYU’s APA Institute for the 2014-2015 Academic Year and at Shangri La Museum in Honolulu in 2018.
Comedy For A Cause: Supporting Wilmington Firefighters Local 129
Join as as we help raise money for the Wilmington Firefighters Local 129! Comedy for a Cause is a comedy fundraising show that is produced and hosted by Comedian Damien Speranza. Before becoming a comedian, Damien worked as a Firefighter and has found a way to help out his fellow Firefighters through comedy. Damien teams up with Fire Departments all over the country to raise money for various causes.
"Firefighters leave their families and risk their lives everyday, to protect and care for other people and their families. I just wanted to do something for them. What's better then laughing hard, while raising money?" -Damien Speranza-
Tue Dec 10 2024, 7:00 PM
Buy TicketsEagle Witt
A standup, writer, and actor; Eagle is a born and raised New Yorker. At 25 years old, he has been passed and performs at all the major clubs in the city including as a regular at the Comedy Cellar. Eagle has been featured on Comedy Central’s THIS WEEK AT THE COMEDY CELLAR as well as Amazon’s scripted series MILLENNIUMS.
Most recently, he performed on COMEDY CENTRAL’S STAND UP.
Nate Craig
An internationally touring headliner, Nate is a paid regular at the LA Comedy Store and NY Comedy Cellar among others. Most recently he appears in the hit Netflix movie "Old Dads". He also played Jonah Hill's brother "Phil" in the Netflix series "Maniac" and was a cast member on TruTV's "World's Dumbest". Nate's latest comedy special, "Live at The Green Mill" was executive produced by Bill Burr, and is his second standup special distributed by the All Things Comedy network. He plays a role in the last season of the animated Netflix series "F is for Family" and was featured on Season two of Comedy Central's "Roast Battle". He's also been on AXS Gotham Comedy Live, Tosh.0, Comedy Central's "Mash-up", and he wrote for 3 seasons of "Ridiculousness" on MTV. Nate has been featured at The Just for Laughs Montreal, JFL Northwest, Bridgetown, and HBO Las Vegas Comedy Festivals. He's been on "You Made it Weird" with Pete Holmes, has written for "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor, and was featured on the "Best of the Bob & Tom Radio Show". He headlines internationally and has multiple full length comedy albums available on iTunes and everywhere else.
Laurie Kilmartin
Laurie Kilmartin is a comedian and an Emmy-nominated/WGA Award-winning writer for CONAN. She has also written for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, The Late Late Show, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. She has performed standup on CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central and Showtime. Her standup special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad made Vulture's list of Top Ten Comedy Specials of 2016. Festival appearances include Just for Laughs, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Moontower Comedy Festival.
Laurie has written two books, Dead People Suck and the New York Times bestseller Shitty Mom. She and fellow comic Jackie Kashian host a popular podcast about standup comedy called The Jackie and Laurie Show. Her new album, Corset, was released at #1 on the iTunes charts. Laurie’s recent TV appearances include After Midnight (CBS), Sherri (syndicated) and being interviewed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton on Gutsy Women (AppleTV).
Laurie’s new one-hour comedy special, Cis Woke Grief Slut is available on AppleTV, Amazon Prime and YouTube. In a January 2024 profile piece, the Los Angeles Times says that “Kilmartin has become one of the most fearless, respected performer-writers in the L.A. standup scene.”