2024 Performers

Amos Mack is a comedian and single father out of Olympia. Amos has appeared in the 2017 Amazon Movie "Unfallen". He also has a children's book on Amazon Titled "Why Daddy Can't Count to Ten".

Andrew Frank is a comedian based out of Seattle. He started writing and performing stand up at the age of 14 and has relentlessly toured the United States, Canada, Scotland, France, Germany, Austria, Vienna, Czech Republic, Bratislava, and Estonia over the course of his career.

He was named one of the “Best Undiscovered Comedians in America” by Thrillist Magazine. 

Originally from Cleveland and now based in Seattle, Andrew Spink is a comedian, storyteller, and — just like you guessed! — former pastor. His comedy is informed by his experiences leaving organized religion, failing at parenting, and his 15+ years as a trophy-husband. He’s a regular in the Pacific Northwest Comedy scene, has performed at many festivals, and has appeared on Story Collider, Ignite, RiSK!, and Locally Fameless.

Proud to have earned a place as a regular of Laughs Comedy Club in the U-District in Seattle, Ann Elise also loves going to new places, meeting new people, and sharing laughs with as many as possible. Ann performs all around the Puget Sound and in Minnesota. She both hosts and produces Lake City Comedy Night at HeartSpace. She has worked with comedians such as Susan Rice, Kermet Apio, and Derek Sheen. Ann also strongly believes there is a cheese for every occasion.

Bahiyyih Mudd is a Nationally Touring Comedian from Washington state. She has spent the last 10 years perfecting her classic delivery style. She brings quick wit, sarcasm and a dash of spite to every stage. She has been a featured comic at the Annual National Indian Gaming Commission Conference in Phoenix Arizona and headlined the NW Women's Comedy Festival in Eugene Oregon.

Brandon is a comedian from Kent, Washington. He's large, in charge, and here to make you laugh!! He is a semi-finalist in both the Funniest Mfer contest as well as Tacoma Comedy Club's "The (Comedy) Voice competition" in 2022 and 2023. 

Meet Bree Real a true Chaos Queen, the comedy whirlwind that'll leave you laughing through life's craziest moments! In just six months, she went from newbie to rocking feature sets with jokes spanning parenting, military life, and her 17-year stint in the chaotic ER of the nation's 3rd busiest hospital.

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As an Air Force vet, wife of 20 years, and mom to 10 (yes, you heard it right), she brings the chaos in her life to the stage, turning challenges into comedy gold.

Cara Rosellini is a stand up comedian, actor and writer who started her career in LA and continues to work in Seattle. Her dry style and sharp writing keeps a captive audience laughing...or curious. She has competed in the Seattle Comedy Competition twice, as well as some of the best clubs on West Coast: the Laugh
Factory, the Hollywood Improv., the Comedy Store and Rooster T. Feathers to name a few. She has also performed in various bookstores, bars, restaurants, living rooms and a van.

Chandler Noble Hatch is a rising comic devoted to pointing out the things he loves and hates in his life. Born and raised in the vibrant city of Tacoma, Washington, Chandler draws inspiration from the twists and turns of his experiences. His appearance aside he's both jolly, silly, and a bit of everything in between.

Craig Stewart’s comedy is that of a fella you meet at a bar or concert and never see again in your life. The guy who convincingly tells you a story that never happened and cynically asks the question of “why do people act like that?” 

Craig's comedy stylings touch on workplace annoyances, odd conversations, and all that other stuff that humans do.

He is less of a “clown” and more so a “dude who rolled out of bed and became a comedian”

Daina is a comedian and a storyteller from Minneapolis. She was born in Somalia and immigrated to Minnesota as a kid- considering herself to be a third-culture adult. This has allowed her to develop an awareness of the world around her, and to create comedy that has multi-level, multi-cultural appeal.

Danny Anderson is a Seattle-based comedian who’s been slowly and gingerly ascending steps onto stages all over Washington State! Danny is not only chronically ill, he’s chronically lazy too… But it’s OK, he’s a Taurus! As a middle child of five brothers, the son of old school Baby Boomers and a reluctant MS Warrior, Danny tries his best to find the “funny” in all of life’s absurd glory! 

Danny Meyerend is about to finish his PhD and can’t wait to disappoint everybody on a plane one day when they ask for a doctor but he’s the wrong kind. He’s also born and raised in Brooklyn, and has to tell you that within 30 seconds of an introduction. He’s done comedy all over the PNW, most recently featured at the Northwest Black comedy festival in Portland. He also likes Drake too much, and is aware that it’s a problem (he’s working through it).

Deb Tahara has performed at the Aloha Comedy Festival in her hometown of Honolulu and was a semi-finalist in the Funniest MF contest at Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Club in Tacoma. Her wry, sardonic humor gives a unique take on racial issues, current events, and farting. Deb’s comedy experience also includes improv, sketch, and directing award-winning short documentaries featuring comedians.

Gabey Lucas is a writer and comedian who's been called "witty yet strangely informative." Formerly the humor columnist for The Ubyssey in Vancouver, she currently writes for SB Nation and has performed from New Zealand to New Orleans to North Macedonia including at Hell Yes Fest and the Ohrid Summer Comedy Marathon. She was also named one of the 2020 Full Artists by Steve Hofstetter's Martin Foundation. Gabey's only true ambition was to be on Drunk History, where she would've told the story of Washington's Ivy League-upending, Nazi-beating 1936 crew team.

Greg Beachler is one of the Northwest’s fastest-rising comedians and is bringing his trademark wit and humorous storytelling across the country. As a 40-year-old divorced father of two, Greg blends his family life and mixed race into topical humor that is extremely relevant today. Greg is a comedian’s comedian and is certainly one to watch as he continues to break out in the coming years.

Harrison Cook is a Seattle-based comedian who started performing in his hometown of Los Angeles in 2021. He often performs at shows and mics up and down the West Coast (i-5 between Seattle and Belingham). His funny jokes have landed him regular spots at local clubs like Laughs Comedy Club. His day job is donut fryer/glazer.

Three years living in the PNW and nearly seven years doing standup, Heath Richardson brings energy and creativity to the standup comedy scene. He's a finalist in Nate Jackson's Funniest MF'er competition and he is a regular at all of the local clubs. With a style that is goofy but honest, silly yet saavy, and somehow seems cleverly aloof.

James Roberts is a blue comic from rural Washington. Growing up in towns so small that even the town next door has never heard of it so he tells people he's from Chehalis, the largest city near by, and people still have no idea where that is. With little to do besides hit trees with sticks, James chose to spent his free time making his friends and family laugh. A pastime that greatly influenced his desire to pursue a career in stand-up comedy, where he found quick success making the finals of the very first open mic comedy competition. Since then he's been a semifinalist at Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Club's "Funniest MF out here" competition 2023 and the 2023 Seattle International Comedy Competition.

Javann Jones is a Seattle-based writer and stand-up comedian. Born and raised in Alabama, he is equal parts Southern charm and brazen outspokenness. He's been described as "uncomfortably funny".

A former educator, Jenna Nobs honed her comedic voice performing for fans (kindergarten) and tough crowds (5th grade after lunch) in the Seattle area. Now you can see her dry observations about life on stages across the Pacific Northwest and occasionally other places, like bars in Connecticut. An audience member once said of Jenna: "You tell jokes like a librarian." She has no idea what this means.

Jeremy McDonald is a Seattle-based comedian with a dark and self-deprecating sense of humor. He jokes about himself and his speech, but also makes audiences laugh at things they can’t talk about with their friends and family.

Jim Webber started doing stand up when he turned 60 and decided not to age gracefully.  His comedy is influenced by his life growing up gay in the dark days before the Internet and by what it’s like being openly gray today. When he is not on stage, Jim has a day job and won’t be retiring anytime soon unless his comedy career takes off.

Jody Carrol has been featured in showcases in NYC, New Jersey, LA, Seattle, and Spokane. She's a house Comic at Spokane Comedy Club

Verified comic for guest spots at Broadway Comedy Club in NYC. She placed

2nd place at Salt Lake City Laugh Battle. She's been featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show for viral TikToks and was recently a finalist in Nate Jackson’s Funniest MF’r contest.

Jordann is a PNW native and has hosted and performed in a variety of shows and venues throughout the Seattle area and Pacific Northwest. Jordann’s known for her witty word play and shocking punchlines. When she’s not telling jokes she’s making music with her band or playing outside.

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 Upper Left Comedy Festival, the All Jane Comedy Festival, the Seattle International Comedy Competition, the Omaha Comedy Festival, and making her 94 year old non-english speaking grandma laugh more than her siblings and cousins combined. 

Born in India and raised in Oman, Lakshay’s comedy draws heavily from his experiences as a third-culture kid. He has performed at comedy clubs in Seattle and New York City. On days when money is tight, he has been found doing corporate gigs at Microsoft and Tasveer Film Festival. He is fluent in English, Hindi, and toilet humor, and hopes to make the Funniest Mammal Competition his soapbox

Lucy Tollefson is a writer, comedian and sports fan based in Seattle, WA. Lucy won Seattle’s Comedy Clash competition in 2019 and performed in the 43rd Seattle International Comedy Competition in 2023. Lucy has also performed in the 2019 Salem Comedy and Spirits Festival, Intersections Festival 2019, 2019 L.A. Laugh Riot Grrrl Fest, Alaska B4U Die Festival 2022 and Upper Left Fest 2023. Lucy is the head editor of Partially Obstructed Views and has been published in The Syndrome Mag, Robot Butt and Greener Pastures. They also completed the Second City's Writing Satire for the Internet program, so they have a certificate to prove they are funny. Lucy performs regularly around Washington, Oregon, and wherever else they have a friends couch to crash on.

Marie Elizabeth is an openly Autistic, pansexual, and polyamorous Seattle based comedian, born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Marie’s babe-in-the-woods attempts to comprehend the day-to-day expectations of our neurotypical world is the basis for their observational and curious comedy that is always funny and sometimes raunchy. When not on stage, Marie runs a therapeutic practice where staff and clients are all neurodivergent, provides trainings, and teaches graduate students. Growth is uncomfortable and more fun with laughter.

Mike Devore is a Writer, Stand-Up Comedian, and animator based out of Seattle, WA.  As a writer, Mike created the award-winning animated web series "MAX AND FRIENDS!."  As a stand-up, Mike placed in the top-10 of the 2019 Seattle International Comedy Competition. Mike was a 2023 CAPE New Writers Fellowship Finalist, a 2022 Netflix Animation Foundations Program writer mentee, and was also a 2021 WGF Veterans Writing Project mentee.

Neil Singh has been entertaining audiences all over the country for the past 8 years. Originally based out of San Diego, he placed 2nd in the 2020 San Diego's Funniest Person Contest and was a regular at 3 clubs in the region.

Since then, he has been entertaining folks in Western Washington and all over the Pacific Northwest.

His sly sarcasm, and playful critiques about our times endear him to audiences of all demographics and life experiences. 

Bio to come!

Paul Goodwin is a stand up comedian living in the Pacific Northwest. He was born in Mississippi and lived there until he was old enough to leave on his own. He eventually settled in Bremerton, Washington where he started doing stand up towards the end of 2017. He has performed all over Washington State and Oregon and took home 2nd place in the 2022 Tacoma Voice Competition at Tacoma Comedy Club.

Ponch is a guy who does comedy about stuff that he sees and thinks about, like being fat and Mexican in Seattle. He’s originally from LA but now lives is Seattle. His credits include: Laughs Comedy Club, Club Comedy, Here/After, Nate Jackson’s, his friends basement, a roller rink, Mexican restaurants, University of California: San Diego undergrad theater, and his mother’s iPhone

Rachel Shaw is a Seattle born-and-raised stand-up comic. Back in 2021, Rachel resolved to do comedy just once to check it off her bucket list… she failed at that endeavor and has now done stand-up hundreds of times. She has since become an unstoppable force in the Seattle comedy scene, charming audiences with her clever and endearing comedic style. Rachel can be found slinging jokes in venues all over Puget Sound.

Rachel Aflleje was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. Rachel works with children by day and entertains the crowds by night. (And yes, she’s tired.) Rachel has performed all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond and most recently competed in the 42nd annual Seattle International Comedy Competition. Rachel recently placed in the top of 3 of The Comedy Voice competition in Tacoma and co-produces The Laughing Elk. Rachel’s comedy pokes fun at the struggles of hashtag real life with a heavy sprinkling of sass. Her ability to turn tragedy on its head and dunk it in the toilet a few times to show it whose boss leaves life’s nastiest curveballs shaking in their boots. 

Quick-witted and well-traveled, in 2019 Reece transitioned from the baseball field to the stage where crowds continue to admire his tight pants. In the process of developing his voice, he has quickly garnered a stage presence that blends the mundane with the surreal. He is the winner of the 2022 "Funniest MF Out Here" competition at Nate Jackson's Super Funny Comedy Club and has opened for comedy veterans such as Ian Bagg, Mike E Winfield, Kyle Dunnigan, and Tony Woods. Reece is a co-founder and producer of “Parlor Tricks Comedy”, a Seattle-based comedy collective

Sharon Lacey is an internationally touring comedian. She’s been on two comedy tours to entertain our troops in Iraq and Kuwait and has done four comedy tours of Africa where she
performed for Ugandan audiences in two of their tribal languages.
 

You’ve seen her on the Disney Channel, ABC, Lifetime, and A&E. Sharon’s an alumnus of the San Francisco and Seattle Comedy Competitions, the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition,
Bridgetown Comedy Festival, NW Women’s Comedy Festival, finalist in Seattle’s Got Funny Competition, runner up in Portland’s Rose City Talent Contest, and a finalist in the A.M.
Northwest Comedy Competition and the Shades of Laughs Urban Comedy Competition.

Originally from North Carolina, Timmy has flourished in the PNW, taking 3rd place in the Seattle International Comedy Competition and 4th place in Nate Jackson's Funniest MFer Out There Competition.

Whether it's singing, telling jokes or creating skits, TwoScarves has been called "Refreshing" a "Multitalented comedy unicorn with an unexpected out-of-the-box perspective on life and taboos while breaking barriers and bridging cultures." She participated in the much-needed comedy night "Jewslim Muslish Night of Chanukahmedy" where Jewish and Muslim comedians shared the stage which hopefully broke the stereotype that the two groups can't get along.

Zahnae Aquino is a Seattle-based up-and-coming comedian. Pivoting from her TEDx Talk, she performs all across the West Coast by gracing the stage with her unique perspective as a young, ethnically ambiguous woman. She has opened for national headliners, and featured at places ranging from the Upper Left Fest to El Sarape Cantina (this is an amazing credit FYI). She produces across the city of Seattle, curating comedy to target the fun and flirty. Additionally, she can cook the perfect fried egg.

Xack Fischer is a regular performer at Club Comedy Seattle and Laughs Comedy Club, as well as shows all over the PNW. Once during an intense psychedelic experience, Xack was informed by a hyper-dimensional being that he might secretly be a lizard-person. The judges have still allowed him to compete as a Mammal.