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SYDNEY ADENIYI:
Sydney Adeniyi is a Nigerian-American comedian from Belleville IL. At an early age, Sydney found a knack for making people laugh by improvising jokes for friends and family. He took his talent to stage a few years after graduating college. Now, he startles audience’s funny bone with satirical and curious material with a touch of mischief. Sydney’s likable, relaxed and engaging comedy breaks the mold while being uniquely original and fun. Sydney appeared on the TV show “Laugh Out Loud St. Louis”, the movie “Sad Café”, He is the winner of “The Best of The Best” Chicago comedy contest and a featured performer in “Eddison Park Comedy Fest”.

NIKKI BRAYDEN:
Nikki Brayden began her comedic training when she would sneak out of bed to watch re-runs of "One Day At A Time", until one night she stayed up so late she saw "SNL". After that she knew she wanted a career in comedy. She started at Second City, graduating from their Conservatory which lead her to her true passion...stand-up. Nikki now performs regularly at Zanies in the Female Funny Showcase as well as the Rising Star Showcase. Her comedy consists of her unique life experiences. From starting high school at age 12 to her wacky family and friends. She's a wife, She's a mom, and She's PRETTY FUNNY!

EMILY LAKE:
Emily Lake was a school teacher when she fell in love with using humor to connect with an audience. She started performing stand-up in Chicago. She produces a weekly stand-up showcase every Saturday night at the Gallery Cabaret called “The Two Hour Comedy Hour.” She completed improv training programs at I.O and Second City, and is a member of the Firemen’s Guild improv troupe.

MICHAEL LARIMER:
Michael Larimer is a stand up comedian who storms the stage with energy and originality . He has been performing in the Chicagoland area for over three years now and strives to produce smart, yet crazy material. Mr. Larimer has performed at the world famous Zanies Comedy Club, Lakeshore Theater and won the Shenannigans Comedy Challenge in October 2011.

LISA LAURETA:
Lisa Laureta engages audiences by mixing character work, storytelling and classic stand up techniques. She has performed at many clubs and venues around the country and within Chicago including The Laugh Factory, Zanies, Chicago Underground Comedy and The Lincoln Lodge. She's been featured in Time Out Chicago's Joke of the Week, and is a cast member of the stand up show100 Proof Comedy. Lisa has also written several pilots and will be releasing an animatic for her cartoon this spring, in addition to writing and working on new sketch characters, and developing a one-woman show. She was a main cast member of "My Life is a Joke" for the Oprah Winfrey Network.

DREW MICHAEL:
Drew Michael is a Chicago comedian who focuses on life from a dark, cerebral point of view. His rumination on God, religion, Hitler, government, relationships, ex girlfriends, bestiality, pedophilia, life and death has – in addition to making people violently angry – prompted TimeOut Chicago to call him, ”Smart, funny and unabashedly crass.” Already a staple on the Chicago scene, Drew is one of the hardest working, most unapologetically convicted comedians in the country. See him now, while you still can, before he is viciously murdered by an ex-girlfriend, an unruly audience member, or himself.

WILL MILES:
Will Miles is a stand up comedian from Chicago who has been perfecting his craft since 2005. Since 2011, he has been featured on Hannibal Buress' "My Name Is Hannibal" tour and is a regular feature at Zanies. He also co-hosts a show in Chicago called "Two Black Dudes And An Open Microphone" on the last Tuesday of every month at Town Hall Pub with fellow comedian Clark Jones.

DAN RONAN:
Dan Ronan is a twenty two year old comedian with six years of experience in comedy. He started doing improv as part of a high school club at age fifteen, and at age eighteen, Dan started doing stand up comedy in Chicago. He quickly rose up the ranks, performing at Zanies, The Improv, Comedy Club on State, and Comedy Cafe, and working with names such as Gilbert Gottfried, Dwayne Kennedy, Hal Sparks, and Sugar Sammy. Currently, Dan can be seen at Zanies, Red Bar Comedy Club, or the prestigious Lincoln Lodge. He hopes to make it big in comedy some day so he can move out of his parent's house.

JOEY VILLAGOMEZ:
Joey Villagomez, a young Latino from Chicago's South Side, has been performing for a little over two years and is rising fast. At ease on any stage, his performances are fast-paced and engaging, playing with and off the crowd. Keenly observant, Joey conveys the humor in both the bizarre and the ordinary with astounding universal appeal. With seeming effortlessness and sincerity, he shares stories on everything from relationships and financial problems, to watching too much TV and his one-toothed dad who loves to eat corn on the cob!.

STEPHANIE HASZ:
Rising from small-town Wisconsin, Stephanie Hasz attacks the stage with the same vigor with which she attacks herself. Her raw honesty about being a single young woman with a propensity for short hair-cuts and tough-guy jackets has made her one of the loudest, most unique voices in the Chicago comedy scene. Stephanie’s fearlessness and specificity as she unravels her own life into a microphone resonates with audiences of all kinds, and has made her one of the most-discussed comedians in Chicago. The Onion A/V Club called her one of “the city’s most exciting up-and-comers,” and Time Out Chicago described her as displaying “a fury and vulnerability rarely seen from female comics.”