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Send us Fan Mail Caleb White moved from Dayton, Ohio, to Albany, N.Y. After getting out of a relationship with his girlfriend, he decided to become a comedian. It's been 2 1/2 years and he's getting some good footing in the scene. He's been at the Saratoga Comedy Festival and the Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival. He also hosts the What's Going On? Podcast. Perhaps more important:...

Send us Fan Mail Adam Broud is one of the best comedians working in Salt Lake City. He grew up in Medford, Ore., emersed in the arts. He played in a ska band and started doing stand-up when he was 15 years old. He even auditioned for Last Comic Standing when he was 18. It could've gone better. He graduated from BYU and is not a practicing Mormon anymore. But he is running the Comedy Church, w...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Belcher is on his second stint as a stand-up comedian. He and his wife moved from Tennessee to Huntsville, Ala., after he won $108,000 on Beat Shazam on 2022. A drummer his whole life, he decided to get back on stage and in front of the microphone. He's working all over the South. He's doing the Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival on Oct. 15 and 16 in Endicott, N.Y. Then...

Send us Fan Mail Conner Williams got out of the U.S. Navy and came back to his family in Martinsburg, W. Va. He started doing stand-up about 3 1/2 years ago. He got tired of driving to Maryland and Virginia for stage time, so he began producing shows in town. He created the United By Comedy Foundation as a way to help give back to the community.  Follow Conner Williams:  Instagram: https://www.ins...

Send us Fan Mail Clayton Williams started doing comedy in Buffalo when he was 24 years old. He had to work to get the "long" set at his mic, after being rejected by the other one. Almost 14 years later, on his 38th birthday, he's releasing his debut comedy special, "Clearly, I'm Trying Something," on YouTube. He's one of Buffalo's strongest comedians. Now th...

Send us Fan Mail Andreas O'Rourke has been doing stand-up in Pittsburgh for about 10 years. A performer all his life, he got started by using his mom's PA system when he was a kid. He acted through high school and was in The Boonies, which is on Amazon. As long as he's in front of an audience or a camera, he's going to be a happy guy. Follow Andreas O'Rourke:  Instagram: u...

Send us Fan Mail Jesse James Martin is the newly-crowned winner of the Harrisburg's Hilarious contest. He's been doing stand-up for three years. He got his start a week before turning 30 after careers in roofing and music production. Jesse's a regular at the Harrisburg Comedy Zone and is working all over Pennsylvania and into Baltimore.  Follow Jesse James Martin:  Instagram: https:...

Send us Fan Mail David Horning is one of the funniest people in Cleveland. Or he's a motivational speaker. It all depends on if you like his jokes. A regular in the scene since 2017 and one half of Henceforth Comedy, he recently made a best man speech that went viral on TikTok and Instagram. All he wanted was a Super Nintendo. Instead, he got a brother. He let it all out at his brother's...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Tracy started doing stand-up in 2017, doing most of his work between Frederick and Baltimore. He lives in Havre de Grace, Md., now with his wife, all because he chose the wrong class at Towson. He's half of the Beer Run Comedy duo with Ray Jubela, and they run shows all over the Mid-Atlantic.  Follow Steve Tracy:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steevtracy?igsh=d2R...

Send us Fan Mail Joe Briggs has been doing stand-up since April of 2019. He got his start in sketch and improv and got bullied into stand-up by some of his best friends in the Cleveland comedy scene. He's been in New York City for the last 3 1/2 years. His special, "The Boys Are Back," came out on YouTube in 2025 and he'll be at the Saratoga Comedy Festival on Sept. 11 and 12....

Send us Fan Mail Kinsey Ford is a really funny comedian in Dallas. She started doing stand-up in Wichita, Kan., back in 2019 -- right before the pandemic. She moved to Charleston, S.C., for a year before settling in Dallas. She's working at the clubs and participating at festivals all over the country. She was at the Finger Lakes Comedy Festival in Ithaca and is coming back to New York for th...

Send us Fan Mail Connor Dixon grew up in Chicago, went to school at Penn State and partied so much in New York City that his girlfriend told him to do stand-up. That was back in 2018 and his now wife only regrets it a little. He performs regularly all over New York City and is working his way up from a host and feature to a headliner. It's not the NBA, but he's having fun. Follow Connor...

Send us Fan Mail Jake Piskor has been doing stand-up in Buffalo since 2017. It only took him nine years to become Buffalo's Funniest Person. He won that honor on Sunday, July 19 and never has to compete in that contest again. Whether it's his thirst for more details or his mustache, he's found himself on the receiving end of several unique encounters with strangers -- adding fuel to...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Fierro is a ridiculously funny comedian in Jersey City, N.J. He grew up watching In Living Color and George Carlin with his parents and is a major comedy nerd. This October, he'll be at The Fest in Gainesville, Fla., with a loaded lineup of comedians and punk rock bands. Nick is a great story-teller and he's lived an extremely interesting life. He's been featur...

Send us Fan Mail Vinnie Paulino has been doing stand-up for about 20 years. He did his first open mic in Texas before coming to Rochester. He started working the clubs in town in 2007 and has been with Comedy at the Carlson since it opened in 2016. He and one of the owners, Mark Ippolito, are running the Rochester Comedy Festival, which begins on Thursday, July 16 and going through Sunday, July 19...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Hendricks has been studying science since she was at Shippensburg University. She was active in politics and had a good job in Pottsville, Pa. Then she enrolled in a stand-up class and developed a new interest. She's one of the better "younger" comedians in the Philadelphia suburbs -- proving it by reaching the finals of SoulJoels' Best of the Burbs cont...

Send us Fan Mail DJ Dangler has spent the last 20 years working his way from New York City to Los Angeles, telling jokes wherever he can. He graduated from Purdue and wrote his first jokes while working at an accountant's office. He found a place on stage. He's back in Indianapolis and is a writer on the Bob and Tom Show, where his jokes are heard by millions of people every day. He also...

Send us Fan Mail Jordan Berry is an up-and-coming comedian from Lexington, Ky. He moved to Louisville recently to put more time into stand-up. He's a regular at the clubs in the area and is producing the Spotless Clean Comedy Show at The Spot Comedy Club in Lexington. He's only two years in, but he's already performed all over the Midwest and is about to cross Phoenix and Atlanta of...

Send us Fan Mail Johnny Mocny spent the first eight years of his comedy career in Lansing, Mich., traveling the state and working all over the Midwest. He started coming to Chicago regularly in 2025 and moved there in January, joining his friend and Rocket Force Podcast co-host, Louis Michael. Mocny has opened for Sam Tallent, Roy Wood, Jr. and has been hosting the We Are Movies podcast since 2019...

Send us Fan Mail Tony Sykowski grew up in Hadley, Mass., and began doing sketch and improv in Chicago. After five years there, he came to New York City and started traveling up the stand-up ladder in 2018. He's performed at the Asheville Comedy Festival and the Tiny Cupboard Penthouse. He's headlining the opening night of the Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival on Oct. 15.   Follow Tony Sykows...

Send us Fan Mail Bob McClure likes comedy and baseball. It's tough to know which one he likes more, though those 1990s Indians teams grabbed hold pretty tightly. He graduated college with a theater degree and moved to Los Angeles in 2017. He got a crash course in stand-up comedy and was able to get regular work before coming back to Akron, Ohio. He's a big part of the Cleveland chapter o...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Camp has been doing standup in the Binghamton, N.Y., area for two years. He played in punk bands growing up and made fun of the other bands and scene kids from the stage. He started to go to local comedy shows and attended the open mics for about a year as an audience member before taking the stage. The study time has paid off because he's one of the hardest-working come...

Send us Fan Mail Aaron Richter did his first stand-up set in Guatemala, like most comedians. He picked it up again when he got to Chicago and is now in West Lebanon, N.H. He runs a pair of open mics and produces shows at Bright Side Brewing in West Lebanon. He's also a music director and an organist at his church. And he might be a future TV producer. We'll see.  Follow Aaron Richter:  I...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Nakis has been all over the country doing stand-up. Well, he's been on both coasts. That good enough. He started in Boston 14 years ago before moving to Portland, Ore. After five years there, he and his wife moved to the Pittsburgh area. A Cleveland native, Chris released his full special, "Gonna Wanna," in 2024 and is planning to put out a shorter one soon. I...

Send us Fan Mail Tony Rodriguez loves the Greensboro, N.C., comedy scene. He switched from music to stand-up seven years ago. After a rough start, he started to get the hang of his new hobby and is trying to make a career out of it. He helps run The Sidewalk Crew production company. He's a regular at the Idiot Box comedy club and is going to be part of the North Carolina Comedy Festival betwe...