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Send us Fan Mail Rebecca Sanders has been doing stand-up around Lexington, Ky., for about eight years. She took some time off following the pandemic, but she's back at it. Inspired by David Sedaris, Rebecca started by writing comedic essays and then quickly went to work after beginning her stand-up career. She did field pieces for the news show, "Hey Kentucky!" and works as a barten...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Wells started doing stand-up about 15 years ago when a group of his musician friends needed a host. A big fan of stand-up when he was a kid, he found a place in the New Jersey scene around North Bergen. When he's not following NOFX all over the East Coast, Wells co-produces the Hell Yea! Comedy Show at the Wawa Social Club. He also publishes the Josh Wells Weekly Newslet...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Daze started doing stand-up in October 2019. She's been traveling all over New York, giving audiences a good look at who she really is. Graduating from a 110-person class, she's found a good home on the stage. She's competing in Rochester's Funniest Person contest at the Comedy at the Carlson. She also runs a writer's workshop on Sunday. She just wa...

Send us Fan Mail Patrick Holbert is a very funny comedian, director, film-maker, producer and podcaster in New York City. He started doing stand-up for real in 2014 after a couple false starts. He jumped right into hosting open mics and running shows and has traveled the country doing college gigs. He just finished working with Joe List on a documentary on comedian Tom Dustin. Holbert, who worked...

Send us Fan Mail Victoria Vincent is a really funny comedian working out of Chicago. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of a surgeon and a nurse practitioner. She joined the rest of her extended family by working in healthcare as a radiation technician, but decided to persue stand-up full-time after getting into Just For Laughs in Montreal back in 2022. Despite starting less than five yea...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Peters has been doing stand-up in Philadelphia for the last decade. She did improv in high school and then took the microphone when she was 18 while attending the University of the Arts. She took a break during the pandemic, but is back in the scene. She produces shows with More Please! and co-hosts the We're Dating Podcast with Alejandro Morales.   Follow Rachel Peter...

Send us Fan Mail Sam Ellefson started doing stand-up when he turned 21 years old in college in Tacoma, Wash. In the last seven years, he's risen toward the top of the Tacoma scene, moved to Denver and recorded his first special, "Minnesota Nice," in his hometown, Hutchinson, Minn. He released the special on YouTube last year and Burn This Records picked it up and decided to put out...

Send us Fan Mail PT Bratton, a comedian in Bowie, Md., started doing stand-up nine years ago after he and his wife saw a comedy show. A preacher since he was 14 and a military veteran, Bratton decided to give it a shot and has become one of the best comedians in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. He teaches at the Armed Service Arts Partnership and his special, "You're Welcome for My Servi...

Send us Fan Mail Jacqui Marpa moved to Michigan from the Philippines when she was 15 years old. She'd studied up on America by watching High School Musical, so she was ready to perform when she got here. She began doing stand-up in Lansing, Mich., when she was 19 and has performed across the Midwest and made it to Sketchfest in San Francisco back in February. She's really funny, no matte...

Send us Fan Mail Erin Clough started doing stand-up at The Backline Comedy class in January 2023, mainly out of boredom. Since then, she's become and established member of the comedy scenes in Omaha and Lincoln, Neb. She performed at the Floodwater Comedy Festival in Iowa City, Iowa, in April and has big plans for the next year. She's got her dad in the audience to cheer for her, though...

Send us Fan Mail Bob Beach is one of the best comedians in Utica, N.Y. He started doing improv at the Uptown Theatre in 2018 and began stand-up pretty soon after that. He's able to do that while working on his PhD dissertation on cannabis usage between World War I and World War II, something we all think about on a daily basis. He's expecting his first child, so he's had to step bac...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Rueseler is a comedian in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He started doing stand-up six years ago and is a part of the St. Louis scene. It was either that or Memphis. An active Marine for six years, he works at the Helium Comedy Club and the Funny Bones and has a weekly podcast called "The Best?" He gave a preview of it on this episode.  Follow Eric Rueseler:  Instagram: https:...

Send us Fan Mail Austin Baca is a very funny comedian in Reno, Nev. After growing up in Los Angeles, Baca ditched his plans of becoming a geologist and began doing stand-up in 2016. He helped keep the comedy scene in Reno going after the pandemic and is enjoying life now.  Follow Austin Baca:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itwasjustaustin/ Support the show

Send us Fan Mail JJ Jones is a Boston-area comedian who was raised on British TV and New England sarcasm. He started doing stand-up in Denver eight years ago. He moved back to Massachusetts in 2017, lives in Foxboro and has been getting steady work all over the Northeast. He's a regular at the Comedy Connection in East Providence, R.I., and is headlining small clubs. He's doing everythin...

Send us Fan Mail Carson Taylor has been doing stand-up in the Mobile, Ala., area for almost a decade. He made friends with Zeke Buckhaults in high school, joined his band, Shropshire Collective, and followed him into the comedy scene. Taylor quit drinking six months ago and has noticed a big change in his stand-up -- mainly that he doesn't black out on stage anymore. He runs Whipper Snapper w...

Send us Fan Mail Kristen Lytie grew up in the punk rock scene in Green Bay, Wisc., and started doing stand-up in Chicago in 2013. She moved back to Green Bay in 2018 and is one of the big pieces of the comedy scene. She's been in festivals all over the country and is starting one, the Green Bay UFO Fest, this year from July 19 to 21. She recorded her debut album, “Disassociation Vacation,” at...

Send us Fan Mail Charlie Nadler is a stand-up comedian living in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. His parents, Marty and Holly Nadler, met while working on Laverne & Shirley, and Charlie was able to be on the sets of The Princess Bride and Pretty Woman and got to know Garry and Penny Marshall. Charlie wanted to be a screenwriter and worked in Los Angeles, where he started doing stand-u...

Send us Fan Mail Jake Silberman started doing stand-up in Minneapolis in 2013 before moving to Portland and beginning a serious run. He was one of Potland's best comedians, putting out "The Crowd Work Album" in 2020, and moved to New York City in 2022. He's toured the country in a van and worked with Norm Macdonald, Nate Bartgaze, Kyle Kinane and Nick Mullen. Jake's going...

Send us Fan Mail Brad Monkell picked up the bass when he was in middle school and has been able to make a career out of it. At the end of 2019, he stepped onto a comedy stage. It took him about a year to get back to it, and since then, he's been one of the driving forces of Albany's scene. He's also a radio host for WOOC 105.3 FM. He hosts open mics and runs shows at the Lark Street...

Send us Fan Mail Ted Anderson went to college at Marquette and decided with his wife to buy a house in Hawaii. After beginning their physical therapy practice, he started doing stand-up in 2009 and became an integrel part of the Maui scene. He's one of the founders of Power Up Comedy and a producer of the Hawaiian TV show, Moku Moku. It's about three friends navigating life on Hawaii. An...

Send us Fan Mail Alan Massenburg started doing stand-up in Lancaster, Pa., in 2015. Already with two daughters, he decided to take his funny social-media persona onto the stage and it's paid off. He splits time between Lancaster with his kids and New York City and he recorded his debut album, "We Got Action," in November. It's available on March 22, so make sure to order it. He...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Jones started doing stand-up in the Poconos when he was 15 years old. He started doing bar shows and open mics when he was 19. He's 28 now and after a few years away from the stage, he's back and being productive. He's emerged as one of the stand-outs in the Northeast Pennsylvania scene and has big plans for 2024.  Follow Chris Jones:  Instagram: https://www.i...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Clemente started doing stand-up when he was 36 years old and is doing all he can to keep comedy alive in Jamestown, N.Y. Always a performer at heart, he did improv at the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival and is trying as hard as he can to get local comedy into the National Comedy Center. The only constant member of the Jamestown comedy scene and the founder of Crescent City Creat...

Send us Fan Mail Dan Alten started doing stand-up in Louisville, Ky., back in 2012. He studied journalism at Indiana University, but was told by a professor he should be writing comedy. A sitcom guy growing up, he decided to move to Louisville and get good at stand-up. He co-hosts the Funny Dinner podcast and travels all over the country -- even in Cookeville, Tenn. Try the doughnuts.  Follow Dan...

Send us Fan Mail Brian Enck got a laugh in an English class in middle school and turned it into a career as a stand-up comedian. He grew up in Rochester and got his start in comedy as a freshman at Keuka College. After doing open mics and a few shows, he transfered to film school in New York City, where he got good at stand-up. Enck moved up to Syracuse during the pandemic with his now-wife and is...