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Just for Laughs Montreal’s New Faces of Comedy for 2019 Announced

July 22, 2019

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Just for Laughs Montreal’s New Faces of Comedy for 2019 Announced

JFL Montreal’s New Faces, the annual class of comedians deemed to be watched as they’re on the rise, is a tightly held secret until the moment it’s announced and, fortunately, the moment is here. 59 folks got handpicked by the powers that be at Just For Laughs to be this year’s New Faces of Comedy (which includes a brand new “New Faces: Canada” category).

Much love to some of our favorites Hannah Einbinder, Punkie Johnson, Carmen Angelica, Logan Guntzelman, Sam Tallent, Haley Hepworth, Brad Silnutzer, Anna Drezen, Dewayne Perkins, and Opey Olagbaju!

NEW FACES OF COMEDY

Anna Drezen
Brad Silnutzer
Brendan Scannell
Chanel Ali
Dan Licata
Dewayne Perkins
Hannah Einbinder
Isabel Hagen
Jay Jurden
Joe Praino
Kevin Iso
Logan Guntzelman
Matty Ryan
Opey Olagbaju
Punkie Johnson
Reggie Conquest
Shane Gillis
Shapel Lacey
Tacarra Williams
Tien Tran
Tyree Elaine

NEW FACES: CHARACTERS

Allison Dunbar
George Aivaliotis
Haley Hepworth
Michael Churven
Michael Van Schoick
Rachel Pegram
Shukri R. Abdi
Taylor Ortega
Thomas Whittington
Tristan Griffin

NEW FACES: UNREPPED

Andrew Murphy
Andrew Stanley
Craig Conant
Drew Dunn
Janae Burris
Jordan Jensen
Lael O’Shaughnessy
Napoleon Emill
Sean Grant
Sam Tallent
Tina Friml

NEW FACES: CREATORS

Benito Skinner
Brad Gage
Carmen Angelica
Felipe Di Poi
Jennah Brittany
Tiny Chef (Rachel Larsen, Adam Reid and Ozlem Akturk)
Tutweezy aka Darius Tutwiler

NEW FACES: CANADA

Bee Bertrand
Brett Forte
Cassie Cao
Charles Haycock
Hisham Kelati
Leonard Chan
Rebecca Reeds
Rob Bebenek
Tranna Wintour
Yumi Nagashima

39 Comedians You Should and Will Know

November 13, 2018

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39 Comedians You Should and Will Know

As you can see in the byline, we had a hand in making this list happen and feel honored to do so at Vulture.

Sure, we’re a bit biased (though we reached out to all sorts of industry folks in the know on who they thought you should watch out for and compiled a list from them-so maybe not too biased on our end?), but it’s one of the lists of comedians to watch that we think you can really rely on.

Also, there are 21 picks we made, but, as some of them are groups or duos, it added up to 39, FYI.

LA Comedians Reveal That the LA Comedy Scene Does Not Pay Six Figures a Year to Comics “Breaking Into the LA Circuit”

June 21, 2018

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LA Comedians Reveal That the LA Comedy Scene Does Not Pay Six Figures a Year to Comics “Breaking Into the LA Circuit”

In response to this controversial THR article by Seth Abramovitch that indeed claims, “…a newer comic just breaking into the L.A. circuit can earn anywhere from $1,250 to $2,500 per week,” many of LA’s stalwart comedians gave Vulture the true figures as to what they’ve actually made while trying to come up in LA (spoiler alert: it’s a lot of drink tickets, if anything at all).

What’s essential to understand is that being in comedy involves being in it for the sheer love of it, then trying to figure out how you can patch enough gigs, comedy-related or no, to make any sort of living. From there, a select few actually do get to make the so-called “big bucks”, but it’s pretty much feast or famine (that’s the case for most creative endeavors by the way).