And, she is currently starring in a pilot pitch by Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder for animated development and it's looking very positive. It's tentatively titled "The Trial". That's right! Maria's talent is not limited to comedy! She also performs comedic voiceovers! She is a series regular on the animated Nickelodeon series CatDog and has been a guest star on Oxygen series Hey Monie!, the Cartoon Network's Home Movies and played a spider in Charlotte's Web II (a straight-to-video deal). And recently, Maria landed a role as "The Neurotic Farm Wife" in the upcoming animated feature by Steve Odekerk, BARNYARD . Some of her other credits include, STUART LITTLE 2 (small part), LUCKY NUMBERS with John Travolta (pretty big part), Dharma and Greg (very small part) and The Trouble with Normal (medium-sized part). Yeah, pretty awesome,huh?

Currently, Maria is writing a book-version of her one-person sitcom in Adelaide, Australia and running an open mike at this downtown Adelaide restaurant called, "The Lizard Lounge".

Jenica Bergere, a pretty funny woman, has been performing in comedy clubs since the age of eighteen and moonlights as an actress. As a comic, Jenica has recently been working in Las Vegas, which supports her healthy gambling hobby. As an actress, Jenica has guest starred on dozens of television shows and has had regular TV roles on “Ink” (CBS), “The Faculty”(ABC), and “Men Behaving Badly.” (NBC) With all of that work people only recognize her as “Sharon the plumber”, her recurring role as Drew Carey’s girlfriend, on “The Drew Carey Show” or as the MSN Butterfly.

Alycia Cooper, one of the smartest women in comedy today, has been described as “Hilariously Funny and to the Point!” Alycia “Tells It like it Is!”   She has been featured in “Essence Magazine” as a comedienne to watch!  She has appeared on "BET’s Comicview,” “Wanda Does It,” “Grounded for Life,” and "The Parkers."  She has warmed up audiences for “The Parker’s,” “Girlfriends,” and “The Tyra Banks Show.”  Stand Up Credits include  "BET's Comicview."  NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”, "BET Live". She has written for "The Steve Harvey Morning Show," and for Russell Simmons, of Def Jam fame.  Alycia performs at all the top Comedy Clubs in the country as well as Corporate events and Colleges.

Rebecca Corry says her start in comedy began, “when I came out of my mother’s womb thinking…what is this?  Some kind of joke?  The rest is history.”   She was born and raised in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington…or as she likes to call it, “the El Camino-driving, mullet-wearing, one-toothed pregnant teen capital of the world.”

Rebecca lived in Chicago for 8 years, where she studied writing, acting and Improvisation at theaters such as The Second City, Annoyance and Center Theater.

After an 11 month run in the Chicago production of Tony & Tina's Wedding as the pregnant made of honor, Corry moved to Los Angeles.   Immediately following her arrival she appeared at the HBO workspace in her first one-woman show, “Have You Ever Been Called a Dwarf?”, shot a pilot for the Oxygen Network and was chosen to perform as a “New Face” at the Montreal Comedy Festival.

Shortly after that, she was in the feature film “Big Fat Liar,” guest-starred on the sitcom “Yes, Dear” and was in a national commercial campaign for Gallo wine. She also performed stand-up at clubs like; The Improv, The Ice House, The Comedy Store, Dublins and many more.

Corry hosted the second season of “Mix It Up,” the interior design show created and executive produced by Courtney Cox Arquette and David Arquette. She has also guest-starred on “The King of Queens,” “The Bernie Mac Show,” “The Wayne Brady Show” and NBC’s “Late Friday.” L.A. Weekly recently named her second one-woman show, “Rebecca Corry with Balls,” the comedy pick of the week.

Currently, Corry can be seen on Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend,” on E!’s “101” series and headlining at comedy clubs and universities all over the country.

Courtney is a favorite at comedy clubs and colleges throughout the country and has even performed overseas for the US military. On the road and in Los Angeles where she now lives, Courtney has performed with many of the countries top headliners and was featured on EYE ON LA as, "one of LA's "funniest women'". She has been featured on the Comedy X College tour and is a regular performer on "Pretty Funny Women" at the Hollywood Improv.

She has been seen on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, DESTINATION STARDOM and ACCESS HOLLYWOOD. She has been a contributing writer for ESPN's MOHRSPORTS, with Jay Mohr and also wrote for Wayne Brady, and was a Comedy Producer for THE WAYNE BRADY SHOW for which she was nominated for Emmy award in the "Outstanding daytime talk show category. She is also featured, on the all female stand up comedy CD's Party Girls and Bad Girls.

Courtney has written for dozens of other comedians and several Television shows. She's here and there on the E! network featured on countdown shows, 40 CELEBRITY WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and FORBES CELEBRITY 100.Courtney is considered one of the hardest working women in comedy as a writer and performer.

No stranger to comedy, Jody worked her way through the Houston circuit. Told by many comedy club bookers that "Gash ain't funny", she took to the road to squash this ridiculous assumption of female comics. Starting in open mics then logging countless miles across the country as a road comic, her diligence and tenacity proved right and soon led to opening for such headliners and legends as Rodney Dangerfield, Dave Chappelle, Ron White, George Lopez, Margaret Cho, Mitch Hedberg and Ralphie May.

She left Houston for Los Angeles where she's since filmed two pilots for VH1, co-starred in an award- winning documentary about the life of a female comic called "Red White and Bitch," and she was a standout at the Marshall's Women in Comedy Festival.

She's been a farmer, a bulimic, baby gymnast, a fat cheerleader, a bartender/ lingerie model in a swingers club, and the drunken Chevy Chase of exotic dancing. She's been robbed, beaten up, beaten down, suicidal, and jailed. She’s been the life of the party and had the party almost take her life. Don't let this petite firecracker scare you; you get to hear the hilarity without the handcuffs from the safety of a comedy club near you.

Jody can be seen performing in Pretty Funny Women, the longest running all female stand up comedy show in the country. Lisa Sunstedt, the mastermind behind this wildly hilarious show boasts the best of the best and it’s no surprise this sassy redhead has found her place amongst this electric cast of Pretty Funny Women.

Jessica Golden is undoubtedly one of the hottest rising stars of stand-up comedy. She captivates audiences with her infectious energy and clever wit. Her gift for connecting with all kinds of people makes her a strong draw for a diverse audience. Jessica just finished filming a small but very funny role in Mike Binder's new movie, REIGN OVER ME (starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle), which comes out in March 2007.

She was recently featured in the Montreal Comedy Festival, “Just for Laughs.” Jessica performs at clubs and colleges across the country, such as Caroline’s on Broadway, The Improv, The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle in Detroit, The Royal Oak Music Theater, The Borgata in Atlantic City, the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, and the Riviera in Las Vegas.
Jessica has also appeared with Tony Rock (ALL OF US) as part of the Young American Tour, and she’s been on HBO’s MIND OF THE MARRIED MAN, E! Entertainment Television, and CMT. Her other film credits include: CLOUD NINE (HBO), MARRIAGE MATERIAL (Lifetime), GIRL PLAY (Indie), and STICK IT IN DETROIT (Indie).

Chelsea Handler was born in Livingston, New Jersey to a Jewish father and a Mormon mother and is the youngest of six children…all good material for a career in comedy. Chelsea has toured the country doing stand-up featured at the Montreal Comedy Festival. She has since settled in Los Angeles where she can be seen at the Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory talking about her trials and tribulations of dating and drinking.

Chelsea has starred in several independent films and has made many television guest-star appearances on shows that include “Reno 911”, “Last Call with Carson Daly”, “Spy TV”, “My Wife and Kids”, “The Bernie Mac Show”, and David E. Kelly's “The Practice”. Her stand-up has been televised on VH1's “Love Lounge”, Comedy Central's “Premium Blend”, and HBO's broadcast of the “Aspen Comedy Festival”. She just released her first collection of short stories published in 2005 by Bloomsbury, entitled “My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands”. Chelsea can also be seen as a correspondent for “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno.

After studying sketch and improv at the prestigious Groundlings Theater, she wrote and performed a one woman show parody at the Comedy Central Stage called "Fabreze Johnson: A Personal Journey of the Soul." She created the “Chat Room Comedy Show,” and the “Girls Gone Weird” show, both of which received the honor of LA Weekly’s “Comedy Pick of the Week” and currently performs stand-up wherever people will let her.

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After her return from the “Beauty Shop” tour, Retha decided to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. She has since been tickling funny bones across America - having made several television appearances on BET's “Comic View”, Comedy Central's “Premium Blend”, HBO's “Def Comedy Jam”, and on NBC's “Last Comic Standing”, where she reached the semi-finals. Retha has been performing at The World Famous “Comedy Store” as a regular for over 10 years.

Retha can also be seen in various film and television projects, such as “One on One”, “Strong Medicine”, and Breakaway Films “My Big Phat Hip Hop Family”.

Recent credits include "starring" roles as Dawn on MTV’s "The 70’s House", Rita the drunk on “Joe Schmo 2" and opposite Danny DeVito in "It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia." You can also catch her playing various deviants on Comedy Central’s “Reno 911” as well as one of the Bush twins in "Reno 911: Miami" the movie, opening Feb 07.

Jill-Michele Meleán is a national touring stand-up comedienne. You've seen her on Comedy Central's "Reno 911", UPN's "The Parkers", FOX's "Til Death", and is the host of SiTV's "Inside Joke". She's best known for her dead on impressions as a cast member on FOX's "MADtv". You've also seen her on E!, TBS, VH1 and BET.

Jill-Michele (aka "Jilly") has been featured in numerous press outlets, "Latina" magazine, "Los Angeles Times", "Film Magic", "Wire Image", "The New York Daily News" and the cover "Hispanic Lifestyle" magazine. Check out her official website www.JillyOnline.com for future appearances and updates!

As a stand-up, Sue immediately wins over audiences with her instant likeability & enthusiastic presence. "Blonde Hair & Blue Collar" her stand-up style is an original blend incorporating her unique background that includes a family full of NASCAR drivers. She has performed all over Los Angeles including: The Improv, The Comedy Store, & The Ice House. She also travels throughout the United States with her comedy. Sue was semi-finalist in Comedy Central's "Laugh Riots" and a finalist in Ed McMahon's "Next Big Star." She was recently the warm-up comic for the Discovery Health Channel's "Strictly Sex w/Dr. Drew."

Recent TV credits include: "The Office", "According To Jim", "Las Vegas", "E.R.", and "The King of Queens." She currently stars in all 13 episodes of the animated sketch comedy show "The Greedy Show" starring Jim Belushi & Danny Breen for Atom Films. Sue was also a contributing writer for the show. She has performed sketch comedy on "Talk Soup" & "The Tonight Show."

Recent hosting credits include: The pilot "Car Stuff" for the Speed Channel and "Smart Gardening," a series of fun videos on environmental awareness.

Sue began her professional comedy writing career on the dating/game show "BZZZ!" She has been a segment producer for Walt Disney World ("Star Search", "Talk Soup", etc.). "CD Highway" (PBS Nationwide), and "Lifestyles of the Rich and Furry" (My Pet Television). Which by the way was a real career low...Her writing, improv, production, and stand-up skills maker her the ideal TV host.

Tig has also made numerous television appearances including her own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special, and Premium Blend. She has also appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, “Last Comic Standing IV”, “Mental Engineering” on PBS and AMC's “Movies at Our House.” Look for Tig this season on two new Comedy Central show’s “Dog Bites Man” with Zach Galifianakis and “The Sarah Silverman Show.”

At the young age of 20, Shawn was performing sketches and Improv with people like (SNL's) Will Ferrell and Will Forte'. With a couple years of Improv and sketch under her belt, Shawn became a member of The ACME Comedy Theater. During her 3 years of sketch comedy, she entertained audiences with people such as Alex Borestein (Mad TV) and Dan Bucatinsky (The Comeback). During her time at ACME, Shawn dabbled in the field of stand-up comedy. She is now a regular at The World Famous Comedy Store and performs there every weekend in The Main Room. She has been featured in The Montreal "Just For Laughs" Comedy Festival and in Comedy Central's "Laugh Riots". She has opened up for greats such as Richard Lewis, Bill Maher and Huey Lewis and The News.

Shawn has given the comedy competition circuit a run for its money as a finalist for "The Funniest
Woman in Orange County" and in The Comedy Central Laugh Riots. She has traveled all over the
world performing in places such as Japan, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan to entertain the
troops. Shawn Pelofsky’s television and film credits include “Minding the Store” (Pauly Shore); “Hype”; E! comedy segments; FOX interviews and standup; “The Hot Tamales” with Eva Longoria; and, “Free Enterprise” starring William Shatner. She will also appear in the upcoming “Free Enterprise 2” due out next year.

For the past two seasons, Marla co-hosted Oxygen’s top rated show, “Girls Behaving Badly” playing everything from a prank-pulling waitress to a manager hiring temps to fire her co-workers. Other TV credits include The Game Show Network’s “Funny Money” and NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.”

Marla began her standup career in New York City where she still appears Gotham Comedy Club and her home club The Comic Strip. When in Los Angeles, you can catch Marla at the The Comedy Union, Ice House and the Improv. The Manhattan Association of Cabarets/MAC Awards nominated Marla as outstanding female comedian and she is a member of the Friars Club.

Marla’s stage credits include starring the International Fringe Festival debut of “Time Out’ and “Gefilte Fish & Petite Fours” which she co-wrote and co-starred and premiered in Los Angeles. Her film work includes a co-starring role in “What The Feng?” “Chutzpah, the Schmoole Glick Story and “Sink or Swim.”

She also co-authored an advice column with celebrated New York City MatchmakerLisa Ronis called “Ask the Matchmaker.”!

You might have seen Shayma doing correspondence for “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, or regularly doing sketches & commentary for numerous shows on “E!”. On Fox Sports “The Best Damn Sports Show Period” Shayma had a weekly segment where she parodied sports news (similar to SNL’s Weekend Update).

Kim Tavares began her quest for stardom over ten years ago. Not being able to land an agent, she decided to write some jokes and get on stage It wasn’t long before an agent spotted her and signed her on the spot. (She was that funny). She quickly began getting parts on such shows as Lois Clark, NYPD Blue, and Arliss. She also appeared at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival, Showtime Latino Laugh Festival and all the late night shows performing her comedy routine. She even got a development deal with the late great Brandon Tartikoff and The USA Network..

She then got pregnant and stepped away from the business. Four years later she is back better, wiser and even funnier (If that is possible). Her Goal is to complete her screenplay, become the funniest Portuguese/ African American Female Comedian to ever walk the planet. Believing that timing is truly everything, I’ts about time the world met Kim Tavares. ( and besides she’s got two kids to raise and they need to go to college).

As a stand-up comedian, Suzanne just won the Andy Kaufman Award at the first annual New York Comedy Festival, and she also won “Best Up & Coming Comedian” at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, playing her controversial alter ego, Sung Hee Park. She is currently appearing on Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend”. Suzanne has been the featured act for one-week stints at the Improv in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. She has performed in Los Angeles at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, The Improv,The Ice House, The Friars Club, Haha Café, House of Blues, and the Comedy Union – and she has also performed in Seattle and San Francisco. Her slogan for her comedy act is: “Don’t judge a gook by her cover”.

As an actor, Suzanne has appeared in numerous television series’, including “Boston Legal”, “Without A Trace”,“Criminal Minds”, “Nip/Tuck”, and has a recurring role on “Las Vegas”. As a host, Suzanne is currently in her sixth season of hosting “House Hunters”, the #1 rated show on HGTV.

Her father is the briefly legendary stand-up comedian Stanley Myron Handleman The influence of his skewed, abstract style on his daughter was
apparent when, upon leaving school and losing numerous waitressing and temp jobs, she set out to follow in his footsteps.

Her humble comedy origins included a constant struggle to pay the rent, a bitter loss on Star Search and an accidental appearance as the only Jew on a born-again Christian stand-up show. Stefanie then went on to hone her off-center, conceptual style on many non-denominational shows including numerous appearances on Make Me Laugh, Evening at the Improv, Comedy Central and a performance in the Montreal “Just For Laughs” festival. Since then she's written and produced more than 30 television sketch, clip and variety shows including Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Blind Date, Show Me the Funny and the only female joke writer for Hollywood Squares. Most recently, she's written a book called “Sippy Cups Are Not For Chardonnay: And other things I had to Learn as a New Mom” which she encourages (begs) you to buy a copy. You can currently find her at home with her husband and new offspring.