Press Kit

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Headliner · Podcast Host Paul Farahvar A full-time lawyer took improv classes to get better in a courtroom. Fourteen years later he is a headliner with two specials, four podcasts, and a deadpan slow enough to make a room wait for it.BasedChicago, Illinois Works…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Chile · Spanish & English Fabrizio Copano He helped start Chile’s stand-up scene on the second floor of a tango club, became the first South American comic with an original Netflix special, and now earns every second at New York’s Comedy Cellar.FromChile …

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Producer · Marketer Jackie Joy She moved from Brazil to Vancouver with almost no English, spent a whole day hunting for a colleague named Roger, and then walked into the comedy club across the street from her office.BasedVancouver, Canada · from Brazil Works…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Comedy Writer Ian Edwards Born in England, raised in Jamaica, made bold by New York and calmed down by Los Angeles. Conan O’Brien made him the first comedian ever signed to Team Coco Records — after years of feeling ignored by the industry.BasedLos Angeles &middot…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStand-up · Sketch · Actor Paul Elia An Iraqi-Assyrian comic from Detroit who traded a near-finished English degree and a path to law school for a microphone — and held firm when parts of his own community threatened him over the material.FromDetroit, Michigan &middot…

The Comics Unseen Press KitBilingual Stand-up · Keynote Speaker · Comedy Coach Stephan Dyer One of the youngest senior managers at Scotiabank, he walked away in 2017 to be a comedian. The first time his father saw him perform, he bombed. Years later he dedicated a show to his dad’s 70th birthday.…

The Comics Unseen Press KitStorytelling Stand-up · Arabic & English John Achkar The first comedian to perform stand-up in Arabic at the Olympia Paris. Early on he was told that audiences don’t like stories. He kept telling them, and the stories became his signature.FromBeirut, Lebanon Works…

The Comics Unseen Press Kit & Feature InterviewComedian · Author · Keynote Speaker Judy Carter The woman who wrote the book a generation of comics learned the craft from — and who still insists the worst thing in your life is the best thing in your act.Based Los Angeles, CaliforniaWorks…