STAND-UP COMEDY

Cory Kahaney was a grand finalist and runner up on the first season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. She’s had her own stand up specials on Comedy Central and HBO and regularly appears on CBS’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Her other numerous TV appearances include ABC, Showtime, Fox, MSNBC, Bravo, Lifetime, the Food Network, Animal Planet, and as the comedy coach on Nick at Nite’s Funniest Mom in America series. Cory is also the creator and star of the off-Broadway hit, The J.A.P. Show which is currently touring in theaters across the country.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Jim David is three time winner of the MAC (Manhattan Assn. of Clubs & Cabarets) Award for Outstanding Comedian and the Backstage Magazine BISTRO Award for Outstanding NY Comedian. He’s starred in his own Comedy Central Presents special, as a regular on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and as the comedy consultant on Bravo's smash hit Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He has also appeared on Comedy Central’s USO tour, ABC's The View, NBC’s Comedy Showcase with Louie Anderson, A&E's Caroline's and Evening at the Improv, MTV’s half hour comedy hour, VH1's Fools for Love, Dateline, Star Search, and many others. You can also read his humor columns at HuffingtonPost.com and in The Advocate.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Brian Kiley is a staff writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and has been writing for the show since 1994. He has been nominated for 8 Emmy awards and has won 3 Writers Guild Awards. Brian's writing credits include The 2002 Emmy Awards and The 2000 ESPY Awards. Two of Brian's jokes were included in GQ Magazine's 75 Best Jokes of All Time. As a standup, he has made numerous TV appearances, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien

STAND-UP COMEDY

Karen Bergreen has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, New Joke City and Tough Crowd with Collin Quinn. In addition she has appeared in the US Comedy Arts Festival, The Marshall's Women in Comedy Festival and Kennedy Center. Television credits include "Law and Order" and in addition, Karen has appeared as a regular on the Oxygen networks "Can You Tell". She performs regularly at all the major NYC's clubs.

IMPROVISATION COMEDY

Nancy Lombardo was a founding member of the improvisational group The First Amendment, which included Bruce Willis. Robin Williams was a frequent guest and performer with her troupe. She has performed on Saturday Night Live, The Colin Quinn Show and PBS. Other credits include writing for John Leguizamo’s HBO special The Talent Pool. She was also a comedy consultant for his Off-Broadway hit Mambo Mouth. Nancy has been teaching and performing improvisation for over 25 years.