Brick City Comedy Revue

This month's show features:

Katie Hannigan is a stand up comic, actor and writer. Her stand up has been featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central, Just For Laughs New Faces, The Late Late Show with James Cordon, and MTV. Her debut album Feeling of Emptiness was named Ten Best of 2022 by the Interrobang. Katie is a member of SAG AFTRA and has appeared in That Damn Michael Che, Succession, PBSkids, commercials for Subway, Cheezits, Mabelline, Home Depot, and many indie films and sketches. Katie's writing credits include the original series Death Hacks staring Thomas Middleditch and Kristen Schaal, for Augenblick Studios. Katie hosts the popular podcast Lady Journey with comedian Sarah Tollemache.

Brandon Collins is both a versatile comedian who has performed at SXSW and the New York Comedy Festival in addition to appearing in various MTV, VH1, and HBOMax productions and publications like Variety, Afro.com and the Boston Globe. He is also an acclaimed screenwriter who recently participated in the 2022-2023 Universal Writer’s Lab (beating over a thousand applicants) and JHRTS’ inaugural mock writer's room where his pitch provided the scope for the entire series.

Aaron Kominos-Smith has appeared on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, Live at Gotham on the Oculus NextVR Network, MTV, and American Movie Classic. Audiences connect instantly with Aaron’s charming wit and energetic characters. His humor varies from observational thoughts on the mundane to articulated commentary about society sprinkled with a few dashes of wackiness.

Special Guest Co-Host

Pat Wise is a Brooklyn based comedian and award winning musician. His work has been featured on Dropout and NowThis. He has performed all over the country including the NY Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds, the Del Close Marathon, UCB, the Brooklyn Comedy Collective and more. His work can be found wherever algorithms are sold at @patwiselive.

Musical Guest

Sophia's Daughter is a Haitian-Jamaican-American creative producer and professional performance artist based in Newark, NJ. Sophia's Daughter has performed across Newark stages for the last 7 years including (Lincoln Park Music Festival, Newark Arts Festival, her Divine 25 Tour, and most recently, her Chez Divine concert live recorded in Newark Local Beer last October.Her debut EP is set to release this year, and her upcoming concert Sophia's Songs in Spring will be Saturday, April 26th in Newark.Her mission is to enlighten, empower, and reconnect humanity to its humanity through the power of art and culture.

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