S10 E25 DANI DONOVAN: ADHD Comic Creator
An award-winning ADHD creator whose viral comics and TikTok videos helped build an online community of validation and solidarity for neurodivergent adults.
S10 E24 AVNER EISENBERG: The Authentic Eccentric
Hailed as one of the greatest clowns of all time, Avner Eisenberg is often a featured performer in comedy, magic, clown, and theater festivals. His performances defy the barriers of language and culture, making him a global theatrical barnstormer. Avner studied with Jacques Lecoq from 1971 to 1974. Since then, he has developed a unique physical approach to comedy and acting that he teaches in workshops around the world. He has been described by New York Magazine as “a clown for the thinking man.” His show Avner the Eccentric was a hit of the 1984–85 Broadway season. He appeared again on Broadway in Ghetto and The Comedy of Errors. Avner is widely known for his scene-stealing portrayal of the holy man in the Michael Douglas film The Jewel of the Nile. Avner continues to tour his one-man show internationally and has won awards at the Edinburgh Festival, the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival, and the Festival Internacional de Pallassos in Barcelona. He won the “Snow Star” for comedy in Switzerland and the “Lachmesse” award in Germany. During the pandemic Avner has taught over three hundred students from thirty-four countries in a series of online Principles of Eccentric Performance.
S10 E23 AMY GORDON: Amy-G Whiz
An Olivier award-winning physical comedian who has worked in theaters, films, tv, festivals, circuses, cabarets burlesque and variety shows in over 40 countries, and performed her material in 6 different languages. Forged from vaudeville stock, classical training, and an endless international tour circuit, Amy G is a deluxe weirdo extraordinaire. Her credits include two of her own shows at Broadway's New Victory Theatre (Writer/Asst. Director/Lead in AntiGravity's Crash Test Dummies, and Daredevil Opera Company's Cirkus Inferno), Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, Adelaide International Festival, Festival International de Teatro de Bogota, Montreal's TOHU, Macau Centre for the Arts, and Taipei, Hong Kong and Okinawan Arts Festivals. As co-director and co-star of the Daredevil Opera Company, she created and toured original pyrotechnic physical comedy shows for 6 years, doing over 600 shows in 33 different countries. In NYC, Amy’s many solo shows (Entershamement, Round She Goes, Loving Abroad, and On A Roll) have played at Joe's Pub, Dance Theatre Workshop, Symphony Space, The Deluxe at Spiegelworld, The Duplex, NY Intl Clown Theatre Festival and the Bard Spiegeltent. Internationally, she has performed solo shows in theatres around the UK including London's Hippodrome and Southbank Centre, Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe, Australia: Adelaide & Melbourne Cabaret Festivals, Ireland: Bosco Theatre, Germany: Dresden's Schaubudensommer, France: Versailles Festival de Rocquencourt, Antibes FestiFemme, Austria: Vienna's Metropol, Stadtsaal and Innsbruck's Festival of Dreams, Czech Republic: UFFO, and the Seychelles: Kempinski Resorts. She lives in Red Hook, NY with a husband but calls anyplace with keys and a bicycle (or Vespa, or rollerskates, for that matter) home.
S10 E1 BRIAN KILEY: Comedy Contributor
A two-time Emmy Award-winning comedian and writer who’s been a fixture in late-night TV for decades. He’s made multiple appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and can still be seen performing regularly at comedy clubs around Los Angeles. For 27 years, Brian was a staff writer for Conan, winning an Emmy in 2007 for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy/Variety Series and getting nominated 16 times. Kiley also worked on the final season of Ellen, picking up a Daytime Emmy in 2022.
S9 E23 CAROL LEIFER: Sitcom Scribe
An Emmy & Golden Globe winning writer who contributed to the success of Hacks, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Saturday Night Live, Modern Family & The Larry Sanders Show.
S9 E 20 MONIQUE MARVEZ: Is No Joke
An impressive Latina comedian with the #1 Dry Bar Comedy Special of 2024. Monique is more than a comic, she is a cultural translator, a relationship whisperer and a fearless truth teller.
S9 E19 DENNIS BLAIR: Opens Up
A Las Vegas based comedian, musical satirist and songwriter who regularly opened for Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin, The Beach Boys, Tom Jones and Barry Manilow.
S9 E17 WIL SHRINER: Where there's a Wil, There's a Way
A comedian with over 50 appearances with David Letterman, Jay Leno and Johnny Carson who went on to write, act, direct and host his own TV Show.
S9 E15 DENISE FENNELL: Out of Character
A noted character actress and producer who starred in Tony & Tina’s Wedding, Late Night Catechism, Shear Madness, The Bride or Does this Dress Make me Look Married? & Lessons Learned The Time of My Life!
S9 E14 DON McMILLAN: Sarcastic Statistics
An electrical engineer turned Power Point comedian that became the Comedy Grand Champion on Star Search, made appearances on The Tonight Show, HBO and America’s Got Talent.
S9 E10 JOSH SNEED: The Need For Sneed
A national touring comedian who has appeared on Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central & Dry Bar Comedy. Josh is one of the most played artists on Sirius X/M radio and his newest comedy special Fat Ryan is available now.
S9 E5 GREGG BINKLEY: Acting His Age
A 30-year working actor, respected acting coach and the author of Get Your Act Together: Finding Success in Acting and Life.
S9 E4 XHLOE RICE & NATASHA ROLAND: Theatrical Barnstormers
A pair of NYC based playwrights & performers that create absurdist physical theatre that are the talk of Edinburgh with 3 Fringe First Awards for Outstanding New Writing.
S9 E3 SCOTT DIKKERS: Headline Hunter
The founder of TheOnion.com, a best-selling author with over 30 published books, and a creative catalyst and coach who also founded The AV Club and How to Write Funny.
S8 E16 COLIN MOCHRIE: Lightning Wit
A renowned improviser and alumnus of Toronto’s Second City Troupe who is best recognized from his 20 seasons on the long-running comedy show Whose Line is it Anyway?
S8 E7 THE MERRY MIXTAPE: A Holiday Music Showcase
Our creative seasonal jam with musical showcases from: The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra, Nicole Henry, Sons of Serendip, Maia Sharp, Trout Fishing in America, Larry Miller, Martin Burke, Middleman Burr & Aubrey Logan.
S7 E11 SHANNON SEDWICK: Siren of Satire
Shannon Sedwick is the co-founder of Esther’s Follies comedy troupe & club, an actor, singer and successful entrepreneur who undoubtedly helps to “Keep Austin Weird.”
S7 E4 CHERI OTERI: Comic Characters
Cheri Oteri Is a Primetime Emmy Award nominee best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live playing the likes of Barbara Walters and an overly spirited Spartan cheerleader with Will Ferrell.
S6 E3 AMY BARNES: Faithfully Funny
A Seattle-based dance mom, YMCA member and PTA President that also happens to be a tremendously funny nationally touring comedienne that works to capacity crowds at theaters, churches and conferences.
S5 E22 KRISTIN KEY: Hahapalooza
A musical comedian with appearance on Last Comic Standing and NBC’s Bring On the Funny. Kristin has six comedy albums and her own Dry Bar Comedy Special. Her social media videos have over 25 million views.

