Shelly Mars
Swifty Lazar called her the Lucille Ball of the nineties. Her powerful comic performances that push herself and her audience beyond their limits have caused comparisons to Lilly Tomlin, Patty Smith and Robin Williams.In her one woman shows "Life on Mars", "Whiplash;Tale of a Tomboy", "Mars Behind Bars" and others, Mars shocks, thrills and inspires with her compelling characterizations of men, women and even animals. She is a master storyteller who writes, stages produces and performs her own shows.

"Something in her pants to offend everyone."
Michael Musto, The Village Voice

"There's a touch of Joan Rivers in her... echoes, too of the brassy Bette Midler... ....but mostly Reno is her own woman. I hereby declare myself a fan."
New York Times

"Reno pulls, pummels and stretches comedy into the field of performance art..."
Time Magazine

Reno
Do you remember a funny documentary on HBO in the late nineties about a woman who tracks down the mother who'd given her up at birth, with special appearances by Mary Tyler Moore and Lilly Tomlin? It was called RENO FINDS HER MOM and it was quite the rage, as was RENO IN RAGE AND REHAB for HBO comedy hour which got her an ACE Award nomination.

Her RENO ONCE REMOVED was commissioned by Lincoln Center and sold out with rave reviews. Her non-solo acting includes the voice of Edith Ann's shrink in Lilly Tomlin and Jane Wagner's animated specials on ABC-TV; the clown (voice) in Rosie O'Donnell's KIDS ARE PUNNY for HBO.

Her most recent offering, CITIZEN RENO, also wowed critics and and her next film RENO FINDS HER MIND is in pre production. Reno is among 15 other distinguished solo performer/writers (Lilly Tomlin, Eric Bogosian, Danny Hoch, Spalding Gray, Whoopie Goldberg, etc.) who's work will be published in Theatre Communication's Group's "Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century"

Epstein and Hassan
Epstein and Hassan are the interracial husband and wife comedy team of that long running, crowd pleaser The Black, The Jew & You, an exploration of racial stereotypes, interracial sexual etiquette, and other "naked truths". In addition to their hilarious set routines, they engage the audience by posing personal questions that implore participation and frank revelation. This is truly refreshing adult (comic) entertainment; real, down home, sort of Sophie Tucker meets Red Foxx kind of stuff (though, I guess, in reverse!).

"Frank, funny, edgy, pace-setting comics! Very contemporary, very New York!" Chip Deffaa
New York Post

"A comedy gem… a marvelous clown"
Variety

"…Ms. Sokol belongs in a lineage that runs from Sophie Tucker to Bette Midler"
New York Times

Marilyn Sokol
has won an Emmy for TV, an Obie for Off-Broadway and a Backstage Bistro for Cabaret. She was a regular guest on Johnny Carson, a featured actress in a bunch of movies including Foul Play, Crocodile Dundee, The Front, The Goodbye Girl and Basketball Diaries, and the hot ticket on Broadway in Conversations with My Father, Grease and others. You've heard her voices on Sesame Street, seen her on Law & Order, Letterman, All My Children, Sex in the City and more. But other than that…

"...a keen eye for un-redeemable movie trash..[his] character comedy has a bracing satirical edge and an especially accurate ring."
The New York Times

Steve Hayes
has won three MAC Awards for Outstanding Comedian and Characterizations and a Backstage Bistro Award for comedy. His current two man show The Reception with Obie Winner Tom Cayler is, as usual garnering raves at Don't Tell Mama. He can now be seen at the movies in the Sundance Film Festival hit TRICK with Tori Spelling, giving the world a chance to enjoy his talents.

Alex Saenz
Voted the best gay comedian in New York, Alex dishes the scoop on hanging with Jeffery Dahmer. Introduces a whole new meaning to the term "going out for a bite to eat".

Julie Halston
She started as one of Charles Busch's stars, and went on to do movies, TV, cabaret and stand-up. She wowed audiences in Paul Rudnik's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and will next be seen in the upcoming Stanley Tucci movie Joe Gould's Secret.