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Taylor Edgar, stand-up comic and musician, was born on July 12, 1987, in Sarasota, Florida. His parents lived in neighboring Bradenton, Florida, where at an early age he played tennis at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. At age nine, he moved with his mother and stepfather to Warrenton, Virginia, in Fauquier County, Once enrolled in college at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, he began his stand-up comedy career.
Taylor began his Stand-up comedy career doing open mics in the Washington, D.C., area in May, 2006 at clubs such as The Comedy Spot in Ballston, Virginia, and Wiseacre's in Tyson's Corner. In February 2007, he entered the preliminary round of the District's Funniest College Student Competition (run by the DC Improv) at GMU. Known victim of Male Pattern Balding of the Face (MPBF) and chronic dysmorphia of the face, he continued to push through with his career. After tying for first place, he moved on to the final round at the Improv and on April 11, 2007 he won first place in the final and was named the funniest college student in DC. He has since performed with local DC stars such as Ryan Conner, Tim Miller, and Danny Rouhier, as well as national headliners such as Brad Trackman, Joe Recca, Jon Reep, and Frank Caliendo. He has also had the opportunity to appear on stage as a guest with local rock band and longtime friends, The Sugar Plum Fairies
He continues to perform locally in DC and attends George Mason University full-time. He is majoring in anthropology
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George Mason University (GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States.
Brian Joseph Regan is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. He is known for incorporating body language and facial expressions into his act. His performances are often described as clean as he refrains from profanity as well as taboo subject matter. Regan's material typically covers everyday events, such as shipping a package with UPS, mortgages, and visits to the optometrist. While he does not define himself as youth-oriented, Regan makes frequent references to childhood, including little league baseball, grade school spelling bees, and science projects.
Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, and cultural trends.
The Improv is a comedy club franchise. It was founded as a single venue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City in 1963, and expanded into a chain of venues in the late 1970s.
Del Close was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. In addition to an acting career in television and film, he was one of the influences on modern improvisational theater. Close was co-founder of the ImprovOlympic (iO).
Joel Murray is an American actor. He is well known for his roles in the television series Mad Men, Grand, Love & War, Dharma & Greg, Still Standing, and Shameless. He has also appeared in films including God Bless America and Monsters University.
Jonathan Mangum is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member of the variety show The Wayne Brady Show and is the announcer for the game show Let's Make a Deal.
Wayne Federman is an American comedian, actor, author, writer, comedy historian, producer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; his book on The History of Stand-Up; and supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Crashing, Silicon Valley, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Step Brothers. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season. He won a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for producing the HBO documentary George Carlin's American Dream.
Ritchie A. "Ritch" Shydner is an American stand-up comedian, comic writer, and actor.
SAK Comedy Lab (SAK) is a 250-seat Improvisational Comedy (Improv) theater in downtown Orlando, Florida. SAK's most notable alumnus is actor Wayne Brady, who has played as a guest player in several SAK shows since finding fame as a performer on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Let's Make a Deal, Chappelle's Show, and other projects. SAK's regular performers are referred to as the SAK Ensemble.
Theatre Strike Force is the University of Florida's premier improv and sketch comedy troupe. The group also goes by TSF. The style of improv performed by Theatre Strike Force is a combination long form and short form. They both teach and perform improvisational comedy. They have six house teams which include both forms of improv as well as a sketch team. There are four long form house teams which are cast every semester and usually have six to eight members. The TSF Short Form Team is cast every semester as well and usually has fifteen to nineteen members. TSF Sketch is the final house team and usually has twelve to sixteen members, cast each semester.
Franklin Taylor Mason is a comedian, ventriloquist and musician.
Bjorn Fratangelo is an American inactive professional tennis player and coach.
Carrie Snow is an American stand-up comedian, writer, author, and host from Merced, California. She is best known for writing for the television series Roseanne, and acting on the show. Snow was also featured in the documentaries The Aristocrats and Wisecracks.
Rory J. Scovel is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He released his first stand-up comedy album Dilation in 2011. He has since released the stand-up specials The Charleston Special (2015), Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time (2017), Live Without Fear (2021), and Religion, Sex, and a Few Things in Between (2024).
Taylor Williamson is an American stand-up comic. He is known for finishing as the runner-up on the eighth season of America's Got Talent and as a semi-finalist on Last Comic Standing.
Nishant Tanwar, also known as 'Joke Singh' and more recently as 'Rider OP' is an Indian comedian and actor. He started off his professional career working at NDTV as a Producer, and began doing stand-up in 2009 when he found his passion for the same at an open mic event.
Ed Bluestone is an American comedian, writer and actor.
Aakash Gupta is an Indian comedian, actor, YouTuber and theatre artist. He was the co-winner of the second season of the stand-up comedy competition television series Comicstaan along with Samay Raina. He is trained in performing arts and sketch comedy.
Benjamin Todd Shelton is an American professional tennis player. Shelton has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 13 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 19 August 2024. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 68 achieved on 20 May 2024.
