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WinterLaughs 2016 Comedy Competition Semi-finals Group 1

January 19, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Broadway Comedy Club, 318 W 53rd Street
New York,NY10019United States

Come see a freaking comedy competition! @Broadway Comedy Club, 20 Comedians, two rounds, three nights!

Winter Film Awards is delighted to announce our first annual Winter Laughs Comedy Competition featuring the best Stand-Up comics in all of human history!

Semi-finals Group 1January 19, 8-10pm (5 minute set)
Semi-finals Group 2January 20, 8-10pm (5 minute set)
FinalsJanuary 21, 8-10pm (10 minute set)

21+ with ID, 2 drink minimum

Event starts promptly at 8pm
Tickets $10 per night in advance, $15 at the door
Attend all three nights for $25

Winner take all. Prizes include $200 in hard cash and a speaking role in an upcoming film by director Larry Rosen.* Guests, hosts, and judges will all be rad. Winner will also receive an awesome Winter Film Awards Crystal Icicle statue and be invited to perform at the dazzling WFA 2016 Indie Film Festival Awards Ceremony on February 27 2016 at Club 230Fifth.

* Conditions apply: The performer must be available and able to transport themselves to the filming location, which will be in either NY or NJ.

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Broadway Comedy Club

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Rosenguez Productions

Rosenguez Productions

Rosenguez Productions is an award winning production company creating entertaining content across all genres. President of Rosenguez Productions is Larry Rosen. Larry has directed over 80 films both short and feature length. On the film festival circuit, his films have won over 60 awards, numerous Awards of Merit, and dozens

Hosted by

Pete Bradt

Pete Bradt

Pete Bradt, Comedy Competition Producer, learned standup comedy from reading Mein Kampf, which really isn’t that funny if you actually think about it.
Reggie Wade

Reggie Wade

Reggie Wade, Comedy Competition Producer, has been doing comedy since 2006 or 2007.
Rocco Deserto

Rocco Deserto

Rocco Deserto is a Stand Up Comedian from Brooklyn who has appeared in Caroline’s Final Four Competition 2 years in a row. In May 2012 Rocco was a headliner as part of the Caroline’s Breakout Artist Series. After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Rocco was asked to perform as a part

Performances by

Cameron Amigo

Cameron Amigo

Cameron Amigo is trying to become the first member of his family to graduate college and become a comedian. He won Ohio’s Best Amateur Competition – a title that has propelled his career. The awards don’t stop there; some guy at the Cleveland bus station voted Cameron as, “the funniest dude without a car.” He is the co-founder of Laugh Staff and Army veteran whose greatest standup moment came during his deployment when he opened up for Bobby Henline at the Wounded Warriors Project Comedy Tour ...
E.L. Smith

E.L. Smith

A family man with three girls and no boys, E.L. Smith is a comedian and writer who has performed on the same stage as Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, and Kevin Hart. He has been a finalist and winner in many comedy competitions such as the South Beach Comedy Festival. With a Television pilot currently written and in consideration at several networks, it is only a matter of time before E.L Smith is a household name, not only in his house but others' houses as well. Remember he has three girls at home ...
Ian Murphy

Ian Murphy

Ian is a comedian/writer performing throughout New York and New Jersey. He has performed sketch, improv, and stand up shows through out the Tri-State including at The Magnet Theater, The People’s Improv Theater, New York Comedy Club, The Creek and the Cave, The New York Fringe Festival, Broadway Comedy Club and The Greenwich Village Comedy Club ...
Jocelyn Chia

Jocelyn Chia

Former lawyer Jocelyn Chia is originally from Singapore and has been doing stand up consistently for two and a half years. Jocelyn was a guest comedian on Jackie’s Joke Hunt on Sirius XM, placed second in the She-Devil Comedy Festival in 2015, second at the New York Comedy Club Competition and won the Gotham Comedy Club’s Funniest Lawyer Competition ...
Kristen Gonzalez

Kristen Gonzalez

Kristen is a graduate BFA Acting Major at Pace University. Kristen starred in her first independent film, 3 Americas, which was a finalist at Sundance Screenwriters Lab and in the NY Latino Film Festival. Past credits include: Class Trip (Gloria), Hoop Girls (Mercedes), The Onion (Amazon Princess). Kristen is a senior member of Girl Be Heard and performed with the ensemble at the Fringe Festival in recent years. Currently, Kristen is part of 3 improv troupes in NY: See Harold Run, Cronuts, and Boomerang ...
Max May

Max May

Max May's laid back demeanor draws audience in just to deliver a knockout punch. Raised in Brooklyn and now residing in Staten Island, Max May embodies the New York life. He started his comedy career in 2010 and runs and produces 3 weekly comedy shows for international crowds; he also hosts a weekly magic show. He is a regular at Stand Up NY comedy club and is a winner of Comedy Battles of 2014. He was featured in the Meadowlands Comedy Festival in 2015. Congratulations to Max -- winner of the 2016 Winter Laughs Comedy Competition! Read all about it here! ...
Orli Matlow

Orli Matlow

Orli Matlow is a comedian and writer from Toronto, Canada. She is currently a Staff Writer at the humor site, Someecards. She represented Columbia University in the 2012 National College Comedy Competition, and was a finalist in the 2014 New York’s Funniest Professional Comedy Competition, winning the Funniest College student division. In addition to Someecards, her writing has appeared on Reductress, Bustle, and Slant. Both her jokes and her likeness appeared on page A16 of the New York edition of the May 9, 2015 New York Times. Orli also contibuted to New York magazine once, translating the Hebrew edition of Playboy, making her parents and Hebrew School teachers very proud ...
Pete Bladel

Pete Bladel

As a comedian and writer living in New York City, Pete Bladel likes to pretend that he’s artsy. His background is anything but. A former college football player (despite never being very good at football), Pete based his whole career off of grit and scraptitude. He brings that same mentality to the stage, performing all over New York at places like Caroline’s On Broadway, Stand Up NY, and New York Comedy Club. He also made an appearance on this past season of Billy On The Street in a sketch alongside Jason Sudeikis. Pete has opened for some of his favorite comedians, including Dave Attell, Amy Schumer, John Mulaney, Neal Brennan, Michael Che, and more ...
Stephen Spinola

Stephen Spinola

Born and raised in New York, Stephen Spinola is not James Franco. He has had big dreams of being the most underrated Comedian of his generation since the age of six and now lives those dreams producing silly Internet videos and performing live stand up comedy all across North America, randomly wowing audiences overseas. Boasting a twitter following of 25,000+, Stephen’s work has been mentioned on @midnight’s Top Ten Lists, Cheezburger.com, and The Huffington Post. In just 6 years, he’s performed on some of the most prestigious stages in North America and disappointed his parents across the globe ...

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January 19, 2016
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3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Winter Film Festival
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Venue

Broadway Comedy Club
318 W 53rd Street
New York,NY10019United States
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