Comedy Central's Annual UP NEXT Stand-Up Showcase Set for This June
By: Caryn Robbins May. 25, 2017
Comedy Central will present its annual stand-up showcase, Up Next, previously known as Comics To Watch, at Colossal Clusterfest, the brand new comedy and music festival experience created by Comedy Central and Superfly, the brains behind Bonnaroo, and Outside Lands co-producer Another Planet Entertainment.
Anna Drezen is a comedian and writer for Saturday Night Live. She's the editor-at-large of Reductress and coauthor of How May We Hate You? and How To Win At Feminism.
Joe Kwaczala is a Los Angeles-based comedian and writer who has contributed to The Onion News Network, ClickHole, and Funny or Die. As a stand-up, he has performed at San Francisco Sketchfest, the Comedy Exposition, and the Ventura Comedy Festival.
Teddy Ray has appeared on BET's Comic View and season 8 of MTV's Wild N' Out. He has also continued to make a name for himself through Russell Simmons's All Def Digital platform.
Rae Sanni is a staff writer on Comedy Central's hit late-night series The President Show. Her writing has been featured in New York Magazine, The Decider and Buzzfeed.
Devon Walker is a stand-up based in Austin, TX and has been featured at the Moontower Comedy Festival. Walker was recently named a finalist in the 2017 Funniest Person in Austin stand-up competition.
Mo Welch is a comedian, writer and cartoonist who runs a live talk show called The Mo Show at Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in LA and co-produces Comedians You Should Know at The Improv. She has guest starred on Amazon's Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street and Life in Pieces.
Ramy Youssef is a comedian who appeared in the third season of Robot, just finished filming Gus Van Sant's film "Don't Worry" and recently performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He was a series regular on Nick at Nite's SEE DAD RUN with Scott Baio, and was most recently seen in the 20th Century FOX comedy, "Why Him?"
Performers from past showcases have gone on to make more appearances on Comedy Central including on Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents... which for many comedians is their first solo stand-up special. Past Up Next/Comics To Watch comedians include: Chris Distefano, The Half Hour; Naomi Ekperigin, THE HALF HOUR and BROAD CITY writer; Josh Johnson, Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents and THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON writer; Kurt Braunohler, Comedy Central one-hour special Trust Me; Mark Normand, Comedy Central one-hour special Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don't Be Yourself; Matt Ingebretson and Adam Lustick, the upcoming Comedy Central scripted series Corporate; and Michael Che, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Weekend Update co-anchor and former Daily Show correspondent.
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