It's A Hustle

Emilio Savone is the owner of New York Comedy Club, Atlantic City Comedy Club, Philadelphia Comedy Club and Joe's partner at Fairfield Comedy Club.  He's also a great guy and reportedly a half-decent lay.

Rell Battle started in the entertainment business studying theater at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he later hosted his own late night radio show on WJFK 106.7 FM. This Washington D.C. native later went to work for MTV radio while still in college. After moving to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up, he was quickly chosen to perform as a "New Face" for the Jamie Foxx "Laffapalooza" festival. Since then, he has performed at comedy clubs venues throughout the country and overseas to entertain the troops. Rell recently opened the Showtime network special Chocolate Sundaes, shot at the Saban Theatre. Rell just also shot a pilot for Spike TV and appeared on Comedy Central’s hit sketch show Key and Peele. Most recently Rell can be seen in Superior Donuts on CBS.

The first of our series of live podcasts from the CT Comedy Festival features the booker for the New York Comedy Clubs, Amy Hawthorne! Get some background on Amy's career path to her dream job in comedy while also learning the best way(s) to get booked!

Emilio Savone is the owner of New York Comedy Club, Atlantic City Comedy Club, Philadelphia Comedy Club and Joe’s partner at Fairfield Comedy Club.  He’s also a great guy and reportedly a half-decent lay.

Born in Connecticut, and now residing in Connecticut, Daniel has been involved in the entertainment business since he was a fat 3rd grader. At 8 years old Dan starred as Paul the Paleontologist in the off-broadway smash: "Where'd the Dinosaurs Go?!" and played drums in various funk and punk bands over the years.

A self-confessed film geek, Daniel finally got out from behind the drum kit and got involved in stand-up in 2009. His big break came when he met the lead singer of Soul Asylum at a Bar in New Haven, Connecticut.

In the last year, Daniel has shared the stage with some of the funniest people in comedy & would probably like to share your stage too.

Abbi Crutchfield is a comedian, writer, and actor seen on truTV, Comedy Central, NBC, VH1, and MTV.

A UCB alum, she produces the live comedy hour "The Living Room Show" in Brooklyn. She has been featured on Comedy Central, VH1, CollegeHumor and in national commercials. She tours as a stand-up with the group Pink Collar Tour and improvises with the ethnically diverse indie team Nobody's Token.

Neko started doing comedy September 14, 2007. He was 14 years old, he’s been full time ever since. You may have seen him on Tru TV's "Laff Tracks”, Kevin Hart's LOL Network, Vice's "How To Be A Person",  Axis TV's "Gotham Comedy Live", MTV2'S "Hip Hop Hollywood Squares", Fox's Laughs, Seeso's "New York's Funniest." In 2015 he put out his first one Hour Comedy Special titled "Introducing Me”. He won the Caroline's March Madness competition in 2016 and was a "new face" in the Montreal "Just For Laughs" Comedy Festival. He is a New York-based comedian. He works all the top clubs and is the Official Host of the "roast battle" show, a Bi-weekly show at New York comedy club. He also headlines Comedy Clubs Across the country on his "Introducing Me Tour." He makes his money telling jokes, it's just barely glorious, but glorious indeed. #LONGLIVETHEKANG

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EPISODE #49

APRIL 24, 2019

ROBERT

DEAN

Robert Dean was named a "New Face" at Just For Laughs Montreal, 2018 and was the subject of “Inside Jokes” a Documentary Series available now on Amazon Prime. In the past, he has been named one of Comedy Central “Comics to Watch” at the 2014 New York Comedy Festival. He returned to the NYCF in 2017 to record his first stand-up album (It's Not Easy) Being Dean, which was released earlier this year on Sure Thing Records. Robert has been featured on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, WNYC's 2 Dope Queens podcast, and on Nick Vatterott’s Comedy Central Half Hour as Sexy Abraham Lincoln Lobster Man (a costume that was prominently displayed at The Robert Dean Museum, a comedy event he produced in 2017). Robert has performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, the Woodstock Comedy Festival and the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, and on the most renowned shows, venues, and clubs around the country. His work has been seen and written about in numerous media outlets, including Paste Magazine, Uproxx, News Channel 12, Time Out NY, and the Huffington Post.

Andrew Manning started doing stand up comedy in Danbury, CT in 2014. He has made his way across Connecticut and surrounding states open mics, bar shows, and comedy clubs.  Now living in New York City, Andrew is known for his good joke writing and the openness of topics he approaches.



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EPISODE #47

APRIL 19, 2019

MICHAEL

BARKER

Michael Barker joined Westport Country Playhouse in September 2016 from Mill Valley, CA, where he was the managing director of Marin Theatre Company.

Previously, Barker was general manager of Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, CA, and managing director for the Los Angeles classical theater ensemble The Antaeus Company. Before moving to California, Barker was associate managing director at Yale Repertory Theatre and managing director of Yale Summer Cabaret, where he produced the first annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays. He was Seattle Repertory Theatre’s 2008 Managing Director Fellow.

Barker holds an MFA in theater management from Yale School of Drama and an MBA from Yale School of Management. At Yale, he was the recipient of the Daniel and Helene Sheehan Scholarship for theater management and a Kosciusko Scholarship for outstanding students of Polish descent. He currently serves as vice president of the board of the Yale School of Management Alumni Association.

Prior to graduate school, he was associate director of marketing for Court Theatre in Chicago, and also worked with Goodman Theatre, American Theater Company, Sansculottes Theater Company, and The Playground Theater.