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Nick Kroll is an L.A. based comedian who can currently be seen on FX's comedy series The League. Nick has appeared in the films Little Fockers, Dinner for Schmucks, Date Night, Get Him to the Greek, I Love You, Man and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy. His writing work includes contributions to Chappelle's Show, The Life and Times of Tim, Human Giant and the best-selling coffee table book, Bar Mitzvah Disco which he co-wrote. Nick lends his voice to the animated series, "The Life and Times of Tim," for HBO, on which he plays Stu, Tim's best friend. Nick's Comedy Central hour-long special, Thank You Very Cool, premiered in January 2011.

Desiree Burch is a comedian, writer, actress and New York NeoFuturist, and host of the "Smut" Reading and Performance series. Her solo work has culminated in the full-length solo pieces "52 Man Pickup," "The Sit-Down Show," "Careless," and "Greatest Hits." Desiree's shows have been performed at Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, CenterStage NY, P.S. 122, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her stand-up comedy has been featured at Carolines on Broadway, Gotham Comedy Club, the NY Improv, New York Comedy Club, Boston Comedy Club, the Producer's Club, the Parkside Lounge, Mo' Pitkins, and New York International Fringe Festival, to name a few.

Comedian, actor, and writer Shenoah Allen is best known as being one half of the hilarious comedy duo The Pajama Men, who have won the prestigious "Barry Award" at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and three Timeout Awards.

Teen Girl Scientist Monthly is a 6-piece rock group based in New York City. They sound like Arcade Fire and Black Lips fucking in the bathroom. The band is Matt Berger (vocals/guitar), Matt Gliva (bass), Anne Hartung (violin), Morgan Lynch (vocals), Cathy Thomas (keyboards) and Hiroyuki Matsuura (drums). They began playing together in August 2010. In December 2010, they released their first EP, titled ‘Pioneer Ghost.’ They record and release independently and design and produce their album art by hand. They’ve built a following playing Brooklyn and Manhattan in apartments and basements and at places like the Charleston, Sugarland, National Underground, Bar Matchless, Ars Nova, the Bitter End and Cake Shop.

Adira Amram has been performing her sly, sexy and subversive musical comedy all over NYC and beyond since 2005. Along with her backing band and dancers The Experience, she has performed at venues such as The Bowery Ballroom, The Williamsburg Music Hall, The Knitting Factory, PULSE Contemporary Art Fair and UCB Theatre. Nationally and Internationally she has performed at Le Tulip in Montreal, The Independent in San Francisco, Spaceland and The Key Club in Los Angeles and The Mod Club in Toronto. She has performed as part of Pop Montreal, Austin's Art Outside, New York Comedy Festival, Castlebraid Comedy Festival. Her full length show "Adira Amram is: An American Idol" enjoyed encore performances at Ars Nova. She is also a three-time nominee for Best Musical Comedy Act at the ECNY Awards (2007, 2008, and 2009). She was the support act for the North American Tour of Kid Koala Presents: The Slew. In 2009 she released Hot Jams For Teens on North Street Records. She is currently collaborating with Seattle DJ, Dynomite D (The Beastie Boys, Kid Koala & Money Mark) on her forthcoming album. Her music videos have been featured on Huffington Post, Funny or Die and ucbcomedy.com