Janeane Garofalo

Actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo has been an American institution since she burst on the scene in 1992.

Janeane has had many memorable and critically acclaimed roles in films such as “The Truth About Cats and Dogs,” “Wet Hot American Summer,” “Ratatouille,” “Steal This Movie,” “Reality Bites,” “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion,” “Mystery Men,” “The Ten” and “The Cable Guy”.

Janeane also co-authored the best seller “Feel This Book,” with Ben Stiller. Janeane was a cast member of the Emmy Award-winning Ben Stiller Show and played the role of Paula, the acerbic talent booker, on “The Larry Sanders Show,” for which she received an Emmy nomination. During the fall of ’94 she joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” Some of Janeane’s other television work includes two specials for HBO, FOX’s “24,” “Mad About You,” and the final season of NBC’s “The West Wing,” where she played Democratic campaign strategist Louise Thornton.

In addition to acting in film and television, Janeane is an outspoken activist, spoken word performer and stand-up comedy entertainer known and respected around the world. She was instrumental in the successful launching of the first liberal radio network, Air America Radio, where she hosted her own talk show, “The Majority Report.” A lightning rod for controversy, Janeane’s well informed opinions and unflinching honesty have inspired laughs, as well as striking a chord with the left, right and everyone in between.

Umar Khan

Umar Khan is a Baltimore comedian who has been performing for the past 15 years. He’s become a regular at clubs, colleges, independent shows, and theaters in the around the country. He has three comedy specials on YouTube. His latest special is “Let’s Talk About It!,” A fully improvised crowd work special. He released “Who Cares” in 2021 and “Umar Khan: Live in Baltimore” in 2018.

He has performed at The DC Improv, Warner Theater in DC, 9:30Club, The Historic Sixth & I Synagogue, Hilarities in Cleveland, Punchline Philly, and Philly Helium. In 2016 he was invited to be on Tig Nataro’s Bentzen Ball in DC at the Kennedy Center. Umar has had the opportunity to feature for great comedians like Tim Dillon, Mark Normand, Joe List, The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj, Todd Barry, 30 Rock’s Judah Friedlander, Greg Fitzsimmons, Kyle Kinane, and Hari Kondabolu.