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#SCCF2021 Headliners

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John Armstrong

Cleveland, OH

John Armstrong has been active in standup for more than four years and recently earned the prestigious Performer’s Award at the Cleveland Comedy Festival. He regularly appears at the Improv and Hilarities as well as many shows throughout Northeast Ohio. He is the father of three wonderful children and his material often focuses on families, relationships, and current events.

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Curtis Cook

Los Angeles, CA

Curtis Cook is a writer and standup comedian who has puked after a keg stand on a show called Flophouse, traveled through an Ebola checkpoint for a segment on Vice News, and appeared alongside Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein for sketches on Portlandia. Curtis’s standup has been seen on Comedy Central where he is currently a writer for the recent reboot of Crank Yankers.

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Franqi French

Los Angeles, CA

Franqi French was selected as one of Variety Magazine's "Top 10 Comics to Watch" in 2020, won the 2019 StandUp NBC National Comedy Competition, and her stand-up special "M.A.D." is due this year. Franqi has headlined The Bentzen Ball and The Black Women in Comedy Festival in Brooklyn. She will be a featured headliner on the Stand Up NBC Summer Tour.

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Joey Gentile

Cleveland, OH

Joey Gentile, a local favorite, the wild card & rule breaker of the Cleveland comedy scene, is an equal opportunity offender who shows no mercy on himself nor the audience with his uncomfortable dark and sexual humor. He has worked with Margaret Cho, Jerry Seinfeld, and Chelsea Handler; was nominated for Best Male Comedian in the 2019 Cleveland Scene Magazine "Best of Cleveland" Competition, and is a huge fan of Lana Del Ray.


(but not in a Mark David Chapman kind of way).

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Mary Santora

Cleveland, OH

Mary Santora has been named the "Best Undiscovered Comedian in Ohio" by Thrillist Magazine in 2018, was voted Cleveland Scene Magazine's "Best Female Comedian" in 2016, 2017, and 2019, and co-hosts The Alan Cox Show on 100.7 WMMS. Mary recently recorded her debut album, "Hillbilly Boujee", and is one of the most down-to-earth people you will ever meet in your life.

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Bryan Sternik

Cleveland, OH

Bryan Sternik won Rookie of the Year AND Comedy Juggernaut in the 2019 Cleveland Comedy Awards, former host of the award-winning Lakewood Village Tavern Open Mic, and is the self-proclaimed "Sexiest Man in Cleveland." To find out if the last part is true, you have to come to a show and find out.

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#SCCF2021 Hosts

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Amanda Averell

Pittsburgh, PA

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Gheramy Demery

Cleveland, OH

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Carter Dougherty

Cincinnati, OH

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Jordan Euell

Lakewood, OH

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Eboni Gordon

Youngstown, OH

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Dan Higgins

Lakewood, OH

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David Horning

Cleveland, OH

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Ray Hyclak

Cleveland, OH

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Marla Massie

Cleveland, OH

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Steve Mers

Cleveland, OH

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David Morales

Lorain, OH

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Tania Timmons

Cleveland, OH

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#SCCF2021 Featured Performers

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Jay Agbon

Washington, DC

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Alex Avery

Vancouver, WA

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Bria Beddoe

Washington, DC

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Sara Bergmark

Boulder, CO

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Brittany Cardwell

NYC

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Jason Choi

NYC

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Chris Cyr

Bridgeport, CT

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Patrice Deveaux

Richmond, VA

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Josh Dweh

Philadelphia, PA

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Darron Finesilver

Phoenix, AZ

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O'Mar Finley

Baton Rouge, LA

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AJ Hapenny

Bourne, MA

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Christian 
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Columbus, OH

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Ella Horwedel

Ann Arbor, MI

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Laura Hugg

Chicago, IL

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Kimbles Hume

San Diego, CA

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Alexa Irizarry

Cleveland, OH

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Donna Lewis

Hampton, VA

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Martin Malloy

Bay Village, OH

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John McCombs

Chicago, IL

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Connor Meade

Ferndale, MI

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Meka Mo

Queens, NY

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Daniel P. Myers

Parma Heights, OH

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Anthony Oakes

Washington, DC

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AC O'Neal

Portland, OR

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Dan Paswell

Bloomington, IN

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Ricky Ramos

Longmont, CO

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David Shelton

Cleveland, OH

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Janeen Slaughter

Raleigh, NC

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Joel Slavik

Montreal, Canada

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Robert Stutzman

North Olmsted, OH

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Bilaal Swain

Detroit, MI

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Arash Tadjiki

Salt Lake City, UT

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Dewayne White

Woodbridge, VA

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KJ Whitehead

Chicago, IL

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Tim Wolfe

Warren, OH

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