A native of Boston, Patrick was picked as one of 7 national finalists in last year's Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition. He's been featured in the Toyota Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival and the Hampton's Comedy Festival. He's appeared in numerous sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past two and half years heÕs produced and hosted "The Great $5 Comedy Show" every Thursday at the Gershwin Hotel. He co-created Reading It (with Jeff Singer and Naomi Frisch, who co-run Eating It and the Luna Lounge), which is a night of literary comedy thatÕs featured Sarah Vowell, Tom Tomorrow, Melissa Bank, and Jerry Stahl. He'll be making his animated debut on The Cartoon Network's "Home Movies" this spring.

Please check out Patrick's weekly show: Patrick Borelli's Great $5 Comedy Show Features the talent from Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central and elsewhere performing stand up, sketch and video shorts. Some of the performers that have been on Patrick's show in the past two years are Louis CK, Todd Barry, Ron Lynch, Matt Besser, Hugh Fink, and numerous writers from SNL, Conan O'Brien and Letterman. The show was featured in this year's Toyota Comedy Festival and was used as a scout show for NBC's Late Friday.

Patrick Borelli's Great $5 Comedy Show
$5 admission
Free Drinks
7 East 27th
between Fifth and Madison
10PM-Midnight

Pat Galante

In addition to stand-up, native Midwesterner, Pat Galante writes and performs solo work which includes her one-woman show, "Some of My Parts" and "From the Inside Out". Improvisational and ensemble work include performances at Here The American Living Room Series, Solo Arts, Henry Street Settlement, Princeton Universityâs McArthur Theatre in the "Curtain Calls" series, sponsored by the Princeton Arts Council. She has performed improvisationally with children and high school students at Henry Street Settlement and under "Directions for Our Youth". Some of her commercial and voiceover work include McDonald's, Chase Bank, DLJ Direct and NBC Dateline.

Pat is thrilled to be working with the Horse Trade Theater Group as Associate Producer and Co-Creator of the HA! Comedy Fest.

Linas Phillips

Linas Phillips has been performing in New york for the last six tears. He started doing stand-up comedy in Boston and then moved to study at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Experimental Theater Wing. In 1998, he wrote and performed his first one-man show, "Who is Gunter? Who am I?" at the Red Room.

For the New York Fringe Festival 2000, he performed in and co-choreographed 2 dance/theater pieces: "North Wind Turkey Timber" and "The Doomsday Polka 2000".

In 2001 he performed his second solo show, The Whistle (a dark comedy about cat-calling), at the Gershwin Hotel. He also performed at Gallapagos, Tonic's The Little Theater, Luna's Lounge's "Eating It", as well as every week at Patrick Borelli's Comedy show at the Gershwin.

Most recently, he has been writing and recording an album of dirty hip-hop songs entitled "The Soft Porn Rap Assault".

Eddie was just featured in Time Out N.Y. for his latest one person show THE BIG PUSH. He is a featured regular on the Conan O'Brien show with his recurring character of THE ANGRY GUY. Eddie has recently appeared on the new CRIMINAL INTENT starring Vincent D'Onofrio. Eddie will be going to the Sundance Film Festival in the movie KILLING TIME as a deranged soap-box preacher in Times Square. Eddie toured the country with the improv company Chicago City Limits and does stand-up all over the isle of Manhattan.

Currently working on a film over the next couple of months called OLD SCHOOL directed by Todd Phillips, the same people who made the movie ROAD TRIP.

Tami Vernekoff

TAMI VERNEKOFF

A biography..

Tami recently appeared on NBC's Late Friday performing her stand-up comedy.

Her critically acclaimed one-woman show TAMI BOY which was featured in New York City's Toyota Comedy Festival in 2001 is headed to the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2002. TAMI BOY showcases some of Vernekoff's most personal material wrapped around the bittersweet love story of a crush she once had on an older man.

You can see Tami Vernekoff taking potshots at celebrities and their clothes, on a regular basis, as she is one of US Weekly Magazine's Fashion Police. When not quipping about celebs, you can see her performing at various clubs and colleges around the country and comedy venues in New York City, such as Caroline's, Stand-Up NY, Luna Lounge and PSNBC.

Originally from Philadelphia, she now lives in New York.

Tom Shillue

Tom Shillue grew up in Boston, where he attended Emerson College and University of Massachusetts before moving to New York. He has performed stand-up on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, and NBC Late Friday. He also appears regularly in New York City at Caroline's on Broadway, Gotham Comedy Club, The Comic Strip, and Stand-Up New York.

Tom has appeared in dozens of television commercials for companies such as Audi, IBM, Heineken, Snickers, Frito Lay, Staples, Southwest Airlines, and the NFL.

He's also appeared on NBC's Law and Order and ABC's Spin City.

He wrote and co-starred in the award-winning short film "Go Jimmy, Go", which is currently playing at festivals all over the U.S.

Currently he is starring in the animated show "Whenever with Bob Morgan" on ComedyCentral.com

Marina Franklin

Marina is originally from Chicago where she made her acting debut at the Illinois Repertory Theatre at the University of Illinois. She than quickly realized her love for acting and went on to pursue a M.F.A. in acting at Syracuse University. Her stage credits include: Elvin in the Good Times are Killing Me , The Angel in Marisol, and Elizabeth Keckley in Voice of the Civil War, a self adapted piece produced by Syracuse Stage.

Soon after she moved to New York and continued to take on challenging roles at various locations. Her most recent and favorite New York Theatre credit includes: Shasu Aisha, in John Henry Redwood's, "Acted Within Proper Departmental Procedure", at The Billie Holiday Theatre.

As well as being a talented actress she currently performs throughout New York City as a Stand Up Comedienne. She has performed at certain notable venues like: The Luna Lounge, Comedy Central's night at Irving Plaza, and at the famous Boston Comedy Club. Her comic style and stage presence led her to a few experimental and independent comic shorts showcased in the East Village at Village hot spot Collective Unconcious. Here she was showcased in two films: Rachel Arieff's ItÕs Nancy and the shrimpdiabloinmypants film festival's Tribute to Preston P. Colcott as a 50's girl in Beach Blanket Bingo.