Thursday,
January 17, 2002

8:00 pm

MC: Susie Felber

Comics:
D.C. Benny
Clara Bijl
Pat Galante
Andrew Donnelly
Amber Roniger
Poppy Kramer
James Oakes
Val Kappa
Chris Regan
Carl Kissen

Susie Felber

Susie Felber writes for Comedy Central's website, including Karma Central, a site she has entirely written for about 4 years. Check out http://comedycentral.com/timewasters/kc/

Other highlights include: interviewing The Kids In The Hall live webcast, and writing/producing/hosting ComedyCentral.com's coverage of the NY Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner.

Susie also performs all around town. Luna Lounge, Caroline's, etc.. She has hosted and produced "Felber's Frolics" for over 4 years. She's also appeared briefly on Late Night with Conan O'Brien as a whore, and done warm up for a cheesy talk show. She's written for ABC development, MTV Specials and written/produced a zillion quips for Lifetime Television.

She's written for Cosmopolitan Magazine and frequently contributes to US Weekly's Fashion Police section. She also co-wrote a bartending comedy CD-ROM with her brother, published by Simon & Schuster that is now on the discount shelves at fine stores everywhere. She was also the head writer of the game's website and got to meet "Issac: your bartender" from The Love Boat. Check out http://www.lastcallgame.com

And iffin you're really bored, check out Susie's very unprofessional personal website, for more links and petty diversions. http://home.earthlink.net/~febhead/

D.C. Benny grew up so poor that his parents could only afford the initials D.C., instead of a whole first name. Mr. Benny started doing stand-up at age 23, because he loved the sound of laughter, and so that the voices in his head would have a place where they could be properly appreciated. He moved to New York City in the fall of '93, to pursue his dream of being a stand up comedian, and also because one of the voices had a lead on a cheap apartment. There he developed his act, which incorporates original characters, funny stories, and improvisational crowd interaction.

D.C. has since headlined every major comedy club in the city, and has performed on national television shows including: "Showtime at the Apollo", "Friday Night Videos" (4 appearances), "The Chris Rock Show", and "Comedy Centrals Premium Blend". He has been billed with Jeff Foxworthy, Margaret Cho, Bernie Mac, and has opened for Fugees and various other musical groups. D.C. has also been featured as an actor on NBC's "Law and Order", UPN's "Swift Justice", and the feature film "Love Walked In" starring Dennis Leary.

He now lives in Brooklyn which he loves because everyone else also hears voices, and no-one calls him J.C. Penny anymore.

Clara Bijl was born and raised in France. After high school she attended the College of Charleston in Charleston South Carolina where she was able to gain an in-depth perception of America. Upon graduation she moved to New York City where she started stand up comedy. Since she has appeared in comedy clubs all around. Her comedy is witty, funny but most of all, it's french.

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.

Val Kappa

During her freshman year at Emerson College Val Kappa took a class called, "Acting for Non-performance Majors". The final assignment for the semester was to act out a scene from any Shakespearean play, but after a few arguments with her professer and then a final handshake, Val convinced him to let her perform a scene she had written herself called,"Uuna Goes Sledding".
Thus began her comedy journey....

After a year of performing her Uuna character at venues all over Boston, Val decided that it was time to stop wearing a snowsuit, and time to just be herself. It was then that Val developed a stand-up routine that incorporates a unique delivery and a chatty stage persona that is a caricature of herself.

Having grown up with 200 parakeets in her basement, being Greek, and being an ex-Starbucks employee, this once-want-to-be-cartoonist has plenty to talk about.

Val recently moved to NY from Boston, after graduating college, and has since appeared in the Toyota Comedy Festival, PSNBC, and many other venues all over NY including the Gershwin Hotel where she is a regular.

You can catch her on an upcoming episoide of "Home Movies" on the Cartoon Network where she appears as Clarisse the coffee shop girl.

Chris Regan is an Emmy-award winning writer with "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and recently appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend."

CARL KISSIN performed over 4000 shows for New YorkÕs premier improvisational comedy group Chicago City Limits. He plays a therapist in the independent film Hacks, scheduled to open in early 2002. He played Glenn in Eric BogosianÕs film Talk Radio directed by Oliver Stone. In the on-stage play of Talk Radio at the Public Theater, he played six additional characters. Other theater appearances include StarrÕs on Broadway where Carl played Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Lenny Bruce and an Off-Broadway production of The Misanthrope in which he played Oronte.

As a television writer/performer he co-starred on CBS in "Quick Witz," was featured on MTVÕs "Mouth to Mouth" and VH-1Õs "Mr. Eggman." He also developed and directed sketches for the pilot episodes of NBC's "Live On Tape." His political sketches and song parodies have been on "The Today Show," "The Joan Rivers Show," and FOX-TVÕs Good Day New York. Carl wrote and appeared in a series of award-winning commercials for Jamesway department stores. His voice has been heard on National Public Radio, "As The World Turns," and ABCÕs Olympic coverage dubbing foreign athletes. CarlKissin@aol.com