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Sydney Castillo is a stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He most recently wrote on HBO’s GAME THEORY and VH1’s CELEBRITY SQUARES. He was part of the most recent season of WILD N' OUT. Sydney's written and appeared in numerous shows ranging from The BET Awards, Comedy Central's HOOD ADJACENT and MARLON on NBC, now airing on Netflix. Sydney’s stand-up can be seen on HBO MAX’S THE HEADLINERS and can be seen headlining around the country.  

Alex English is an Emmy-nominated writer who recently completed his third season writing on Saturday Night Live. Prior to joining SNL, he was a writer and performer on the National Lampoon Radio Hour podcast. His other credits include B.E.T’s The Rundown with Robin Thede and Netflix’s The Fix with Jimmy Carr, Paramount+’s Inside Amy Schumer, HBOMax’s That Damn Michael Che and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay and High Maintenance. He also appeared on the Ilana Glazer produced Tight Five for Comedy Central Digital and has opened for such comedians as Michael Che, Roy Wood, Jr., Michelle Wolf and Sam Morril. New York Magazine listed him as a “Comedian You Should & Will Know” and The New York Times lauded him as one of “The Queer Young Comics Redefining American Humor.”