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Send News ft. Katherine Blanford, Janelle James, Jack Shaw, Leah Rudick, J.F. Harris, Ian Fidance and more TBA!
Tue, 25 Mar, 7:30 PM PDT
Doors open
7:00 PM PDT
Hollywood Improv (The Lab)
8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046
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Age Limit
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Comedy
Katherine Blanford
Katherine Blanford
Comedy
Originally hailing from Kentucky, Katherine Blanford is known for her human Golden Retriever presence on stage. After racking up millions of views on her Don’t Tell Comedy set, Katherine hit the road sharing confessions of her southern family secrets and awkward adolescent years across the country and internationally. Katherine has appeared twice on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, and After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson. Most recently, Katherine was featured on Deadline’s “Comedians Ready to Break Out in 2025” and selected to be a New Face at the prestigious 2025 Just For Laughs Festival. Katherine released her debut special, Catholic Cowgirl, with 800LB Gorilla Records in December 2024. Not bad for a girl whose parents are cousins.

Comedy
Janelle James
Janelle James
Comedy
Janelle James stars in the scene-stealing role of ‘Ava Coleman’ in the Emmy-nominated ABC comedy series ABBOTT ELEMENTARY that is currently in its 5th Season. James continues to receive accolades for her performance, including a 2026 Critic's Choice win for "Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series," 4 consecutive Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series”, as well as nominations for Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and Gotham Awards. James also earned the 2023 NAACP Image Award for “Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series,” nominations for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 NAACP Image Awards for “Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series,” and three nominations for the Television Critics Association Award for “Individual Achievement in Comedy.” Up next, James will be filming her highly anticipated Netflix Comedy Special.
Previously, James served as both a writer and actor for Showtime’s BLACK MONDAY, and Apple’s animated series, CENTRAL PARK. Her stand-up career has seen her tour with Chris Rock, Amy Schumer, and David Cross, among others. James’ latest stand-up special is featured in Season 3 of Netflix’s THE STAND UPS. Her comedic chops have seen her featured as one of Variety's Top Ten Comedians to Watch in 2020, and a "New Face" at the Just For Laughs Festival Montreal in 2016 while also being named one of The 50 Most Funny People in Brooklyn in the same year. Her debut comedy album, Black and Mild, was released on all major streaming networks in 2017 to rave reviews.
James’ hosting duties have included the 2023 Writers Guild of America Awards and the 2022 ABC game show, THE FINAL STRAW. She also took over the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, now known as the Janelle James Comedy Festival in Brooklyn.

Stand-up
Jack Shaw
Jack Shaw
Stand-up

Comedy
Leah Rudick
Leah Rudick
Comedy
Leah Rudick is a Los Angeles based actor, writer, and comedian. Known for her viral original characters including Wealthy Woman, Joannie, and Love Coach, Rudick has built a devoted fanbase of nearly 2 million followers across socials with her signature ‘weird girl’ comedy. Deadline named Leah as a Top 20 Comic to Watch in 2026.
In addition to acting and developing her own projects, she is tours doing standup nationwide. Festival credits include: Moontower, Just For Laughs, SF Sketchfest, and Laughing Skull. Her debut comedy hour, Spiraling (2023), released on Amazon and Apple TV.
TV credits include High Maintenance (HBO), Commuters (IFC), and Crowd Control (Dropout TV). She co-wrote and co-starred in the critically acclaimed web series Made to Order, featured in Marie Claire, IndieWire, and the New York Observer.
On the big screen, she co-wrote and co-starred in the indie feature Sweet Parents which took home top prizes at Brooklyn International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival and The Lower East Side Film Festival.
Rudick began her comedy career in New York with her sketch duo Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting, earning praise in Time Out NY, Washington Post, and Complex Magazine, which named her one of ‘25 Funny People Who Should Have Their Own TV Show.’

Stand-up
J.F. Harris
J.F. Harris
Stand-up
Known as one of hardest working comics in the business, J.F. Harris first came up in the downtown New York City comedy scene in the late 2000's. Developing a rapid fire, shockingly funny and personal storytelling style, that quickly made him a staple in both the most established N.Y. comedy clubs and the hippest Brooklyn alt shows. J.F.'s jokes pull from his life touching on topics like dealing with dyslexia, sobriety and the adventures of growing up in blue-collar Staten Island. Looking like he could play in your favorite indie rock band it's no shock to see him on festival line ups like SXSW. J.F.'s success in New York soon led to grindy gigs on the road where over the years he developed into a true headliner and was scooped up to open in arenas and theaters for acts like the Impractical Jokes and Joel McHale. He himself has taken his act around the globe to places as far as Hong Kong and Mumbai, India.
J.F. is also one of the go to guy behind the scenes in comedy for over a decade working with stars like Will Smith, on hit shows like Netflix's Magic For Humans and ghost writing for countless others. J.F. was first tapped to be in front of the camera by Bill Burr, who hand picking J.F. for his Comedy Central show The Ringers, where as Bill put it was a showcase of "The best of the new best in comedy." Shortly after J.F. made his breakout late night stand up debut on The Late Late Show, racking up the applause breaks and received an open invite to return from host James Corden. His long anticipated first stand up comedy hour special People Make Mistakes is set to debut in late this year.
When not touring J.F. splits his time between his adopted home of Los Angeles and the childhood one he can't shake New York.

Stand-up
Ian Fidance
Ian Fidance
Stand-up
Ian Fidance is an offbeat yet upbeat New York City comic, actor, and writer, that Dave Attell has described as a “Power Act” and Ron Bennington has called “One of the most unique comics working today.” He just dropped his debut special titled, Ian Fidance: Wild Happy & Free, and his wildly popular podcast Bein’ Ian with Jordan, co-hosted with fellow comic Jordan Jensen, is available on all platforms.
Fidance, originally from Wilmington, Delaware, has been featured on major podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience, Your Mom’s House with Tom Segura & Christina P., Duncan Trussell’s Family Hour, and Kill Tony to name just a few. He has also been featured on NPR’s This American Life.
His television, writing, and other credits include Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Gilly and Keeves Sketch Show, Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers, HBO Max’s Pause with Sam Jay, Netflix’s Waffles + Mochi, TBS’ The Last O.G., as well as writing for multiple Comedy Central Roasts. He currently resides in Brooklyn with his cat Samson.