Comedians leave their regular sets and perform 100% brand-new material. Come watch the premises and punchlines take shape only at The Brooklyn Improv. Thursdays at 9:15pm hosted by comedians Dave Ross, Gastor Almonte, Courtney Maginnis and David Drake.

Usama Siddiquee (formerly known by his stage name “Usama Bin Laughin”) is completely comfortable with writing a bio about himself in third person. His absolute ease should already be impressing you by now. Usama Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian and actor based in New York. He’s the kind of comic you want to follow right now, so you can totally gloat to your friends about how you were totally into him before he got huge. And then they’ll get really jealous of your impeccable foresight and superior taste. His act is an energetic (bordering on frenetic) and intelligent (bordering on genius) romp through his own life experiences. Family! Friends! Sex! Religion! Sex with religious friends! It’s all there, and Usama slings jokes on these topics and more with rapid-fire charisma and hilarity.   And if you thought that last paragraph was self-serving, here is a shameless list of Usama’s achievements. He most recently was featured on the 2020 season of America’s Got Talent. He traveled to Montreal as one of the New Faces at Just For Laughs in 2018. Shortly after he was passed at the world famous Comedy Cellar in New York. He made his standup television debut on BET's 50 Central. He has been featured on Showtime’s Desus and Mero, MTV’s News, and Bravo’s Cash Cab. He was a finalist for the 2017 NY's Funniest Competition at Caroline's; a finalist in the 2017 NBC Standup Competition; 1st place winner of the 2016 Laughing Devil Cup Comedy Festival in New York; the 1st place winner of the 2015 Yonkers Comedy Festival as well as the 1st place winner of the 2015 Make Me Laugh Albany Comedy Festival. Usama has also featured on videos for NBC, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, The Scene, Mic.com, FusionTV, and Huffington Post.  P.S. Usama can probably beatbox better than you can. FOLLOW HIM: instagram: @UsamaStandsUp twitter: @UsamaStandsUp Facebook: facebook.com/usamastandsup

Jay Jurden is the star of the new Hulu comedy special Yes Ma’am, a breakout hour that solidifies him as one of the sharpest and most original comedic voices working today. Based in New York and originally from Mississippi, Jay has become a national standout thanks to his precise writing, magnetic presence, and a point of view that is both deeply personal and universally funny. The special is now available on all streaming platforms. Jay is a four-time guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and has also appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central Featuring, and HBO’s High Maintenance. He was a Staff Writer for Apple TV+’s Emmy-nominated The Problem with Jon Stewart, bringing his distinctive comedic insight to one of television’s most influential political-comedy series. In 2022, Jay was named one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch, and his debut comedy album Jay Jurden Y’all premiered at #1 on iTunes. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Vulture, Teen Vogue, McSweeney’s, and Marvel’s Voices: X-Men #1, showcasing a range that extends well beyond stand-up. Jay was also featured on Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know list and selected for the prestigious Just For Laughs: New Faces. Jay tours nationwide, selling out clubs and theaters with an electric, high-precision act that continues to resonate across audiences.  

David Drake is a comedian. He is a very funny comedian. He has been featured on Comedy Central, HBO, Sirius XM, Cracked, Don’t Tell, and Fox. He was named one of Complex Magazine's ‘Comics to Watch Under 30’, although is now 38, and one of New York Comedy Festival’s ‘Comics to Watch’, but they did not specify any age boundaries. He is a producer of the long-standing New York showcase Comedians You Should Know NYC and a regular at the world famous Comedy Cellar. With six stand-up albums and three specials under his belt, including the critically acclaimed Big Break, David delivers comedy that’s “smart and engaging” (The New York Times) and “endlessly watchable” (Humorism). In addition to stand up, he is a five-time reoccurring guest on the popular storytelling podcast Risk! and a producer of the traveling outdoor storytelling series Campfire. David currently performs nationwide while working out a niche in New York's legendary comedy scene and sometimes he'll eat fries off your plate. He feels bad about that. He's sorry... I'm sorry. I'm David Drake. This was me the whole time.

Dave Ross is a comedian in New York City. Every single person on earth likes him. He's been on the Late Late Show with James Corden, This is Not Happening, Drunk History, WTF with Marc Maron, Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer, Behind the Bastards, The Daily Zeitgeist and many many more. He was a New Face at Just For Laughs Montreal in 2016, and since then has been touring the country, headlining every single type of room -- from a tent at Warped Tour to a theater at SXSW to The Hollywood Improv and your basement. His first album The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex is really really good and that's why everybody likes him so much.

Gastor Almonte is a stand-up comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY. He's appeared on Comedy Central, HBO, Peacock and more. Timeout magazine named him one of your "New Comedy Obsessions." He is the host of the War Report Podcast.

Courtney Maginnis is a comedian and actress based in Brooklyn, NY. She performs standup all over the country and has been a part of the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, NY Comedy Festival, Underground Comedy Festival, Red Clay Comedy Festival and more. Courtney has been featured in sketches for Comedy Central, HBO and College Humor. She has been featured for a story on NPR's Studio 360 as well as appeared on shows for Sirius XM. She is one of the stars of the popular web series NFL Fan Therapy, the co-host of the weekly podcast “Burbs Bros” as well as a co-host for one of Thrillist’s best underground comedy shows in NYC, “Let’s See What Else” every Tuesday night in the Lower East Side.

Casey James Salengo is an NYC based comedian from the mountains of Vermont. He's performed in the Riptide Comedy Festival and the Brooklyn Comedy Festival. He's usually very polite.