A Syrian stand up comedian who uses his quick wit and sharp observational humor to paint a picture of what it is like to be a refugee living in America.

Featured for headlining comedians such as Kristen Toomey, Jenny Zigrino, Nimesh Patel and Adam Ray. Recent festivals and credits include:

2020 LaughFest Comedy Festival
2022 Rogue Island Comedy Festival
Featured on NPR’s What’s Funny Detroit Comedy Showcase 2022
Finalist at the 2022 42nd Seattle International Comedy Competition
2024 Tree Town Comedy Festival
2024 Columbus Comedy Festival

Former international street performer turned emcee, Sonal Aggarwal has brought her talents to Chicago as an actor, comedian, producer and movement artist. Her one woman show The Alchemy of Bliss played for a sold out weekend at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater and you can see her on Netflix’s Easy as well as the short A Period Piece which debuted at SXSW 2020. She is a regular host of the Moth.

Tina Youkhana is a Chicago based comedian. She started her stand up comedy journey in 2019. She has performed all over Chicago, NYC, and Austin. She touches on topics such as growing up biracial, differences in cultures, and partying. She has been featured on Kill Tony, and was mentioned on the Joe Rogan Experience.

Michael Johnson is a Chicago based stand up comedian, writer, drinker and has lived in the city his entire life. Known as the punk rock comic he has produced many different shows throughout Chicago, most notably “The Open Heckle Mic.” You can find him either at a bar performing comedy, rock club producing comedy, or at a dive bar drinking. TRIPLE THREAT!

Christine Ferrera is a nationally touring stand-up comedian and storyteller. She is known for her dark, absurd, self-deprecating yet relatable humor. She has opened for acclaimed comics Michael Ian Black, River Butcher and Emma Willmann, and performs regularly at clubs, crawl spaces and condemned malls around the Midwest. Ferrera’s book, Starbux Diary, about her decade-long correspondence with Starbucks Coffee was included in City Paper’s Top Ten Baltimore Books of 2015 and described as, “Hilariously personal.” Her work has been presented on NPR’s The Story and The Signal, and she was a featured performer at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival as well as Wham City Comedy’s (Adult Swim) USA Tour. The Bad Oracle wrote of her stand-up, “Ferrera’s rigorous with her crafted style… but presents humor of greater nuance and bite.” She lives and works and eats and prays and loves in Chicago.

I am a queer stand up comic and singer song writer and makeup artist based in Chicago. Sex, politics, and a fierce cut crease are my favorite topics.