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Martha Chaves is a Nicaraguan-Canadian comedian, actress, activist and playwright. She performs standup in English, Spanish, French and Italian. [2] She is a regular in the comedy circuits in Canada, the United States and Latin America, at Just for Laughs and other major festivals, and on CBC Radio.
She was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, and hosted the ABC game show Supermarket Sweep. She has also been a featured performer at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and the Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2010, her one-hour comedy special, Problem Child, was broadcast on Showtime.
In 2011, Allyn was selected to perform in the New Faces: Characters Showcase at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. [2] Around that same time, she began appearing in a number of heavily aired national commercials (Toyota, eBay, McDonald's, Wal-Mart, IHOP, Dish Network, to name a few). [1]
Just for Laughs (French: Juste pour rire) was a comedy festival that was held every July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1982, it was the largest international comedy festival in the world. [ 1 ]
Sloan started performing stand-up comedy in May 2009 after being encouraged by friends who worked at the Funny Farm Comedy Club. [4]In 2015, she was named a "New Face of Comedy" at the Just For Laughs comedy festival [5] and won the 12th annual StandUp NBC comedy showcase. [6]
Willmann was featured as a New Face at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2016. [5] Time Out New York has recognized her as one of the 10 funniest women in New York City. [6] She performed stand-up on the Seeso series Night Train with Wyatt Cenac. [7] Willmann appears on Netflix's The Comedy Lineup, where she performs a 15-minute stand ...
The cast. Emil Wakim, ... Wakim is a stand-up comedian who was crowned the New Face of Comedy at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal in 2022. He has opened for Roy Wood Jr., Nikki ...
Strong performed regularly at The Second City and iO Chicago. [7] Strong performed on a cruise ship with other Second City members for four months. [15] She appeared at the Chicago Sketch Fest, Chicago Just for Laughs, the New York Sketchfest, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, [13] the Goodman Theater, the Bailiwick Theater, the Mercury Theater, and with the all-female improv troupe Virgin Daiquiri.