2023 Comedian performers

Known as the Triple Threat* of Windsor Comedy (*stand up, juggling, shooting 3s). He has performed all over. He won the 2014 Windsor’s Funniest Comedian award and was a semi-finalist in both the 2016 and 2017 Border City Comedy Festivals.

Born and raised in Michigan, Will Green is actually a product of the New England comedy scene. He developed as a performer in barrooms and VFW halls in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. His material draws on years working as an elementary teacher, his own anxiety about life, and any other absurdity that catches his eye and needs calling out. His jokes come primarily from personal experience, but his delivery and style make them engaging and relatable to any audience, be it a college, club, or corporate event.

Will has released 2 albums, performs in clubs and venues all across the midwest and has garnered attention at various festivals – including Gilda’s Laughfest, Whiskey Bear and the Maine and Milwaukee Comedy Festivals. Having headlined his first club weekend in 2019, Will is a rising star in the Midwest comedy scene.

Patty Rooney is a Metro Detroit comedian, improviser, and sketch comedy writer. She’s recently shared a stage with Alex English and performed at the Detroit Women of Comedy Festival. Her sketch comedy videos have been featured on WhoHaHa. You can find her performing with her improv troupe, Big Fun Social, during their monthly sold-out show "Big Fun Murder" at Go Comedy.

Quickly gaining traction in the Detroit scene with dry delivery and hard-hitting punchlines, Danielle has been featured at comedy clubs all across Michigan. Danielle has worked with NYC’s Liz Miele, Matteo Lane, and Kate Willett. She is a producer for 313 Comedy, a weekly comedy show featuring local and touring comics at Detroit Shipping Company. Come laugh with her about the ridiculousness that she encounters as she navigates sobriety in her late-twenties.

With ten years of performing in the Detroit area comedy scene under his belt, Blain Hill delivers every time. Sometimes self-deprecating, often wry, and always riling an audience with a keen eye and quick wit, Blain is a regular at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, The Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, and The Detroit House of Comedy, as well as performing at venues across the country.

Ryan Erwin is a ray of absolute sunshine! Originally from Brigham City Utah he now makes Brooklyn New York his home. He travels the country performing for colleges and comedy clubs.

He has been featured on DryBar Comedy with his first special (Vertical Claps) debuting in 2019 and his second special (The Shape of Wear) will be released fall 2023.

He went on the road to open for Whitney Cummings & Micheal Palascak. His debut album  (Thank You, Thank You) can be heard regularly on Sirius XM.

Whether he is talking about being raised Mormon by two deaf parents, his time spent as a middle school teacher or his fabulous self; audiences are sure to love him.

Carl has been doing comedy for over a decade and is considered a staple in the Michigan scene. His observations on life and self deprecation conveys relatability on stage that makes him an audience favorite. Carl has opened for Joe List, Mark Normand and many more.

Mary Spencer is a comic living in Detroit. She tells jokes across southeast Michigan, including performances at the inaugural Tree Town Comedy Festival opening for Beth Stelling, at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle opening for Isabel Hagen, and at the Detroit House of Comedy opening for James Austin Johnson. She loves grocery shopping.

Adam Degi isn’t just another straight white male comedian, he’s had cancer, twice. His talent and joke writing separates him from the pack. He was a performer in The Best Of The Midwest Competition at Gilda’s LaughFest in 2019. His 2nd album ‘Limp Nodes’ will be available on iTunes, Spotify and SiriusXM this fall. Adam performed at the prestigious Boston Comedy Festival in 2016. In 2014 he was in the Semi-Finals of the Comedy 10K as well as being featured on the cover of Revue Magazine. He won the Funniest Person in Grand Rapids Competition in 2009 just his 2nd year into comedy and he’s the founder of the annual Degi Draft. His strangely endearing personality and ability to riff, rant and improvise sets him apart and makes every show unique. With an unapologetic, outspoken, unfiltered, and often unscripted act it’s difficult to tell when he’s telling a well written joke or just getting something off his chest. Adam Degi is anything but predictable and when he has a microphone in his hand you never know what might happen. He might even sing A cappella. He's a cancer survivor, and a comedy survivor.

Jason Gilleran debuted on Detroit’s thriving comedy scene in 2017. Along with his stand up comedienne wife Robyn, they are Hard G Comedy, and run The "Classy" Comics show at Aqua in Plymouth, as well as “Thumbthing Funny” in Caseville and “Laughing All the Way to the Bank” in Port Austin. He is a regular at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle and One Night Stan’s and has featured for John Heffron at the Traverse City Comedy Club and performed in the 2023 Traverse City Comedy Fest. His 20 years of experience as a Urologist (aka “the Dick Doc”) means he’s seen a few things. Things he can’t unsee. Jason brings a fast pace, almost absurdist view of the things he finds funny, like bad food, good music, and an ongoing mid life crisis as a Gen X husband and father. And yes, there are dick jokes.

Robyn Gilleran is a comedian based in Detroit and is the better (looking) half of Hard G Comedy with her husband Jason. This former fat kid and current actor/model is the mother of teenage boys and has a lot to say about growing up, motherhood and life in general. She has performed on stages across the US including Zanies Chicago,  Jimmy Kimmel's Las Vegas, Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, One Night Stan's Comedy Club, The Detroit House of Comedy, Traverse City Comedy Club and Funny Farm, as well as Gilda's Laughfest, The Traverse City Comedy Fest and the Detroit Women in Comedy Festival. She's sure to catch you off guard and teach you to never judge a book by her cover.

Brandi Alexander is hilarious as she talks about dating on a college campus in twin beds and checking men’s Netflix history to see if they are a serial killer or not. She is funny and observational and is a crowd favorite as she vents about teaching high school, her too woke roommates and mis-gendering a raccoon. She’s taking comedy by storm, check her out to see why!

Bruce Umpstead is a divorced DeWitt dad of two adult daughters trying to make sense of his brave new world by performing standup comedy. Is it working? Come and find out. His act is essentially clean with healthy doses of innuendo and dad jokes-- just don't accuse him of being a Sugar Daddy! Off-stage, Bruce's real job, right now, is raising grant funding for college success programs, so students don't have 17 years of student loan payments like he did! By showtime, he could be doing something completely different. Bruce has performed at Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal Oak, Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, Dr. Grin’s Comedy Club in Grand Rapids, and Crunchy's Monday Night Football Halftime Comedy Show in East Lansing where he killed.

Alexa Stanton grew up in a small, rural Michigan village where her fondness of corn and milk flourished. She began comedy in the Amazon capital of the world, Seattle, WA. After facing much ridicule for her name, Alexa returned to Michigan in 2022. Alexa and her short butt crack continue to travel the States looking to tell tales of her outlandish life to fresh faces. You can find her hit series Barefoot and Pregnant on Youtube and her podcast The Budcast on all platforms.

Nick Earl is an up-and-coming comic based out of Lansing, MI. His irreverent and occasionally absurd takes leave audiences feeling much better about their own station in life. Come along as he clumsily navigates through the oddities of modern life. Nick has been featured on Lansing Michigan's Stoop fest, and Bliss Fest.

The Baby Boy himself, Donte Lillard. Opening for the likes of Eddie Griffin, Michael Longfellow, Brad Williams etc. Donte brings a no-holds barred attitude every time he hits the stage. Whether discussing race, economic status, or his love of rib tips, the laughs never stop with Donte on the mic. From Mi to TX, He’s Been Bringing it at venues such as Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, The Creek and The Cave ATX and The Lincoln Lodge. You can catch him Performing with Dog Comic Productions, like the Sold Out Wealthy Theater show in 2022 and The Dog Fight Roast Battles. IG: @dontelillard