Saturday, December 5
Doors and Music: 6pm
Comedy Show: 8pm
THE LINE UP
EMCEE
KATE HUGHES
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Kate Hughes is a comedian, overthinker, and professional finder of awkward situations. Her stand-up mixes brutally honest storytelling with sharp observations about relationships, anxiety, adulthood, and the weird things people pretend are normal. Audiences love her quick wit, unfiltered perspective, and ability to make life’s disasters sound oddly inspirational.
Beyond stand-up, Kate is an award-winning film actor who has appeared in independent films and local commercial campaigns. A familiar voice and personality throughout the Lehigh Valley, she spent more than a decade hosting a talk radio show and continues to emcee events across the region with the same sharp humor and engaging presence that define her comedy. Kate is also a producer, writer, and playwright whose work blends storytelling, authenticity, and comedy into performances that are both hilarious and deeply human.
HIGHLIGHT
doug mchizzle
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Born and raised in Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry, NY. A child of the 80’s and lifetime fan of standup comedy. His biggest inspiration is Richard Pryor. In 4th grade, Doug wrote a story about how he wanted to do what Pryor does…make people laugh. Doug started writing jokes when he was 12. It wasn’t until a comedian friend of his convinced him get over his nerves and try it. And now, fifteen years of being a standup comedian, Doug is living out his childhood dream of making people laugh.
FEATURE
RYAN ROSSELL
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If Ryan is trying too hard to make you laugh please just ignore him, because that means he's been day drinking again, which is why his bio looks like this.
SPOTLIGHT
JOSIAH JAMES
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Josiah James got his start in comedy as an original member of the improv troupe The Associated Mess in the early 2000s, where he first met fellow comedian Ryan Rossell. He began performing stand-up comedy in 2008 and has since become a familiar face in the Lehigh Valley comedy scene.
His comedy mixes sharp observations, layered wordplay, and the confident energy of a guy explaining something he absolutely should’ve let go of already.
Josiah was a quarterfinalist in the Lehigh Valley’s Funniest Comedian Festival and was voted a Fan Favorite at the 2026 Allentown Comedy Festival.
Outside of stand-up, Josiah also appears in an upcoming horror feature film alongside Bethlehem native Daniel Roebuck, set for release later this year.
WHO’S HEADLINING?
Learnmore Jonasi
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Learnmore Jonasi is a Zimbabwean stand-up comedian and actor. He stands at over 6 feet, his comedy is brought to life by past experiences, observations and his view (from the top) which elicit rib-tickling laughs, regardless of the crowd.
He has performed with and alongside the biggest names on the African Continent and performed across 20 countries at various Theatres, Festivals, Comedy clubs, and on TV Shows. He was the winner of the 2023 Boston Comedy Festival , and the 2023 audience choice Jersey City Comedy festival.
In 2019 he won the National Arts Merit Awards as the Outstanding Comedian of the Year, the Savanna Comic Choice Awards as the Pan African Comic of the Year, and he was the People’s Choice Award winner in Steve Harvey’s Stand Up Spotlight competition. He placed 5th on America’s Got Talent in 2024 and received the Golden Buzzer and can be seen touring all over the US.
WATCH LEARNMORE’S JOURNEY TO AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
