JODY SLOANE
Sloane cut her entertainment teeth doing her sit-down shtick as a cheeky "conducktor" named Penny Wise on the Boston Duck Tours. Her duck tour experience -- 4,000 times -- was the perfect tee-up to becoming a stand-up comic.
She's now a regular at esteemed comedy venues, including Headliners Comedy Clubs throughout New England, Gotham Comedy Club in New York City, Comix Comedy Club at Mohegan, Nick's Comedy Stop, plus roadhouses, Elks Clubs and dives from Portland to New York. Wherever people need to laugh, Jody answers the call and is a favorite for booking agents and clubs across the Northeast.
Among her favorite gigs are the Boston Comedy Festival, the Asheville (N.C.) Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival, and Tupelo Music Hall.
Impishly perverse, her style is thoughtful, yet edgy; touching on age, divorce, and being raised by wolves. She’ll have you convinced that in the darkest corners of truth is comedy.
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Visit Jody online at www.jodysloane.com or follow her on Facebook.
ROB STEEN
At an age when most teenagers are contemplating a part-time job, Rob Steen was starting a company. A Boston street performer at 12, Steen created North Shore Comedy in 1986, when he was 15. With juggling and improv skills under his belt, he decided to give stand-up comedy a shot.
"I began sneaking into comedy clubs in Boston to do my act," said Steen. "I was not the best comic back then, but as I got to know the other acts, I began to book small clubs all over my hometown and beyond."
At just 21, he was booking more than 20 shows a week and performing as well. He was the youngest agent in New England with the largest client base. "As the comedy boom died in Boston, it was just starting in northern New England, and I was the one who created that niche."
Steen performs more than 350 shows a year personally and has been a regular guest on "The Late Show" with David Letterman. His roster of more than 300 comedians from Boston, Los Angeles and New York are seen regularly throughout the country and on television. They perform locally in comedy clubs and in a wide range of fundraiser comedy nights for nonprofit organizations, such as police and fire department events, parent-teacher groups, shelters and other charitable groups.
Steen is currently based in Manchester and New York. He recently opened Headliners Comedy Club in Manchester, at the Amoskeag Bridge rotary in the Clarion Hotel in Manchester. Steen loves doing what he does and is appreciative that he can make a decent living at it. He says every show is different because he never knows just what will happen. He works off the audience to make it more personal, which in turn creates a different experience each time someone sees his act. Regardless of where he's performing, Steen finds that some subjects hold universal appeal. Whether it's current events or pop culture and relationship material, most people have pets, jobs, spouses or kids and can relate.
Visit Rob online at www.robsteen.com or follow him on Facebook.
JOEY CARROLL
Joey Carroll made his way onto the comedy scene on a dare. His first open mic got him his first paid gig. Joey has been performing clean, thought provoking comedy for 20 years. His comedy is the result of a unique life experience and the positive attitude he keeps no matter what life throws at him. He has used his talents to raise money for many non-profit organizations such as: The Paraclete Center (Boston), the Greater Boston Food Bank, Life Is Nutz, M.O.A.R., Right Turn, Comics for Recovery, and other groups dedicated to helping people.
With great pride, he has also done hundreds of fundraising shows for Police and Firefighter organizations over the years. Since 1999, Joey has used his comedy to bring much needed laughter to our troops overseas since. He loves this direct and personal way of showing his support and connecting with our always appreciative and grateful heroes. His overseas tours have included: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, and Macedonia. A later tour took him to the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean to entertain on Naval bases.
He is also a hit with audiences at sea! Joey is appreciated by cruise lines for his clean observational comedy, which also makes him a perfect act for just about any venue. Other appearances include: Celtic Pride, being featured in NESN's Roughing It and WCVB's Chronicle, Comedy Central's Pulp Comics and lastly on NECN’s Broadside with Jim Braude. Joey loves to spend his free time motorcycling, boating and restoring his 1885 Queen Anne Victorian bed & breakfast, Harrington House, in Winthrop, MA, where he lives a wonderful life with his wife, two dogs and cat.
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Visit Joey online at www.funnyjoey.com or follow him on Facebook.