October 5 – Chris Fontana
Chris Fontana has been a stand-up comic for nearly a decade, having recently branched out into sketch, improv, and film. After writing and performing as a founding member of “The Sketchy Characters” (One Eyed Jacks; Southern Rep), he has joined up with “The Anvil Company “ just in time for their forthcoming performances at Fringe Fest 2011. For updates on future shows as well as films like “Below Sea Level” (www.belowsealevel.tv) and “Life on Bourbon” (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Life-On-Bourbon/194939640518516), find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/chrisfontananola or follow @NainusDextrous
Featuring Shaun Dugas
Born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana, Shawn Dugas has been doing stand-up for over three years, utilizing a background in both English literature and theatre to provide a comedic smorgasbord of wit, wordplay, and silly voices. Recently, he has also been taking improv classes with the New Movement school in New Orleans, he occasionally performs hip-hop under the name T-Shirt Rebellion, and he was recently seen on TV as the winner of a game show based on the children’s word game Hangman. He can be found on Twitter at @tshirtrebellion.
October 12 – Tom Hester
Tom started performing at 15, and turned pro at 19. At 20, he joined the infamous “Outlaw Comics”. In 1991, he won “Austin’s Funniest Person” and later the Austin Chronicles “Critics Choice Award”. His work as producer, writer, director, and actor on the no budget short film “A Fist Full of Pills”is a tribute to his stand-up piece (by the same name) which is the #1 requested bit on XM Satellite Radio off his cd “Words Are All I Have”. The film was accepted in 2005 Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival. Tom performed more than 40 shows in six oversea tours. He’s appeared on “NBC Friday Late Night”, “Comedy Central Presents: Insomniac w/ Dave Attell”, and “ACTv Austin”. He currently hosts an entertainment talk radio show broadcast to over 130,000 listeners called “Airways to Tom Hester” on 1300AM KSET. He has worked with Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Mitch Hedberg, Ellen Degeneres, Dave Attell, Ron White, and many more.
OCTOBER 19 – PATRICIA HAMILTON
Patricia aka “The PH Factor” was born and raised in Baton Rouge. Her comedy career hit big when she toured nationally with the “Dykes of Hazard”, opening for The Cajun Queen, Caroline Picard. She has also performed in New Orleans House of Blues, Funny Bone Comedy Club, and won the 2008 Station Stand-up Stand-off Competition.
OCTOBER 26 – HOWARD HALL
Comedian/Writer/Actor has been making noise on the comedy circuit for years and now is in a prime position to make it big. He has been doing stand up comedy for 5 years. He created a name for himself performing at the Funnybone Comedy Clubs and has also created a buzz around town performing at numerous events. Since then he has been seen on BET’s Comic View, Jamie Foxx’s Laffapalooza, and has headlined and performed for numerous clubs and colleges.
Website: HowardHallComedy.com
