2014 Schedule
Interactive: March 7–11  •  Film: March 7–15  •  Music: March 11–16

Midnight Run

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Started at the Creek and the Cave in New York City, and now a Los Angeles hit, this 420-friendly show features “comedy under the influence,” from comics under the influence.

Presenters

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Andy Haynes

One part camp counselor, one part debate team captain, Andy Haynes aims to entertain audiences while also provoking them. A liberal that hates political correctness, a vegan that loves Big Buck Hunter, he is quickly becoming a must see performer in New York City and beyond. He's appeared at the Sasquatch Music Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."

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Byron Bowers

Originally from Atlanta now living in LA, Byron Bowers is a stand-up comedian and actor that appears regularly at The Comedy Store, The Comedy and Magic Club, The Hollywood Improv, and The Nerdist Theater.

He won the Big Sky International Comedy Competition, Uncle Clyde’s Comedy and the Ultimate Laff-Down XVI Competitions, and was a Boston Comedy Festival Semi-Finalist.
He has appeared on “The Eric Andre Show” on Adult Swim
Byron was also featured as New Face at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.

His stand-up performances include Comedy Central’s new series “ dam Devine’s House Party”, BET’s "Comic View".
Just taped TBS Pete Holmes Show on March 7th.

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Emily Maya Mills

Emily Maya Mills is an actor, writer and stand-up comic based in Los Angeles. She's been seen on Parks and Recreation, Ellen, Conan, Childrens’ Hospital, Key and Peele, Harry's Law, Comedy Bang Bang and The Birthday Boys on IFC, as well as many of television’s weirder commercials. A graduate of Emerson College, Emily's been a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles since 2006. As a stand-up she's performed at the Hollywood Improv, The Punchline, The Purple Onion, The Laugh Factory, The Meltdown Show, Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen, Hannibal Buress' Knitting Factory Show, and thousands more.

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Hari Kondabolu

Hari Kondabolu is a comedian and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He was a writer and correspondent for FX's "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell." He has also done standup on Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show and has his own Comedy Central Presents special. His debut album "Waiting for 2042" comes out March 11th on indie label Kill Rock Stars.

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Jake Weisman

Jake Weisman is a comedian living in Los Angeles, CA. He is in a sketch group called WOMEN. He loves cats and he thinks people are attractive.

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Jay Oakerson

Big Jay Oakerson currently has a full length, digital-only album, "An American Storyteller" on Comedy Central Records. His television credits include Comedy Central's "Premium Blend, " "Comedy Central Presents" and "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, " along with multiple appearances on BET's "Comic View", HBO's "P. Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy, " FX’s “Louie.” , “Inside Amy Schumer” & “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Jay has appeared on WTF with Marc Maron and can also be heard on radio shows such as “The Artie Lange show” & “Ron & Fez.” His own podcast “Legion of Skanks” is available on itunes.

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Jerrod Carmichael

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Jerrod Carmichael is an LA-based standup and performer originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been featured on Variety’s list of top ten comics to watch, and as one of the New Faces at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. He has appeared on The Goodwin Games, and can be seen in the upcoming film Neighbors.

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Nate Bargatze

Nate Bargatze has had two late night appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, four appearances on Conan and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. He has written for Spike TV's Video Game Awards and received critical acclaim at the Montreal Comedy Festival multiple years. When he isn't winning comedy festivals in both New York and Boston, or performing at Bonnaroo or on tour with Jimmy Fallon's Clean Cut Comedy Tour, he might just be performing for troops in Iraq, which he has done five times. His debut comedy album "Yelled at by a Clown" reached #1 on the iTunes comedy charts. Nate was also featured as one of Esquire's Best New Comedians, as one of Marc Maron's comedians to watch in Rolling Stone and in Paste Magazine, and as one of the 10 Comedians Who Deserve Their Own TV Show on CoolMaterial.com.

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Sean O'Connor

After starting his stand-up career in New Jersey, Sean O'Connor moved to New York and quickly became one of the city's favorite new comics and was featured in the NY Post as one of "New York's Top 20 Comics to Watch." Sean is working on a pilot for MTV, as well as developing his webseries "Sean & Meghan" for TV through Freemantle Media. In addition, Sean is writing and producing five original shorts for Atom films. He was recently a staff writer on "Sports Show with Norm MacDonald" on Comedy Central.

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