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Roar! Comedy Club
ROAR! Comedy Club: Make some noise, the Comedy Club has returned to MGM Springfield! Featuring the nation’s best stand-up comedians. The Club is located inside the refurbished Armory, accessible through the Casino Plaza exit. Be sure to book your tickets today. You won't want to miss out!
Brittany Schmitt
Saturday September 9 - 8:00 PM
Brittany Schmitt is an LA-based, Wisconsin-raised comic. She likes her comedy like she likes her cheese: stanky. Don’t be fooled by her girl-next-door looks, her humor is insidious and unapologetic. She’s been featured in clubs across the country opening for Theo Von, Chris Redd and more. She was just on Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Featuring, Don’t Tell Comedy: Backyard Series and just put out her debut comedy special: From Ho to Housewife with 800 Pound Gorilla on July 19th , with many of the clips hitting over 10M+ views
Ian Lara
Friday September 15 - 8:00 PM
Saturday September 16 - 8:00 PM
Ian Lara is one of the hottest rising comics in New York City. He found internet success when he recorded his “Comedy Central Stand up Featuring” which has garnered over 10 million views, he also made an appearance on the first season of “NBC’s Bring the Funny” and made his late-night debut on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon all in the same year. He was a regular player on ‘This week at the Comedy Cellar’ on Comedy Central with his second Comedy Central set hitting the 10 million views mark yet again. He's been featured in The New Yorker Magazine and was named a “2021 JFL NEW FACES" of comedy. On February 10th, 2022 he debuted his Comedy Central half-hour special titled “Growing Shame”. Shortly after on November, 11th, 2022 he debuted his first standalone HBO special titled “Ian Lara: Romantic Comedy” now streaming on HBO MAX.
Ian Fidance
Friday September 22 - 8:00 PM
Saturday September 23 - 8:00 PM
Ian Fidance is an offbeat yet upbeat New York City comic, actor, and writer originally from Wilmington, Delaware. An absolute force on stage, his act is insanely positive and positively insane. Equal parts thoughtful, explicit, and silly, he can be seen performing nightly at the iconic Comedy Cellar in the heart of New York City’s Greenwich Village, and his wildly popular podcast “Bein’ Ian with Jordan” is available on all platforms. Fidance has been featured on NPR’s “This American Life” and is a popular guest on podcasts and radio shows alike. His work has been published alongside Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Odenkirk, Ray Ramano, and Maria Bamford in a book of poems entitled “Eating Salad Drunk: Haiku’s for the Burnout Age by Comedy Greats” available now through Macmillan Publishers. He currently resides in Brooklyn.
Helen Hong
Friday September 29 - 8:00 PM
Saturday September 30 - 8:00 PM
A fan favorite on the hit NPR podcast Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Helen Hong also hosts the celebrity trivia podcast Go Fact Yourself. Helen’s comedy special WELL HONG was co-produced by Comedy Dynamics and Tribeca Film Festival, and is streaming now on Amazon Prime & Apple TV. Audiences love Helen’s lightning quick crowd work, which can be seen on her TikTok and Instagram accounts @funnyhelenhong. Helen’s acting credits include scene-stealing roles on Never Have I Ever, Silicon Valley, The Unicorn, and 5 seasons of The Thundermans on Nickelodeon. Her commercial credits include a memorable Geico ad co-starring Animal the Muppet. Helen brings light to Asian-American issues with her family’s YouTube channel “Old Korean Dad Stories.” She lives in Los Angeles with her sister, her nephew, and her old-ass dog Dodger.
Steve Hytner
Friday October 6 - 8:00 PM
Saturday October 7 - 8:00 PM
Hytner established himself in comedy shows by becoming a regular in The Jeff Foxworthy Show in 1995, joining the show’s second and final season. In 1997, he became a regular of another sitcom, Working; he played acerbic employee Steve Hytner throughout the show’s two year run, despite cast changes. He also got recurring roles in Roswell and on Seinfeld he played mediocre comedian Kenny Bania, who idolizes Jerry Seinfeld—and continued playing guest roles in numerous other shows.
Andrea Jin
Friday October 20 - 8:00 PM
Saturday October 21 - 8:00 PM
Andrea Jin is a stand-up comedian and writer born in Shanghai, relocated to Canada, and currently based in Los Angeles. She gained recognition in the comedy scene after winning Comedy Album of the Year in 2021 at the Juno Awards from the Canadian Academy of Recording Artists for her solo album 'Grandma's Girl'. She recently made her first late night TV debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden, was selected as a New Face at the Just for Laugh’s Montreal Festival in 2021, and has performed at several festivals like JFL Northwest, SiriusXM’s Top Comic, Seattle International Comedy Competition, CBC’s The Debaters, and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Her writing has been featured on Vice, CBC Comedy, and the Vancouver Sun among other publications.
Jay Larson
Friday October 27 - 8:00 PM
Saturday October 28 - 8:00 PM
Jay Larson is best known as a stand up comedian with multiple appearances on The Late Late Show, four appearances on Conan and his own half hour special on Comedy Central. Jay's style is completely original and his ability to connect to an audience through storytelling is unmatched. As a storyteller his "Wrong Number" story went viral after climbing to #1 on Reddit and was also featured on "This American Life" with Ira Glass claiming, "Perfect Comedy, Perfect Storytelling…" Between stand up, podcasting, hosting and acting Jay has also found time to write and create two television shows for NBC Universal. Though neither show was made Jay is on the hunt for the next one! But at the end of the day the job that Jay gets the most satisfaction out of is being a father to his two kids.
Ryan O'Flanagan
Friday November 3 - 8:00 PM
Saturday November 4 - 8:00 PM
Ryan is a Los Angeles-based comedian, actor, and writer. He has appeared on American Vandal, New Girl, Dave, Players, Corporate, and The Orville. He has voiced for American Dad!, The Mighty Ones on Hulu, and Disney Channel's The Owl House. His sketch group, Dead Kevin, has been featured on Tosh.0, Comedy Central Digital, and was an LA Weekly Top Comedy Act to Watch in 2013. Starting in 2017, he partnered with Funny or Die to produce his "Overly Excited Tourist" sketch series. Ryan has performed at comedy festivals like JFL Montreal, Blue Whale Comedy Fest, Life is Beautiful, High Plains, and Vodafone Comedy Fest in Dublin. He has done stand up on Last Call With Carson Daly, Adam Devine’s House Party, and recorded his half hour for Comedy Central in 2018. His stand up album “Yum Yum Yum” was released in 2021
Casey Balsham
Friday November 17 - 8:00 PM
Saturday November 18 - 8:00 PM
Casey Balsham is a stand up comedian living and breathing in New York City. You’ve seen her at various clubs all over the country and as a regular in the New York City comedy scene. On weekdays, you can catch her warming up crowds for shows on Comedy Central and for The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV.
You have heard her on her weekly podcast Shady Shit, as well as on her debut album Son of a Barb which hit #1 on iTunes. She recently wrote and starred in a one woman show called “Casey Balsham Does a Thing” and was the lead in the off Broadway musical, HA! In between Instagram breaks, she wrote her first special Inconceivable which will be coming out later this year.
Lisa Marie
Saturday November 25 - 5:00 PM
Come join internet comedy sensation @OneFunnyLisaMarie a.k.a. Lisa Marie Riley for this Live Fan Event! Lisa will share hilarious stories, answer your questions, and say hello in person during the post-show meet & greet (for VIP ticket holders). With her signature hair clip and Brooklyn accent, Lisa's hysterical daily musings on life and parenthood have kept everyone laughing through quarantine. She is followed by over 500k fans and her TikTok videos have amassed over 2.7 million views. Lisa's posts have lifted the spirits of people around the globe.
Ray Harrington
Saturday November 25 - 8:00 PM
Ray Harrington is an infectiously charming comedian who performs across the globe with hilariously irreverent material and marvelous improvisational riffing that embraces the uncomfortable and the absurd with a smile. He’s been seen on Conan, and his documentary BE A MAN won the LA Comedy Festival before premiering exclusively on Hulu. His first album from Stand Up! Records, The Worst Is Over, debuted at the top of the comedy charts on Amazon and iTunes. His latest album, Overwhelmed, debuted at Number 1 on Amazon and at the top of the Billboard Comedy Charts. Ray has been heard on nationally syndicated radio along with Sirius/XM and he’s been seen on Conan, Hulu, ABC, FOX, TBS, and SBS Australia.
Bill Posley
Friday December 1 - 8:00 PM
Saturday December 2 - 8:00 PM
Bill Posley was born and raised in Springfield. He proudly reps the "413". His father was a Springfield Fireman who constantly grounded him for being a class clown. Bill is also a Veteran of the United States Army. He has written for Emmy nominated shows like COBRA KAI, SHRINKING and KENAN. He is currently writing a spinoff of FERRIS BUEHLLER’S DAY OFF. You can also see him of Fox’s “9-1-1,” Netflix’s “Glow,” “MacGyver, and he was on SEASON 24 of CBS's SURVIVOR! As a comedian, Bill is an alumnus from UCB, I.O. and Second City. He’s been doing stand up for 15 years. His last stand up show won the Off-Broadway Award for BEST SOLO SHOW. His appearance at ROAR is a homecoming for Bill and he can't wait to do a show for the guys who bullied him, the girls he had crushes on and he is excited to call a sandwich a "grinder" to people that know what he is talking about.
Che Durena: The Rawdog Tour
Friday December 8 - 8:00 PM
Saturday December 9 - 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM
Haitian Canadian comedian Che Durenawas born and raised in British Columbia and is based in Toronto after spending time performing standup in Mexico. He is known for his work as a host and writer for My Most Amazing Top 10(over 7.6 million subscribers) and he has amassed a social media following of over 7 million with over 197 million likes on his viral TikTok rants and commentary. Che has appeared on JFL All Access, Comedy Network, CraveTV, and recently dropped his debut comedy album Tales From My Butthole.His comedy offers an absurd angle on his experiences living abroad and his perception of matters like culture, race, relationships and drugs. Che has worked with brands like Coors Light, Herb, Vapen and many more. Catch him on tour in a city near you!
Rich Vos
Friday December 15 - 8:00 PM
Saturday December 16 - 8:00 PM
Rich Vos’ has four specials on Comedy Central and over 100 television appearances. He’s a two time writer for the Academy Awards. Rich hosted Woodstock 99, The Virus Tour, and the Washington Monument Drug Awareness Concert. Vos can be heard on numerous top podcasts such as WTF with Marc Maron, The Church of What’s Happening Now with Joe Diaz, and The Joe Rogan Experience. Along with wife Bonnie McFarlane, Rich has a hit podcast “My Wife Hates Me” that looks inside the marriage and day to day life of the two comics. Rich has also been clean and sober for 35 years, leading to performances at countless 12 Step Conventions.
Rafi Gonzalez
Friday December 22 - 8:00 PM
Saturday December 23 - 8:00 PM
Rafi Gonzalez is a stand-up comedian from Puerto Rico known for his conversational style and material that centers around his experiences with American culture. After years of performances, Rafi has developed a strong regional following in the New England area and the east coast. From headlining major comedy clubs, to having millions of views on social media, Rafi will do anything and everything to bring laughter to the masses. In 2021, he was filmed in San Antonio for HBO MAX as part of the Ha Comedy Festival. He opens regularly around the country for actor/comedian Michael Rapaport, as well as comedian/author Phoebe Robinson. In 2020, Gonzalez gave a celebrated appearance on The History Hyenas podcast with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas. If you find yourself on a cruise ship, make sure to check out the comedy lineup! Rafi has taken his comedy to the sea after being hired by Carnival Cruise Lines.
Craig Conant
Friday December 29 - 8:00 PM
Saturday December 30 - 8:00 PM
Sunday December 31 - 8:00 PM
Craig was the standout “Unrepped New Face” at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. He was born in Los Angeles to a Mexican mother and an angry white father growing up with a lot of baseball and illegal fireworks. Conant is now sober, (despite the look on his face), and recently appeared on MTV’s “Greatest Party Story Ever Told” where he received accolades for his unique comedic voice. He has a hugely successful podcast entitled “Community Service” and was also recently fired from Trader Joe’s, come find out why!.
Uncle Lazer
Friday January 5, 2024 - 8:00 PM
Saturday January 6, 2024 - 8:00 PM
Everyone’s favorite uncle got out of prison early. Blowing out backs. Hide your mom.
Eddie Ifft
Friday May 10, 2024 - 8:00 PM
Saturday May 11, 2024 - 8:00 PM
Eddie Ifft has been called one of the most underrated comics in America by the Onion and has proudly told jokes around the world to sold-out crowds in over 15 countries. He has released his own 30-minute special for Comedy Central and made numerous TV appearances on shows such as Showtime’s the Green Room with Paul Provenza, Showtime’s Tommy Chong 420 Show, E!’s Chelsea Lately, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, BET’s Comic View, NBC’s Late Friday Night, VH1’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Comic’s Unleashed. Eddie’s popularity has span to Australia, where he has appeared on numerous TV shows, including Rove, Thank God You’re Here, The Footy Show and Good News Week. Eddie has also worked as the host of Shark Week, spent a season as the ABC College Football Guy, earned a job as ‘man-on-the-street’ on the Queen Latifah Show, hosted a pilot called Strap-On for Comedy Central, and co-hosted a sports radio show on New York’s legendary WNEW.
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