The Originals - Jesus Trejo, Pauly Shore, Maz Jobrani, Al Madrigal, Chris Estrada +more!

Upon discovering stand-up comedy, Lara Beitz proved to be a natural, winning Milwaukee's Funniest Comic in 2012. Earlier this year, she made her national TV debut on Fox's Laughs. She has performed at every comedy club in Chicago, is a regular at The Comedy Bar, and has performed sketch comedy with world famous The Second City. She has participated in SketchFest, The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, the Memphis Comedy Festival, and The Chicago Women's Funny Festival, and will be featured in the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival in New York City this May and Midwest Fest in June. Lara is also a producer of Stand Up Stand Up and her stand-up is featured on RooftopComedy.com, Pandora, Spotify, and Amazon.

Maz Jobrani is a comedian, actor and author of the best selling book, I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One on TV. His new standup comedy special PANDEMIC WARRIOR is now available for streaming on PeacockTV. As an actor, he was most recently seen on Apple TV’s CIRCUIT BREAKERS. He also played the loveable “Fawz” on the CBS comedy SUPERIOR DONUTS. He has made many appearances on television’s most popular shows including GREY’S ANATOMY, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, BETTER OFF TED, LAST MAN STANDING, and SHAMELESS. He has also been a regular guest on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT AND THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN. Maz starred as the title character in the award-winning indie comedy, JIMMY VESTVOOD: AMERIKAN HERO, a feature which he co-wrote and co-produced. He has co-starred in many additional films, including Sydney Pollack’s THE INTERPRETER, Disney’s DESCENDANTS and Ice Cube’s FRIDAY AFTER NEXT. Maz’s other standup comedy specials include IMMIGRANT, which was filmed at the prestigious Kennedy Center and is a NETFLIX original, as well as 3 additional solo specials on SHOWTIME: BROWN AND FRIENDLY, I COME IN PEACE, and I’M NOT A TERRORIST, BUT I’VE PLAYED ONE ON TV. In the Spring of 2016 he performed at the White House where he had the privilege of introducing Michelle Obama. As a UC Berkeley alum, Maz gave the keynote speech to the graduating class of 2017. Maz served as the host for the 45th International Emmy’s in New York. He was a founding member of THE AXIS OF EVIL comedy tour, which aired on Comedy Central. He is a regular panelist on NPR’s WAIT WAIT DONT TELL ME and has given 2 TED Talks. Maz executive produced EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE, a documentary about his sister’s battle with breast cancer which is currently available on iTunes.

Meet the funniest topical comedian in America, the man Robin Williams once called “the Will Rogers of the Baby Boom.” Argus Hamilton’s daily column of jokes on the news, now carried in over 100 newspapers across the United States, is also read and heard by millions on the Internet and on radio stations across the country. Argus James Hamilton III is the son, grandson and great-grandson of Methodist ministers in the South. A proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma and now based in Los Angeles, Argus brings an unusual perspective to the news from Washington and around the country. “I’m an English Monarchist and a Southern secessionist,” Argus says. “Let’s see Rush Limbaugh get to the right of that.” Argus performs at corporate, political and charity events around the country. He is regularly quoted by daily newspapers including The San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times, by weekly business papers including the Orange County Business Journal, by Time magazine and by radio personalities including Paul Harvey. Argus was honored by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry as the official comedian of the Oklahoma Centennial and appeared with the governor in the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade.

Best known as the Senior Latino Correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Al Madrigal has made a name for himself in stand-up comedy, acting and as a writer. He stars in the movie Night School with Kevin Hart, The Way Back with Ben Affleck and the upcoming Morbius for SONY with Jared Leto. On the TV side, Al was a series regular and writer on Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here and most recently worked as a writer, actor and producer on the CBS sitcom Broke. His critically acclaimed hour special, “Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy” premiered on Showtime in 2017. He is also the co-founder of the All Things Comedy network, alongside fellow comic Bill Burr.

Steve Furey is quickly emerging as one of the sharpest stand-ups in the comedy world. Furey can currently be seen on E! & HULU as a co-host of Dating #NoFilter, and performs at clubs and festivals all over the country. Currently on tour w Bert Kreischer, though he can also be seen weekly at The World Famous Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip. He has two monthly shows at the Comedy Store, Buried with Craig Conant and New Joke Night with JF Harris.

Jesus Trejo is one of the fastest rising names in the stand-up comedy scene. Born and raised in Long Beach, Trejo’s first hour stand-up special STAY AT HOME SON for Showtime, aired summer of 2020. He can be seen recurring as the role of Mr. Trujillo on the Netflix series MR. IGLESIAS, and in roles on ALONE TOGETHER (Freeform) and TEACHERS (TV Land) and recently on GENTEFIED (Netflix) . Jesus is also the host of Tacos Con Todo, (currently in preproduction for season 3) a series from Complex/First We Feast (HOT ONES) in which he navigates the LA taco scene with celebrity guests. Jesus was named a Variety Top 10 Comic to watch at JFL in 2017, and is a paid regular at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Kicking off in January 2022, EMPTY CALORIE TOUR is Jesus Trejo’s first official International comedy tour.

Chris “Comedian CP” Powell is currently in post-production on THE BUD GELLERSEN SHOW, a pilot he is starring in and created for Adult Swim. He is also recurring as “Ned” on the critically acclaimed Comedy Central series DETROITERS. Prior to the entertainment business, CP was a rising advertising executive in Detroit. Since arriving in Los Angeles, CP has landed recurred on EMPIRE, performed on ALL DEF COMEDY(HBO), created and starred in the TBS pilot THED, and hosted the MTV2 series WORLDSTAR TV.

Comedian, producer, podcaster, future Bond girl. My Ding Dong Show is the longest running show in the history of The Comedy Store. As seen in Windy City Heat and Showtime's Comedy Store Documentary.