CLIMATE COMEDY COHORTS

2025 COHORT

Thomas McGovern

Thomas McGovern

Tom McGovern is a musical comedian whose catchy original songs and parodies have garnered millions of views online, leading to appearances on The Tonight Show and American Idol. Tom’s live shows capture the energy of what works so well about his digital content: infectious melodies, self-deprecating humor, and quick-fire improvisation. When he’s not performing solo, you can catch Tom on keyboards and vocals in the comedy band Wolves of Glendale. Follow along @tommcgovern27.

 

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Azie Dungey

Azie Dungey

Azie Dungey is a WGA-nominated writer and actress. Credits include: HARLEM (Co-EP, Prime) and GIRLS5EVA (Co-EP, Netflix), NIGHT COURT (Co-EP, NBC), RUTHERFORD FALLS (Consulting Producer, Peacock), Emmy-nominated UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT (Netflix), SWEETBITTER (Starz), new musical THE PREACHER’S WIFE (playwright, Alliance Theatre). Azie is best known as writer and star of her critically-acclaimed Youtube series ASK A SLAVE, with over 2.5 million views, featured on NPR, BBC World, MSNBC, New York Magazine, and The Washington Post. Azie is African American and Pamunkey/Mattaponi and she is committed to confronting issues of race, history, and social justice with grace, compassion, and humor.

@aziedee

Jessie Lee

Jessie Lee

Jessie Lee is a Florida born (sorry) comedian based in Brooklyn, NY. Along with being a comedian, Jessie is also a content creator, actress, writer, and a woman who is highly dedicated to her face framing bangs. Jessie has amassed over 150 million views, 40 millions likes and over 200,000 followers across social platforms. She has performed at the New York Comedy Festival and you can catch her performing all around New York! She is ecstatic to be a part of the 2025 Climate Comedy Cohort.

@jessicaleejessie

Dylan Adler

Dylan Adler

Dylan Adler is a comedian, actor, writer, and musician based in NYC and LA. He was recently a writer on the Late Late Show with James Corden where he also performed Stand Up and was a Sports Correspondent. He recently performed stand up on Comedy Central and was named a Comic You Should and Will Know by Vulture Magazine. He has also performed in the New York Comedy Festival as a Comic To Watch. He formerly performed as a sketch actor on Maude Night at UCB.



@Dylanadler

Hila Perry

Hila Perry

Hila the Earth is a climate rapper and performance artist turning environmental science into unforgettable live experiences. Mixing humor, music, and outrageous fashion, she makes topics like plastic, plants, and planetary healing wildly accessible. Based in Brooklyn, her work bridges art and activism — inviting audiences to learn, laugh, and take action for the Earth.

@hilatheearth

Correy Ryan Forrester

Correy Ryan Forrester

Corey has been writing and performing stand-up comedy since he was sixteen—before he could legally work in a club. Raised in North Georgia, he blends Southern wit with sharp storytelling. He might wear a PBR hat, but there’s nothing blue collar about his perspective. Corey has been featured on ABC, HBO, BBC, CBC, Esquire, Forbes, and contributes to The Huffington Post and The Bitter Southerner. Alongside comedy partners Trae Crowder and Drew Morgan, he’s part of the wellRED Comedy Tour, which has sold out shows in 132 cities across 40 states since 2016.



@Coreyrforrester

2023 COHORT

Robert Mac

Robert Mac

Long-time comedian and even longer-time Earthling. As seen on Dry Bar Comedy, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, and many shows that have gone off the air. Enjoys long naps on the beach.

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Leah Bonnema

Leah Bonnema

Leah Bonnema is a stand-up comedian who’s appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Don’t Tell Comedy and Hard Read on Chris Gethard Presents. She is cohost of the podcast Were You Raised By Wolves and author of the romcom-esque novel The Holiday Breakdown. Leah is obsessed with her dog, Gandalf and soft cheeses.

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Sami Brownowski

Sami Brownowski

I grew up in the UK, Israel and France. I moved to New York to study jazz saxophone. I played jazz gigs around the city and got into comedy when I noticed audiences laughing whenever I would say something in between songs. I now make videos for TikTok and Instagram.

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Mark Kendall

Mark Kendall

Mark Kendall is an Atlanta-based comedian. He is the co-founder of CoolCoolCool Productions (coolcoolcoolpro.com), where they use comedy to encourage civic engagement. Check out is his Instagram @markkendallcomedy

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Kaycee Conlee

Kaycee Conlee

Kaycee Conlee is a standup comedian, writer, and actor. She has appeared on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and wrote and performed her own mini-special for the “Power to the Punchline” series. On stage, Kaycee has all the charm and likability of the ‘gay girl next door,’ sharing stories from her Florida upbringing, anecdotes about her family, and observations from everyday life.

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Rasheda S. Crockett

Rasheda S. Crockett

asheda Crockett is an actor, writer, and producer who is best known for her starring role as Tracey Davis in BET+’s hit comedy series Bigger, produced by Will Packer. As a staff writer, Rasheda’s assigned episode “Adam Ruins Guns,” was selected from the more than thirty episodes of the hit TruTV series Adam Ruins Everything to be submitted for a HUMANTIS Award.

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Ashley Roberts

Ashley Roberts

Ashley Brooke Roberts is a comedian, writer, and actress, originally from Chapel Hill, NC. She writes audio rom-coms for the Meet Cute Network, just finished working on the Amazon Prime show Play-Doh Squished, and wrote for NPR’s Ask Me Another for years until their final show. Her big life achievements so far: an award from the Associated Press for exposing a county official with ties to dog fighting and dancing in a Dead Prez music video.

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Reem Edan

Reem Edan

Reem Edan is an Iraqi-American content creator, award-winning writer, and internationally touring stand-up comedian. She can be seen performing on ShahidVIP’s “Stand Up Sketch Show,” featured on IG pages like “Family Guy,” and has contributed jokes to “Tom & Jerry,” “Scooby Doo,” and “Looney Tunes” social media. She was also named one of “Five Muslim Women Comedians to Get You Through Social Distancing” by Bustle.

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Pratima Mani

Pratima Mani

Pratima Mani is a Peabody-winning, two-time Emmy nominated comedic writer and performer based in New York City. With roots in NYC’s live comedy scene, she has written for the likes of Upright Citizens Brigade Theater’s Maude Night, Reductress and The Belladonna. She’s an alum of Spotify’s “Sound Up” US podcast bootcamp for women of color and is currently in post-production on her short film “Stitched.”

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2022 COHORT

David Perdue

David Perdue

David Perdue is a stand up comedian, actor, podcaster & proud southerner based in Atlanta, GA. David enjoys seeing his name spelled correctly, making his family & friends laugh, rooting for his favorite local sports teams & most importantly NOT being a former U.S. Senator

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Nikki Palumbo

Nikki Palumbo

Nikki Palumbo is a writer and comedian based in Brooklyn. Nikki recently wrote TikToks for Barbie (yes, that one) and previously wrote jokes for the Google Assistant (no, the other one). Nikki has contributed writing to The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, McSweeney’s, Reductress, and the MTV TV & Movie Awards: Unscripted.

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Harris Alterman

Harris Alterman

Harris Alterman is a comedian from Denver currently performing in NYC. He has performed on a number of festivals including The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, and The High Plains Comedy Festival. Harris is also the winner of the 2017 New Faces Contest at the Denver Comedy Works.

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Bianca Cristovao

Bianca Cristovao

Bianca Cristovao is a stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles. Originally from the Czech Republic, she gained recognition for her take on immigration and adversity.

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Katie Hannigan

Katie Hannigan

Katie Hannigan is a stand up comedian who performs nightly in NYC and all across the US. She’s been featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central, Just For Laughs New Faces, Travel Channel, and MTV.

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Josh Burstein

Josh Burstein

Josh Burstein is a standup comedian, journalist, and host of several web series. A digital strategist who produced content for the Obama Administration and Biden campaigns, Josh works at the intersection of impact, education, and entertainment.

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Kyle Niemer

Kyle Niemer

Kyle Niemer is an award winning Chicago based Director and federally recognized forest comedian. His work has aired nationally on Discovery, CBS and OutsideOnline; and has collaborated with noted brands across the country including HotWheels, MotorTrend and Guaranteed Rate. He is a Comedy Central Yes and Laughter Lab finalist, a two time NPS artist-in-residence and the 2022 Voice of the Wilderness recipient.

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Brad Einstein

Brad Einstein

Brad Einstein is a comedian, writer, actor, Webby Award-winning wilderness production consultant and “Brilliant Comedy Mastermind” according to some very kind exaggerators at Time Out New York. Along with his creative partner Kyle Niemer, he is a two-time National Parks Service Artist-in-Residence. Past credits include the Second City National Touring Company, Billy on the Street, Shameless, Chicago Fire, The Onion News Network, Outside Magazine Online, and The Aspen Ideas Festival.

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Paola Sanchez Abreu

Paola Sanchez Abreu

Paola is an actor, writer, voiceover artist, activist, and an undercover woo girl living in New York City. Her TV credits include Chicago Med, Madame Secretary, and The Code. She is also an organizer with Sunrise Movement NYC, working to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process.  

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Meet the Climate Comedy Cohort