PSICF Stand-up Schedule:

• JUDGES: Anne Ramsay – Actress, Writer and Star of Mad About You, Dexter, A League of Their Own, Six Feet Under, Bombshell, Star Trek Next Generation, The L Word and 2024 PSICF Comedy Hall of Fame Award Recipient. 
• Naela Durani – Casting Director for America’s Got Talent. 
• Ahmed Ahmend – Award winning comedy filmmaker and Star of Sullivan and Son, and 2024 PSICF Comedy Hall of Fame Award Recipient. 
• Dante Rusciolelli – Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer, Writer for Fashion Police with Joan Rivers, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, 37 Year Comic Veteran, Winner of the most BET Comedy Awards, Talent Manager of Comics and Actors. 
• Zach Noe Towers – Comedian Actor, Comedy Central, E!, Dear White People, Netflix is a Joke Radio, 2024 PSICF Breakthrough in Comedy Award Recipient. 
• Rebekah Kochan – Actor, Writer, Director, Comedian, CEO of Golden Artist Entertainment repping 100 actors, celebrities, comedians, Actor in InAPPropriate comedy with Adrian Brody, Star of 5 Eating Out films, Bro What Happened, Unfallen. 
• Julie Seabaugh – Journalist for the L.A. Times covering Comedy and recently did an article on 2018 PSICF Comedian of the Year Award Recipient Kathy Griffin and 2024 PSICF Comedy Hall of Fame Award Recipient, Ahmed Ahmed and she is also covering the PSICF Awards and Festival. 
• Paul Cruz – Actor, Writer, Casting Director, and Producer of the critically acclaimed film Archaeology of a Woman and 3 Comedy Specials, President and Founder of PSICF. And the 
• Audience – Will judge and vote!!! (This is extended to ticket buying audience members ONLY. 1 VOTE PER TICKET HOLDER. Non-buying ticket holders will not get to vote. Counts towards Audience Award for every show.)

Saturday September 28th, 2024

Mary Pickford Theater 36850 Pickfair Street, Cathedral City, CA 92234 (16 mins from downtown PS)

Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Stand-up Competition Day 1

Theater #1: AN ENTIRE DAY OF LAUGHTER at the beautiful Mary Pickford Theatre as some of the best Stand-up Comics in the U.S. compete for cash prizes. Some of these hilarious comedians have their own comedy specials, some have appeared on the late-night talk show circuit performing comedy and some have appeared in tv, films and major streaming shows. The audience gets to vote along with the judges.

12pm -1:30pm PSICF Alum Sally Mullins kicks of the competition hosting the first show of 15 comics to see who will go on to the finals to win PSICF Best of the Fest, 2nd place, or 3rd place in the competition and… audience favorites. Besides industry judges, Audience gets to vote too!

1. Abby Davis

2. Kelly Farmer

3. Scott Manke

4. Rocky Taverna

5. Josh Cousins

6. Jason Horton

7. Alexander Malt

8. Lisa Holly

9. Miranda Perry

10.  Robert Cookii

11.   Gary John Miller

12.  Ellen Koller

13.   Billy Ray

14.  Carol Johnson

15.  Kayla Hardy

30 Min Break

2pm – 3:30pm The competition continues with the next 15 comics competing. Your host is none other than Tommi Rose who is back with more fun with the PSICF Stand-up competition.

1. Ben Cudahy

2. Ellen Wesley

3. Erik Knowles

4. Jaye Devan

5. Antonio Clark

6. Lauren Fay Freedman

7. Wendy Wilkins

8. Becca Ward

9. Jeffrey Copeland

10.  Tareekah

11.  Michael Verbenec

12.  Paquito

13.  Ray Earl

14.  Donte Marshall

15.  Keith Reza

30 Min Break

4pm – 6pm PSICF Alum Allison Dyen, stand-up comedian, and new Palm Springs resident, hosts the next 20 comics looking to place in the competition.

1. Dean Berg

2. Jimil Linton

3. Jason Delgado

4. Natalie Goggin

5. Matt Laughery

6. Jordan Mullins

7. Gigi Bledsoe

8. Marcos Calandrelli

9. Pria Guyadeen

10.  Ron Pascale

11.  Monica Rosen Gross

12.  Aaron Rosen

13.  Tara O’Brien

14.  Dean Berg

15.  Sarah Vulpio

16.  Keith Graber

17.  Maira Padamata

18.  Aaron Foster

19.  Michelle Malizaki

20.  Natasha Chandel

30 Min Break

7pm – 8:30pm We are back with another 15 talented comedians and your host is local favorite Tommi Rose. Tommi has brought his talent not only to our inaugural comedy festival as the original PSICF Awards Host, has also performed all over the world.

1. Eric Bowens

2. Ricardo Valdes

3. Stephanie Blum

4. Hannah Gansen

5. Scott Vinci

6. Jay Lawrence

7. Cathy Lewis

8. James Leath

9. Sarah Lazarus

10.  Davian Velez

11.  Kelsey Kinney

12.  Arthur Steur

13.  Rhoda Gravador

14.  Greg Benevent

15.  Elo Copeland

1Hr Break

9pm -10:30pm Another 15 talented comedians and your host is local favorite Comedian Shann Carr. Shann has brought her talent not only to our inaugural comedy festival, but she has also performed in the PSICF Comedy Club and all over the U.S. and cruise lines

1. Sonia Sawkar

2. Brandon Taylor

3. Brandon Rainwater

4. Mitch Borja

5. Aaron Villagran

6. Mary Jane

7. Quandarius

8. Justin Clentz

9. Rick Flick

10.  Nelly Alinnik

11.  Lori McCarty

12.  John Liu

13.  Beylinda Clearey

14.  Diane Callis

15.  Lester Barrie

Sunday September 29th, 2024

Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Stand-up Competition Day 2

Theater #1: An entire day of laughter continues at the beautiful Mary Pickford Theatre as some of the best Stand-up Comics in the U.S. compete for top prizes. Some of these hilarious comedians have their own comedy specials, some have appeared on the late-night talk shows performing comedy and some in tv, films and streaming shows. The audience gets to vote along with the judges.

12pm to 1:30pm Comedian Allison Dyen is back hosting the final day of stand-up competition and starting the day off with 15 brand new comedians.

1. Shubh Panda

2. Eryn Guyvette

3. Brayden Jones

4. Tina Boyaj

5. Jon Schnitzer

6. Adam Jacobo

7. Jose Maestas

8. Jonathan Adams

9. Destiny Herrera

10.  Franchie

11.  Hank Hilbert

12.  Alex Palms

13.  Tony Camin

14.  Emily Lentz

15.  Jonas Garvin

30 Min Break

2pm – 4pm Comedian and Host Shann Carr is back with 20 new comics in this last show before the finals!

1. Tyrone Hawkins

2. Karen Haber

3. Jamie Black

4. Derek Hickey

5. Tilly

6. Omar Tarango

7. Arielle Norman

8. Ruben Chavez

9. Dark Mark

10.  Lexis Sharde

11.  Bee Gee

12.  Barney Rivera

13.  Sean Fawaz

14.  Brandon Johnson

15.  Johnny Herrera

16.  Cynthya Brasil

17.  Anya Zova

18.  Mike Tran

19.  Mike Perkins

20.  Jay Mandyam

30 Min Break

4:30pm – 6pm

Stand-up Stand Off! Comedian Shann Carr hosts the 15 finalists in this last and FINAL Show! Who will be Best of the Fest?