Funniest Comic in New England Contest Set for Cabaret Theatre at Mohegan Sun Tonight

Over two hundred comics auditioned from five states across New England hoping to be selected to compete for $10,000.00 in cash and prizes in the region's BIGGEST Stand-up Comedy Competition..........ever. The talent pool has been selected and narrowed to our top forty comics in the Newcomers Division and twenty comics have been selected to compete for laughs in the Pro Division.

Regionally, there are comics from Portland, Maine and Burlington, Vermont from Braintree, Massachusetts to Newport, Rhode Island and the comedy competition also includes comics from almost every city or town in Connecticut. Some of the Contestants are College Students in their teens and others are professionals in their fifties and all ages in between. Comics that include: teachers, doctors, painters, landscapers and more. The list of Contestants almost reads like a Dr. Suess book. Black Comics, White Comics, Indian comics and Hispanic Comics all make up this comedy cornucopia and mix of talent. Only two women will compete in the Newcomers Division along with Muslim comics, Jewish and gentile comics, straight comics and gay comics will join in the comedy fight for laughs. Alright, you won't read that in a Dr. Suess book.

All these stand-ups will perform at the Cabaret Theatre at Mohegan Sun tonight, February 8th for two shows at 8:00 and at 10:15 in the (Newcomers Division $19.50 tickets). Our industry judges will then narrow the field down to a Qualifying Round 2 the next Day on Feb 9th to 15 comics per show at 8:00 & 10:15.

Comic's Name	Town/State/Living	Comedy Credits	Additional CT Tie-In
Dougie Phillips	Trumbull, CT	Two-Time Runner-up Funniest Comic in New England Contest	Originally from Bridgeport, CT
Karl Zahn	Milford, NH	A regular on The Dennis Miller Show, FOX News Red Eye	Father of five
Dave Sheehan	New Haven, CT
Kyron Hobdy	Portland, ME
Gary Pettinella	Oxford, CT		Born and raised in Derby, CT.
Cezar Ostrowski	Born & Raised in New Britain, CT
Rich Grasso	CT
Suzanne Mccormick	CT
Ryan MacNamara	CT
Derek Toombs	New Haven, CT
Frank Carofano	CT
Larry Donn	Waterford, CT		Born in Cheshire, CT.
Craig Taylor	CT	Works out at Jokers Wild in New Haven, CT.
Shawn Murray	CT
Kyle Gagnon	VT
Mike Thomas	VT
Jason Lorber	VT
Jim Huk	Beacon Falls, CT	Caroline's	Grew up in Granby, CT.& WORKS IN Hartford, CT
Marc Bouchard	West Hartford, CT		Raised on a dairy Farm in Northern Vermont .
Will Betts	VT
Tracie Spencer	VT
Kareem Blue	CT	The movie Oil and Water
Ryan Broems	Enfield, CT.	Funnybones Regular
Beecher	New Haven, CT	Opened-up for Andrew Dice Clay
Niraj Shah	MASS
Stephanie McMaster	CT	Funny Or Die, GuySpeed, the Chive, Huffington Post, Nerdist and The Ellen Show
Brian Barganier	CT	his first cd "Grilled Cheese and Orgies"
Doug key	RI
R.A.Bartlett	RI
Michael Casey	RI
Christopher Cerami	CT		A student at UCONN Law School
Jason Cordova	MASS
Justin Hoff	Boston, MASS	was runner up in the "2011"Beantown Comedy Riot Competition" in Boston	Born in Boston, Mass
Woody Burgo	MASS
Dave Lamb	MASS
Matt Stofsky	MASS	semi-finalist in Dick's Beantown Comedy Riot	A senior at Tufts University in Boston
Tim Willis	MASS
Mark Ogle	From Braintree, MASS		attends Umass, Dartmouth
Michael Babalato	RI		A member of the Vokes players in Wayland, Ma
Pat Collins	RI	Cury College Improv Coach	A member of the Vokes players in Wayland, Ma

For tickets comedy goers can go to mohegansun.com, ticketmaster.com, treehousecomedy.com or they can call 1800-745-3000 or tickets can be picked up at the Mohegan Sun Box Office.

A Preliminary Round will be staged on Friday February 15th at 8:00 for the Pros (tickets $20) and at 10:15 for the Newcomers (tickets $19.5). 20 comics will perform for each show.
A Quarter-Final Round will be staged on Friday February 16th at 8:00 for the Pros (tickets $22) and at 10:15 for the Newcomers (tickets $22).
A Semi-Final Round will be staged on Friday February 22nd at 8:00 for the Pros (tickets $22) and at 10:15 for the Newcomers (tickets $20).
The Finals will be staged on Saturday February 23rd at 8:00 for the Pros (tickets $29.5) and at 10:15 for the Newcomers (tickets $22).