FRIDAY,
JUNE 6TH 2025
5:00 PM TO 6:30 PM
6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432
Dunsmore Jazz Room
18+ Recommended
Free Parking at Venue
DescriPtion
DescriPtion
We've scoured the country, searching high and low for untapped talent—join us for Heat 5, as 8 great comedians from across the U.S. compete to advance to the next round and keep their dreams of the $5,000 GRAND PRIZE alive in our stand-up comedy competition!
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Jessica Phillips!
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FEATURED COMEDIANS
FEATURED COMEDIANS
Cathy Zhao
Cathy Zhao
Cathy Zhao is a bilingual standup comedian based in San Francisco. She opened for Margaret Cho, Will Durst, Scott Capurro, and Taylor Williams. She won the Second Place in 2024 East Bay Comedy Competition, finalists in Rooster Feathers Comedy Competition, Second Place in the First North America Standup Comedy Competition in Chinese Mandarin, and performed at the Improv, Laugh Factory, Jimmy Kimmel Comedy Club, Comedy Works, Laughing Skull, SF Punchline, Cobb's, SF Comedy Day, SF Sketchfest, SF Fringe, and Detroit Women Comedy Festival. She was the first comedian performed at San Francisco FBI headquarters. She co-founded Laughitouthub.org, a 501(c)3 non-profit to empower the mental well-being of teenagers with humor in the format of standup comedy and improvisation. Instagram: @cathyzbitch
Christian Escoto
Christian Escoto
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Christian Escoto began performing comedy after his high school graduation. Since then, he regularly performs around the DC area and the Baltimore region. Using his quick wit and stage persona, Christian entertains the audience with jokes and stories about growing up in DC area as a Filipino-American. He has performed multiple times at the DC Drafthouse Comedy Theater, the DC Improv, the Howard Theater and has opened for Jordan Klepper, Adam Ferrara, Sheng Wang, Robin Tran, Helen Hong and JR De Guzman. Christian has been seen at Skankfest, San Fransisco Sketchfest, Asheville Comedy Festival and has showcased at NACA and APCA conferences. He currently tours colleges all across the country.
Eddie Stone
Eddie Stone
Eddie Stone is an NYC based standup comedian. He can be seen performing at various clubs around the country or regularly at the Comic Strip Live in New York. He produces his own comedy sketches on youtube and has been a featured performer at various festivals including the Lookout Comedy Festival and the Boston Comedy Festival.
Huta
Huta
Hailing all the way from the motherland! Huta is a Sudanese comic who made his start in the New York comedy scene, and then came to the Midwest where he won the 2022 Iowa’s Funniest Comedian at the Lucky Cat comedy club, Omaha’s Funny-Bone clash of the comic. He opened for Dave Attell, Russel Peters, Chris Redd, Nick Mullen, Joe Dombrowski. and many more. He is also a regular at the Comedy Zone in Charlotte. He brings an energetic presence to the stage and makes you feel guilty about living in a 1st world country.
Joe Rodriguez
Joe Rodriguez
Born and Raised in New Mexico, Joe Rodriguez has quickly became a comedy club favorite and staple of his original home club, the El Paso Comic Strip, and expanded his brand through the lights of Las Vegas, becoming a featured player and being featured at the LA Comedy Club inside the Strat on the Vegas Strip. Joe's talents have also been lauded at the Comedy Chateau, and the Ice House in Los Angeles, CA and on international comedy stages in Dublin, Ireland.
Noah Copfer
Noah Copfer
Born in Tucson, Arizona- Noah Copfer has steadily been rising in the comedy world since starting in 2016. He released a standup special with Don't Tell Comedy, and produced a full hour comedy special for YouTube. He tours regularly across the U.S. opening for acts such as Jc Currais, Jessica Michelle Singleton, and Danny Jolles. He recently appeared in the first episode of the newest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, performing opposite Larry David.
Paul Blomeyer
Paul Blomeyer
A former professor and ESL instructor, Paul Blomeyer has been performing stand-up for several years. Known for his intelligence and dark point-of-view, Paul has delighted audiences all over Southern California and internationally. Younger audiences appreciate his anti-professor persona while older audiences connect to him because he’s old and, like them, he’s irritated by the optimism of the young. He was selected to perform in the Burbank Comedy Festival, the Lookout Comedy Festival, and the World Series of Comedy. He was also a featured comedian in Magner’s International Comedy Festival held in Bangkok, Thailand. When not performing comedy or watching “Law and Order” reruns, he reads a lot, travels, and listens to music. He really likes sushi.
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