The Best Comics You've Never Heard Of (Yet)
In 2010, The Laugh Tour started as a scrappy touring pop-up with one mission: give stage time to the funniest people in the room, whether anyone knew their names or not.
The bet paid off.
Jessica Kirson. Chris Distefano. Michael Che. Nate Bargatze. Matteo Lane. Yannis Pappas. Natalie Cuomo. Zarna Garg. Gianmarco Soresi.
They all performed on our stage before they became the names you know now.
Then 2020 hit.
We pivoted to Zoom shows to survive. Founder Rich Kiamco lost his partner to COVID—a heartbreak that could've ended everything.
Instead, he came back swinging.
2021: Relaunched with a permanent home inside Dorrian's, Jersey City.
2022-2024:
135 sold out shows
600+ five-star reviews
17,000 tickets sold
The proving ground where rising stars earned their stripes
Jersey City's comedy crown jewel. Built through loss. Fueled by laughter.
HOW WE KEEP SELLING OUT
Stage time at The Laugh Tour isn't about who you know. It's about how hard you make people laugh.
The Process:
Submit audition tape
Earn a 6-minute live audition
Crush it? Come back.
Consistency? You're family.
No shortcuts. No politics. No "my friend knows the booker."
Just pure, unfiltered kill rate.
That's how we found Zarna Garg and Gianmarco Soresi before their explosion.
That's how we spotted Learnmore Jonasi performing on Zoom in Zimbabwe and gave him early U.S. stage time—before his AGT Golden Buzzer moment shocked the world.
We see them first. You laugh first. The world catches up later.
And you? You get the bragging rights.
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