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Comedy Night at The Rock Shop!: Chris Gethard / Jordan Carlos / Rob Cantrell / Sara Schaefer / Max Silvestri

Chris Gethard is a teacher at the UCB Theater and a member of The Stepfathers, who perform every Friday night at the UCB theater. He has appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien and the ABC sitcoms Hope & Faith and the Knights of Prosperity. In 2007, Chris served as a guest writer for Saturday Night Live. He has also contributed writing to the Onion News Network, the Fuse Network, and more.

A product of a 'Huxtable-like' upbringing, Jordan Carlos is a Brooklyn-based stand up comic brought up on the mean streets of suburban North Dallas where he was the only black kid in class and at all the Bar Mitzvahs. He's appeared most notably as Stephen Colbert's black friend "Alan" on the Colbert Report, and performed his stand up on Comedy Central'sLive at Gotham," The Montreal "Just for Laughs" Comedy, and various New York Comedy Festivals. "

Comedian Rob Cantrell has appeared on several major networks, including CBS, NBC, HBO and Comedy Central. The Washington DC native was a Top 10 Finalist on the very first season of NBC's Last Comic Standing with only three years of performing under his belt. He now tours the world making people laugh at comedy clubs, improv theaters, in The Marijuana-logues, and most recently as a celebrity judge at the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. Rob is a contributing writer for High Times Magazine and various TV Shows.

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Sara Schaefer is a comedian, writer, and producer living in New York City since 2001. Sara gathered critical acclaim for her bi-weekly stage show, "Sara Schaefer is Obsessed With You", for which she won the ECNY award for Best Host in 2004. Since, she has produced several live shows over the years, including "Video Gaga" at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre and "Get Off Your Knees" at The Bell House. In 2006, Sara became the host of AOL's on-line music/comedy show, "The DL". Over the course of a year, Sara appeared in over 350 videos with both legendary and up-and-coming musicians and performers. 

Max Silvestri is a comedian, writer and actor living in Brooklyn. New York Magazine called him one of the "Ten Comedians People Find Funny," which means at least one person who works at a magazine thinks he is funny. For a long time he hosted a popular video podcast for VH1 called "Best Night Ever," which was big with high school students and still gets him lots of unsettling Facebook requests.
Max writes a weekly column about how much loves eating and drinking for the Onion's AV Club NY and also takes writing about "Top Chef" for the website Eater too seriously. He's also written for Gawker, the Huffington Post and other places. 

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