Returning to Rogue for our Ten Year Anniversary festival - Sam Tallent! This standup showcase will also feature Matt Koff, Jamie Shriner, Anjelica Scannura, Evan Hull, Gabe Corser, hosted by Doug Key!

Sam Tallent is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast. He has performed in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe, his writing has appeared in Birdy Magazine and on VICE.com, and he’s told jokes on Comedy Central, TruTV and VICELAND. His acclaimed debut novel, Running the Light (Doug Stanhope: “the best fictional representation of comedy in any medium ever”, Marc Maron: “a beautiful rendering of a dark reality"), heralded as the definitive book on stand up comedy, is soon to be a major motion picture, and Waiting For Death to Claim Us, his comedy special, is available on Amazon Prime.

Matt Koff is a Brooklyn-based stand-up comic and veteran TV writer. He won an Emmy for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His debut comedy album, WHO’S MY LITTLE GUY?, is out on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. As a stand-up, Matt has appeared on Comedy Central, WNYC, WFMU, and The History Channel, which is how you know he’s smart. Matt has also written for The Onion and The White House Correspondents' Dinner hosted by Trevor Noah.

Jamie Shriner was named Best of the Fest at Big Pine Comedy Festival and is a regular feature at Zanies and Laugh Factory Chicago. The host and producer of Chicago Underground Comedy has opened for the likes of Beth Stelling, Randy Feltface, and Chrissy Chlapecka, and is a former Features Contributor for The Onion.