2025 JERSEY CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL HEADLINERS
Raanan Hershberg is a loud, neurotic Jew from Louisville, KY. He has performed his high-energy, joke-packed comedy on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late, Late Show with James Corden, and Comedy Central. His latest special ‘Jokes from the Underground’ was just included in the New York Times ‘Best Comedy of 2022’, where critic Jason Zinoman called it the funniest YouTube Special of the year, and said ‘his punchy and deliriously funny club comedy made me laugh after second and third viewings.’ His first special ‘Downhill Ever Since’ has nearly 200K views on YouTube. Raanan performs all over the world and is a regular at The Comedy Cellar.
Kasaun Wilson is a comedian and writer whose work on THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART was recognized in Rolling Stone and nominated for an Emmy and 3 WGA Awards. He has also written for LeVar Burton and Jenifer Lewis. Wilson began his comedy career during his time at Howard University with the urging of his professor, the legendary Al Freeman Jr. Since then, he has appeared on NBC’s LAST COMIC STANDING, TruTV’s LAFF TRACKS, and TVOne’s NewsOneNow with Roland Martin. He’s featured for Jon Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Donnell Rawlings, Michael Blackson, and Michael Yo; and performed on stage at The Apollo Theater, The Kennedy Center, the 2024 Netflix is a Joke Festival, and 2024 JFL Vancouver Comedy Festival. At his core, he’s just Tiffany’s husband and still that sheltered church kid from Jersey City, NJ!