Cory Michaelis with Cianna Violet and Lahiru Samarasignhe
Cory Michaelis with Cianna Violet and Lahiru Samarasignhe
Cory Michaelis has had quite the last year in comedy. In 2018, Cory filmed his first comedy special “Bad Teacher”, 45 minutes of squeaky clean material in Provo, Utah at Dry Bar Comedy and released his first album “The Collage Dropout” that reached #2 on the Billboard iTunes charts. He also took his act international booking tours in Pakistan and Dubai. He is a regular in all of the clubs in the Pacific Northwest, Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, and headlines comedy clubs, casinos, colleges, and weird bars all over America. He has been invited to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon, the Limestone Comedy Festival in Bloomington, Indiana, and headlined the Idaho Laugh Fest in Boise. He didn’t win the World Series of Comedy (semi finals), the Seattle International Comedy Competition (SICC), the Washington Comedy Festival (semi finals), the Tacoma Comedy Contest (2nd), or the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival in New York City (finals) but he took another crack at the SICC and made the finals. Louie Anderson,who he has opened for in Vegas multiple times, says “you’re funny, but why do you always make fun of Roze?” – come see what Louie’s talking about.
Lahiru Samarasinghe
Lahiru Samarasinghe has been performing standup in the Twin Cities since 2016. In 2022, he was a part of the 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival in Minneapolis, MN. Lahiru was a finalist at the 2022 House of Comedy's Funniest Person With a Day Job Contest, and came second in Acme's 2022 Funniest Person Contest. He is also the host and producer of several shows around the Twin Cities, including Second Best Medicine: A Comedy Show for Charity at the Underground Music Venue and Robot Takeover at The Comedy Corner Underground. By viewing his experience as the oldest American-born child of a Sri Lankan family through a silly lens, Lahiru is able to share his life in a way to which audiences can relate.
Cianna Violet
Cianna Violet is a Minneapolis based standup comedian. Born and raised in the Twin Cities area she developed a love for comedy early on. She has always found joy in making people laugh. Cianna is Sarcastic and observant, she finds humor in everyday situations and loves sharing those stories with audiences. She has performed in clubs and theaters around the country, and hosts and produces concept shows in Minneapolis. In 2023 Cianna was selected as one of Racket MN’s Comics to watch and has worked with headliners such as Caitlin Peluffo, Gavin Matts, and Gianmarco Soresi.