Ellie Hino with James Stanley and Lahiru Samarasinghe
Ellie Hino with James Stanley and Lahiru Samarasinghe
Ellie Hino is a Minneapolis based stand-p comic with a heart of gold. She appeared in the 2019 and 2021 Limestone Comedy Festivals, Boston’s Women in Comedy festival, and was featured in “best of the fest” at 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival. Recently, she’s been lucky enough to feature for Maria Bamford, Atsuko Okatsuka, Dana Gould and Bobcat Goldthwait.
Ellie is a super fun mom, a mediocre wife, and an all around delight. Her comedy is silly and honest, sometimes focusing on the naked truths of married life and motherhood. Yeah, she lives in the suburbs now, but she’s like, still cool.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.
James Stanley
Born and raised in Woodbury, Minnesota, James Stanley started his journey in stand up in 2013 at 16 years old. Within a few years James was hired as a house emcee at the Joke Joint Comedy Club and a couple years after that he was hired at the famous Acme Comedy Company where he is now a regular feature. James has opened for nationally touring headliners such as Sean Patton, Stavros Halkias, Dusty Slay, Geoffrey Asmus, Nimesh Patel, Dean Edwards, and more. In 2021 James was featured in the yearly write up for ‘Comics to Watch’ and in 2022 James was featured in the Twin Cities Dispatch about his rising career in comedy. James is continuing to travel more and more of the country and go as far as he can as a stand-up comedian.