Ahmed Bharoocha
North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States
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Ahmed Bharoocha won the Magners Comic Stand-Off this weekend, which means he’ll be traveling to Dublin this fall to perform in the Bulmer’s Comedy Festival. Bharoocha’s comedy also earned him a trip to perform in the Great American Comedy Festival in Johnny Carson’s hometown, Norfolk, Nebraska in June of last year.
And his traveling may not be over. He auditioned for the entertainment company behind Last Comic Standing, New Wave Entertainment, last month, and he’ll perform for scouts from Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival at The Comedy Studio on Sunday. Pretty good for a guy with a degree in theatre. - Boston Comedy
Twenty-four stand-up comedians who will be competing for the top prize at this summer’s Great American Comedy Festival have been selected after auditions in 10 cities across the nation.
“These are some of the brightest, most intelligent and creative minds in the industry,” said Eddie Brill, the executive producer of the festival and the talent coordinator for the Late Night with David Letterman show.
The judges for the competition will include David Brenner, who will headline the festival’s gala finale; Bill Dana, who will receive the festival’s “Comedy Legend” award; Wende Curtis, owner of the Comedy Works club in Denver; Chris Mazzilli, owner of Gotham comedy club in New York City; and Jackie Miller-Knobbe, a talent agent for the Agency for Performing Arts in Los Angeles.
Deacon Gray, who won the stand-up competition at last year’s festival, will return to serve as the host for the Wednesday and Thursday preliminary rounds and comedian Tom Cotter will close the shows.
Comedians selected to compete at the festival:
Keith Alberstadt, New York City
Kermet Apio, Seattle
Aaron Aryanpur, Dallas
Ahmed Bharoocha, Smithfield, R.I.
Larry “Bubbles” Brown, San Francisco
Jessi Campbell, Minneapolis
Jesse Case, Seattle
Nhan Du, West Palm Beach, Florida
Pat Dixon, New York City
Jon Fisch, New York City
Tim Harmston, Minneapolis
Joe Larson, New York City
Ryan Lowery, Colorado Springs
Kumail Nanjiani, New York City
Michael Palascak, Orland Park, Ill.
Rudy Rush, Dallas
Tom Steffen, Minneapolis
Mike Vecchione, New York City
Chris Voth, Denver
Darlene Westgor, St. Paul, Minn.
Joe Wong, Boston
Andy Woodhull, Chicago
Jeff Wozer, Denver
Dwight York, Minneapolis - Stage Time Magazine
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Ahmed Bharoocha was bron into a Irish Catholic/Pakistani Muslim household. It was from here he gained his unique perspective and sense of humor towards life. He discovered his passion for performing at a young age, making short films and putting of plays with his older sister. Ahmed and his sister eventually went on to film a short film in pakistan that has gone on to be in many film festival and won awards around the world, such as best actor in the Jordan film festival. Ahmed first took the stand up stage while he was a dishwasher in a comedy club in Providence RI. Since then he has given up washing dishes and performs everywhere from NY to LA to the UK. Ahmed is also in a two man sketch group "Uncle Mustache" and in one of RI's top Improv groups "Unexpected Company".
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