Laugh For Lives 2018

Pauline Yasuda was a finalist in the prestigious 44th Annual San Francisco Comedy Competition, placing 4th overall. She won the title of California's Funniest Female in 2013 and has toured colleges and clubs across the country. She has been a part of the Asheville Comedy Festival, Cleveland Comedy Festival, Burbank Comedy Festival, and the World Series of Comedy, just to name a few. You can see her on Season 1 of the Amazon Prime show, "Laugh After Dark."

Comedian Rick Gutierrez has been cracking up audiences across the country with his throwback takes on traditional family values and outlooks on marriage for years, but it's about time some higher ups in Hollywood finally got wind of his comedic talents.  Rick can currently be seen in FUSEtv’s Fluffy's Food Adventures.  The show premiered in 2015 and was the most watched program on the network.   Rick’s one hour special, “I’m Not Mad, I’m Just A Parent,” produced by Gabriel Iglesias and LEG aired on NUVOtv and can be seen on Netflix.  Rick's other television credits include NBC's "Friday Night Videos," BET's "Comic View” and Showtime's Latino Laugh Festival.  He has appeared in 2 seasons of the Comedy Central series “Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution.”  He has toured with Gabriel on his Unity Through Laughter and Fluffy Breaks Even tours and he is currently headlining clubs all around the country.

Hot off of taping his first special for Comedy Central, due late 2019, Tom Thakkar is a comedian living in Brooklyn by way of Indiana, or so he says. He claims that he grew up the son of a deadbeat Indian dad and a Red Lobster-managing mom. Do we believe him...? Sure, Tom talked about these things on Conan, but he also called himself "HotGuy03" in a chatroom once, so who knows. His alibis include co-hosting Comedy Central’s “You Up” with Nikki Glaser, creating the podcast Stand By Your Band, and performing at Just for Laughs, Clusterfest, and Moontower. We've been watching Tom closely…when he was a finalist for NBC’s Stand Up For Diversity, when he appeared on Comedy Central's "This Week at the Comedy Cellar"…and we want to know, if he's so successful, why is he arguing with his landlord about whether the rodent in his closet is a rat or a mouse?

Atsuko is a stand-up comedian, actress and writer based in LA. Her credits include leading roles in the independent features LITTLEROCK (winner of Audience Award at Gotham Festival), FLOATING LANTERNS, WALLFLOWER, and guest stars on HBO’s ROOM 104, SCARY ENDINGS and a recurring role on AMBIANCE MAN for MOCAtv. Atsuko was named a Comedian To Watch in Vulture’s 2018 list & TimeOut LA’s 2019 list. Her pilot LET'S GO ATSUKO, originally based on her recurring live show at Dynasty Typewriter was previously in development at Quibi. She is also fluent in Japanese and Mandarin.

As a first generation immigrant and frequent flyer, her experiences provide a unique lens on the world around her, while 25 years of being a musician scores it.  She believes there is always humor to be found, even on the darkest of days, and that honesty will drive one's work to its most fulfilled and enlightened conclusion.