Meet The Instructors
Chip Chantry
Chip Chantry is a stand up comedian, television writer and actor who can be seen in his role as Kyle the Liar on the Netflix’s comedy series Tires, and his debut comedy special Move Closer. Formerly a 4th grade teacher, Chip Chantry left the classroom to pursue a
successful career as a comedian. touring nationally and opening for acts such as Sarah
Silverman, Dave Chappelle, Bob Saget, and Gary Gulman. Coming up in the Philadelphia comedy scene, Chip won Helium Comedy Club’s “Philly’s Phunniest”
contest, and was named “Best Comedian in Philly” by Philadelphia Magazine.
As a television writer, Chip has written comedy series for NBC, FOX, Disney+ and
NatGeo. Chantry has been a recurring guest on the “Doug Loves Movies” and “Todd Glass Show” podcasts. In 2012, he released his first live comedy album, “Across From the Adonis.” His second stand up album, “Swingers Party,” debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in March 2019.
Teaches: Stand-Up 101 & 200 | Video | Website
Mary Radzinski
Mary is a Philadelphia based stand-up, writer, and comediunt, who in the fourth grade was nicknamed "the girl with the sad eyes"
by her fellow 10-year-olds due to her inability to not cry daily. She figured out how to turn the water works off, and now, with the heartbeat of a nervous hummingbird, comes off as cool as a moderately
cool cucumber. Mary is a regular feature at Helium, Goodnights, Cap City, and Punch Line comedy clubs. She's been fortunate to frequently open for comics including; Dave Attell, Jim Norton, and Sarah Colonna,
along with many other national acts. She opened for Jim Norton's "Contextually Inadequate" comedy special taping at the Somerville Theater, as well as Rosie O'Donnell's most recent HBO comedy special at Levity Live.
Mary can also be seen on TruTV's series, "Greatest Ever."
Teaches: Stand-Up 101 | Video | Website
Darryl Charles
Darryl Charles was an engineer before turning to the world of comedy. Since then, he’s been incredibly active on the scene, in the worlds of stand-up, improv, sketch, commercial and film acting and even some children’s books. Darryl’s quick wit and smart, observant style of comedy is made even more remarkable through his use of improv to craft his jokes and play with audiences at comedy clubs and festivals all across the US.
His 1st comedy album, ‘Black Gentrifier’, was released in January 2020, debuted at #3 on iTunes, got a write up in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, and is still in rotation on many SiriusXM channels.
Darryl is also the co-host of DTF: The Darryl and Timaree Fun Hour, the greatest sex-ed, comedy, game show and podcast in the known universe!
Teaches: Stand-Up 160 | Video | Website
Curt Riedy
Curt is a filmmaker, comedy writer and performer in the Philadelphia area.
A long-standing member of the sketch-comedy troupe High Dramma, Curt has performed in comedy festivals across Boston, Baltimore, Montreal
and New York City. He’s also one of the co-producers of Philly Sketchfest, the city’s long-running sketch comedy festival. He's mentored 2
comedy teams for the Philly Improv Theater’s Iron Sketch Competition and has produced, directed and edited videos for several local sketch troupes,
including The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie, Kathryn & Sarah and Patric Writes Sketches. Recently, he’s produced and edited a variety of comedic
online spots for brands such as Land O’Lakes, Toys ‘R’ Us, Campbell’s and the NFL. As an actor/comedian, he’s appeared on television shows such as
“The Rotten Tomatoes Show”, “Chain Reaction”, “Flight of the Conchords”, and “Conan”.
Teaches: Sketch Comedy 101 | Video | Website
Keane Cobb
Keane Cobb is an actor, improviser, standup comedian and writer from Philadelphia, PA. Keane has been writing and performing his own brand of comedy since 2008 while living in Pittsburgh, PA. Keane has hosted at the Funny Bone in Albany, Helium Comedy Club and Punchline Comedy Club in Philadelphia. He is also a member of the all POC comedy troupe NYTEShift, the comedic trio known as Black History Monthly, a company member of ComedySportz, as well as a co-host of the podcast Alt-Black. He has performed in a number of comedy festivals including the Pittsburgh Comedy Festival, Hell Yes Fest in New Orleans, New York Sketch Fest, NYC Improv Fest, Cinderblock Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, Diverse AF Festival in New York, We The People Improv Festival, Philly Sketch Fest, Philadelphia Podcast Festival, and Fringe Festival. More recently, Keane has taught multiple improv classes.
Keane has hosted/open for Tommy Davidson, John Heffron, Jessica Michelle Singleton, Jamali Maddix, Randy Feltface, Zach Martina, Duncan Tressel, Yedoye Travis, Darryl Charles, Setoiyo and Chappelle Lacey.
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