by rudyards | April 19th, 2014
Kenny Zimlinghaus (New York City, NY)
https://www.zimlinghauscomedy.com/
Kenny Zimlinghaus is a comedian from NYC who was born and raised as a fat kid on Long Island.
Kenny Zimlinghaus is a stand-up comedian and spent 3 years as co-host and head writer for #1 “Storm and Kenny Radio Show” in Charleston, SC on 96WAVE. Kenny also worked as the youngest morning radio show host ever at WFNX Radio in Boston, MA. He currently lives in NYC where he performs as a stand-up comedian. You can also hear him on SiriusXM’s Cosmo Radio every morning at 7am.
He studied Communication in college and learned how to bribe professors. He travels the country performing stand up. From making ridiculous songs to impersonating Aaron Neville Kenny is a perfect fit for “girl world”. You can find him on the Internet. Or somewhere wandering the streets of Brooklyn. He has a cat named Steve.
Matt Ward (Knoxville, TN)
https://wardcomedy.com/
Matt Ward is a father, comedian, comedy show producer, writer and musician. He is an anomaly among his pears focusing on balancing the most important parts of his life. To Ward, balance is the meaning of life. “As a lover of comedy I work hard to balance not only being a great comedy producer, but a strong comedian as well. I want to be great on both sides of the mic.” Ward says. Others marvel at the amount of projects Ward is involved in.
Ward grew up in Lancaster, Ohio and spent 8 years living in Columbus, Ohio where he earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Franklin University. In 2006, he relocated to just outside of Wilmington, North Carolina to take a job with Verizon Wireless. Soon after moving he began his stand-up comedy career. Matt started getting on stage weekly at Timmy Sherrill’s Nutt Street Comedy Open-Mic every Tuesday in Downtown Wilmington. Together with other local comics including Sherrill, Ward helped build the comedy scene in SE North Carolina. In 2009 Ward and Sherrill began laying the groundwork for the Cape Fear Comedy Festival. In the fall of that year Matt moved once again, this time to Knoxville, Tennessee for a higher paying position with his company. In the spring of 2010 the Cape Fear Comedy Festival was born.
