About the Show

New York’s best up-and-coming comedic actors audition for the biggest comedy festival in the world. The Characters show at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in July is where the comedy industry flocks to find the next stars of late night sketch shows, TV sitcoms, movies and more. Come watch undiscovered talent perform original characters, impressions, parodies, musical acts, monologues and other surprises. Some of the many Characters who launched their careers at Just For Laughs include Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Heidi Gardner (SNL), Jackie Clarke (writer/producer, Superstore), Ego Nwodim (SNL), Natalie Palamides (Netflix’s Nate), Chloe Fineman (SNL), Andrew Leeds (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), and Chris Redd (SNL).