Wayne Federman and Isabel Hagen Stand-up Comedy

Wayne Federman and Isabel Hagen Stand-up Comedy
Wayne Federman (born June 22, 1959) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor, author, writer, comedy historian, producer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; his book on "The History of Stand-Up"; and supporting comedic acting roles in "The X-Files,' "The Larry Sanders Show," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Crashing," "Silicon Valley," "Legally Blonde," "50 First Dates," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," and "Step Brothers." He was the head monologue writer for NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in its first season. He won a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for producing the HBO documentary "George Carlin's American Dream."
In 1987, Federman moved to Los Angeles and began working at "The Improv," "IGBYs," "The Laugh Factory," and "The Comedy & Magic Club." He taped a series of televised stand-up performances, including "An Evening at the Improv," "George Schlatter's Comedy Club," "CBS Morning Show," "2 Drink Minimum," "Star Search," "Good Times Cafe," "The A-List," and "MTV ½ Hour Comedy Hour." He toured extensively, performing at over 200 colleges. He co-founded the improvisational group "No Fat Guy" with Marc Raider, Scott LaRose, and Steve Hytner, and later briefly formed a music-comedy team with Jordan Brady.
Federman began booking television commercials and appeared in dozens of national spots for clients, including Eureka Vacuums, Holiday Inn, U.S. Navy, Wendy's, Taboo, Eagle cars (with Greg Kinnear), McDonald's, Glad Bags, Sprite, Total Raisin Bran, Ford, U.S. Olympic Team, Suzuki Samurai, Sizzler, Del Monte, U.S. Cellular, Coors, and 7–11. He gained some prominence as the first "not exactly" guy in the long-running Hertz Rent-A-Car campaign. Federman began landing small television parts on "Baywatch," "Amen," "Dear John," "A Different World," "Doogie Howser," and "News Radio." He had recurring roles on "L.A. Law" (3 episodes) and "Living Single" (3 episodes).
Isabel Hagen is a stand-up comedian and classically trained violist—every little girl’s dream. As a comic, she has been featured twice on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and was a New Face of Comedy at the Just for Laughs festival in Montréal. Isabel started stand-up right after earning her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in viola performance from the Juilliard School.
As a violist, Isabel has played in the orchestra for several productions on Broadway including "Les Miserables," "Fiddler on the Roof," and "Rocktopia." She has toured internationally and worked with numerous artists such as Björk, Max Richter, The National, and Steve Reich.