Funny First Fridays at Red Clay Music Foundry, Duluth, GA

Headliner: Todd Parker is comedy career spans 35 years on the stand-up stage. In addition to slaying crowds in clubs and theaters across the country, he’s also gotten big laughs both in front of, and behind, TV and film cameras. Todd was the warm-up act for several TV shows on MTV, FOX, and TBS. Producers enjoyed his ability to entertain the studio audiences so much, they cast him to play numerous cameos and supporting characters on their shows. Todd played Rob” in the Dreamworks hit holiday movie, “Office Christmas Party”, starring Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston.

This year, Todd performed at the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and opened for Bill Burr throughout his sold-out arena tour. Todd combines a friendly storytelling style with a sharp wit and upbeat energy that brings belly laughs to every crowd he plays to. With hilarious accounts of his many misadventures, Todd always leaves the audience with sore cheeks.

Featuring: Nathan Loe is an up-and-coming comedian who has shared the stage with notable talents in the comedy scene. He began performing in 2018 in San Francisco, honing his craft at various local venues. After relocating to Los Angeles during the pandemic, he opened for Jeff Dye at the House of Blues in Las Vegas and performed at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood.Nathan has also collaborated with well-known comedians such as Willie Macc, maliK B, Eddie Ifft, Ben Gleib, Ian Edwards, and Brad Williams. He co-managed and produced shows at Accidental Chaos, a speakeasy comedy club in North Hollywood, where he supported numerous local comedians while building his own career.

Catch him touring comedy clubs around the southeast or brushing his illustrious long hair.

Arma Benoit  is a storyteller, producer and comedian with over 25 years of experience creating award-winning projects ranging from iconic music videos to episodic television, commercials, feature films and an award-winning short.She’s worked on The Vampire Diaries, Step Up: Highwater, Black Lightning, Greenleaf, Genius: Aretha and Tom Swift. A career highlight was working with Francis Ford Coppola on his film, “Megalopolis”.

Host: Yoshee So is an Atlanta-based comedian raised by immigrant parents and 80’s & 90’s TV sitcoms. As a latch key kid, Yoshee found ways to entertain himself watching sketches, comedy and hours of MTV. He is a founder of the Red Pill Players improv troupe that travel around the world spreading the joy of ‘on the spot’ funny.

He’s opened for T.J. Miller and George Wallace and was chosen by NBC as a semifinalist for Standup for Diversity showcase. Yoshee produces multiple shows in the southeast including ATL in the Nash (improv + comedy mash-up show) and Comedy in the Clay (a showcase show of the best comics in the country). These days, you can find him touring the country while raising suburban kids, and managing a Céline Dion fan club.