The Astronaut City Crew
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Teresa Lo, Owner
Teresa Lo is a WGA Award-nominated comedy writer and performer. She turned into an entrepreneur after experiencing a violent attack by a stalker. The traumatic incident inspired her to create Astronaut City—a safe place where artists can connect, perform, and thrive. Through her work, Teresa turns personal challenges into opportunities to build a positive and sustainable community.
Teresa has a MFA in Screenwriting from USC and a BA in History from the University of Kansas. She has studied writing with acclaimed creatives such as Kevin Willmott (Academy Award winner for BlackKklansman) and Jack Epps (Top Gun), and she was the winner of the Script Pipeline Contest. Her bestselling book series The Red Lantern Scandals was adapted for TV by 20th Century Fox. For almost nine years, she wrote popular content for Larry Flynt Publications.
As a standup comedian, she has performed all over the country, including at LaughFest, the Boston Comedy Festival, and the Burbank Comedy Festival where she was named Best of the Fest.
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Alex Durazzo, House Producer of Cosmic Circus
Alex Durazzo is a comedian from the San Gabriel Valley who has been producing comedy shows for the past 3 years. His comedy is anecdotal and mainly focuses on his relationships with his family. When not doing comedy Alex enjoys skateboarding, trying new beers and watching Dodgers baseball.
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Erick Esteban, House Producer of Karaoke Comedy Allstars
Erick started his comedy career at Chicago's Improv Olympic studying with the Godfather of American Comedy, Del Close. Erick has performed sketch comedy and improv at Improv Olympic-Chicago, with Second City- Chicago's BizCo, Improv Olympic-West, UCB-Sunset, and The Groundlings. Erick has performed and produced standup comedy shows across the country which lead him to produced The Crazy Funny Asianz Showcase in 2019 where 40 of the best AAPI Comedians from all across the country got an opportunity to perform in front of an AAPI casting producer Naela Durrani of American's Got Talent & Bring the Funny. Erick was recently named an ensemble member and writer for Model Majority Comedy in New York City and also regularly as one of the ensemble members on the comedy sports segments for FOX NFL SUNDAY and recently appeared as the 'Karaoke King' on I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE on FOX. Erick most recently was a featured performer for the Big Pine Comedy Festival at the House of Comedy in Phoenix AZ and headlined FILFEST 2021 in Virginia Beach VA.
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Caledonia Wilson, House Producer of Caledonia Wilson
Caledonia Wilson is a songwriter, actor, and mathematician from the Midwest based in LA. She explores alternate tunings on the guitar and writes introspective love songs dealing with hope, grief, and a metric ton of anxious attachment. Someone she recently tried to date put it best: "You write all that sad guitar music." Most days you can find her sitting in traffic, eating string cheese.
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Hayden Wideman, House Producer of Tuesday Night Mythos Mic
Hayden Wideman was born in Southern California and has remained there because of the pleasant climate and in his own words, a lack of success. He is a massive fan of Greek Mythology and studies it in his free time along with Norse, Vedic, Celtic, Egyptian and Modern American (Comic Book) Mythologies.
In an attempt to keep Oral Tradition alive Hayden Wideman goes out to were people are trying to do Standup and instead tells Ancient Greek Myths. It is for this reason he doesn't consider himself a Standup Comic, he instead prefers to be known as LA's only Epic Comedian.
If you wanna hear a Greek Myth or have a story of your own to tell come on down to the Tuesday Night Mytho-Mic.
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John Yabes, Host
John Yabes is a Filipino-American Navy veteran and former submariner turned award-winning stand-up comedian and actor. Known for his sharp wit and self-deprecating humor, John has performed across Los Angeles with The Murder Mystery Company as an immersive actor. His acclaimed half-hour comedy special, Thanks, Diabetes!, has earned multiple awards and festival features for its honest, hilarious take on identity, health, and growing up Filipino-American.
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Ai Yoshihara, Host & Bartender
Ai Yoshihara is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian by way of Japan, known for her shockingly honest, deeply personal, and heartwarming comedy. Her bold, unfiltered stories—told with vibrant energy and unapologetic joy—have captivated audiences across California, Las Vegas, Seattle, Phoenix, and even Sarasota, Florida. Ai’s comedy is not just entertainment—it’s survival, healing, and hope wrapped in laughter.
Growing up in Japan, Ai struggled to fit into the mold of a “proper” Japanese girl. Her outspoken nature clashed with cultural expectations, and her dream of moving to America was initially met with resistance. But after years of persistence (and one declaration of love for River Phoenix), she finally made it to the U.S., only to find herself in a rocky marriage that ended in addiction and heartbreak. Still, Ai found light through acting, improv, and ultimately stand-up comedy.