Hands In (Campaign 1, Episode 26)
The DM
Nile Séguin
Nile Séguin is an award winning stand up comedian, writer and actor. With appearances on People of Earth and The Expanse, Nile is best known as Alister on the City TV sitcom Second Jen.
Nile has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest and the Boston Comedy Festival.A three time Canadian Comedy Award nominee, Nile has written for Comedy Network’s The Beaverton and the Gemini Award wining The Hour (where he was a regular on air contributor).
He was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for his writing on CBC’s Still Standing.
The Party
Rebecca
Reeds
Rebecca Reeds (she/her) is a stand up comedian and writer from small town Ontario. She’s performed in the United Kingdom, United States, and all over Canada. She has opened for several distinguished comedians like Beth Stelling, Jim Norton and Tom Green.
Rebecca has appeared on CBC, SiriusXM, and CBC Comedy where her clip was viewed more than 2 million times. In addition to her appearances on radio and television, Rebecca has performed at several festivals across the country including New Faces Just For Laughs, Toronto’s JFL42, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, NXNE, and the Cottage Country Comedy Festival.
Her debut comedy album "Buddy", is available on iTunes, Spotify and probably some illegal places she's not aware of.
Kyah
Green
Kyah Green (they/them) is a screenwriter, narrative designer and actor from Toronto, Ontario. They graduated with honors from Ryerson University's Film Studies program where they studied film production with an emphasis on screenwriting.
They are best known for their work on Canadian Screen Award-winning comedy, Corner Gas Animated (2018) and their performance in CBC Gem's Queens (2020). The feature they are co-writing with Rodrigo Barrisuo (Un Traductor), was a semi-finalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship Program, as well as selected for the Cannes Festival Residence and Inside Out Development Program.
Hisham
Kelati
Hisham Kelati (he/him) is a Toronto-based stand-up comic and comedy writer known for his vivid and engaging storytelling.
He's written for CBC (TallBoyz and Run the Burbs), can be heard regularly on CBC The Debaters, has performed at the Just for Laughs Montreal (New Faces Canada 2019 and the Hannah Gadsby Gala in 2022), headlined at Just for Laughs Toronto, and featured at Sled Island, Toronto Sketchfest and CBC's Accent on Toronto.
He's also opened for comedians like SNL's Chris Redd, WTF Podcast host Marc Maron, and Letterkenny's K. Trevor Wilson, and can be seen on CTV's The Stand-up Show with Jon Dore and CBC's The New Wave of Stand-up.
He has been nominated for Best Taped Performance at the 2019 Canadian Comedy Awards and his debut comedy album "Tigre King" was nominated for a Juno for Comedy Album of the Year 2022.
Leonard Chan
Leonard Chan (he/him) is a writer and comedian from Toronto, Canada.
As a comedian, he’s been heard on CBC’s The Debaters, Laugh Out Loud, and Sirius/XM radio, seen on stage and television at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival, StandUp NBC in New York, Just For Laughs in Montreal, and as an on-air correspondent for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He's opened for Ronny Chieng, Joel Kim Booster, River Butcher, and K. Trevor Wilson.
As a writer, he’s spent time in the writers room for international hit Kim’s Convenience, Strays, Hello (Again), and 16 Hudson. He was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for his work writing on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and won a Canadian Screen Award for his work as a producer and writer on the 2022 Juno Awards hosted by Simu Liu.