Dylan Rohde – Co-Producer, Artistic Director – dylan@omahacomedyfest.com

Dylan Rohde founded the Omaha Comedy Fest back in 2013, and The Backline Comedy Theatre in 2011. As an intern video editor (UCB/iO West) in L.A. and early indie improv scene member he often edited, wrote, and acted in videos featured on the front page of FunnyOrDie.com before moving to Nebraska. Now he travels the nation (and world) teaching/performing improv, and you can catch him here in Omaha doing standup, sketches, karaoke competitions, and his record-holding improvised hip-hopera team “Zip-Zopera”!

Brittany Mascio – Co-Producer, Executive Director – brittany@omahacomedyfest.com

Brittany Mascio is an award-winning social impact strategist and writer. Previously, she was the founding Event Director for Big Omaha, the innovative national conference. Inc. Magazine and CNBC compared it to a “TED or South by Southwest (SXSW)” but with a remarkable “lightness or buoyancy.” From Serial Investor Gary Vaynerchuk to triple-threat talent, Eddie Huang (creator of ABC’s Fresh off the Boat), she’s coached talent late into the night to perfect keynote stories and punch up lines for them.

Chris Bottum – Operations Director – chris@omahacomedyfest.com

Chris Bottum is a nationally touring improviser and award winning sketch comedian with a passion for teaching. Part of Mi Productions TourCo and the Omaha comedy duo King Louie, he has performed on six different house teams at the Backline Comedy Theater, and performed in four Omaha Comedy Fests. He has coached house teams at the Backline and taught improv workshops for first generation college students.  An Omaha native, you can find him performing in shows across the city as part of the production team 1031 Bison.