Upstairs at Helium: Rachel Williams

One of the shyest attention hogs to ever do comedy, Ralph Barbosa’s disarming and laid-back style has made him a stand-out on stage, on TV and as host of the Formula Bean YouTube channel with Luis Cisneros. His 2025 comedy tour is selling out theaters across North America.

Maria Bamford is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness. She’s the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult and is the star of four hour-long standup specials and the surreal, semi-autobiographical Netflix comedy series Lady Dynamite.

Laurie Kilmartin is a stand up comedian and an Emmy-nominated, WGA award-winning comedy writer. She was a staff writer for all 11 years of CONAN on TBS and has performed standup on CONAN, Late Late Show w/James Corden, and Comedy Central.