Ben Stanton & Sam Naismith

Teaches at Infinity Foundation

Ben Stanton is a comedian writing and performing all the time right here in New York City. He performs regularly with house teams at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and is hard at work adding untitled documents to a folder called, “TV Pilots?”. Ben graduated with degrees in acting from Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and can be seen all around town pretty much not using them at all.

Sam Naismith is a Philadelphia born writer/performer who moved to New York in 2014 and will die in New York in 2034. Sam is a contributor at Funny or Die but spends most of his time hacking the stock market. Sam was a member of legendary UCB Lloyd team, “Steakhouse”.

Ben and Sam are two parts of the sketch comedy and improv dynamo, Varejao, which also includes comedians Dan Lee, Bob Vulfov, and Max Knoblauch. Whaoh! That’s the team that’s hosting this very show! Varejao members’ work can be seen all over, including McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Funny or Die, The New Yorker, Mashable, UCB’s Lloyd Night and Harold Night, The monthly variety show Asian AF (hosted by Dan Lee) and Netflix.