Comedy | Variety Acts


Bollotta Entertainment

RICK MICHEL is the entertainer’s entertainer! His charisma pushes well beyond the stage, and his act is so mesmerizing that it blurs the line between impersonation and reality! Performing for over two and a half decades, he brings Dean Martin, Sinatra, and numerous others to life, not the least of which are Popeye and the animated duo, Bevis and Butthead.

Rick’s performance is well choreographed, incorporating props, puppets, music, and costume changes without ever leaving the stage. His on-stage credits are plentiful, including opening for Rita Rudner, Bobby Collins, John Pinette, and George Wallace, co-starring in The Rich Little Show, appearing in America’s Funniest People, and Bill Cosby’s Christmas Show, and being featured in the Bob Hope Celebrity Golf Classic.

He has also performed at The Friars Club, The Punchline, The Improv, The Comedy Store, Funny Bones, and The Comedy Stop.


RUSS T. NAILZ has worked hard to become a San Diego staple. Known for his quick, though sometimes “un-subtle” wit and gregarious personality, Stolnack’s career spans the comedy circuits, radio and television. Using the pseudonym Russ T Nailz, he began as a comic radio-jock for 91X-FM, where he developed several improvisational characters that became big hits with listeners. Then, Russ beat out more than 80 comedians to win the 1987 San Diego Laff-Off. From there, he transitioned onto the standup scene, headlining in such venerable comedy hot-spots as The Comedy Store, The Funny Bone, The Last Laugh and The Improv in Los Angeles. Naturally, television came next with appearances on Evening at the Improv for the A&E Network, the Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun, with Julie Brown, and several TV Movies of the week.

The winner of The National Speakers Association’s Humorous Speaker Competition, Stolnack also has three Emmy Awards.

He has opened for George Carlin, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Jim Carrey, Kenny Loggins, Dennis Miller and Ray Charles, and his corporate credits include performances for ESPN, Conagra, Mercedes Benz USA, Dow Chemical, and Anheuser-Busch. Nailz, a winner of three Emmy Awards, has opened for George Carlin, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Roseanne, Jay Leno, Jim Carrey, Kenny Loggins, Dennis Miller and Ray Charles. Russ T’s, comedy includes impressions and musical comedy.  He is able to customize routines appropriate to any audience, and is guaranteed to inject laughter into your event.


DAVID WINSTON’s “Mind to Mind” show is 30 to 45-minutes of well, mind-boggling entertainment. Incorporating such simple production elements as a stage wash and a wireless handheld microphone, David unleashes a stunning series of experiments, revealing the intuitive power that, as he puts it, “we all possess.”

An intriguing and awe-inspiring demonstration of profound willpower, he reads the minds, characters, and feelings of audience members, bringing them into his interactive, entertaining show.

Humorous, engaging, and perfectly suited for audiences of 30 to 3,000, David Winston’s “Mind to Mind” show has entertained the likes of Xerox Corporation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Travelers Insurance, and Johnson & Johnson. Your audience will find David’s demonstration of psychic capabilities beyond description, and will walk away truly awed at his talent.


THE ALLEY CATS knew from the first time they harmonized together that they had finally found a home in singing a cappella 50ís-style doo-wop. Their first big job was Disney’s ”Blast to the Past” salute in 1988 and 1989. Today they have five CD’s to their credit and a newly released DVD entitled, “9 Lives.”

Since 1987, the Alley Cats have “scratched” their way through numerous casual gigs, television & radio performances, and concert performances. Favorites include featured appearances on The Home and Family Show, NBC’s Madman of the People, The Arsenio Hall Show, and Richard Simmons’ workout video Dance Your Pants Off; a radio commercial for Sunkist’s Paradise Fruit Juice Cocktails; and opening for Chubby Checker, The Tokens, Sha Na Na, and Bill Medley.

With over 20 years of entertaining in public venues and for corporate clients like Nestle, Unocal, and Charles Schwab, The Alley Cats has developed a style that includes wonderful Do-Wop music, a lot of laughter, and fabulous audience participation!


World-class contortionist, OTGO WALLER was born and raised in Mongolia, and has been entertaining global audiences for many years. Though currently an independent artist, her theatrical credits include Cirque du Soleil’s “O” in which she was a featured performer.

Waller’s incredible strength and flexibility are unmatched, even among the most experienced contortionists. Her routine, appropriate as a stand-alone or as part of a large production show, is powerful, exceedingly fluid, and breathtakingly beautiful!


Chiffon Aerialist, CIRQUE ACTS/ CHRISTINE VAN LOO weaves through her cascading silk material, showcasing an unprecedented fluidity, grace and style. Her act has been described as “stunningly ethereal,” and she has been featured in a number of films and award-show specials including the 1999 Grammy Awards with Ricky Martin.

Also a revered acrobat, Christine offers an acrobatic hand-to-hand balancing act in addition to her aerial act. She is a 7-time National Champion in Sports Acrobatics, and has been named Female Olympic Athlete of the Year, and Athlete of the Decade. Her performances are appropriate as stand-alones, or as part of a large production show.


You may have seen STEVE KELLEY syndicated political cartoons in your local paper, in the Sunday New York Times or in the pages of Time, and Newsweek. His award-winning editorial cartoons are a feature in more than 1200 newspapers.

Not content with being funny in print, Steve Kelly is also a successful stand-up comedian, whose penetrating wit and unassuming observations have made him an instant hit with nightclub, convention, and event audiences nationwide.

He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, An Evening at the Improv, Comic Strip Live, and on numerous television news programs including the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, the CBS Morning News, and Face of the Nation.


FRANK KING has been on the road of funny for nearly 20 years. Along the way, he became a quarter finalist on Star Search, and has appeared on An Evening at the Improv, Comedy on the Road, Showtime Comedy Club Network, and the Joan Rivers Show. Frank has also written material for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and has opened for Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Jeff Foxworthy, and Dana Carvey.

Frank has also received his Certified Speaking Professional Designation from the National Speakers Association, and is available for Keynotes, and as an Emcee and corporate imposter. He can completely customize his routine, chockfull of insightful observations, to meet the needs of any group, industry, or event.


San Diego based ESSENCE OF ALOHA specializes in various Polynesian styles of dance, including Hawaiian, Tahitian, New Zealand, and Samoan. Comprised of both female and male dancers, the group also offers live Polynesian music to augment their dance show, or as a standalone.

In addition to the various dances that make up their Polynesian theme show, Essence of Aloha can include in the show line up, as an option, their much sought-after Fireknife dance.


BROADWAY DIVAS are, as the moniker implies, Divas from Broadway! Singing some of the Great White Way’s most recognizable hits, as well as a few less known chestnuts, the three divas that make up The Broadway Diva Show, continue to perform on Broadway, as well as in Broadway tours.

With musical arrangements by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, most notably known for “Songs For A New World,” and “The Last Five Years,” and Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa, the three Divas offer new arrangements of America’s most beloved Broadway tunes, wrapped up in a thirty to 60-minute show that packs a powerful Broadway punch!


DON FRIESEN is fresh, funny and frenetic! The only ever two-time winner of the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition, Don is one of the most sought-after headliners on the comedy scene today. Just strap yourself in and enjoy the ride as this high-octane, one-man comic bonanza ignites the stage with offbeat characters and cutting-edge satire. Clever, insightful and self-deprecating to a fault, Don brings home huge laughs with his rapid fire delivery about cell phones, Idiots Guides, or technology run amok… all while conveying an innocence and vulnerability that connects with every member of your event.


The Needemann Brothers is a two-man musical comedy cabaret act featuring Anthony Bollotta, and television and film actor, Jorge Luis Abreu, with musical direction and accompaniment by off-Broadway composer Rayme Sciaroni!

The Brothers, who in their show, profess to having just returned from a successful International House of Pancakes tour, take audiences on a whirlwind tour of their own. Reaching as far back as their childhood days together, the show focuses on unforgettable high school experiences, previously unexpressed hopes, and unrealized dreams... like wanting to be Jewish, “just like all the other kids at school!”

Quickly gaining recognition in the public and corporate performance arenas as the “feel good show of the year,” The Needemann Brothers break tradition by poking fun at contemporary stereotypes, themselves, and well, life in general! Their effervescent concoction of good old-fashioned brotherly banter, classic melodies, and musical parodies, (with a dash of surprise thrown in for good measure) bodes extremely well with audiences!


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