Comedians

RocJo Productions and Joe Rocco, founder and president of the Newport Summer Comedy Series, can acquire the ideal hilarious standup comedian or for your property, corporate event, private party or fundraiser. The comedians are from a roster of the finest and funniest headliners in America. Most have appeared in major motion pictures, The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live on Comedy Central and Showtime specials.

Clients

• Ocean House
• Newport Winter Festival
• Narrows Center for the Arts
• Newport Chamber
• Foster Country Club
• Navy Base Newport
• Canyon Ranch Lennox
• Lions Club of Fall River

Comedians We Have Worked With
• Bill Burr
• Kevin Hart
• Amy Schumer
• Joan Rivers
• Jeff Dunham
• Chelsea Handler
• Gabriel Iglesias
• Bill Maher
• Jay Leno
Personalities We Have Worked With
• Tom Brady
• Dan Marino
• Mario Andretti
• Kareem Abdul Jabaar
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Leon Panetta
• Tedy Bruschi
• Phil Esposito
*Partial list. Entire roster available upon request.
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Tim, my boss, was very pleased with the comedian you booked for us. He was amazing. Everyone enjoyed the show. It was a true pleasure to work with you. Thank you so much!

Afsheen Ali
Administrative Officer
Abacus Financial
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People loved the show. Don from Nationwide was so very pleased with things and was grateful that I had contacted you to help us find a comedian for our show.

Paula Manseau
United Way of Rhode Island
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Thank you for making our comedy series such a success. Working with you and the talent of comedians who you book for us is a joy. Our guests laughed from beginning to end.

Bobby Forrest
Foster Country Club
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Joe, the comedians you booked for us were wonderful. The show went off without a hitch and we had a full ballroom. We are definitely looking to do more comedy nights in the future. I will be in touch… What a success!

Laura Conley
The Ocean House
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Just a quick note to say – Ray Harrington was FABULOUS tonight. Ended with a full room – tons of laughter! Perfect. THANK YOU!

Samantha Talora
Manager
Communications Canyon Ranch
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I appreciate all your hard work on the recent O’Jays performance in NY city. I look forward to working together again soon for your next search for headline talent. You are one of the good guys Joe!

Travis Wolfe
V.P.
Corporate & Special Events | APA
Celebrity Athletes

Celebrity athletes including popular former Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and Patriots can enhance any event as guest speakers and for meet and greet opportunities with your guests. When Foxwoods Resort & Casino needed to stage a memorable night for their special customers they turned to RocJo Productions and its team for affairs including…

• A Reunion of the 1975 Red Sox
• An Evening with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Roast & Toast of Luis Tiant
• A Reunion of the 1967 Boston Red Sox