Writers

About Us!

UnScene Comedy is a humor website put together by a collective of Boston based comedians. In addition to writing humor articles, we also provide valuable information to the Boston comedy community at large and produce a podcast and storytelling show. Also, we’re f-ing hilarious. For reals.

Our People

Shawn Carter: Founder, Writer, Podcaster
Shawn Carter is a Boston based stand up comedian and writer and podcaster.  You should get to know him.  Look through this site a bit.  He has a ton of stuff on here including his stand up comedy schedule so you can catch him live in action some time, in person.  If you come check out a show just remember no autographs please, Shawn never learned to write.  Ok Ok he’ll make out a personalized autograph for you and everyone you know if you want just come to a show some time.

Shawn also hosts a weekly shows every week at Maggy’s Lounge in Quincy (Monday 8pm, Friday 7pm) and The Pourhouse (Wednesday 8pm) Go see him there.

@ShawnCarters on Twitter

Christa Weiss: Editor, Writer, Web Mistress

Straight out of art school with the style to match, Christa is one of only comedians in Boston capable of drawing an anatomically correct dick on a bathroom wall. Neurotic and misanthropic in the cutest way imaginable, she might not be the best role model for your children, but she is sure to make you laugh if you’ve ever had to bail one of them out of jail.

Christa is the February 2014 Comic in Residence at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, MA. She participated in the inaugural Chicago Women’s Funny Festival in 2012, the 2011, 2013 & 2014 Women in Comedy Festival, the 2012 Granite Comedy Festival, the 2013 North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival and is a featured performer on Rooftop Comedy. She also be participated in the 2013 Cleveland Comedy Festival and enjoys baking and high fives.

@christaweiss on Twitter
www.christaweiss.com

Rich Karski: Writer

Rich Karski is a rebel and a bad motherfucker. He has been known to tell cops to “shove it” and “take a hike.” His hobbies include the three L’s: loitering, littering, and listening to rock and roll. He literally loves crime and thinks it is cool as hell and will even tell people this out loud. Whatever you do, don’t fall in love with him. He will only break your heart/ruin your credit. You can often find him breaking rules just for the heck of it. He can’t be stopped.

@RichKarski on Twitter

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Ted Pettingell: Writer
Ted loves comedy. He hates writing short Bios about himself. Ted is very good at comedy. He is not very good at writing his Bio. Ted is constantly working on his comedy. Ted rarely works on writing his Bio. Ted tell his jokes at all the major clubs in Boston. Ted writes his Bio on his home computer. Ted has appeared in several comedy festivals. His Bio has not. Ted was the Comic in Residence at the Comedy Studio in December 2010. His Bio took the month off to spend time with family. Lets review Comedy Good, Bios Bad.

@TedPettingell on Twitter
www.tedpettingzoo.com

Tim Vargulish: Writer
Tim Vargulish started doing stand up comedy in 2006. He quickly started performing all over the country but mostly Boston. His quirky style and irreverent regard for whether the audience was laughing garnered him respect in his mind. Besides stand up he has conquered the worlds of improv, sketch, and watermelon smashing comedy. Other than stand up he loves comic books, video games, and hopes to one day have a girlfriend to watch him do those things.

@TimVargulish on Twitter

Anthony Scibelli: Writer
Anthony is a handsome stand-up comedian and comedy writer. He began writing and performing comedy while he was a student at Brandeis University, and since then, his disarming style, clever joke writing and unique worldview have made him a powerful voice in comedy.

His material examines topics as varied as life, death, video games, sex, Star Wars and video games. Drawing from his background in writing and improv, Anthony charms audiences with his dry wit and healthy sense of the absurd.

His writing has appeared on Cracked.com, Splitsider.com, and the Boston Globe. As a filmmaker, he has won multiple awards and as an actor he has lost some.

@AnthonyScibelli on Twitter

Rick Canavan: Writer

Rick Canavan has a slightly bigger picture here than the rest of the writers, because he learned how to edit the site.  He has done stuff in comedy that he thinks is pretty cool and hopes to do more.  He loves his family almost as much as he loves his country.

@RickCanavan on Twitter

Additional Contributors

Gary Peterson, Scott Oddo, James Nixon, Sean Sullivan, Maria Ciampa, Jenny Zigrino, Dave Kennedy, Matt Donaher, Tom Dunlap, Chris Bender and Joey Shea