A guide to the Americans performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019

It’s not even August yet, and already Edinburgh is off to the races with this year’s Fringe, including thousands of shows all over the Scottish city for the next four weeks.

The Comic’s Comic is here to tell you which of us Yanks are making the trip across the pond to perform at the Fringe this summer. Some of them arrive with hype. Some don’t. But they all yearn for your attention and applause.

To wit: (comedians who have appeared on my podcast, Last Things First, appear below in bold italics)

• 1 Chick, 2 Dicks: 3 Americans Get Too Personal (Jeanne Whitney, Carter Morgan and Mike Lemme)
• 2Elfth Night (Keane and Doyle)
• 30 Minute Musicals Roulette
• The 30-Year-Old Virgo (Michelle Aldridge)
• Accordion Fight Show
• AJ Holmes: Yeah, but Not Right Now
• Am I Blue (Elizabeth Blue)
• Amy Abler: PianoDivalicious!
• Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof
• Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical
• Bad Girls Upset by the Truth (Lauren Meckel)
• BadFamiliar by Matt Davis
• beep boop (Richard Saudek)
• Borne of Chaos (Eric Lampaert)
• Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist
• Bumble Me Tinders – Dating Horror Stories (hosted by Patrick Melton)
• Business Casual
• Caitlin Cook: Death Wish
• Catherine Cohen: The Twist…? She’s Gorgeous
• Chalk (A Silent Comedy) (Alex Curtis)
• Charles Quarterman: An Afternoon with Charles Quarterman for One Hour
• Cold Blooded Witch: The Sex Musical! (Maggie Lalley)
• Colt Cabana and John Hastings Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches
• Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum
• Cowboys, Country Music and Queers (Brandon Burke)
• Craig Ferguson: Hobo Fabulous
• Crime of the Hour
• Dan Soder: Son Of A Gary
• Daniel Lobell: Tipping the Scales
• Desiree Burch: Desiree’s Coming Early!
• Detour: A Show About Changing Your Mind (Diana Dinerman)
• Dummy (Anders Lee)
• Emmy Blotnick: Party Nights
• Encyclopedia of Kitchen Comedy Essays by Larry Tadlock
• Escaping Trump’s America
• Ew Girl, You Nasty (Katharyn Henson)
• Feed Wolf Ice Cream: A Comedy Show About Death (Dave Maher)
• Free Money from the Government: A Play About a Squid (Brian Quagan, Patrick McGuire and Nate Gagnon)
• Funny Stories About Pain (Troy Alan)
• Gabe Mollica: The Whole Thing
• Gay Not Straight (Keenan Steiner)
• Glockenspielsexpartybavariagoodbye (Veronika Duerr)
• Golden Delicious: Good Job!
• The Greatest Theatrical Event… Ever!
• How to Hide a Body in New York (SisterWives)
• I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas with Jeffrey Baldinger
• I’m Afraid of Americans
• I’m Coming (Molly Brenner)
• I’m Just Kidneying (Amanda Nicastro)
• Internationally Unknown (Clara Bijl)
• Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour (Zach Zucker)
• Jamie Loftus: Boss, Whom is Girl
• James Harvey: The Bald-Faced Truth
• Jay Light: Fake It Til You Make It
• Jena Friedman: Miscarriage of Justice
• Jewbana (Susie K. Taylor)
• JJ Whitehead: Five Times I Lied to Myself
• Joe Zimmerman: Infinite Knowledge
• John Accardo: Method to the Magic
• Justin Matson: Try Harder
• Kevin James Doyle: Loud Blond Bald Kid
• Langston Kerman: The Loose Canon
• Liza Treyger: In the Weeds
• Lucie Pohl: Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Real
• Madame Komondor Will See You Now (Krista Komondor)
• Maria Shehata: Hero
• Mary Houlihan: Me and Jack
• Mimi Hayes: I’ll Be OK
• Naomi Karavani: Dominant
• Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind
• Nick Offerman: All Rise
• Omid Singh: Beginning To End
• Orlando Baxter: Finding Mariah
• Peyton and Jared Stab Each Other in the Back
• Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman
• Please Forget (Steve Rannazzisi)
• Princess Party
• Reality Sucks! (Nav Chima)
• Reeks of Desperation (Madeline Weber)
• Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!
• Santiago Sucks a Beautiful Woman’s Cock (and Other #1 Hits) (Santiago Angel)
• Sean Patton: Contradickhead
• Shattered (Diana Varco)
• Sid Singh: American Refugee
• So Close (James Jeffrey)
• Spring Day: When Push Comes to Shove
• Stamptown Comedy Night
• Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)
• Tom Lenk Is Trash
• Trump Lear (David Carl)
• A Very British Lesbian (Fiona Goodwin)
• Voice of Authority (Dean Temple)
• Wait… Let’s Have Fun! (Tim Murray)
• Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy
• Zane Helberg – Live from Rehab