Laura Kightlinger is a writer, stand-up, and actor. Her comedic roles include self-obsessed mom Deb Taylor in "PEN15" on Hulu, and Nurse Shelia in "Will & Grace". She's been a consulting producer on "Will & Grace" since its inception. Laura created and starred in her own critically acclaimed TV show on IFC, "The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman", and was a series regular on HBO's "Lucky Louie". She has voiced several characters in "Lego Batman", "Ninjago", and is the voice of Dr. Scott in "Dr. Katz: The Audio Files". As a stand-up comic, she's had several half-hour specials on Comedy Central and HBO. At the recent JFL Comedy Festival, Kightlinger was heralded in the Montreal Gazette as "a femme fatale deadpan who took risks leading the audience into hilariously unexpected territory."
Her book, Quick Shots of False Hope, described by the New York Times Book Review as a "memorable, disturbing, and darkly comic debut", is being adapted for film and television.

Tony has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Real Time with Bill Maher, and lots of other shows that have been cancelled. He's  performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal as well as The HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and the Melbourne Comedy festival in Australia. As an in-demand writer of awesome "comedic" humor, Tony has written on programs for NBC, VH1, and Comedy Central.  He is also a co-creator and performer of the hit off-Broadway play and Crown Paperback book The Marijuana-Logues.