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New Faces Emerge At The World's Biggest Comedy Festival

At Just For Laughs in Montreal, a series of events showcase up-and-coming talent — and has a history of giving comics their first big break. Here are 10 top performers from this year.
Dewayne Perkins performed in one of the New Faces showcases at Just For Laughs.

At this year's edition of Just For Laughs, the world's biggest comedy festival held annually in Montreal, the headliners included Wanda Sykes, Kevin Hart and Hasan Minhaj. But at the other end of the spectrum, a new crop of hopefuls sought to get their names out into the world.

At the popular and long-running New Faces showcases, the performers get only six minutes each. But they perform in a small theater packed with agents and

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