Quinta Brunson And Ronny Chieng To Receive Honors At Just For Laughs ComedyPro Conference

Quinta Brunson and Ronny Chieng - Frazer Harrison / Santiago Felipe / Stringer

Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson will receive the Best Comedy Person Award at the upcoming Just For Laughs (JFL) ComedyPro conference, organizers said Thursday. Brunson, who also stars in her mockumentary on ABC, will be in Montreal for the honor after she was part of the JFL’s New Faces comic discovery program in 2017.

This comedy festival takes place in July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1983 and is now the biggest comedy gathering in the world. JFL not only organizes the festival but also creates, produces, and releases other comic entertainment, like television shows.

ComedyPRO is considered an important global gathering of the biggest performers in the comedy world. The ComedyPro conference will hold its awards show on July 28, 2023, and will also give Ronny Chieng the Breakout Comedy Star of the Year Award. The Montreal festival also booked a panel with the cast of Killing It, including The Office star Craig Robinson and Rell Battle.

As part of the conference, Chris Estrada and Frankie Quinones will be in Montreal for a sneak peek screening of the second season premiere of Hulu’s This Fool series. JFL organizers also announced that Ramy Youssef, star of the Hulu comedy Ramy, will participate in an informal conversation about faith in comedy, touching on his Muslim faith and its role in his performances.

The ComedyPRO conference will take place July 26-29, at the conclusion of the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.