
MGM Springfield, Roar! Comedy Club
June 28 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT


Janelle Draper
Saturday June 28, 2025 – 8:00 PM
Janelle Draper has been described as unapologetic, uncensored and unladylike. She started doing stand-up in LA when she was an NBC Page working on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
She was named Winner of the Los Angeles based Burbank Comedy Festival, Runner-up of the Boston Comedy Festival, and was selected to showcase in the “Kenan Thompson Presents” series.
She performs all over the country and has opened for Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jeffrey Ross, Nikki Glaser and many more. Janelle is a regular commentator on SiriusXM Raw Dog Comedy and iHeart Radio.
She has been featured on a multitude of prestigious comedy festivals including The San Francisco Sketchfest, HBO’s Women in Comedy, Laughing Skull, World Series of Comedy, and several of the country’s best ones in a multitude of states, including Vegas, Atlanta, Rhode Island, Vermont, North Carolina, and Alaska… just to name a few.
Lastly, she created, performed, and filmed several image spots for Bumble, which launched across their social media platforms to viral success, garnering 4 billion views.
She is originally from Boston, but only has an accent when drinking Chaaah-dawn-nay.
MGM Springfield is the place to go for laughs. The unique comedy series developed by John Tobin Presents, features an eclectic mix of nationally popular comedians as well as rising industry stars.