Brandon Burkhart

Brandon Burkhart is an LA-based Texican comedy writer originally from San Antonio, where he was exposed to enough mariachi music to last several lifetimes. He was one of seven writers chosen from over 900 applicants for the 2020 NBC Late Night Writers Workshop. From 2017 until Covid-19, he was head writer for the late night show "The Night Cap with Stacy Rumaker," which ran monthly to packed crowds at The Virgil in East Hollywood. Brandon's sci-fi comedy pilot "Mars Bar" finished in the Top 10 of the 2020 PAGE Awards and was named one of the Top 100 Pilots of 2020 by Launch Pad. His meta horror-comedy pilot "Salvador Dolly" won Second Place in the 2020 WeScreenplay TV Pilot Contest. His writing has appeared in The Onion and McSweeney's, and his sketches have been featured at Comedy Central Stage, San Francisco Sketchfest, and Second City's LA Diversity in Comedy Festival.