Please Don’t Destroy’s Ben Marshall Among Five ‘SNL’ Cast Additions

A few days after four people departed the Saturday Night Live cast, the NBC sketch series is bringing several new members into its ensemble — including one already familiar to viewers of recent seasons.

Ben Marshall, an SNL writer since 2021 and a member of Please Don’t Destroy (along with John Higgins and Martin Herlihy), will join the cast as a featured player for the 2025-26 season. Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska have also been named featured players.

The announcement of the new featured players comes after a week that saw castmembers Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim and Devon Walker leave the show in the largest cast turnover since 2022.

Please Don’t Destroy’s filmed segments have been a regular part of SNL for the past four seasons, usually featuring Marshall, Higgins and Herlihy in their office and interacting with that week’s host or other castmembers.

Brennan is a stand-up comic who was named a Just for Laughs New Face of Comedy in 2023 and has performed on The Tonight Show. Culhane is a regular on Dropout TV and performs with the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles; he’s also appeared on The Sex Lives of College Girls and American Vandal.

Patterson is a stand-up comic and a regular on Tony Hinchcliffe’s podcast Kill Tony. He’ll next be seen with Kevin Hart in Netflix’s movie 72 hours. Slowikowska has a large social media following for her sketch comedy and has appeared on What We Do in the Shadows and Tires.

SNL is set to premiere its 51st season Oct. 4.