How to return an array from a Javascript (Wix Velo) query function

I’m new to Javascript and am having trouble understanding async functions (particularly the query function). I have a working query below but need to return the results of that query as an array.

const allComedians = "Comedians";
let shows = ["Heat 1","Heat 2","Heat 3","Heat 4","Heat 5","Showcase 1","Showcase 2","Showcase 3"];
let showKeys = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8"];
let ActiveComedians = [];

function initialize () {
    for (let x = 0; x < shows.length; x++){
        if (project.title === shows[x]){
            wixData.query(allComedians).contains("showKey", showKeys[x])
                .eq("isActive", true)
                .find()
                .then((results) => {
                    for (let i = 0; i < results.items.length; i++){
                        let add = results.items[i].title.trim();
                        ActiveComedians.push(add);
                    }
             })
             .catch((err) => {
             console.log(err);
             })
             return ActiveComedians;
         }
    }
}

Thanks in advance for any clarity you are able to provide.

The above code runs the desired query and delivers the expected results, but I am unable to access the contents of my array ActiveComedians because it isn’t returned until after all other parts of my script execute.