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Brooklyn resident (and Russian immigrant) Eugene Mirman is a really great guy and comedian. Eugene has appeared on television, which is still a relevant medium for another few years. Some examples include: his own half hour special on Comedy Central, appearances on Conan O’Brien, a recurring role on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, Bob's Burgers, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Home Movies, Lucy, Daughter of the
Devil and the Adult Swim live action series Delocated.

Photo: Seth Olenick

Photo: Seth Olenick

According to the Seattle Times, Hari Kondabolu is "a young man reaching for the hand-scalding torch of confrontational comics like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor." Like his comedic heroes, he wants to speak truth to power with confrontational and personal material. Unlike them, he does not want to die of a morphine overdose or set himself on fire.In 2010, Hari appeared on John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central. He has also performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and was featured in the 2007 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Hari will be recording his Comedy Central Presents special this November.

Sara Benincasa is an award-winning comedian, writer and host of the popular podcast, Sex and Other Human Activities. Her outspoken, sexually-charged comedy has won praise from the Chicago Tribune, CNN, The Guardian, and The New York Times, and has earned her an ECNY Award and a Webby nomination. Sara is currently working on Agorafabulous for William Morrow (a division of Harper Collins), a book based on her critically acclaimed solo show about panic attacks and agoraphobia. Sara’s television appearances include NBC's Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, MTV News, and CUNY-TV’s "Brian Lehrer Live."

Photo: Mindy Tucker

Mark Normand was born and raised in New Orleans, LA, where at an early age he was exposed to the odd sides of life. As a kid he spent most of his time acting in plays and shooting short films. Mark started doing comedy right after college and quickly moved to New York. Mark now works comedy clubs and colleges across the country and has been involved in many festivals including Portland, Seattle, DC, Boston and most recently was featured at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Mark also recently appeared on the last season of Last Comic Standing. In NYC Mark now runs two independent comedy shows, one of which is recorded for a popular podcast called 'We're all Friends Here' on Breakthruradio.com.

JC Coccoli is an L.A. based comedian, actress, whose writing credits include Late Show with David Letterman, Chelsea Lately, CBS’s Big Bang Theory, VH1’s Best Week Ever, Fuel TV and Late Night with Craig Ferguson. She has appeared on MTV, VH1, G4, and WB. In 2009, she began editorial work for 944 Magazine, a local Los Angeles Life & Style publication, which shifted to avid blogging for the online site Healthy Bitch Daily from the co-author and creator of the NY Times Best Seller “Skinny Bitch.” Currently she is one of the reputable authors attached to HelloGiggles.com, a home run site for funny women who are actually, for real, I promise, funny. Every Monday night she hosts one of the hippest comedy rooms in LA called “Keep it Clean @ Public House”.