Marshall is the owner, operator and house comedian for The Laughing Skull Lounge. He put together this festival in order to help promote smart, fresh comedy to Atlanta and the comedy industry. His comedian credits include Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, winning various comedy contest, performing in Boston Comedy Festival twice, Glasgow Comedy Festival 2009, and was called "the best feature act I've seen in years" by Dan Mer of the Tempe Improv.

His comedy club credits include building The Funny Farm Comedy Club to be one of the top comedy clubs voted by numerous comedians. Marshall is also building The Laughing Skull Lounge to be one of the best comedy clubs in the world, and also operates Morty's Comedy Joint in Indianapolis.

An author, columnist and comedian, Steve Hofstetter is a cult hit on college campuses. Performing at over 100 colleges each of the last few years, Hofstetter has appeared on CBS's Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, ESPN's Quite Frankly, Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood," VH1's Countdown, NESN's "Comedy All-Stars," E!'s "True Hollywood Story," "Comics Unleashed," and ABC's Barbara Walter's Special. After hosting his own show on Sirius Satellite Radio for two seasons, Hofstetter left to syndicate a sports show now airing on over 150 radio stations each week. Collegehumor.com's original writer, Hofstetter has written for Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, Maxim, and ESPN magazines.

Hofstetter is also known for his business acumen, having produced over a dozen comedy albums, hundreds of live shows, and even a segment of a Barbara Walters Special. He has served as a marketing consultant for several comedy clubs, he currently operates Morty's Comedy Joint in Indianapolis, and his "Business of Comedy Seminars" are routinely sold out.