Jeff Singer - Montreal Comedy Festival
Jeff has worked behind the scenes for numerous live events, radio programs and television shows. He is currently the Executive Consultant and Associate Producer for the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, host of the biggest worldwide comedy event in Montreal plus its recent expansion in Toronto and Chicago. For ten years he was the producer of New York’s renowned experimental comedy show “Eating It”, plus the spinoffs “Dating It”, “Reading It”, and “Confessing It”, for which he served as executive producer for two Comedy Central pilots. A former talent agent and manager, he has been a producer/consultant for The Aspen Comedy Festival, Madison Square Garden’s Comedy Garden, Star Search, BET, HBO Sports, and VH-1 among others. He has served as an industry judge for stand-up comedy competitions in Boston, San Francisco, Austin and Seattle and scouts for talent all over the country.
As a writer/producer, some of his independent productions include “Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Live” produced at Irving Plaza in New York and The Metropolis Theatre in Montreal; and “Comedy You Can’t Refuse: An Evening of Italian American Comedy” hosted by Michael Imperioli and Steven Schirripa from The Sopranos, produced in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Foxwoods Casino. For its full two year run, Jeff was the talent producer for Comedy Central’s “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.”
He was also a producer on three seasons of Nick at Nite’s “Funniest Mom in America”. In the past year he was the segment producer on Fox’s “Talkshow with Spike Feresten.” In between TV projects, he found time to produce a popular weekly radio comedy show for Sirius-XM satellite.
Originally from Montreal, Jeff spent 13 years in New York City and is now based in Los Angeles.
Josh Lieberman - 3 Arts
Josh Lieberman is a manager and producer at 3 Arts Entertainment in Los Angeles. His clientele include some of the most well established comics as well as the hottest up-and-coming comedic writers and talent. He was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ, where he graduated from Arizona State University. He loved Phoenix so much that he relocated to Los Angeles the day after graduation in 2002. He began his career at Imagine Entertainment, and joined 3 Arts Entertainment in 2004. When he is not at a comedy show, he enjoys golf and driving a Prius while getting made fun of for driving a Prius.
TJ Markwalter - Gersh Agency
TJ Markwalter, currently booking festivals and clubs both in the US and internationally for The Gersh Agency, has over 20 years of experience in the comedy industry. Beginning as a college student producing events for Hofstra University, TJ went on to become the house buyer for several comedy clubs before taking his first job developing a comedy department and serving as an agent for Global Artist, Inc., a boutique agency that specialized in corporate talent. He bridged that roster into his position booking personal appearances at Omnipop before opening his own personal appearances agency in 2005, Pacific Comedy, Inc. In 2008, he merged his roster with The Gersh Agency where he continues to book stand up comedy.
Note: The selection committee that choses which 60 comedians compete in the festival will remain anonymous, in order to prevent harrassment.