Hissy Fit Comedy | MADLIFE DEBUT!

Will Foskey is a stand-up comedian from Atlanta, GA. After being named one of the “New Faces of Comedy” at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, he released his debut Comedy Special: “All Things Sacred.” Since its release, it has become an underground hit with over 660k views on YouTube and a combined 9 million views on Tik Tok and Instagram.

Holly Ballantine is a literal train wreck who has been charming audiences across the country with her hilarious stories of motherhood, marriage, and many near death experiences since the day Chris Rock told her she was funny. She is based in Atlanta, Georgia where she co-produces Hissy Fit Comedy and the West End Comedy Festival. She has headlined and featured at many clubs across the country and opened for comedy greats such as Rachel Feinstein, Jessica Kirson, Patrick Warburton, Beth Stelling, and Tim Meadows. She’s been accepted and performed in Big Sky Comedy Festival, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival, and Big Pine Comedy Festival where she won a Best of Fest Award. Her writing has been featured on Buzzfeed, The Chive, HuffPost and the Washington Post. She does not hold grudges, but has a spreadsheet of everyone who owes her favors.

Voted “Most Likely to cuss you out” in High school, college & her previous employer Lauré is an outspoken stand up comedy goddess & aspiring screenwriter straight out of Va. Lauré has a penchant for finding the funny in everything from family life to true crime stories. An east coast girl through & through she is now laying down roots & finding success in Atlanta, GA. Lauré has been featured on Fox Soul, Standup & LaughTV, The Laughing Skull, The Funny Bone & Comedy Zone clubs across the coast.

Named by Paste Magazine as one of the top 8 comics to watch in Atlanta, Jen O’Neill Smith can actually be seen on stages all over the country. Jen has been featured on the television show Live From Zanie’s on the Circle Network and has been a repeat guest on the hit Adult Swim series, William Street Swap Shop. She has also been featured on Amazon’s Audible Comedy show, “Punchlines”. Jen has had the pleasure of performing on many festivals including the Limestone Comedy Festival, Laughing Skull Festival, Accidental Comedy Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, Laugh your Asheville Off, Memphis Comedy Festival, Bird City Comedy Festival, Devil Cup and Hell Yes Fest. You can also hear Jen on the hit podcast Dumb Love, a comedy podcast about the dumb things people will do for love, co-hosted by fellow comedian, Sally Brooks.

David Perdue is an Atlanta comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central, FuseTV, EPIX, & Kevin Hart’s LOL Network. David is also an actor appearing in “Love Is…” on OWN and “Bobcat Goldthwait”s Misfits and Monsters” on truTV. David co-hosts a sports/comedy podcast called “Forth and Ten” as well as the political/comedy podcast “The Confused Caucus.” In 2022 David was selected as an Arts & Social Justice Fellow at Emory University in addition to a 2022 Climate Comedy Cohort created & directed by Generation180 & the Center for Media & Social Impact’s Good Laugh Initiative. As you can see David is many things but most importantly he is NOT a former US Senator.

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