Theatre 99 hosted the first round of the Charleston Comedy Festival stand-up contest preliminaries on Friday. Local and regional yucksters competed for slots in the final rounds of competition, and ultimately a $1,000 prize.


Tom Keller (1st place)


Jeff Martin (2nd place)


Tom Emmons (3rd place)


Art Sturtevant (4th place)


P.J. Jackson


Cory Carder


Jessica Mears


Just Jeff (Jeff Caldwell)


Frank Martin


Apples (David Appleton)


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