Meet Greg Edwards

Today we’d like to introduce you to Greg Edwards.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Greg. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I was a weird kid, I liked all the stuff that most kids liked sports, drawing, music but I also loved being alone. I loved my alone time, just thinking all to myself, I still do, all that alone time shaped who I am today. I’m originally from Newport News, Virginia a small naval shipbuilding town on the eastern seaboard of Virginia. Growing up, all I did was draw, play basketball & football, go to church all the time and dream of one day getting out of Virginia. I didn’t have it bad, my parents worked good jobs, we had a house that my dad is still living in now I just knew I needed to get out of this town even as a young kid. I was infatuated with Gallagher & Eddie Murphy as a kid, I remember seeing Delirious and saying to myself, “I wanna to do that.” I played football all throughout high school but my senior year, I got involved in theater and I loved it. I tore my ACL right before my freshman year in College so I stayed home to heal up & rehab and ended up going to a community college in my hometown in the spring. I was really depressed about getting hurt and not being able to play football in college but I just dove deeper into theater.

I started doing community theater, dinner theater, I ended up auditioning for a theatrical company in Oakland, CA and got the gig. I finally made it out of Virginia and I was a paid working actor in California. Thats when I started doing stand up in the bay area and my whole world changed. I got better with time and hard work and I got to work with so many great comedians and I got to see my peers and friends become famous comedians. I moved to LA in 2010 to keep pursuing Acting & standup & slowly became a fixture on the LA comedy scene doing some of the clubs and all the independent shows. I hosted very a popular web series called Thug Notes, got to be on Comedy Central, NPR, PBS, BET, I’m currently working on a popular show on MTV. I’ve gotten back into making Art, selling art & doing solo shows. I’m doing all the things I wanted to do when I was younger and I still enjoy being alone.

Has it been a smooth road?
The struggles are money, trying to focus on your craft while having to do jobs that are soul-crushing.

Dealing with your vices that can get out of control if you let it take over you.

Stand up is an art form where you have to be open mentally and emotionally to receive information and energy so you can break that down in your way and artistically give it to the audience gift wrapped with a punchline and being so open all the time and taking in so much energy is hard and draining.

What else should our readers know?
That not only do i tell jokes but i also write, produce shows, act, paint, animate, do graphic design, and sew.

Is our city a good place to do what you do?
Los Angeles is where you come to when you’re developed and you come here to get on or get jobs and management and it’s a great city for that. It’s hard to learn how to be a comedian out here and find your voice because you’re around so many polished comics, it’s like learning how to dribble while playing in the NBA. But I’ve seen plenty of comics start in LA and become amazing, but they worked extremely hard and ignored all the BS and focused. There’s no right or wrong path in comedy, don’t listen to anything I say or anyone else but also listen to me and listen to everyone else.

Contact Info:

• Website: gregcomedy.com and or gregedwardsart.com
• Phone: 5103950708
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @gregcomedy
• Twitter: @gregthegrouch

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