ERICA SWITZER
Comedian|MC|Voiceover
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PROFILE
Chicagoland's Erica Switzer has featured for
That Damn Michael Che’s Simeon Goodson,
Laugh Factory's Mateen Stewart, AGT’s Justin
Rivera and more. Co-founder of Shanghai’s
Blackout Comedy and founder of Hei Now
Comedy, China's premier Black comedy crew,
Erica was the 1st Black comedian to perform in
Mongolia’s Silk Road International Comedy
Festival July 2019. Featured in Facebook X
Variety’s Room for Discussion with Michelle
Buteau, Sam Jay and London Hughes Feb- festivals include Chicago's World Comedy
Expo, NYC’s Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest,
and Cleveland’s Sixth City Comedy Festival. She
performs regularly at Laugh Factory and The
Lincoln Lodge and produces comedy shows in
Chicagoland.
EXPERIENCE
Host/Feature for Abi Sanchez, Jamie Shriner-Biddle, Darrick Jones, Ken Garr (US), Mateen
Stewart, Simeon Goodson, Justin Rivera, Kurt Dunsing and Adam Hamilton (China)
Producer, Fear of a Black Cat Productions
Voiceover, True Celebrity Stories Youtube
2023 Roast Battle Chicago Tournament
2023 Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest, Festival Producer and Performer
2022 Keenan Thompson Ultimate Comedy Experience
Selected, 2022 Sixth City Comedy Festival
2022 Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest
2022 World Comedy Expo
2021 The Ladies Room Comedy Festival
Selected, 29th LA Comedy Festival
2021 World Series of Comedy
2021 Burbank Comedy Festival and Best of Fest Show
2021 Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival, Host and Feature
Flappers Virtual Headliner, April- NY Underground Comedy Festival, Feature and Panelist
SHOWCASES
Upcoming Chocolate Sundaes, Laugh Factory Hollywood, Sep 2024
Chicago’s Best Standup, Las Locas Comedy, New Faces & more, Laugh
Factory Chicago
Best Set Winner, Riddles, BrauerHouse and Comedy Shrine 2019
Shanghai Black Expo, Performer and MC, 2018 - 2019
Shanghai Roast Battle Finalist, 3rd Place, Mar-Jun 2019
Shanghai Comediennes, Host and Feature,-
Shanghai Comedy Bunker Host/Feature,-
The Attic@Real Shanghai Bar, Oct 2018 - July 2020
Comedy UN, Shanghai, Sep 2018-July 2020
OVERVIEW
• Style: Observational, Blue and Roast
• Topics: Identity, Chicago, Being Black in
China, Dating, Teaching
• In uences: Bernie Mac, Sommore,
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400+ Live Comedy Shows
200+ Virtual Comedy Shows
60+ mins Material, 15 mins Clean
Longest performance: 30 minutes
8 min set: https://youtu.be/
29GtpO0Sy2k
7+ years Voiceover Experience
Brand Ambassdor for Banato (Chicago)
and Lalu Raw Beauty (Shanghai)
E D U C AT I O N
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D e P a u l U n i v e r s i t y, C h i c a g o , I L
B a c h e l o r o f A r t s i n E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u re , 2 0 0 4
C re a t i v e Wr i t i n g Tr a c k
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