Filmed at The New York Comedy Club by the presitgous Grove 34 Studios, Late Bloomer is an apt title for Derek Humphrey as he has had several lives in one – all coming together later in life than he expected.
Derek has been a high school dropoout, laborer, hotielier, Navy war veteran, writer, comic and actor all before the age of 40.
This comedy special encompasses a lifetime of humor delivered in an ascerbic and near deadpan manner.
Derek is a “Rust Belt Philosopher and Working Class Sage” who has deep thoughts from the shallow end of the gene pool.
Derek Humphrey: Derek Humphrey has been performing comedy for the past 7 years, starting in the Southeast before making his home in New York over the last 3. As a stand-up, he has toured nationally, headlined festivals and shared the stage with such acts as Jim Gaffigan, TJ Miller, Nate Bargatze and Hannibal Burress to name a few. A regular on the club scene, Derek’s style is deadpan wit, storytelling and improvisational crowd work blended together for one unique perspective. Derek is also trained in improv, sketch acting and storytelling from the schools of the UCB, PIT, Magnet Theater and Theatre 99 to name a few. In various forms of comedy, he has appeared in the Del Close Marathon, the Moth Story Telling Show and works for MTV. When not performing comedy, Derek enjoys basketball, chicken and spending quality time with his bulldog Henrietta.