Join DJ Hed & Gina Views as they sit down with writer, actor, producer and comedian Dewayne Perkins as he talks working on the hit movie “One Of Them Days”, the origin of how ‘The Blackening’ came about, advantages that comics have in acting, navigating the industry as an openly gay man and more.
Dewayne Perkins: Since starting stand up comedy in 2017, Dewayne has been named one of New York Times Young Queers Redefining Comedy in 2022, Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2020, a 2019 Just for Laughs New Face in Montreal, one of Vulture’s “Comedians you Should and Will Know in 2019,” Comedy Central’s UP NEXT, and a Breakout LGBQT Comedian to Watch by TimeOut New York.
His stand-up has been featured on Comedy Central, Netflix, LOGO, and festival and stages around the country like Comedy Central’s Clusterfest. SF Skechefest, NBC’s Breakout Comedy Fest, the Comedy Cellar, Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, Zanies, and more.
Be on the look out for his one man show “How Being Black & Gay Made Me Better Than You,” which premiered in Chicago to two sold out audiences, coming to a city near you!
