Comedians Katt Williams, J. Anthony Brown, Juan Villareal and Gary Owen all know what life is like in the hot lights of fame. Each of these men have spent a good chunk of their lives on stage in front of crowds. Don’t miss your opportunity to catch these funnymen when they roll into the Frank Erwin Center on April 7 at 9pm!

“ Stand up is my actual love….I think it’s the freest form of experience you can have,” says Katt Williams. As the son of a former Black Panther, Williams first started performing at the age of 8 when he took the NAACP conference stage with his soon to be famous style. He calls his stand-up “audience friendly. There’s no cursing, but some controversy. It’s not for the sake of being controversial though.”

“ In my act, I ride the spectrum of funny,” says J. Anthony Brown. Never one to be pinned down Brown keeps the audience on their toes anyway he can. “I’ll sing, incorporate skits and vignettes, do costume changes, and still tell you a joke,” he laughs. Brown rides the spectrum of talent too. Once a tailor; then a comedy writer for Arsenio Hall; now world-class comedian, Brown has done it all and don’t think that stops him in anyway!

As San Diego’s professed “Funniest Black Comedian in San Diego,” Gary Owen knows his business and likes to deliver all he can to his audience. Getting his start in the ‘hood’ of San Diego, Owen took what he saw and ran with it to the bright lights of stardom. “That’s when I started addressing the different black and white issues… interracial dating and social issues. I like to deal with issues white guys aren’t supposed to talk about.” He claims it’s his honesty that gets his audience, “I don’t know what a ‘boo’ (a term of affection) is. And they’d laugh because I was so honest about it.”

Juan Villareal has a long list of performers calling his name to perform with him: George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, Cedric the Entertainer, etc. This Texas boy has been on BET’s Comic View and Galavision’s Que Loco.