Born in Puerto Rico but raised in Florida, Chris Mejia is taking the Seattle comedy scene by storm. Chris’ comedy seamlessly blends fun pop culture observations with takes on harder subjects like living with Lupus and being Afro-Latino.
Chris was recently featured on the BBC World Service on The Arts Hour. Chris is a paid regular in multiple clubs in the Seattle-Tacoma area including the former Comedy Underground, Laughs Comedy Club, Tacoma Comedy Club, and Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Club. Chris has opened for national headliners such as
Chris Redd (SNL)
Dulce Sloan (Daily Show)
Jak Knight (Big Mouth)
Langston Kerman (HBO’s Insecure)
Jamali Maddix (Viceland’s Hate Thy Neighbor)
Kiry Shabazz (Comedy Central)
Chris was featured in Madison Comedy Week, ComedyFort (as a part of Treefort), Bumbershoot, and was finalist for Super Funny Comedy Club’s “Funniest MF Out Here” and a Semi-Finalist for the 39th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition.
Chris is also a writer whose works include a popular The Bachelor & The Bachelorette blog on Medium, multiple works for satirical website Flexx Mag, and the former writing collective Podaholics.
Chris is regarded as a bright up & comer as he performs in clubs and showcases all across the West Coast.
Good Comedy Show Co-Creator & Co-Host
Chris is the co-founder of the hottest local showcase in Seattle, Good Comedy, which has had 10+ consecutive sold out shows at Bad Jimmy’s Brewing Co. and Hale’s Ales Brewery. Co-hosted with fellow comedian Bo Johnson, the showcase has included national talent seen on Netflix, Comedy Central, Conan, and Late Late Show With James Corden.
Content Creator | Podcaster
Content Creator & Streamer
Chris has created multiple viral videos and amassed a major following on popular social media platform TikTok, garnering over 115k+ followers with his videos totaling 3.2M likes and ~4M+ total views across all of his videos. Chris can also be found streaming on Twitch, playing games ranging from platformers like Super Mario 3d World to scary first-person thrillers like Resident Evil 7.
Podcaster
Chris is a co-host of The Bachelor/Bachelorette recap podcast We Didn’t Get a Rose featuring Canadian comedian Mike Carrozza. Chris manages the podcast’s social media and has composed tweets that have been featured on popular Bachelor Nation fan pages and recap articles. The podcast has a long catalogue of illustrious guests including Kyle Kinane (Netflix), Mia Jackson (Comedy Central), Kelcey Avery (Local Natives), Sophie Buddle (Late Late Show with James Corden), and Barry Rothbart (Showtime).
Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify now!
Merch
This original design by Comedian and USF Alumni Chris Mejia will be sure to get a laugh. For all you USF Bulls this is a must have!