Bio & Resume
Alex Grubard started performing stand-up at 18 while working at New York Comedy Club in 2005. Six years later, after having performed at almost every comedy club, improv theater and bar in all of the five boroughs he moved from Brooklyn to Philadelphia to major in English at Temple University. Already this year Grubard was a popular comic at 2012 The Cape Fear Comedy Festival, performed a joke on abc6 in a feature on Helium Comedy Club as well as named one of the “Top 10 Philly Comedians,” “Comics to Watch in 2012” and “Top Philly Comedians in 2011” by several critics. Also in 2011 he performed in the Live Arts & Philly Fringe Festival, 1st annual F. Harold Comedy Festival, City Spotlight, POPPED! Music Festival and 25th annual First Person Arts Festival. His comedy has been seen on Comedy Central’s “Web Shows,” heard on Sirius/XM’s “Maxim Channel” and read on Campus Philly and the NY Examiner. A lively, quick paced, smart joke writer he is always a riot on stage and a quotable comedian days, weeks and months after his performances. Do you guys get him?
Competitions:
- RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition 2012 semifinalist (Temple University)
- March Comedy Madness 2012 finalist (Helium Comedy Club, Philadelphia, PA)
- Philly’s Phunniest 2011 semi-finalist
- March Comedy Madness 2011 quarter finalist (Brokerage, Long Island, NY)
- March Comedy Madness 2010 finalist (Comix Comedy Club, New York, NY)
Festivals:
- 2012 Cape Fear Comedy Festival @ Nutt Street Comedy Room, City Stage, The Soapbox and Browncoat Theater (Wilmington, NC)
- 2nd annual F. Harold Comedy Festival @ The Walnut Street Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
- 25th annual First Person Arts Festival @ Khyber Pass Pub (Philadelphia, PA)
- POPPED! Music Festival @ Temple University Liacouras Center (Philadelphia, PA)
- City Spotlight @ The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
- 2011 Live Arts & Philly Fringe @ Underground Arts and The Adrienne Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
- 1st annual F. Harold Comedy Festival @ The Walnut Street Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
- 2007 New York Underground Comedy Festival @ Broadway Comedy Club (New York, NY)
Podcast Appearances:
- Tell Me When To Stop (Wilmington, NC)
- The Panic Hour (Media, PA)
- The Check Spot (New York, NY)
- Portrait of a Comedian (New York, NY)
- The Joker in the Rye (New York, NY)
- Jumping For Joy (New York, NY)
