Ethan Simmons-Patterson is a young up-and-coming comedian from Waukegan, Illinois. The twenty-year-old has been performing in the Midwestern, Chicago, Iowa City area for the past two years at local open mics and comedy showcases and opening for headlining acts.
His comedy stems from his hometown of Waukegan also the hometown of the Great Jack Benny. Growing up as a delinquent who was frequently in trouble, Ethan turned to humor to laugh his way out of sticky situations. Later he put his knack for the funny into an act that encompasses everyday life situations, social rules, race and gender he encountered growing up in the North Chicago suburb. From his single mother to his eccentric father, even his awkward cast of friends, Ethan includes a wide variety of characters in each of his routines.
With a sense of the past and a fear of the future his comedy is an out of the box take on life as we live it.
