James Judd is a stand-up storyteller and radio personality from NPR’s Snap Judgment, legendary improv troupe The Groundlings, and The New Faces of the Hollywood Improv.
“RELAX,” Judd said to the audience. “You’re in the HANDS of a MASTER.” You can take him at his word.
— The Washington Post
“Like David Sedaris on a pot of coffee.”
— Democrat & Chronicle
“He’s one of the funniest people on the planet.”
— Glynn Washington, Host of NPR’s Snap Judgment
“Judd’s conversation style is loud, lightning fast and nonstop. One of his biggest assets is his deliver, which rarely feel rehearsed, as if he’s simply recounting these absorbing personal anecdotes over dinner. And his talents extend to physical humor, whether he’s imitating a shark or mimicking an oafish boat captain.”
— The Washington Post
Saturday, June 2nd at 8 pm
The Crest Theatre at Old School Square
Delray Beach, FL
51 N. Swinton Avenue
Wed-Sun, June 28-August 5 at 7 pm
Crown and Anchor
247 Commercial St
Provincetown, MA
Thursday, August 9 at 8 pm
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
Arundel, ME
53 Old Post Road
Saturday, August 11 at 8 pm
Camden Opera House
Camden, ME
29 Elm Street
Saturday, November 3 with Jen Kober
Rochester College
Rochester, NY
Tickets TBA
THE WASHINGTON POST says, Relax, Judd told the audience. You’re in the hands of a master.
YOU CAN TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.
– The Washington Post for Judd’s play Funny Stories
OFF-THE-WALL AND OUT-OF-THE
BALLPARK ENTERTAINMENT
– Toronto Star for 7SINS
I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed so hard.
– DC Metro Theater Arts for 7SINS
WHO IS THIS GUY AND WHY AM I
LAUGHING SO HARD?
– San Francisco Weekly for 7SINS
HILARIOUS!
– San Francisco Examiner for Judd’s play 7SINS
IT WAS DIRTY, IT WAS FUNNY, IT WAS A SWELL PARTY.
BRAVO!
– San Francisco Chronicle for 7SINS
SIDE-SPLITTINGLY FUNNY.
– Woodstock Times for Funny Stories
Like David Sedaris on a pot of coffee.
– Democrat & Chronicle for 7SINS
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‘Never offer bacon to a Cheetah’ – James Judd offers advice at ‘Now I Know Show’ at the CAC
Comedian and radio personality James Judd has done a lot of stupid stuff in his life. Poking his finger to draw a shark closer, sneaking into China when he was a journalist, offering bacon to a Cheetah — but, hey, “now he knows.” And he promises that those who come to his April 22 “Now I Know Show” at the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., will know, too.
Plainfield comedian does first New Jersey performance at White Eagle Hall
Comedians normally start their careers trying out jokes in the place they grew up, but James Judd took a different turn. Judd will be performing at White Eagle Hall on April 23 at 4:30 p.m. The show, “Now I Know,” will be the Plainfield-native’s first time performing in New Jersey.
James Judd To Open White Eagle Hall In Jersey City
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) — American humorist and monologist James Judd’s comic, autobiographical tales crowd the stage with hilarious characters and situations. Often compared to David Sedaris and Oscar Wilde, Judd connects with audiences as he shares personal stories in his own loud, lightning-fast, non-stop style, resulting in a constantly engaging pileup of quips. Judd, a regular “closer” (the finale) on NPR’s sold out Snap Judgment Live! Shows, a former New York City resident and proudly New Jersey born, opens the historic, newly renovated White Eagle Hall, Jersey City Theatre Center in Jersey City, performing his The Now I Know Show for a single performance on Sunday, April 23 at 4:30pm. Tickets range from $24-34.
Storyteller James Judd To Close Atlanta Snap Judgment Show
They call him “the Closer.” James Judd is the man that the storytelling show Snap Judgment brings out to bring down the house. The lawyer and former stand-up comedian is known for his brash, energetic style and his rollicking stories of public embarrassment and failure.
Killer Quack
I left Killer Quack feeling a bit reluctant. Had it only been one hour? Do I really have to leave this wake of passion and energy left behind from James Judd’s hilariously flamboyant yet undeniably entrancing performance? Must I face the world knowing that I would never be the equal of Judd, romantically obsessing over a murdering, macho con man, or possess the ability to tell a story about his obsession with perfectly balanced ratios of humor, uncertainty, and drama?
Read the full article on DC Theatre Scene
Fringe Review: ‘Killer Quack’ at Goethe Institut-Mainstage
Stop the presses!! Master storyteller James Judd is back for his tenth anniversary at Capital Fringe with his latest show Killer Quack which features a story that you just can’t make up.
Read the full article on MD Theatre Guide
Capital Fringe 2014 Review: ‘Killer Quack’
(Best of the Capital Fringe)
James Judd’s Killer Quack is one of those rare moments in the theatre that moves the audience along the spectrum of emotion. For fifty-five minutes, Judd walks an emotional tightrope, with moments when the audience believes he’ll fall into melancholy, or humor, but he never settles in an emotion. The beauty of the work that Judd has composed, or rather lived through and repurposed into this evening of storytelling, is that he spends time in the grey areas of emotions, where humor and drama coincide, and where self-awareness and uncertainty overlap.
Read the full article on DC Metro Theatre Arts
What’s Your Deal, James Judd?
James Judd is a monologist (which as he puts it, is a fancy word for “storyteller”) who lives in Manhattan. Years ago he and I shared an office working for a legal publisher in Berkeley. I was mightily entertained by my office mate, but eventually James moved on to bigger audiences worldwide.
Read the full article on Pyragraph.com James Judd takes ‘Funny Stories 2’ to Fringe
No one can accuse monologist James Judd of false advertising. His return to the Capital Fringe Festival with “Funny Stories 2” is exactly what it purports to be. Judd uses a handful of props, a little lighting and a few sound effects to aid in his hour-long performance, which consists of three amusing autobiographical tales.
Read full Washington Post article
Hip Shot: James Judd’s Funny Stories
They say: “Acclaimed monologuist James Judd, former member of The Groundlings, Hollywood Improv and regular NPR contributor, shares his true encounters with a murderous fake doctor, a renegade camel, a shark and a canoe trip that runs afoul of naked hippies.”
