THEATRE + COMEDY

Reliant Park presents Mike Epps and Friends, Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8:00 p.m.

Def Comedy Jam phenomenon and co-star of films Next Friday, All About The Benjamins and The Fighting Temptations, Mike Epps comes to Houston. Mike Epps grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he shared a house with five siblings and his mother. He was a troublemaking class clown who admitted to spending four months in a juvenile center after a prank involving Super Glue. Epps entered a stand-up comedy contest at an Indiana club called Seville's. His success on stage gave him the courage to strike out on his own and move to Atlanta where he began making a name for himself at the Comedy Act Theater.

The owner of the club suggested Epps move to New York to build his act, and within a week, Epps caught a Greyhound to Manhattan; he was 21 years old. While breaking into the city's conventional comedy clubs proved difficult, the Def Comedy Jam phenomenon stimulated an underground black comedy scene in which Epps excelled.

Epps has recently starred in the biggest R-rated Comedy of all time, The Hangover, and recorded one of the funniest comedy albums of the decade - Funny Bidness ...Da Album. Epps has proven to be one of the most versatile comedic actors of his time.

Also appearing is Actor/Comedian Bruce Bruce.