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Christian-Comedian Joe Recca

Booking Info

Stand-Up, Sketch Comedy, Message


Joe was born in Chicago and raised in Virginia Beach.  He graduated from Norfolk State University with a B.A. Degree in Sociology.  Joe moved to Washington DC and started working as a case worker in a halfway house and later as a probation counselor.  While working there Joe would perform stand-up comedy at the Comedy Cafe.  One of Joe’s fellow comedians was a young Dave Chappelle.  Dave and I would sit in the back of the club waiting to do our five minutes. Sometimes I would give Dave a ride home and we would talk about how our shows went.

Joe moved to the New York area to pursue comedy fulltime. Shortly after moving there, he was booked to do Showtime at the Apollo.  “I was scared to death because the Apollo was a rough audience and you better entertain them.  Sinbad introduced me and then it was on. I went out there and tore the Apollo up!  After that, I appeared on a lot of other shows and toured up and down the east coast.”

Joe has been to Iraq and Afghanistan to entertain the troops. He was also last season's winner of BET's number one show, Coming To The Stage and recently appeared on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.

Joe's comedy relates to everyone--No matter what your background, laughter is the common denominator that breaks down barriers. We might come from different walks of life but we all laugh the same. His comedy is a ministry designed to entertain, uplift and inspire--comedy should take you to another place so that you leave better than you came.

 

 

I am a faithful follower of Jesus Christ.  I’ve been a comedian for over 17 years and I’ve been confronted with a lot of difficulties including the death of both my parents and recently my grandmother passing away.  With all the ups and downs and trials that life has brought me since leaving my job as a probation counselor in 1990 and going into comedy full-time, the one common denominator has been God.  God has always been my rock that I held on to at times when I didn’t have a stable place to live, when I didn’t have money to buy food and wasn’t sure where the next dollar would come from, when I could feel the walls closing in on me, and then out nowhere a phone call would come in and work would come and I would be able to pay my bills.  So I know the power of faith and hard work.

A year or so ago I took a paint-less dent repair class so I could learn how to remove dents out of cars because I was tired of struggling as a comedian; but I was so bad at dent removal I wound up putting more dents in the cars than I took out.  I got booked to do a comedy show in New York and got cancelled the day I was to tape the show.

So I prayed and asked God to help me in my career. You see I’m working hard just to put a little heat on me.  A comedian called me and asked me to help him write some material because he was auditioning for a television show on BET called Coming to the Stage this was the second season of the show.  It was the highest rated show on BET and made the first season winner Lil JJ famous.  So I went to the audition of Coming to the Stage and waited and waited in this long line because there were over 80 people auditioning in Baltimore. 

From Baltimore they selected me and 2 other comedians to go to Hollywood to tape Coming to the Stage along with 30 others they selected from around the country.  I just wanted to be seen on the show and get some exposure, but after my third week on the show I started to ask God to help me to win.  And this is how I know what God has for you-- when I thought I was going to get voted off the show there I was still in the running.  The show was a 13 week show and I was on the show for 7 weeks and in the finals the judges declared me the winner of Coming to the Stage…the Superstar of Funny.  I received a $7,000 Ice-tech watch, a Disney cruise, a walk on appearance on the UPN sitcom Eve, and a BET special.  The exposure gave my career the boost it needed to the next level and got my name out there.  So I know the power of Faith, Prayer and Preparation!!



"Joe Recca, brought the house down with the best comedy show we've had. Joe is my favorite comedian."

- Pastor Flores, Perfecting Saints Worship Center, VA Beach

"If laughter is medicine, Joe Recca's performance was the ideal spiritual prescription."

- Charles Kane, Spirit of Laughter Gospel Comedy Fest

 

Television

- Hughleys

- BET Coming to the Stage

- HBO Def Comedy Jam

- Showtime at the Apollo

- Apollo Comedy Hour

- Uptown Comedy Club

Worked With

- Chris Rock

- Dave Chapelle

- Tommy Davidson

- D.L. Hughley

 

Booking Info

Performer: Joe Recca

Travels from: Baltimore, MD

Performance Fee: Call for quote

Travel Requirements: Airfare and Hotel for (1)

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