Jay Black

Jay Black left his job as a high school English teacher ten years ago to embark on a career as a stand-up comic. In that time, he's achieved an incredible amount of success.  On the stage, Jay has headlined clubs across the nation, from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to the Tropicana in Atlantic City and just about every comedy club in between. He also toured extensively in Europe as the host of the US Army's I Am Strong tour. He's met with equal success on the college market, performing at nearly 1,000 schools across the country, winning the College Performer of the Year award once and the College Comedian of the Year award three times. For the last ten years, Jay has done a weekly spot on WIP Radio, discussing television, pop culture, and sports. In 2009, Jay started writing screenplays with producing a string of successful projects from 2012's Paulie with Paul Sorvino, 2014's Meet My Valentine with Scott Wolf, 2016's Love Always Santa with Margueritte Morea, and the upcoming Orchard with Tiffani Thiessan.  Jay now has FOUR movies premier on Lifetime TV in the US and international distribution as well! Jay is now a regular contributing humor editorialist for The Independent .