Black Best Friend
Colette Gregory / Rhymes with Purple
A hilarious dissection of Black media tropes with satirical sketches, comedic songs, and recognisable characters. “The Oprah of comedy”, Colette Gregory deconstructs sexuality, religion, and everything from Black Conservatives to Love is Blind contestants.
The result is an unforgettable evening of belly laughs, knowing head nods, and songs you’ll be singing in the shower. Awarded “Favourite Sketch or Variety Performance by a Group or Individual” at the 2024 Pack Hollywood Festival, Black Best Friend will leave you thinking about what it is to be a “Token Black Face” in a predominantly white space.
Comedy / Solo / Musical Comedy
Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose - The Snug § 18:20 (60min) § 31 July - 23 August (not 11 & 18)
Colette Gregory is an award-winning writer, comedian, and actress. She is the showrunner and a performer on the upcoming Chicago-based sketch television show “Out of the Loop” from Questar Productions and is a member of The Second City Chicago Touring Company, where she was a 2024 Bob Curry fellow.
Colette has taught in The Second City Chicago Training Center and the CsZ Professional School of Comedy, and is an adjunct professor at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Her work was featured in the 2017 Mary Scruggs Works By Women Festival at The Second City and she was the recipient of the 2017 Jason R. Chin Memorial Scholarship at iO Theatre. She has toured the US using humour to teach sexual assault prevention with Catharsis Productions and produces SHADE: An Actually Diverse Comedy Show at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Colette was recently featured on the third season of HBO’s South Side.
