DWAYNE COLBERT

Dwayne Colbert is an Emmy award winning writer, improviser, actor, producer and theater director from Los Angeles. He’s the writer/director of the much-lauded musical comedies Afros & Ass Whoopins, and Shade: A Colorful Musical Comedy. He’s written for animated and live-action shows on Nickelodeon, FunnyOrDie.com and SyFy Channel.  He was the head writer and executive producer of Brainwashed by Toons, which received two Daytime Emmy nominations, and featured original songs performed by Wayne Brady, Lea Thompson and Jason Alexander. As an actor, Dwayne has appeared on Superstore, Baskets, Silicon Valley, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Trouble, and in numerous national commercial campaigns. Dwayne writes, performs and teaches improv and sketch comedy at Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank and at theaters throughout the Los Angeles area.