Black Power Rangers Comedy

Wills Maxwell Jr. started doing stand-up comedy when he was in 4th grade. His teacher didn’t appreciate him interrupting the class and his parents didn’t appreciate him getting in trouble. Due to the lack of appreciation, Wills retired from the business and started doing stand-up comedy again after he left high school. Since resuming his comedy career, Wills has won Port City’s Top Comic (Wilmington, NC), was a regional finalist in StandUp NBC, and a finalist at Ultimate Comic Challenge (Greensboro, NC). He also wrote and performed his on-air comedy news segment “What Did We Miss?” on Wilmington TV station WWAY News every Thursday morning for 5 years, totaling over 180 episodes. Wills has performed at the Cola Comedy Convention, the North Carolina Comedy Festival, the Oak City Comedy Festival and the Cape Fear Comedy Festival.  Wills hosted Wilmington’s late-night talk show “Late Fear with Wills Maxwell” for three years. He has also opened for several comedians including Ramy Youssef, Roy Wood Jr., Tim Meadows, and Jim Gaffigan.

Brandi Roberts is a rising comedic talent based in Raleigh, NC and has been active on the comedy scene since 2016-2017. She is a regular at the historic Goodnight’s comedy club. She has performed at the Oak City comedy festival (Raleigh, NC), The North Carolina comedy festival (Greensboro, NC), and the 1865 festival (Atlanta, GA). She has opened for Yamaneika Saunders, Katie Hughes, Ali Siddiq, The Plastic Cup Boyz, amongst many others. Brandi uses humor to bring people together. She is witty, raw, and charismatic.

Jarrod Fortune is a NYC based comedian hailing from North Carolina. He’s the coproducer of Wait On It comedy, and he cohosts the Big Big East Podcast. He has performed at clubs and festivals across the country.

Cordero Wilson is a NYC based comedian who grew up a biracial nerd, in the 90s, in small town North Carolina. This sounds like the perfect start of a Netflix show, but you don’t have to wait for the pilot to get this man’s perspective. Through storytelling, singing, and quick fire crowd interaction, Cordero offers his own comedic take on Pop culture, social commentary, observational humor, and tales from the every day struggle of a black nerd. He’s co-creator of the Negro Jump Podcast, preformed for Harlem Comedy Fest, Chicago Nerd Fest, and comedy clubs across the US.

Jordan Centry has always had a love for comedy. From growing up in Stoneville, NC, to obtaining a master’s degree from UNC, Jordan has a knack for approaching everyday observations and experiences with intelligence, silliness, and a touch of southern that audiences find hilarious and charming. Jordan first began standup in Winston-Salem, NC, before becoming a fan favorite in Charlotte, performing in shows and festivals across the southeast. Jordan has opened for comedians such as George Willborn, Clint Coley, and Samuel J. Comroe.

Brandi Augustus is a comedian and storyteller based in East TN. She shares her radically honest truths in a hilariously relatable way.

Brandi has opened for Amber Autry, Katherine Blandford, Shelly Belly and Sam Tallent. During Brandi’s second year of performing at the Second Bell festival she opened for Big Boi of Outkast.

​She has recently made it to the finals of the Blue Ridge Comedy Festival and will be performing in the West End Comedy Festival.

​(She has also accidentally kidnapped M-1 of the legendary hip-hop group Dead Prez but she doesn’t talk about that too often…)