Chris Garcia is a comedian and writer based in San Francisco, California. He is an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley where he studied creative writing, improvisational theater, and disappointing his extremely conservative Cuban parents.

Chris is the recipient of the 2010 Dan Crawford Memorial Scholarship, an annual honor given to the San Francisco Punchline Comedy Club’s comedian of the year. He was recently named one of the Bay Area’s “Top 5 Comedians to Watch” by the San Jose Mercury News, and was awarded a Silver Nail by Rooftop Comedy, an award recognizing 8 of the top up and coming comedians in the country. In September of 2011, Chris was named the “Funniest Man in Berkeley.”

His festival appearances include SF Sketchfest, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival.  He has performed with such comics as Marc Maron, Bill Burr, The Kids in the Hall, Maria  Bamford, and Robin Williams.

As a writer and producer, Chris has contributed to Life and Style Magazine, Fast Company, Bing, MSN, IGN, Yahoo, Pocho.com, and Rooftop Comedy.

Chris is the Co-Founder of San Francisco’s finest independent comedy show “The Business”, which takes place every Wednesday at 8pm at The Dark Room Theater in the Mission District.  http://thebusinesscomedy.blogspot.com/

Carlos Alazraqui of Reno 911 says, “Chris Garcia is the future of comedy. I say that because he’s really white and funny like me, but younger.”

“Garcia’s going places.” The SF Weekly

“Hunky.” The Portland Mercury News