Our special 2 year anniversary comedy showcase. Great food, drinks, and hilarious comics. No cover. Located at 225 King St Cocoa FL 32922z
About our headliner: Born in Gainesville, Florida, Eugene technically qualifies as a serial killer refugee. Just months before his birth, the Gainesville Ripper was arrested walking distance from his family’s home. His parents took that as a sign from God and immediately moved the family to a tiny Midwestern town with a population of 200 where Eugene’s family also happened to be the only Latinos.
Every summer, Eugene escaped that reality by visiting his grandparents in New York, where he was thrown straight into what he calls a Puerto Rican bootcamp: Spanish-only television, nonstop rice and beans, and chasing Abuelo’s roosters around the yard. Culture shock became a lifestyle.
Eugene has been performing since before he could walk, thanks to a mother who put him in child pageants. That early embarrassment sparked a lifelong addiction to the stage and a need for chaos. Over the years, Eugene has done just about everything you shouldn’t: MMA fighting, wrestling alligators, freestyle rapping, and making consistently questionable decisions. He then turned those stories into brutally honest, high-energy stand-up.
He is the co-creator and star of the viral series “Puerto Rican Bootcamp,” based on his real life, and has appeared on FOX’s hit show “The Floor” with Rob Lowe. Eugene has also acted in a Super Bowl commercial, freestyle rapped on radio stations across the country, and shared the stage with comedy heavyweights including Russell Peters, Chad Daniels, Bret Ernst, and Luis J. Gomez, among many others.
Eugene Torres tours comedy clubs, theaters, and military bases nationwide, delivering fast-paced storytelling, sharp crowd work, and the kind of set that makes audiences say, “There’s no way that actually happened…right?”
Our special 2 year anniversary comedy showcase. Great food, drinks, and hilarious comics. No cover. Located at 225 King St Cocoa FL 32922z
About our headliner: Born in Gainesville, Florida, Eugene technically qualifies as a serial killer refugee. Just months before his birth, the Gainesville Ripper was arrested walking distance from his family’s home. His parents took that as a sign from God and immediately moved the family to a tiny Midwestern town with a population of 200 where Eugene’s family also happened to be the only Latinos.
Every summer, Eugene escaped that reality by visiting his grandparents in New York, where he was thrown straight into what he calls a Puerto Rican bootcamp: Spanish-only television, nonstop rice and beans, and chasing Abuelo’s roosters around the yard. Culture shock became a lifestyle.
Eugene has been performing since before he could walk, thanks to a mother who put him in child pageants. That early embarrassment sparked a lifelong addiction to the stage and a need for chaos. Over the years, Eugene has done just about everything you shouldn’t: MMA fighting, wrestling alligators, freestyle rapping, and making consistently questionable decisions. He then turned those stories into brutally honest, high-energy stand-up.
He is the co-creator and star of the viral series “Puerto Rican Bootcamp,” based on his real life, and has appeared on FOX’s hit show “The Floor” with Rob Lowe. Eugene has also acted in a Super Bowl commercial, freestyle rapped on radio stations across the country, and shared the stage with comedy heavyweights including Russell Peters, Chad Daniels, Bret Ernst, and Luis J. Gomez, among many others.
Eugene Torres tours comedy clubs, theaters, and military bases nationwide, delivering fast-paced storytelling, sharp crowd work, and the kind of set that makes audiences say, “There’s no way that actually happened…right?”
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Highlights
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- In person
Location
Bugnutty Brewing Company
225 King Street
#unit b Cocoa, FL 32922
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