Hailing from North Carolina, Anthony D. Oakes is a District of Columbia resident who is taking the comedy scene by storm. A natural comedian, featured in Washington Blade, Anthony has hit the ground running. His clean, yet edgy, southern, intellectual, witty humor will have you reeling with laughter.

He is the winner of the 2021 DC Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in Performance. Anthony was a participant in the 2021 DC Comedy Festival and 2021 Sixth City Comedy Festivals, and 2021Memphis Urban Laughs Festival.

He has graced the stages of: The Apollo, The John F. Kennedy Center, The DC Improv, The Broadway, The Westside, and The Greenwich Village Comedy Clubs in New York City, and The Ice House Comedy Club in LA. You can catch him locally at: The DC Improv, DC Drafthouse, The Bier Baron Comedy Loft, and, The Wonderland Ballroom.