Retha Jones

I Shall Proceed And Continue to Rock The Mike: Retha Jones; Her Over 30 Years of Leaving Audiences Laughing

You know that awesome feeling of laughing until tears fall out of your eyes and roll down your face. This is what happens when you witness a Retha Jones comedy set live.

A native of Los Angeles, CA, Retha Jones has been tickling funny bones throughout the United States for more than 3 decades.

She started her career as a model and actress. Retha discovered her amazing talent for comedy after touring with Shelly Garrett’s hit stage play, Beauty Shop. From there, she hit the comedy club circuit and never looked back. She felt right at home, making audiences erupt in laughter.

In addition to performing at several comedy clubs and venues across the United States, she has performed on several television comedy shows, including HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, BET’s Comic View, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed as a feature, and was a featured comedian on ABC TV’s The View on A Day of Comedy as a guest of her long-time comedy friend Sherri Shepherd.

Retha has been a paid regular for over 15 years at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, CA. She is currently a club regular at The Laugh Factory (Long Beach, CA and Los Angeles, CA) and The Comedy and Magic Club (Hermosa Beach, CA). Jones has also performed for churches, including Faithful Central (Inglewood, CA) and First A.M.E (Los Angeles, CA).

Retha has also won several comedy competitions, including the Annual California Comedy Festival and California’s Funniest Female Contest. She was also named the 1st Runner-Up in the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition and won the hearts of America as one of the Season 5 semi-finalists of NBC’s hit show Last Comic Standing.

Recognized by fans and critics as one of the funniest female comics on the comedy scene, Jones has been featured in publications spotlighting upcoming talent, including the Los Angeles Times "Five To Watch" and Essence Magazine’s "Class Clowns" issue featuring promising comedians.

Retha has shared the stage and opened for headliners such as Chris Rock, Paul Rodriguez, Carlos Mencia, Chris Tucker, Eddie Griffin, Andrew Dice Clay, Katt Williams, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, and the late Richard Pryor.

In addition to being a powerhouse on stage, Jones is a force in her community and has performed for troops in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Okinawa, Japan.