09/08/2026
Seth Davis this week comic.
Born in Chicago and raised on the mean streets of Skokie, Seth Davis is a Stand up comedian, writer, and
producer. A graduate of The Second City and iO Theater, he has been described as pee-in-your-pants
funny by people with bladder control problems. Seth delights audiences with his charismatic and self-
deprecating humor through personal stories, characters, and his own mental illness (OCD OCD OCD),
which has given him a reputation among comedy nerds in two Chicago bars as “The Bad Boy of Comedy”.
Seth has won the Oakland Comedy Machine Contest, Last Laugh Chicago Comedy Contest, and the
Skokie Theater Comedy Contest. He has also appeared in You’re Being Ridiculous at the Steppenwolf
Theatre, NACA, The Chosen Comedy Festival, The San Francisco Standup Comedy Competition,
Comedians You Should Know, and has performed in comedy festivals across the country. Seth produced
the critically acclaimed live comedic storytelling and podcast show I Sh*t You Not, Laughs on a Hot Tin
Roof, and in the improvised children’s show, Storytown. You can catch him in Chicago at Zanies, the Laugh
Factory, or on his couch eating Mongolian beef from China Chef. His comedy has been reviewed by The
Reader, Timeout Chicago, and the Chicago Tribune; they actually said pretty good things.