Swamp Gravy bringing first-ever comedy night to Colquitt venue

COLQUITT – Cotton Hall Theater is stirring up some comedy that is bound to make your sides hurt as the producers of Swamp Gravy Cotton Hall Comedy Night, the venue’s first live comedy show.

Comedians Clayburn Cox and Jody Fuller are set to take the stage on Nov. 16 for an evening of stand-up comedy in the former cotton warehouse turned theater.

“We are so excited to have found these two to be our first ever stand-up comedians to put on a comedy show for us,” Cotton Hall Artistic Director Will Murdock said, “We really hope that we can bring different types of events like this throughout the year to offer a little something for everyone. And who doesn’t need a laugh?”

Clayburn Cox, better known as “Mr. Cox,” is a high school teacher by day. By night he’s a stand-up comedian and storyteller and has appeared on Dry Bar Comedy as well as a host of other venues throughout the United States and Canada.

Although he has no TikTok account of his own, his quirky videos with students in the hallway between classes have garnered over 100 million views.

Jody Fuller is a comedian, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He’s also a lifetime stutterer.

Recently, Alabama Magazine named him one of their “Top 40 0ver 40,” and “It’s a Southern Thing” named him one of “15 Southern stand-up comedians that will make you laugh ’til you cry.” GI Jobs Magazine listed him as “One of 15 Veterans taking the comedy world by storm.”

He’s spoken to or performed comedy for just about every group imaginable in 40 states and counting. He has also performed for troops in 15 countries. Fuller has been published 11 times by the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. He also has a Dry Bar Comedy special.

The comedy night show will be held at the 158 E. Main Street Cotton Hall building. Tickets are $20 each and available online at www.swampgravy.com or by calling the box office at (229) 758-5450.

Both the gift shop and concession stand will be open prior to the performance. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the performance begins at 7 p.m.

Visitors who arrive in town early can shop, eat and check out the city’s murals.

Special Photo: Swamp Gravy