Your favorite funny (?) man ;-)
Full name: Felix Greene
Age: 37 (July 4th, Cancer)
Occupation: Promoter at Lyric Hyperion
Gender: Cisgender man
Sexual Orientation: Bi-curious
Height: 6'0"
Traits: Passionate, goofy, secretive, impulsive
Pet/s: Bull Terrier named Jojo
Fun fact: He loves to make soup for his friends. Not the best cook but can make a mean clam chowder.
(TW drugs, overdose, mental illness)
Felix's parents immigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania before he was born. Philly was all Felix knew but his family never let him forget his Scottish roots. They imbued a sense of pride, a sense of community and a sense of identity for him at a young age.
Felix was always the kid who'd put on skits for his mom and dad. In high school he was a bit of a class clown. Everyone knew him as funny guy. This inspired him at 20 to move to LA, start writing material and reaching out to clubs. Everyone gets a shot in LA, right? Right? This did not bode well for Felix.
His jokes weren't landing with audiences outside of his inner circle. Crickets. A pity chuckle once in a while. Onstage he suddenly felt lonely. Was everyone around him wrong? Or worse, lying to his face? Felix couldn't handle the rejection so he turned to what his ex-best friend recommended: coke.
At first, Felix was nervous. Cocaine, dude? His friend, who also was an aspiring comedian, nodded and said it'd give him the boost he needed. So he tried it and fuck, he loved it. Eventually Felix's friend hooked him up with his dealer. From there, the spiral began.
Felix was already quite familiar with pot and alcohol. Then it was coke. Then he thought Why not? with pills. Felix tried anything he could get his hands on at one point in his life. So what if no one thought he was gonna make it in stand-up? At least he had drugs. Drugs made him feel better about his situation. About himself!
"Hey man, you alright?" His ex-friend knocked on the bathroom door at a get together. No response. "Dude. C'mon man, what the fuck?" Still nothing. His friend started to worry. "Guys? Could you help me break down this door. Felix locked himself in there and I don't think he's doing okay."
Felix's overdose sobered up everyone around him. Immediately he was brought to a hospital via ambulance and after detoxing, was admitted to rehab for 6 months. Felix? Felix are you still with me? You have Bipolar 1 disorder. Felix couldn't believe it. The doctor explained how his big move to LA plus the drugs triggered a manic episode and that he was lucky to be alive.
In a NA meeting, Felix met a comedy vet who was also sober. This vet eventually became his sponsor and introduced Felix to other sober comedians. Felix knew so much about comedy, one of them offered him a job. Felix worked his way up to promoter and now is 4 years clean. He loves his job and loves his community in Los Angeles. He is grateful for his sobriety and now feels like he can focus on other things...like his nonexistent dating life.