After retirement from the Navy in 2009, Derrick Rush moved to Denver, CO in pursuit of a new career: standup comedy. He's now a regular at Comedy Works, where he took third place (out of 168 comics) in the renowned New Faces Competition. He has been featured on the High Plains Comedy Festival and having worked with some of the most respected comics in the business (Dave Chappelle, Joey Diaz, Dana Gould, Tony Rock and Mike Epps). He has two albums out—one he recorded during the pandemic and one right after. Westword called Derrick "a comedian everyone should look out for."
