Dewayne Perkins on writing for 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and his new solo stand-up show 'How Being Black and Gay Made Me Better Than You'
CHICAGO - We often talk about sketch and improv as an entry point for comedic performers. But it's a type of acting that also tends to hone a person's writing skills. Which means a decent chunk of people writing for late-night talk shows or TV comedies came up through the Chicago improv scene.
Dewayne Perkins is among those ranks as a Second City and iO Theater alum, the latter of which is where he used to perform weekly with the stellar improv group 3Peat. Last year he made the jump to New York, where he was writing for comedian Michelle Wolf's short-lived Netflix talk show "The Break," before moving to Los Angeles. Not long after, he joined the writers room for Season 7 of NBC's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," which premieres Feb. 6.
"I was so afraid of coming in and, what if I don't fit into the system? But I realized very quickly that I watch this show because it's good, and if I did not get this job the show would
