Jefferson Rojas Castro: From Pain to Laughter

Profile | Based on coverage by CanvasRebel Magazine, the Liz Stuart Podcast and the Spanish-language profile published by Enlace RD, Cine Cassette, Magazine-PR and Tijuana Informativo. Back to Press

The Story

Jefferson Mauricio Rojas Castro is a Colombia-born, U.S.-based stand-up comedian, storyteller, event host and producer whose work blends sharp social observation, the immigrant experience and plain honesty, on stage in English and Spanish. That is how his official biography puts it, and the interviews keep proving it.

His professional career was built in engineering and project management: he is an engineer and a certified project manager by profession, the straight-laced career his comedy loves to disappoint, starting with his mom. By night, he produces and headlines comedy and burlesque shows under his own company, JR Global Productions.

From Barrancabermeja to the United States

He was born on September 11, 1993, in Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia, and studied at Colegio Real de Mares. He arrived in the United States with his family in December 2021. In his CanvasRebel interview he names his two biggest risks plainly: emigrating from Colombia to the United States, and doing comedy in a second language.

Education & Credentials

By profession, Jefferson is an electromechanical engineer and a project-management specialist, with two master's degrees in project management and the international PMP and PSM II certifications: the discipline behind every production he runs.

The Year That Changed Everything

On March 24, 2023, Jefferson lost his younger brother, Pablo Steban, to violence in Colombia, while Jefferson was living in the United States. Six days later, on March 30, his daughter Georgia was born. The Spanish-language profile of his life, published by Enlace RD, Cine Cassette, Magazine-PR and Tijuana Informativo, tells how he found comedy inside that contrast between grief and new life. The Liz Stuart Podcast episode about him is titled, simply, Del dolor a la risa: from pain to laughter, built around the idea that the stories that made us cry the most are the ones that one day teach us to smile.

He started doing stand-up in 2024, channeling the pain into material. In less than a year he was performing at Don't Tell Comedy, and then at Broadway Comedy Club in New York.

The Comedy

His material is bilingual, self-deprecating and built on identity: the immigrant experience, culture clash (race in the United States versus social class in Colombia), family, and pain turned into punchlines. His own summary of the act, delivered on stage in Charleston, is a line in Spanish: mis traumas, mis chistes. My traumas, my jokes. He describes himself, in CanvasRebel, as an immigrant, a professional, a father and a performer who believes laughter builds community.

It works in rooms that do not know him yet: CanvasRebel recounts how one early comedy and burlesque show, in a market where nobody knew his name, sold out on the strength of storytelling marketing on Instagram.

The Producer

Jefferson founded JR Global Productions after seeing the need to create opportunities for local artists. The company produces stand-up, Spanish-language shows and themed events for restaurants and venues across South Carolina and Georgia, in cities like Savannah, Beaufort, Hilton Head, Charleston and Richmond Hill. His own words, from the published profile: Soy un inmigrante, llevo menos tiempo haciendo comedia que muchos de ellos y ni siquiera hablo ingles perfectamente. Pero pusimos la vara mas alta y eso obligo a que mas personas tambien se pusieran a trabajar. His founder statement says the rest: I found my voice through comedy. Now I want to help others find their stage.

Stages and Shows

Selected stages: Broadway Comedy Club (New York), Don't Tell Comedy, Helium Comedy Club (Atlanta), Victory North (Savannah), 201 Tapas Lounge (Savannah), All Things Chocolate & More (Richmond Hill), Mint To Be Mojito Bar (Beaufort), Rhoot Man Beverage Company (Savannah), Bonez Bar and Grill (Bluffton), High Score Brewing (Charleston), JJ's Bar & Grill (Hinesville) and Johnnys Sports Bar and Grill (Lawrenceville, GA).

His productions: Hindocumentado, The Naughty Show (burlesque and comedy), Chocolate & Comedy Nights, Mojitos & Friends, Noche de Risa y Fuego, Consultorio de Comedia, Material Sensible and Rhooted in Laughter, a comedy and mocktail night he produced in Savannah on September 18, 2026, with Zako Ryan, Andre Rodriguez and Marcus Brunner.

Event Host & MC

Jefferson also works the microphone as a bilingual event host and master of ceremonies, in Spanish and English: introducing speakers, interviewing guests on stage and keeping a room's energy up between segments. It is the same stage presence he brings to his comedy, put at the service of someone else's event: conferences, business and community events, galas and comedy nights.

On November 7, 2026, he hosted Naciste Para Mas in Charleston, the Spanish-language motivational and leadership conference built around stories, vision, leadership and real connections. His own post from that day says it plainly: my day as host at Naciste Para Mas in Charleston, sharing the program with speakers Sofia Sin Filtro, Liz Stuart, Jair Ortiz Trujillo and Mauricio Sopo, while JR Global Productions stood as an official ally of the event. A clip from that same stage, his on-stage interview, is collected on the interviews page.

He also hosts his own rooms: the Chocolate & Comedy Night Halloween Edition at All Things Chocolate & More in Richmond Hill, on October 24, 2026, billed him as host in his own posts and in the venue's.

See his post from Naciste Para Mas See it on Facebook

Hear It From Him

Watch the full Liz Stuart Podcast conversation, or read the CanvasRebel interview. More conversations are collected on the interviews page.

Read the CanvasRebel Interview Watch the Liz Stuart Podcast