Harold Eugene Catron Jr, better known by his stage name Harold Foxx, is a writer, producer, director, comedian, and actor who happens to be Deaf. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Harold went on to play football for Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. while also earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. He created “The Harold Foxx Show,” an online series of comedic video sketches currently available on various social media platforms. 

Best known for his stand-up comedy, Harold has performed at iconic venues such as the Crow Comedy, the Laugh Factory, Flappers Comedy Club, and the Palm Springs International Virtual Comedy Festival 2020, as well as in major cities across the nation. 

Harold has been involved in numerous film, television, and stage productions including “The Actor Whisperer,” “For My Woman,” “Audism Unveiled,” Deaf West Theatre and Pasadena Playhouse “Our Town,” Playwrights Horizons’ “I Was Alive With You” (NYC Off-Broadway Production), National Theatre of the Deaf 2020 Online Playwrights Convening. He also wrote, produced, directed, and acted in “Smell the Nature” for 2021 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. 

Harold was selected for a competitive fellowship for the 2021 RespectAbility Lab for Entertainment Professionals with Disabilities. Harold is proud to be serving as Associate Producer on Orange Kite Productions’ feature documentary Being Michele. The film is about a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse and now uses her artwork to depict the trauma she survived and heal her past. Harold also served as an Art Education Teaching Artist for Deaf West Theatre and was Post Production intern for a comedy and romantic feature film Something from Tiffany’s by Amazon Studios. Harold was one of the judges for the 2023 Deaf Film Festival.

Currently, Harold is training with The Groundlings, an improvisation and sketch comedy theatre & school based in Los Angeles, California. Harold is also a graduate student at California State University, Northridge, pursuing an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in screenwriting. 

 

PRESENTATION

  • California School for the Deaf, Riverside: Class of 2021 High School Graduation Guest Speaker - Riverside, CA

  • RespectAbility: Ensuring Authentic Representation of Black Disabled People in the Entertainment Industry - Virtual Panelist

  • Deaf Entrepreneurship Network: Guest Speaker and Panelist - Northridge, CA

  • Deaf Arts Jubilee: Headliner and Keynote Speaker - West Covina, CA

AWARDS

  • Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarship - West Hollywood, CA

  • The Groundlings Theatre & School: Diversity Scholarship - Los Angeles, CA

  • University of California, Los Angeles: National Arts and Disability Center: Arts and Accessibility Grant - Los Angeles, CA

  • Gallaudet University: Burstein Center for Excellence, Leadership, and Innovation Scholarship - Washington, DC

TRAINING

  • The Groundlings Theatre & School: Improvisation and Sketch Comedy - Los Angeles, CA

  • Deaf Spotlight: Virtual Intermediate Playwriting Workshop - Seattle, Washington

FELLOWSHIP

  • RespectAbility: Virtual Summer Lab for Entertainment Professionals with Disabilities 2021 - Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

  • California State University, Northridge: Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting - Northridge, CA (Present)

  • Gallaudet University: Bachelor of Science in Physical Education - Washington, DC

CERTIFICATION

  • Gallaudet University: Certification in Leadership Training in Theatre Arts for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People of Color - Washington, DC