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title: "Chris Ruppe: Stand-Up Comedian, Special | D.O.C."
description: "Chris Ruppe is a clean stand-up comedian who was raised by deaf parents and draws on that upbringing, adoption and everyday life in his act."
url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-ruppe.html
updated: 2026-11-12
---

Stand-up comedian

# Chris Ruppe

## Who Chris Ruppe is

Chris Ruppe is a clean stand-up comedian who was raised by deaf parents and draws on that upbringing, adoption and everyday life in his act. He warmed up audiences for The Huckabee Show, was a finalist in Nashville's National Clean Comedy Challenge, has toured with [Jonnie W.](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-jonnie-w.html), and recorded his debut special, A Matter of Life or Deaf, for Dry Bar Comedy; he and his wife also run the Metrolina Adoption Fund and its Cracking Up For Adoption benefit show.

## Follow their dates

Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week.

Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live)

## Chris Ruppe online

[Official site ↗](https://chrisruppe.com/) [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/chrisruppecomedy/) [X ↗](https://x.com/cruppe) [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/ChrisRuppeComedy) [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/@chrisruppecomedy)

## At a glance

**Stand-up specials**

A Matter Of Life Or Deaf

**Official site**

[chrisruppe.com ↗](https://chrisruppe.com/)

**Newest video**

[Spirit Airlines Finally Became A Spirit ✈️🪦 ↗](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8bfZ2t5bM), 3 November 2026

## Is Chris Ruppe on tour?

**No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; their own site is the place to look for new dates: [chrisruppe.com ↗](https://chrisruppe.com/).

Last checked 13 November 2026.

### Are they coming to my town?

No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked.

### Want them in your town?

Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html)

## Specials, shows and podcasts

### Stand-up specials

- **A Matter Of Life Or Deaf** Dry Bar Comedy

## Questions and answers

### Where is Chris Ruppe performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: [chrisruppe.com ↗](https://chrisruppe.com/).

### What stand-up specials have they released?

A Matter Of Life Or Deaf.

### Where can I watch their stand-up specials?

As each special's credit gives it: Dry Bar Comedy (A Matter Of Life Or Deaf).

### What is their official website?

[chrisruppe.com ↗](https://chrisruppe.com/).

## Is this you?

This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter.

Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/chris-ruppe**

[Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html)

## The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

[Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-ruppe.html) [Their own site ↗](https://chrisruppe.com/)

### Sources

- [Official website ↗](https://chrisruppe.com/) Clean comedy; The Huckabee Show warm-up; finalist in the National Clean Comedy Challenge; tour with Jonnie W.; debut special on Dry Bar; raised by deaf…
- [Dry Bar Comedy - the catalog ↗](https://www.drybarcomedy.com/browse-all?html=1&page=11) Chris Ruppe: A Matter Of Life Or Deaf

Updated 12 November 2026 · the record checked 10 November 2026