Jena Friedman

Jena Friedman
Medium Stand up, writer, director
Nationality American
Genres Dark comedy

Jena Friedman is an American stand up comedian, writer and filmmaker. She has been a field producer[1] at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has written for Late Show with David Letterman.[2]

In 2010, she received a cease and desist letter from The New York Times for parodying their wedding videos. The parody, entitled "Ted and Gracie", has since become a popular web series. In 2007, she wrote The Refugee Girls Revue, a satire inspired by American Girl dolls. The play earned critical acclaim in the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival[3] and had a successful run Off-Broadway.

In 2015, Friedman's solo show "American Cunt," premiered in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to critical acclaim. [4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Irvin, Zuri. "Writing Jokes with Jena Friedman". Medium. Medium.com. Retrieved 8 Aug 2015.
  2. ↑ McGlynn, Katla (July 18, 2011). "David Letterman Hires Jena Friedman, 'The Late Show' Gains Second Female Writer". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Refugee Girls Revue: A Musical Parody nytheatre.com Review". Nytheatre.com. August 17, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Comedy review: Jena Friedman – American C*** (From Herald Scotland)". Heraldscotland.com. 2015-08-23. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. ↑ Arsenault, Bridget (2015-09-03). "7 Comedians from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival You Need to Know About Now". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  6. ↑ "Jena Friedman - American C*nt - Edinburgh Festival 2015". Edinburghfestival.org. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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