Jen Kirkman is a stand-up comedian and a New York Times Bestselling Author. Her first book, “I Can Barely Take Care of Myself (Tales of a Happy Life Without Kids)” hit shelves in April 2013
Date/Time: Sep 9 2017, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
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Her follow-up book “I Know What I’m Doing & Other Lies I Tell Myself (Dispatches From a Life Under Construction) was released on April 12th, 2016. Her Netflix Original Comedy Special, “I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)” is now streaming worldwide and was named one of the top ten stand-up specials of 2015 by The Atlantic and Time Out New York.
You’ve seen Jen on her regular appearances on Comedy Central’s @midnight. She’s done stand up on many late night shows: Conan, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and more.
Jen was a long time writer and round table guest on Chelsea Lately. Jen is also well known for her roles as the narrator in many episodes of the Emmy Nominated TV series “Drunk History” on Comedy Central. Jen also voiced many characters on the Cartoon Network cult classic “Home Movies.”
Jen has released two stand-up albums Hail to the Freaks (released March 2011) which hit #13 on the Billboard Charts. Her debut album was 2006’s “Self Help.”
Her weekly podcast, “I Seem Fun: The Diary of Jen Kirkman”, is often in the top 100 in comedy on iTunes. Jen tours the world as a stand-up but lives in Los Angeles.
“Ms. Kirkman knows how to deliver a one-liner, but her inclination is to linger in the telling of a story. She digs into a subject, embroidering it with jokes at various angles. A huge number of her bits culminate in vivid metaphors.” –The New York Times
“Jen Kirkman is a thinking person’s comedian. Not by being hyper-intellectual—although she’s a fiendishly smart writer and performer—but by doing comedy for people who live inside their own heads.” – The Onion AV Club
Kirkman is not a political comic, but Kirkman’s comedy is political. See, Kirkman jokes locally but thinks globally. All of her material is ostensibly about herself, but through the lens of her life, she satires our culture. – Vulture.com
“GOING to see American comedian and writer Jen Kirkman is like having a great night out with your smart, sassy, seriously funny BFF.” – Herald Sun
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