Jenna Brister  Comedienne. Raconteur. Clown without a circus.


Jenna was raised on the coffee-stained streets of Seattle, and maintains a healthy childhood crush on Ken Griffey Jr.  She started doing improv comedy on a Groundhog's Day back in the 80s (when another little creature popped out of the hole and saw its shadow) and has been making it all up as she goes ever since. 

Jenna trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City and the legendary Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles, and has made several failed attempts at Veganism. She currently produces slash hosts a regular storytelling show at the UCB Theatre in LA called Small and Tall Tales and a monthly variety slash talk show at The Improv Hollywood called OBV. For the obvious reason: She loves to abbreviate!  She's a two-time Moth Grandslam Finalist, and the subject of a half hour feature on Storytelling for New York Wave, a TV show that about 300 million asians watch to find out what's hot in NYC now that Sex and the City is over.  She played a child's drum set with The BTK Band (New York's improvised rock band) and raised two peking ducks in her college dorm room, undetected.  There is also a video on youtube of her in a wetsuit while on the clock that has about 100,000 more views than it should.

She was recently featured on The Art Directed Life and can be contacted through the Holler At Me tab on the upper right.


Thanks for coming! Much love -jenna