“JILL IS A PHENOMENAL, MESMERIZING PERFORMER, EQUALLY SPECTACULAR AT WRITING, IMPROVISATION, COMEDY, CLOWNING, AND AUDIENCE INTERACTION ” - LAURA SCRUGGS
I’ve had a passion for entertainment since the age of seven, when I wrote a short fictional book entitled Jill and the Headless Chicken, and continued to develop this into an avante-garde-theatre-piece-meets-experimental-comedy that toured various relatives’ living rooms for the 2005 holiday season. Following this debut piece, I performed in a series of successively less-mediocre school plays through high school, where I discovered comedy improv and sold my soul for good. I graduated mid-pandemic with BFA in Acting and Certificate in Creative Writing from UT Austin, where I was in several main-stage productions, regularly performed as part of two comedy improv teams, and created films, including my debut feature, Dear Leo which premiered at InsideOut: Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
I moved back to LA in 2021, where I have studied sketch, improv, and clowning through The Second City and The Idiot Workshop. I am an active member of performance troupe The Nonsemble. In 2023, I premiered my solo show in a sold-out run at the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival, and am currently touring it all over the world. You can catch me roller skating, writing, and performing comedy around LA.