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About Hello, and welcome to my website.
I'm a Brooklyn-based writer, filmmaker, and comedian. I wrote and directed the short film The Debut with my writing partner Alex Guaglianone, which was selected as a finalist at Just for Laughs Montreal this year in partnership with Electric Avenue. My debut short Pick a Random Number (linked below) played at several film festivals in 2023 / 2024.
Currently, I co-host a monthly show at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC called The Trash King, which is a tournament of bits celebrating comedy that is both dumb and high commitment. It has been featured in the New York Comedy Festival twice and written up in Jezebel and Timeout NY. We've taken the show to UCBLA, Fun and Dumb Festival in Brooklyn, and iO Fest in Chicago.
I've been a writer UCBNY's Maude Night (the house sketch team program) since 2019. Currently I write and act for Ponyboy, on its second season at the the theater. Before that, I wrote for the PIT inaugural Weekend Team Like Butter, the Boogiemanja team Cherry, Cherry, and several other indie sketch teams. I also wrote for CollegeHumor 2012-2013, and had a recurring role in the Jake & Amir web-series as Mike Fink.
Shorts
The Debut: (Comedy) - A woman organizes a cabin getaway for her friends to debut a new comedy character that will change the course of their lives forever.
* Just for Laughs Shorts, Finalist - Montreal, QC 2025
Pick a Random Number: (DocuFiction / Comedy) - A scientist explains how computers measure naturally occurring phenomena to "pick" random numbers. Then, he searches for the ultimate source of randomness.
Tootsie's Video Vault - New York, NY June 2024
Raw Science Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA October 2023
Shit in the Dirt Film Festival - Portland, ME June 2023
Writing
PDFs available on request
Shrek’s in the City: (Comedy) a parody of fish-out-of-water comedy pilots featuring Shrek, who, for reasons unknown to him, has taken the form of a human man living in modern-day New York City. Things go a little haywire as he learns to adjust to our crazy way of life!
The Content Moderator: (Horror / Sci-Fi) feature screenplay about a contract moderator working for a large social media company who starts seeing personally disturbing imagery in his review queue.
Sketches
Foodtown - this is a sketch I wrote for my Maude team Peach in 2020. It was performed at the UBCTNY Hell’s Kitchen theater.
Paint and Pinot - this is the first sketch I wrote for Peach. It was supposed to be featured on an industry showcase show put together by the UCB on March 12, 2020 (the night the theater shut down - Sad!)
I Am the Most New York - this is a music video I directed and edited for A Million Shetland Ponies. It's a Gregorian Chant song about the greatest city on Earth.
Song and Dance Man - for Ponyboy. What if someone's dad at Career Day was a "Song and Dance Man"?
Crocs - for Ponyboy.
Big Chair - For Ponyboy. I love prop comedy.
Someone Has Tipped Over My Hog - for Ponyboy. That's me as the guy with the tipped over hog.
Alone - Bushcraft GameCube - a little video I made in Prospect Park.
Contact
Do you want writing samples?
Are you looking for feedback on sketches?
Would you like a link to watch "The Debut"?
Do you just want to chat?
email: jbronen [at] gmail [dot] com
instagram: @jbronen
linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jaredbronen
Note: I am not looking for / soliciting work related to software engineering at this time, thank you!