(I'm not really updating this section, but you can check out my instagram to find upcoming shows 🙂
Get tickets to these shows:
* The Trash King - Sunday, Septembers 15 @1130pm UCBNY (Closing out the Grand Reopening Weekend!)
* Maude Night - Monday, September 16 @7pm UCBNY
About Me Hello, and welcome to my website.
Currently, I co-host a running show at the Upright Citizens Bridge in NYC called The Trash King, which is a tournament of bits celebrating comedy that is both stupid and high commitment. It was recently featured in the New York Comedy Festival and written up in Jezebel. We have our first show in Los Angeles at the UCB theater there Saturday, Feb 1!
I also write and make short films. You can find info on my most recent short Pick a Random Number below.
Before that, I wrote for several indie sketch groups, the PIT team Like Butter, and the Boogiemanja team Cherry, Cherry. I also interned for CollegeHumor 2012-2013, and had a recurring role in the Jake & Amir web-series as Mike Fink.
I also work as a software engineer at Google, working on Java and C++ binaries supporting Google Shopping. As you might have guessed from the general layout of this website, I am a backend developer.
Shorts
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: a fish-out-of-water comedy pilot that features 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: a horror/sci-fi 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 - this one speaks for itself (I think).
Contact
Do you want writing samples?
Are you looking for feedback on sketches?
Do you just want to chat?
email: jbronen [plus] website [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!