* 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.
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!