Biography
Joe Janes is an Emmy award-winning writer and teaches comedy writing and improvisation at The Second City and Columbia College. He has written for Jellyvision's You Don't Know Jack and SNL's Weekend Update. He has published three books of his staged work: 365 Sketches, 50 Plays and Seven Deadly Plays. His full-length plays include Metaluna and the Science of the Mind Revue, A Hard Day's Journey Into Night, Our Christian Nation, The Incident, and Always Never. He is a regular contributor to LiterateApe.com with his satirical column The Minutes of our Last Meeting. You can follow him on Twitter and find out more at www.joejanes.net.
Instructional Areas
Sketch comedy writing, satirical essays, stand-up, physical comedy, comedy history.
Creative Practice and Research Interests
Comedy history
Degrees
B.A., Theatre Columbia College Chicago 2013