Jena Friedman

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Jena Friedman
Friedman performs at Whiplash, UCB Chelsea
Born	(1983-01-11) January 11, 1983
Medium	Stand up, Writer, Director
Nationality	American
Genres	Dark comedy

Jena Friedman is an American stand up comedian, writer and director. She is a field producer at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has written for Late Show with David Letterman.^[1]

In 2010, she received a cease and desist letter from The New York Times for parodying their wedding videos. The parody, entitled "Ted and Gracie", has since become a popular web series. In 2007, she wrote The Refugee Girls Revue, a satire inspired by American Girl dolls. The play earned critical acclaim in the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival^[2] and had a successful run Off-Broadway.

References

↑ McGlynn, Katla (2011-07-18). "David Letterman Hires Jena Friedman, 'The Late Show' Gains Second Female Writer". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
↑ "The Refugee Girls Revue: A Musical Parody nytheatre.com Review". Nytheatre.com. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2011-09-01.

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Short description	American comedian, actor, writer and director
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