Now You've Found Me
Jennifer Dziura is a New York-based comedian and writer best known for orchestrating the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, a real spelling bee for adults, as featured in the New York Times. A fixture in Williamsburg, Jennifer also produces the biweekly "Monday Evening Stand-Up" at Pete's Candy Store.
Jennifer was filmed as an expert on "how to be witty" for VH-1's reality dating show "Can't Get a Date," has written for McSweeney's, appeared on the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom radio show, and is a contributor to "The Idiot's Guide to Jokes" (Alpha/Penguin 2006).
She recently completed an East Coast tour of her solo show, "What Philosophy Majors Do After College," including sold-out shows in D.C. and Norfolk, and a three week tour entertaining the troops in the Middle East. She writes a blog at www.jenisfamous.com
From the Blog
- Math Bee on Wednesday
- Seriously, “cool smiley”?
- Yo Momma’s Vocabulary Builder
- An announcement from Monkeybicycle that happens to concern Jennifer Dziura and also Sarah Silverman and David Cross and stuff
- worst of both worlds, or clever discount scheme?
- This Saturday: The NYC Spelling Bee in Soho
The History of Philosophy in 90 Seconds
Monday Evening Stand-Up at Pete's,
as seen on Brooklyn Cable Access TV
Blogger Sex Night at "In the Flesh"
Reading Series
- BCAT! Monday Evening Stand-Up has just completed its second season on Brooklyn Cable Access TV (TimeWarner Cable Channel 56/ Cablevision 69).
- McSweeney's! Newly-published humor pieces:
- Tours! Thanks to everyone who attended shows on Jen's Southern and Ohio tours, especially at our sold-out venues in D.C. & Norfolk! (Read the Virginian Pilot interview).
- Publications! Jen is a contributor to The Idiot's Guide to Jokes (Alpha/Penguin), has a short story coming out in the anthology "Sex and Candy" (Pretty Things Press, Spring '07), and contributed pages 170-172 (about how to stage a fashion show) in her friend Wendy Shalit's Girls Gone Mild (Random House).
- Blogging! Jen has been blogging for Jewcy and the Ford Motor Company. Feel free to contact her with lucrative blogging offers.
- Spelling Bee! The Williamsburg Spelling has recently been on Vanity Fair's blog and on WNBC news (see Press), and has spawned a new Manhattan version!