Jenny Yang (comedian)
Jenny Yang is an American comic and writer in Los Angeles. Yang is the co-founder and co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, a nationally touring comedy showcase of Asian-American women, as well as the co-host of ISAtv's Angry Asian America along with Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man.[1]
Early life and education
Yang was born in Taiwan and raised in the South Bay of Los Angeles.[1] Yang "graduated top of her class" in political science at Swarthmore College, and was a PPIA Fellow for a Master’s in urban planning at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)."[2]
Career
Yang is regularly featured on BuzzFeed Videos on Asian American issues.[3][4] Yang was featured in the 2013 Showtime documentary Why We Laugh: Funny Women.[5][6]
Dis/orient/ed Comedy was created by Yang, Atsuko Okatsuka, and Yola Lu, which debuted in 2012 at the historic David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.[7]
References
- ^ a b Wei, Clarissa. "Politically Charged Comedian Jenny Yang Doesn't Care If She Comes Off as Respectable". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ^ Bio
- ^ "When You Realize He Has Yellow Fever".
- ^ "Ask an Asian".
- ^ Why We Laugh: Funny Women, 2013-03-21, retrieved 2015-09-13
- ^ "Joan Rivers, I Kiss Your Ring: My Fancy Showtime "Funny Women" Documentary Experience [jennyyang.tv blog]". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ^ "About". Disoriented Comedy. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
External links
- Official website
- Jenny Yang on Instagram
- Jenny Yang on Twitter
- Angry Asian America on ISAtv
- Dis/orient/ed Comedy
- Jenny Yang at IMDb
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