Project and Title
TV Guide Title:
All Jane Comedy Festival (2018) - Jes Tom || Standup Comedy (FRIDAY)
Short Description:
Stand Up Comedy from the All Jane Comedy Festival at Curious Comedy Theater
Admin
Received Filename:
180928 All Jane 3_JesTom.mp4
Format:
HD
Scheduling Request Info
Was the majority of this show's content filmed or created in the Portland Metropolitan Area?:
Yes
Was this show produced in Open Signal studios or using Open Signal equipment?:
No
Has this show aired on CAN channel 11, and/or was it produced in a CAN facility other than Open Signal?:
No
Previous Airing:
No
Adult Content:
Yes
Your Initials:
LRZ
Filler:
Yes
Filler End Date:
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Open Signal Duplication Release:
No
Technical Requirements have been met.:
Yes
Show Details
Genres:
Standup Comedy from Jes Tom performed at the All Jane Comedy Festival at Curious Comedy Theater. (Recorded September 28, 2018)
Jes Tom (they/them) is a New York based actor, writer, and weird queer stand up comic, gleefully providing the nonbinary queer Asian American radical cyborg perspective that everyone never knew they wanted. As a comic, Jes has shared stages with Awkwafina, Kate Bornstein, Aparna Nancherla, and Rosie O'Donnell. As an actor, they appeared in the Amazon short film "Soojung Dreams of Fiji" (AAIFF “Audience Award”) and played the lead in “Anatomy of an Orchid" dir. Sonja O’Hara (Independent Magazine's “10 Filmmakers to Watch”). Their writing has been published by Reductress, By Shondaland, and Condé Nast's Them. In collaboration with fellow comedian Chewy May, Jes Tom wrote, co-directed, and starred in the viral video Ghost In The Shell PSA, which received praise on platforms such as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Nextshark, iO9, and Perez Hilton. Jes has been featured in GO Magazine, Splitsider, and the Fader, and were named one of TimeOut New York's "LGBTQ POC Comedians We're Obsessed With." Jes was a 2018 StandUp NBC semifinalist. Their self-produced half hour comedy special, "COLD BREW" is available to watch on Vimeo. Follow Jes on Twitter @jestom and Instagram @jesthekid.
ABOUT ALL JANE COMEDY
The All Jane Comedy Festival is a celebration and showcase of the funniest, smartest and most original women working in comedy today. Our mission is to inspire, encourage, discover and promote the best and most unique women in comedy.
This highly curated festival aims to showcase a wide range of styles and perspectives among women in comedy while guaranteeing that every show – and every performer – delivers top notch comedy.
Curious Comedy Theater, a non-profit comedy theater in Portland, Oregon, is proud to produce this all-women comedy festival now heading into its fifth year. The festival takes place in early fall each year in Portland and has plans to tour the Best of the Fest around the country and globe.
Today, women still represent only 17-19% of the comedy industry. Women are sorely under-represented in high profile comedy festivals, in writing rooms and in television appearances. Industry representatives explain this discrepancy by claiming quality women comedians are hard to find. All Jane was created to help bridge the gap between women comedians, audiences and industry decision-makers.
www.CuriousComedy.org
Cablecast Show ID:
23507