Holly Beaudry

by ranorby | Aug 22, 2023

Holly Beaudry is a writer, stand up comic, comedy sketch performer, performance artist, and tap dance affectionado, She was featured in Kosro Beak’s underground classic independent film: Iraniano or Americano. And played Leanne in Jimmy Boratyn’s film “The Giggles.”...

Jackie Wolk

by ranorby | Mar 10, 2023

Jackie Wolk is an actor, writer, storyteller, and consultant. She has been a regular performer with Beast Women and Loose Chicks. As a consultant, whe helps organizations communicate effectively, writes grant proposals, and assembles charity and PR...

Janna Sobel

by | Nov 13, 2019

Janna Sobel is a writer and performer. She teaches Improvisation, Storytelling, Improv for Anxiety, Humor Doesn’t Retire, and Kids & Teen classes at The Second City Training Center. She also teaches or has taught at Stage 773, The University of Chicago Lab School,...

Jen Companik

by ranorby | May 13, 2024

Jen Companik is an author, translator, and photographer based in the exurbs of Chicago. She is a fiction editor at TriQuarterly and holds an M.A. from Northwestern University. Some of her professional accomplishments include: first prize, The Ledge’s 2014 Fiction...

Jennifer Ellen Ould

by | Nov 13, 2019

Jennifer Ould (pronounced “old”) moved to Chicago from North Carolina 15 years ago and found home here. She has a Master of Divinity degree and, in addition to her day job at a progressive and inclusive seminary in Hyde Park, she occasionally preaches at...