Jacqueline Novak

Jacqueline Novak (born September 3, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and published author.[1][2] Her Off-Broadway, one-woman show, Get On Your Knees is a New York Times "Critic's Pick."[3] Her performance in this show has been nominated for a 2020 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance[4]. Novak's memoir How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows was published by Crown in 2016.[5]

Early Life

Novak was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the daughter of Gregory Novak, a retired marketing executive, and Naomi (Wall) Novak.[6] She is the youngest of three children.[7] The family moved to Chappaqua, New York when she was two years old.[8] She attended Horace Greeley High School there and then went on to Georgetown University.[9] Novak and John Mulaney were in same college improv troupe at Georgetown, both cast by Nick Kroll, who himself was cast in that troupe a couple of years earlier by Mike Birbiglia.[10]

Career

After graduation college, Novak began doing stand-up in the downtown New York City comedy scene, often hosting shows with comic/actor John Early.[11] During this time, she wrote her memoir How to Weep in Public.[12] She put her efforts next on developing a one-person show, which eventually became the hit Off-Broadway performance Get On Your Knees.[13]

Novak has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and as well as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[14] She has also been on The Late Late Show with James Corden,[15] HBO's 2 Dope Queens,[16] Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,[17] and has had her own half-hour stand-up special on Comedy Central's The Half Hour.[18]

Her TV credits include appearances on Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central), Animals (HBO), and The Characters (Netflix).[19] She has also written for Broad City (Comedy Central), Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik (Comedy Central), and Soft Focus with Jena Friedman (Adult Swim).[20]

Get On Your Knees

Get On Your Knees began as a one-woman show Novak presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland in 2018.[21] At the time, the show was called How Embarrassing for Her.[22] After the festival, she workshopped it in Los Angeles.[23] Mike Birbiglia and Natasha Lyonne saw the show, and Birbiglia decided to produce it for a six-week Off-Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan's West Village.[24] Lyonne agreed to present it.[25][26] John Early was chosen as director.[27] Due to its popularity, the run at Cherry Lane was extended, then moved to the larger Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Theatre, also in the West Village.[28] Recognized on two New York Times lists, "Best Theater of 2019"[29] and "Best Comedy of 2019"[30], the show was extended several more times.[31]

A U.S. and international tour of the show is scheduled in 2020.[32]

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References
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  2. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22125249-how-to-weep-in-public
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/theater/jacqueline-novak-get-on-your-knees-review.html
  4. https://www.dramadeskawards.com/nominees/
  5. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22125249-how-to-weep-in-public.
  6. Acknowledgements, How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows, Jacqueline Novak (Crown, 2016). https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22125249-how-to-weep-in-public
  7. Acknowledgements, How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows, Jacqueline Novak (Crown, 2016). https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22125249-how-to-weep-in-public
  8. https://patch.com/new-york/chappaqua/calendar/event/20160909/13799/chappaqua-library-author-talk-how-to-weep-in-public-feeble-offerings-on-depression-from-one-who-know
  9. https://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat_new/d.php?id=2476677
  10. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/theater/jacqueline-novak-get-on-your-knees.html
  11. https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/jacqueline-novak-john-early-get-on-your-knees-interview.html
  12. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22125249-how-to-weep-in-public
  13. "https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/jacqueline-novak-john-early-get-on-your-knees-interview.html
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  19. https://deadline.com/2019/05/jacqueline-novak-comedian-off-broadway-debut-mike-birbiglia-natasha-lyonne-get-on-your-knees-1202623508/
  20. https://deadline.com/2019/05/jacqueline-novak-comedian-off-broadway-debut-mike-birbiglia-natasha-lyonne-get-on-your-knees-1202623508/
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  22. ”https://www.fest-mag.com/edinburgh/comedy/jacqueline-novak-how-embarrassing-for-her
  23. https://www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar/jacqnovakjune2
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  25. https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/jacqueline-novak-natasha-lyonne-get-on-your-knees-cherry-lane-theater
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  28. https://www.playbill.com/article/jacqueline-novak-get-on-your-knees-extends-again-off-broadway
  29. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/arts/best-broadway-theater-show.html
  30. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/arts/television/best-comedy.html
  31. https://www.playbill.com/article/jacqueline-novaks-get-on-your-knees-extends-again-off-broadway
  32. https://www.playbill.com/article/jacqueline-novaks-hit-solo-show-get-on-your-knees-to-tour-us-and-england
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