"...a gifted comedian and writer with a talent for showmanship."

"...one of the leading purveyors of lesbian jokes on network TV."

Jenny Hagel is an Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedy performer in New York City. She is a writer/performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she created the recurring segment "Jokes Seth Can't Tell." She was also head writer and executive producer of The Amber Ruffin Show.

Other writing credits include the Golden Globe Awards, Impractical Jokers, and Big Gay Sketch Show. Jenny has an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University, and has been nominated for two GLAAD Awards for her work addressing LGBTQ issues on TV.

Follow Jenny on social media @JennyHagel.

Jenny Hagel Gives Advice

Jenny loves two things: comedy and telling people what to do. And in her hit live show "Jenny Hagel Gives Advice," she does both at the same time! Jenny invites audience members to submit written questions about their relationships, careers, and families. Then she and a special guest give their best, most professional (not professional at all) life advice. At the end of the show, Jenny invites a REAL therapist on stage to tell her and her guest star if they did a good job - or if the audience should totally ignore all of the advice they heard over the past hour. It's a hilarious, interactive way to watch a skilled comedian fix and/or ruin a bunch of strangers' lives!

Late Night Trash Can

In "Late Night Trash Can," Jenny Hagel hosts an evening where professional writers from TV’s biggest late night shows perform material they wrote for their jobs that didn’t quite make the cut – and share the stories of why their pieces got thrown in the trash. Every writer has a laptop full of comedy gold that didn’t make it onto TV – and at this show, Jenny and her guests mine that gold for laughs. It's a celebration of comedy (and humility) with your favorite faces from late night.

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Jenny Hagel is obsessed with giving people advice. And with her debut essay collection, Jenny sets out to backseat drive for as many unwitting strangers as possible. The result is a heartfelt and funny journey through a list of life-changing recommendations, like: wear black when you travel, buy an analog watch, and just because you can go into the monkey enclosure while visiting Honduras doesn't mean that you should.