Jacqueline Novak Explained

Jacqueline Novak
Birth Date:3 September 1982
Birth Place:Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma Mater:Georgetown University

Jacqueline Novak (born September 3, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and published author. Her off-Broadway, one-woman show Get On Your Knees was a New York Times "Critic's Pick.",[1] and her performance was nominated for a 2020 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.[2] In 2024, Get On Your Knees was made into a Netflix special, directed by Natasha Lyonne.[3] for which she received a 2024 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special.[4]

Novak's memoir How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows was published by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Crown, in 2016.[5] She currently co-hosts a weekly wellness/comedy podcast Poog with friend Kate Berlant. Poog was named one of the ten best podcasts of 2021[6] by Time Magazine, as well one of the 10 best comedy podcasts of 2021 by Vulture.[7]

Early life

Novak was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the daughter of Gregory Novak, a retired marketing executive, and Naomi (Wall) Novak.[8] Her mother is Jewish, her father's parents were Christian.[9] She is the youngest of three children.[8] The family moved to Chappaqua, New York when she was two years old.[10] She attended Horace Greeley High School there and then went on to Georgetown University.[11] Novak and John Mulaney were in the 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.[12]

Career

After graduating from college, Novak began doing stand-up in the downtown New York City comedy scene, often hosting shows with comic/actor John Early.[13] During this time, she wrote her memoir How to Weep in Public. 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,[14] Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,[16] and has had her own half-hour stand-up special on Comedy Central's The Half Hour.[17]

Her TV credits include appearances on Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central), Animals (HBO), and The Characters (Netflix).[18] She has also written for Broad City (Comedy Central), Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik (Comedy Central), and Soft Focus with Jena Friedman (Adult Swim).[18]

Since 2020, Novak has also co-hosted the comedy wellness podcast "POOG" alongside comedian Kate Berlant.[19]

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.[20] At the time, the show was called How Embarrassing for Her.[21] After the festival, she workshopped it in Los Angeles.[22] 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.[18] Lyonne agreed to present it.[23] [18] John Early was chosen as director.[18] 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.[24] Recognized on two New York Times lists, "Best Theater of 2019"[25] and "Best Comedy of 2019",[26] the show was extended several more times.[27]

A U.S. and international tour of the show was scheduled in 2020, but due to COVID-19 it was postponed.[28] The show's tour resumed in 2021 and continued into 2022.[29]

Get On Your Knees was released as a Netflix comedy special directed by Natasha Lyonne on January 23, 2024.[30] She received a 2024 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for the Netflix special.[31]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Review: In 'Get on Your Knees,' a Comedian Goes There . The New York Times . July 23, 2019 . Soloski . Alexis . 25 January 2024 .
  2. Web site: Nominees . https://web.archive.org/web/20210612170628/https://www.dramadeskawards.com/nominees/ . dead . 2021-06-12 . . 25 January 2024 .
  3. News: Battan . Carrie . The Anxious Precision of Jacqueline Novak's Comedy . January 19, 2024 . . January 15, 2024.
  4. Emmys.com https://www.emmys.com/shows/jacqueline-novak-get-your-knees
  5. Web site: . How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows . January 25, 2024 .
  6. Web site: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 . Eliana . Dockterman . Time Magazine . December 2, 2021 . 25 January 2024 .
  7. Web site: Becca . James . Akanksha . Aurora . Marc . Hershon . Anna . Marr . Alejandra . Gularte . Leigh . Cesiro . Noah . Jacobs . Pablo . Goldstein . The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of 2021: Featuring Aack Cast, Las Culturistas, Keeping Records, and more. . December 15, 2021 . . January 25, 2024 .
  8. Book: Novak, Jacqueline . Acknowledgements . How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows . Crown . 2016 . 243 . 9780804139717 .
  9. Book: Novak, Jacqueline . Night Light Chats with a Half Jewish God . How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows . Crown . 2016 . 53 . 9780804139717 .
  10. Web site: Local Event: Chappaqua Library Author Talk: 'How to Weep in Public - Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows' . Patch.com . August 12, 2016.
  11. Web site: 2001 Award Winners . georgetown.edu . January 25, 2024 .
  12. News: Her Kind of Comedy: Lewd, Vulnerable and Self-Aware . The New York Times . July 4, 2019 . Zinoman . Jason . January 25, 2024 .
  13. Web site: Jacqueline Novak, the Great Conversationalist . . 25 January 2024 . July 16, 2019.
  14. Web site: Jacqueline Novak . IMDb.
  15. Web site: 'The Late Late Show' with James Corden: Comic Jacqueline Novak Talks New Show . https://web.archive.org/web/20191209095340/https://crfashionbook.com/culture/a28468957/jacqueline-novak-john-early-comics-theatre/ . live . 9 December 2019 . July 24, 2019.
  16. Web site: apeconcerts.com . Jacqueline Novak . February 28, 2020 .
  17. Web site: The Half Hour - Jacqueline Novak . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304130220/https://www.cc.com/episodes/p78vfh/the-half-hour-jacqueline-novak-season-5-ep-14 . dead . March 4, 2021 . Comedy Central . 25 January 2024 . October 7, 2016.
  18. Web site: Greg . Evans . Comedian Jacqueline Novak Sets off Broadway Run with Comedy World on Its Knees . . May 29, 2019.
  19. Web site: Ivy . Knight . 25 January 2024 . The New York Times . Laughing All the Way to the Wellness Industry . August 20, 2021.
  20. Web site: Wherefore Art Thou, Penis? . September 6, 2019 . . E. Alex . Jung . 24 January 2024 .
  21. Web site: Jacqueline Novak: How Embarrassing for Her . Fergus . Morgan . . 25 January 2024 . August 10, 2018.
  22. Web site: Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees.
  23. Web site: Natasha . Lyonne . Sarah . Nechamkin . . Jacqueline Novak and Natasha Lyonne Talk Blow Jobs and 'Big Boy Stuff' . July 31, 2019 . 25 January 2024 .
  24. Web site: Olivia . Clement . Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees Extends Again Off-Broadway . . September 6, 2019 . 25 January 2024 .
  25. News: Best Theater of 2019 . The New York Times . December 3, 2019 . Brantley . Ben . Green . Jesse . Collins-Hughes . Laura . Soloski . Alexis . Vincentelli . Elisabeth . January 25, 2024 .
  26. News: Best Comedy of 2019 . The New York Times . December 17, 2019 . Zinoman . Jason.
  27. Web site: Olivia . Clement . Jacqueline Novak's Get on Your Knees Extends Again Off-Broadway . . January 7, 2020 . January 25, 2024 .
  28. Web site: Olivia . Clement . . Jacqueline Novak's Hit Solo Show, Get on Your Knees, to Tour U.S. And England . March 2, 2020 . January 25, 2024 .
  29. News: Jacqueline Novak Comes to London Soho Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com .
  30. Web site: Ashley Fetters . Maloy . Jacqueline Novak's Netflix special is a manifesto on sex and power . The Washington Post . January 22, 2024.
  31. Emmys.com https://www.emmys.com/shows/jacqueline-novak-get-your-knees

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