An Evening with Jana Schmieding

Name: An Evening with Jana Schmieding
Start: 2024-06-25T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-06-25T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 940 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66044

Schedule

Tue Jun 25 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

940 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66044 | Lawrence, KS

Kick off the 2024 Free State Festival with a live comedy performance by writer/actor Jana Schmieding of Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls!
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jana Schmieding is known for her breakout role as Reagan, opposite Ed Helms on Peacock’s groundbreaking comedy series, Rutherford Falls. The Lakota Native comedian was also a writer on both seasons. Currently, Jana is developing Bonnie for CBS which she is also set to star in. Jana was a fan favorite on FX’s Reservation Dogs and voiced “Zelda Fox” on Fox’s animated sitcom, The Great North. She has been featured in various publications including New York Magazine’s Vulture, NPR, Paste, Bustle, Bon Appétit, and Vanity Fair, where she describes her trajectory from struggling artist to a co-lead role in her op-ed, “Jana Schmieding on the Native Joy of Rutherford Falls.”
Jana performed improv, sketch, and solo comedy in New York City for ten years before moving to Los Angeles. She directed over 30 sketch and solo shows and collaborated in several indie writers’ rooms. Jana is a vocal advocate of Indigenous visibility and social justice, and she discusses these issues regularly in her comedy and writing.
Individual tickets and All Access Passes for the Free State Festival (June 25-30) now available at: https://freestatefestival.org
The festival is produced by the Lawrence Arts Center and made possible through programming support from community partners, grants and individual sponsorships.
SUPPORTERS:
The National Endowment for the Arts, City of Lawrence, Explore Lawrence, Kansas Public Radio, Marriott SpringHill Suites, KU Film & Media Studies, Lawrence Modern, the Spencer Museum of Art, Science on Screen.
PARTNERS:
Liberty Hall, Lawrence Talks, Lawrence Music Alliance, Lawrence Pride, BLACK Lawrence, Squishington’s Candies, Audio-Reader Network, The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the Watkins Museum of History, the Cider Gallery, Haskell Indian Nations University, Downtown Lawrence Inc., the Lied Center of Kansas, Lawrence Public Library, the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, Theatre Lawrence.