J. D. Halbleib
a human hopeful
a human hopeful
Executive Producer
KnaveryInk.com | Oct ‘17 - Present
A Comedy Production Company.
Producer/Podcast Host
KnaveryInk.com | October ‘18 - Present
A Buffy Fan Podcast With A Buffy Vigrin.
Producer/Editor
KnaveryInk.com | Apr ‘18 - Present
Underepresented Comedians And Their Stories.
Producer
KnaveryInk.com | Sep ‘18 - Present
Guilty pleasure podcast.
Contributing Writer
fourteenthrees.com | Dec ‘17 - Present
Horror & Sci-fi Comedy Articles.
Performer
The Second City | Apr ‘18 - Aug ‘18
Witty Relationship-Based Comedy.
Improvisor/Producer
ColdTowne Theater | Jun ‘16 - Aug ‘17
A Competition-Winning Fast-Paced Improv Team.
Writer/Director/Producer
ColdTowne Theater | May '15, Mar ‘17 - Nov ‘17
Nerd Sketch Comedy.
Improvisor/Producer
ColdTowne Theater | Jul ‘17 - Nov ‘17
Live Tabletop RPG Improv Comedy.
Improvisor
ColdTowne Theater | Jan ‘17 - Aug ‘17
Grounded Scenes With A Dash Of Abusrdity.
Performer/Co-Head Writer
ColdTowne Theater | Sep ‘16 - Dec ‘17
Politically Charged Wordplay Sketch Comedy.
Included A One-Act Comedy Play
Director/Producer
ColdTowne Theater | May ‘17 - Nov ‘17
Introspective And Analytical Improv Comedy.
Improvisor/Secretary/Writer
Indiana University | Feb ‘13 - May ‘15
Blackouts, Runners, Improv, And More Blackouts.
Included Two One-Act Comedy Plays.
J.D. Halbleib is an actor, improvisor, writer, director, producer, gamer, and Scrum Master in IL. Jake graduated from Indiana University with majors in Informatics and Theater & Drama. He thinks about 70% of the information he consumed was helpful for the real world. The other 30% were mandatory GenEds. He's worked on all ends of technology and comedy and is always eager to start a new project. He's performed at iO's new Bentwood Comedy Festival as well as IU's INprov Festival and Funny 500 (Formerly IUCCF) a handful of times and thinks that the old name was better.
Jake studied at ColdTowne Theater and completed their advanced program in Aug. of 2017. He is currently going through iO's Improv Program and The Second City's Writing Program. Jake is a writer for Tim's Tesseract & Pitch, a producer and content creator for Knavery Ink, and does of a host of other things.
When Jake isn't aggressively pursuing his goals he enjoys long naps with his girlfriend, Jennifer, and their cats, Robin and Louise.
Some people call this activity sleep.