“Drawing on her background as both a stand-up comic and therapist, Treder-Wolff succeeds in helping us laugh and think at the same time.”
Jude Treder-Wolff
is a singer
songwriter
storyteller
improviser
writer and
performer.
She is host and creator of (mostly) TRUE THINGS, a game wrapped in a storytelling show that features true stories – with a twist – that grew into a monthly cultural event at venues on Long Island and NYC and travels to communities around the country, including a teen edition. She is active in the national storytelling scene with multiple featured performances on the RISK! live show and podcast, Generation Women at Joe’s Pub, Funny Over Fifty, New Tricks at Q.E.D., The Story Collider live show and podcast, PBS Stories From The Stage in Boston, Story District in Washington, DC, Ex Fabula All-Star Winner in Milwaukee, WI, Mortified, Now You’re Talking The Armando Diaz Experience at The Magnet Theater, and many more. Her solo show This Isn’t Helping was selected for the 2018 Speak Up! Rise Up! Storytelling Festival, performed at the off-Broadway Connelly Theater, The White Solo Theater Festival in Sherman Oaks CA, The Tank in NYC, Wilson Performing Arts Center among others. Her solo show show Crazytown was selected for the 2013 Midtown International Theater Festival, the 2012 Chicago and San Francisco Fringe Festivals, performed at The Peoples Improv Theater and Broadway Comedy Club in NYC, The Charles B. Wang Center at Stonybrook University, The Examined Life Conference at The Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, IA, and The Conservatory NJ in Trenton, NJ as well as a successful run at The Actors Theatre Workshop in NYC.
A Certified Practitioner of Applied Improvisation, she designs and facilitates personal and professional development workshops using the techniques and skills learned through improvisation. From 2022-2023 she was on a house improv team at Magnet Theater in NYC, and teaches improvisation classes both online and in-person through Lifestage, Inc. She served as chair of the 2019 Applied Improvisation Network World Conference, in partnership with the Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science, which took place at Stony Brook University August 8-11, 2019. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Group Psychotherapist and creative arts therapist, she presents at conferences and organizations around the country about applications of storytelling and improvisation in clinical and educational settings.
She is a New York State-approved provider of Continuing Education for social workers and is an adjunct faculty member for UC-Berkeley Continuing Education in Behavioral Health. She has been interviewed by major media outlets about storytelling, creativity, and mental health for NBC News, LI Pulse, Newsday, The Orlando Sentinel, The List, Woman’s Day, Chicago Tribune and others.
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