About Jude

Jude Treder-Wolff performs in comedy, storytelling and improv shows in New York, the east coast and across the country, most recently the Good Karma Comedy Festival, The New York Comedy Festival, West Side Comedy Club, Magnet Theater, Joe’s Pub and many others. 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 since it started in 2014, is performed monthly at his home base The Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, at venues on Long Island and NYC. She works with the staff of organizations doing story coaching, and provides comedic storytelling for professional development to anyone interested in developing their story for the stage. Performances include multiple features on the RISK! live show and podcast, Generation Women, Funny Over Fifty, New Tricks at Q.E.D., The Story Collider live show and podcast, Gather NYC at The Museum Of Art & Design, PBS Stories From The Stage in Boston, Story District in Washington, DC, Ex Fabula All-Star Winner in Milwaukee, WI, Mortified, Tale NYC, Awkward Teenage Years at Under St. Marks Theater, and many more. Her solo show This Isn’t Helping was selected for the 2018 Speak Up! Rise Up! Storytelling Festival, The Whitefire Solo Theater Festival in Sherman Oaks CA, Wilson Performing Arts Center, NYU Arts In Health Care Conference, The Examined Life Conference among others. Her solo show FASTER was featured in the 2024 New York Fringe Festival and off-Broadway at Playhouse 46.

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 was a New York State-approved provider of Continuing Education for social workers from 2015 - 2025 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.