JEN KUHLE jumped into comedy with an improv class at The Last Laugh Comedy Theatre in Des Moines, IA. Shortly after, she joined the cast for their main stage shows and continued training. While in Des Moines, Jen was a member of Trabajos de Manos as well as numerous deathmatch teams where an elusive championship belt was at stake. Jen is an inaugural member of The Holograms, Des Moines’ first all-female improv group. With the Holograms, Jen coached and performed at The Tiny Funny Women Fest in Minneapolis as well as The Big Des Moines Improv Fest.

Following a move to the Quad Cities, she quickly joined the roster at ComedySportz as well as the ensemble of G.I.T. Improv. As co-founder of the long form improv troupe Wisenheimer, Jen has performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Omaha Improv Fest, Third Coast Improv Festival, Twin Cities Improv Festival, Flyover Comedy Festival, Countdown Improv Festival, Last Best Comedy Fest, Improv Festivus, and co-headlined the Compass Improv Festival. She was also part of the international touring cast for Crime Of The Hour while performing in Scotland. Since returning to Des Moines, Jen joined the cast of Chowdown Improv, is a multi-time Improv Comedy DeathMatch 3000 champion, and a rotating cast member with Lovesick Comedy.

As a stand-up, Jen shares her daily interactions with naughty children. She has performed stand-up across the Midwest where she was a featured performer at the inaugural 2021 Des Comédie Festival in Des Moines, IA; a finalist in the 2017 Floodwater Freshest Comics Contest in Iowa City, IA; a finalist of the 2017 Speakeasy Laugh Hard Contest in Rock Island, IL; featured comic at both Helena Good Time Weekend in Helena, MT and No Sleep in Des Moines, IA; and an official selection to the inaugural Last Best Comedy Fest in Bozeman, MT. Jen also serves as producer for Don’t Tell Comedy in Des Moines.