Johnna Scrabis

johnna Scrabis: my name is made up

Hi! I’m a Brooklyn-based, puppy-owning, plant-killing writer at Impractical Jokers. I was also a weekend team improviser and improv teacher at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in the Before Times, but now I just stay at home, washing dish after dish and preparing my body for the reopening of karaoke bars.

My screenplay, A Tiny Perfect World, was selected for the IFP Made In NY Fellowship and I’ve moved forward as a semifinalist in NBC's Writers on the Verge and at the Austin Film Festival. I was also a finalist at Montreal's Just For Laughs' Web Comedy Pitch Program. In addition to screenplays, I’ve written two ten-episode series for CollegeHumor, scripted shorts for Brooklyn’s BRIC TV, and for the live comedy show NY2: We’re Also the News.

I also wrote and performed on Everyone's Favorite Game Show, which was character-driven and ran for three years at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, for Ibish Comedy, for Oh Say Nation, for the web series Seppuwa Falls, and for justWink Comedic Greeting Cards.

Thanks for visiting!

Videos:

Trailer for "A Chick Called Wanda"

In the first episode of this series from the UCB Harold Team Graceland, actor and Tai Chi aficionado Keanu Reeves can't catch a break.

Rebecca Scobenfeld on navigating political issues on the local level.

Improvising as Rebecca Scobenfeld, navigating political issues on the local level.