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Chicago based Comedian, Writer, Radical. 

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Both KHAOS and The Haggard Unicorn video recordings ON SALE NOW 

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KHAOS

(2022)

Click the album cover for Spotify recording. $10 for video.

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THE HAGGARD UNICORN

(2020)

Click the album cover for Spotify recording. $10 for video.

$15 FOR BOTH

Send payment to my VENMO with the title(s) you want and best email address to send the links to. Enjoy

About
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Kujichagulia Juniper Whitehead

Or just KJ, is Chicago's Queen of Radical Comedy. Unapologetically black, queer, trans and pissed off! For almost a decade, she's shared her experiences through observation and storytelling, but also blunt and vulnerable honesty about herself and how she sees the world. A graduate from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Comedy Writing & Performance, Comedy Studies Alumni and someone who can occasionally be found burning the American flag and using the ashes as eye shadow.

As seen, heard and mentioned in (click/tap on icons):

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Has opened for Ron Funches and Marsha Warfield.

 

2022 MIDSOMMARFEST (CHICAGO, IL)

FESTIVAL CREDITS

2020 - 23 NW BLACK COMEDY FESTIVAL (PORTLAND, OR)

2022 LAUGH RIOT GRRRL COMEDY FESTIVAL (LOS ANGELES, CA)

2021 SIXTH CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL (CLEVELAND, OH)

2020 PORTLAND QUEER COMEDY FESTIVAL (PORTLAND, OR [ONLINE])

2019 PRIDEFEST (MILWAUKEE, WI)

2019 MADISON COMEDY WEEK (MADISON, WI)

2018-19 CHARM CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL (BALTIMORE, MD)

2017-20 INTERNATIONAL LADY LAUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL (MADISON, WI)

All Videos
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SHOWS 

*Live Indoor
**Live Outdoor

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Shows

ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL //LINKS IN PURPLE



MAY 2023
*5/5 G.L.O.W.: A Queer Variety Mic @ Bendicion Bar 8pm (Sign Ups 7pm) FREE
*5/11 Behind The Scene: Matt Bright @
Color Club 7pm TIX
*5/15 Chicago's Best @ Laugh Factory Chi 8pm TIX
*5/19 Chicago's Best @ Laugh Factory Chi 9:30pm TIX
*5/21 Pool Party @ My Buddy's  7pm (TIX Coming Soon) 

JUNE 2023
*6/2 G.L.O.W.: A Queer Variety Mic @ Bendicion Bar 8pm (Sign Ups 7pm) FREE
*6/6 Friendsh*t @
Annoyance Theatre 9:30pm TIX
*6/10 The Black Trans Comedy Showcase @ SIFF Cinema Egyptian (Seattle, WA) 7pm PCT TIX
*6/16 G.L.O.W.: A Queer Variety Mic @ The Understudy Cafe 8pm (Sign Ups 7pm) FREE
*6/16 Lowkey Funny @
Laugh Factory Chi 9:30pm TIX
*6/17 Holiday Party: PRIDE @ Lincoln Lodge 7pm TIX
*6/25 The Lesbian Lodge @ Lincoln Lodge 6pm TIX
*6/29 Gender Variety Cabaret @ Dorothy 6pm (Doors) (TIX Coming Soon)

JULY 2023
*7/2 Siren Showcase @ Redline VR: The Raven Room 7pm (TIX Coming Soon) 
*7/7 G.L.O.W.: A Queer Variety Mic @
Bendicion Bar 8pm (Sign Ups 7pm) FREE

"What do you expect from a C list celebrity whose lost most of her work because of Covid? Book me! Or just buy me a hotdog and tell me I'm pretty. PS: Shows may be cancelled last minute, due to rising infection rates or outbreaks. Expect to be asked for vaccination card upon entry."

- K.J.

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