Willa Barnett | Comedy Writer & Creator (NYC)

The Projects.

Skip Skip

Writer + performer, one fourth of the group

We started Skip Skip in 2022, when the four of us stayed in Chicago to run a weekly improv show. Improv’s still our bread and butter, but we’ve expanded into longer form writing. It’s me, Sasha Rechler, Kaela Rosenbaum, and Justin Kuhn. Our sketches have millions of views on Instagram and TikTok, and our pilot, All Four One, won the Grand Jury Prize at Just For Laughs 2026 in Montreal.

2M+ likes on IG and TikTok BCC house team 2025 JFL Grand Jury Prize 2026

skipskipcomedy.com Instagram TikTok

The four members of Skip Skip lying on a bed, heads together in a circle

Skip Skip performing improv onstage on a forest-backdrop set, all four mid-scene with an audience watching — us making stuff up

Data Leak

Co-creator, producer, director

A man-on-the-street Instagram series by Mad Realities about what is actually inside strangers' phones.

feat. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Watch on Instagram

Watch this Data Leak reel on Instagram

Celebrity Mumble Challenge

Director + editor

Independent Instagram series hosted by Maggie Olmsted.

Watch on Instagram

Yes, No, Maybe

Co-host, with my brother Ryan

A Malcolm in the Middle rewatch podcast, signed with Gotham Productions. Guests include Bryan Cranston, series creator Linwood Boomer, and director Ken Kwapis.

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Willa and Ryan interviewing Bryan Cranston on the Yes, No, Maybe podcast — Bryan Cranston Interview

Willa and Ryan interviewing Malcolm in the Middle creator Linwood Boomer on the Yes, No, Maybe podcast — Linwood Boomer Interview

AI Avenue

Head writer + field correspondent

Cloudflare's flagship YouTube series about all things AI. I head wrote the show and reported from the field.

Full playlist on YouTube

On Stage (and off).

Live performance

Brooklyn Comedy Collective
House team, Skip Skip 2025
The PIT
Skip Skip sold-out run 2025
The Comedy Clubhouse (Chicago)
Skip Skip weekly show 2022-2023
iO, The Annoyance (Chicago)
Skip Skip shows 2022-2023
Fun and Dumb Improv Festival 2024, 2025, 2026
Peer Revue, Caveat NYC
Improviser 2026

Acting

All Four One, web series
Actor, co-writer 2026, Grand Jury Prize, JFL Pilots
Sisterhood Gore-Ever, staged reading at UCB
Actor 2025, written by Chloe Bivona
Out There, staged reading
Actor 2024, written by Liv Drury
Making Friends, short film
Actor, co-writer 2023, LA Shorts selection 2025

Training + school

Northwestern University
BA Computer Science, BS Theatre 2017-2022
Advanced Improv Lab
Taught by Peter McNerney 2025
One Group Mind, Artisan Level
Coached by Mike Abdelsayed 2017-2023
The Blackout, "Quarter Update"
Writer, performer 2019
College Television Award winner
Mee-Ow Show, Northwestern
Writer, performer 2018-2021

Willa seated on a chair mid-improv-scene in a Skip Skip t-shirt — me, sitting

Hosting.

Host + MC, weekly and monthly

Warm Regards, a monthly standup show at The Crown Inn in Brooklyn: I host it, I run it, I do time on it. Previous comics include Charlie Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Jessie Lee, and Madi Hart

Trivia at The Crown Inn, every Tuesday night at 7:30pm. With a band of loyal regulars.

standup crowd work every single tuesday

Willa on stage at Caveat NYC with a microphone, a projected slide reading Caveat and Willa Barnett behind her — Peer Revue at Caveat

Willa holding a microphone on a city street as Field Correspondent for Cloudflare's AI Avenue — field correspondent, AI Avenue (Cloudflare)

Willa doing standup at Warm Regards, mic in hand, under string lights — Warm Regards at The Crown Inn