Hi. I’m Kendra. Check out a show! Kendra Cunningham Reel Boston bred and Brooklyn based, Kendra Cunningham has been named as a comic to watch by Time Out New York and has been compared to Groucho Marx and Mae West by the UK’s Chortle.

A regular on the New York and Boston comedy scene, she has previously been in the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, The Glasgow Comedy Festival, and was a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival for two years in a row. She has twice appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing gaining two spots in the top 100 jokes of the season. Her solo show “This Could be You” had a 7 show sold out run at Don’t Tell Mama.

She founded Malarkey Pictures along with her sketch partner, Vicky Kuperman and went on to produce dozens of short films including the AwardWinning short “LonelyGirl48”, which they turned into a web series that went on to win festivals along with the web series “Why Is Everybody Always Hitting On Me”. Their festival wins and screenings include Boston Comedy Festival, Palm Beach International, SENE, St Louis Film Festivaland Boston Film Festival. Kendra’s latest solo projects include a pilot “Swagger” , an unscripted show “I’m Not Buying It” and a mock meditation series “Spiteful Meditations”. Her collaborative short with Sean Cassels, “Neighborhood Network” screened in the Nice International Film Festival in 2018.

Her mock daytime TV talk show host series, Kitty, is screening in the Broad Humor Film Festival August 2019 as well as The Dawns, which she co wrote with fellow stand up comic, Leah Bonnema. Her first comedy special “On My Best Behavior” was released by DryBar comedy in 2018. Her debut album, Blonde Logic, was released in 2016 by Rooftop Comedy and in 2017, Blonde Logic a book of comedic essays was released on Kindle. Her second album “Less Bitter, More Glitter” was released in October 2019 through 800 Pound Gorilla. She recently started an interview style podcast “How’s Your Mother?” Kendra’s comedic goal is to get paid to write from her bed where she eats, sleeps, and occasionally entertains. (Check out Kendra’s short films and press page.)

Kendra’s festival pedigree includes:Glasgow Comedy Festival Boston Comedy Festival IFC/BAM Comedy Showcase Montreal Just for Laughs Festival Ladies of Laughter Festival Women in Comedy Festival Five Funny Females TourKendra has appeared on:Last Comic Standing Gotham Live Saturday Night Live The Jimmy Fallon Show The Tyra Banks Show Nickelodeon’s Mom’s Night Out Sherri Shepherd’s Stand Up Showcase