Jodi Cohen - Drama

Jodi Cohen is an accomplished keynote speaker, trainer, coach and performer who has been delivering presentations for business and non-profit companies for over ten years. She has created interactive workshops in teambuilding, presentation skills, effective communication and improvisation for people of all backgrounds, including dentists, mechanics, computer geeks, therapists, insurance agents, teachers, statisticians, boat builders and gourmet chefs.

Jodi teaches improvisational theater to children, teens, adults and, most recently, to an increasing number of business and community leaders looking to tap new levels of creativity. She's written, produced and performed several original one-woman shows, including Oiy to the World, Makin’ Mambo, This Just In! Who Am I Kidding? Taking Up Space, For Immediate Release and Healing as Quickly as Possible.

She has studied improvisational theater for twenty years and currently performs with and directs the troupe Spin Cycle . As a member of Ark Improv, she performed in Ark Alumni shows with Joan Cusack and Bonnie Hunt. Jodi co-founded and directed Ark’s Animal Crackers Improv Company whose core members included Chris Farley and Brian Stack, a Second City Alumni and currently a writer/performer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Jodi studied English Literature, receiving a B.A. from University of Oregon and later received her B.S. in Secondary Education from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She grew up in Chicago, lived in New York, Oregon, Iowa and currently resides in Wisconsin.