Jacqueline Pereda

Biography

Jacqueline Pereda is a writer, producer, and comedian who is passionate about creating comedy that comments on the culture and our universal struggle with identity. Most recently Jacqueline wrote, directed and produced her half-hour comedic pilot, Generation Por qué? starring Andrea Burns (Westside Story, In the Heights) after the short form web-series was a Finalist for the 2017 Sundance New Voices Lab. This year, Generation Por qué? was also chosen as an official selection for SeriesFest, Women In Comedy Festival and the LA Comedy Festival.

Her full-length play, A Visitor's Pass on the Virgin Mary was awarded the 2019 Residency at the New York's Governor Island's Arts Center through Hypo...