Tina Jackson

Born and bred in Shaker Heights, OH, Jackson has trained at the iO Chicago and with Cook County Social Club and is well-known for her sensational over-booking skills.

She can be seen improvising around Chicago (and the world) several times a month with her teams, The Belmont Transfer, PLAIDerol, her nationally-recognized, relationship-based 2-man show, Never Pickles, and several other 2-man shows including: Independent Sneakers, DoucheJax & Mustache Roadtrip.

Jackson has participated in:
- Big-Little Comedy Fest (Grand Rapids, MI 9/12)
- Del Close Marathon (New York City, NY 6/12)
- Big-Little Comedy Fest (Grand Rapids, MI 9/11) - 5 shows
- Del Close Marathon (New York City, NY 8/11)
- Improv Festival Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, OK 7/11)
- IndyFringe Comedy Fest (Indianapolis, IN 5/11) - 3 shows
- Dallas Comedy Festival (Dallas, TX 3/11) - 2 shows
- Chicago Sketchfest (Chicago, IL 1/11)
- Cleveland Comedy Festival (Cleveland, OH 11/10)
- Out Of Bounds Festival (Austin, TX 9/10) - 2 shows
- Big-Little Comedy Fest (Grand Rapids, MI 8/10) - 5 shows
- Del Close Marathon (New York City, NY 7/10)
- Los Angeles Improv Festival (Los Angeles, CA 6/10)
- Kalamazoo Improv Festival (Kalamazoo, MI 1/10)
- Chicago Sketchfest (Chicago, IL 1/10)
- Cleveland Comedy Festival (Cleveland, OH 11/09)
- Toronto International Improv Festival (Toronto, Canada 9/09)
- Los Angeles Improv Festival (Los Angeles, CA 6/09)
- i3 Longform Invitational (Raleigh, NC 4/09)
- Del Close Marathon (New York City, NY 8/08)
(As well as booking recurring shows in Cleveland, OH, Grand Rapids, MI, and Vincennes, IN.)

In addition to her prolific improvisational work, Jackson is the resident playwright for The Old Northwest Territory Chapter of The American Red Cross. Their latest benefit production "The Greatest Death on Earth", toured in April, 2012 and they are currently in pre-production for their fifth mystery for June, 2013.

Jackson is the Executive Producer of Big-Little Comedy, which produces the The Big-Little Comedy Fest annually in Grand Rapids, MI and recurring murder mysteries that tour the Midwest every spring and are available for sale on www.biglittlecomedy.com.