Bio
Janet Quinonez is a bisexual, sober, Los Angeles based Latinx writer, producer and performer originally from Austin, Texas. She recently wrote her first feature for an Emmy award winning director, currently in post-production with a scheduled release date of Fall 2022. She is also writing a Christmas movie for Hallmark, slated for release in 2023. Janet also wrote and developed two pilots for her former bosses at NBC, where she was an Executive Assistant in the Chairman's Office.
A graduate of UCB's Sketch & Improv Programs, Janet has written sketches for stages all over LA, including UCB, iO West, ACME Comedy and The Ruby. Janet was a member of the sketch teams Mike Pence's Big Queer Nightmare and The Ruby's house sketch team The Volcano. She was an Associate Producer at UnCabaret Comedy and is the producer of “Drunkalogue”, a monthly show featuring sober comedians (and a few not so sober) telling their favorite drinking stories, past and present. She is also the producer of a new weekly comedy show “In Unit Laundry”, hosted by MK Paulsen and Simon Gibson at The Lyric Hyperion.
Check out Janet's Interview on episode 2 of La Lista: A Latinx Writers Podcast.