Kurt Braunohler

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Kurt Braunohler is a comedian in New York City.

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Kurt Braunohler was born in Neptune, New Jersey. He attended the Christian Brothers Academy High School in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received a Bachelors of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1998. After graduation from college, Kurt moved to New York to begin studying improv comedy and later writing sketch and stand-up.

He is best known for his work with his comedy partner Kristen Schaal, as well as for his solo stand-up. He has performed with Schaal under the name Kurt and Kristen at the Melbourne Comedy Festival (Barry Award Winners), HBO Las Vegas Comedy Festival, Montreal Comedy Festival, and on the BBC. He also created and starred in the popular online series "Penelope: Princess of Pets" with Schaal for Turner owned and now-defunct Superdeluxe.com.

Braunohler's first major project was the performance project Kurtbot. This was a series of street comedy sketches along with an accompanying website. He had more success with the street theatre project Chengwin. His work with the group earned a number of awards, including being voted by the Village Voice as "Best Hilarious Insane Guerilla Theatre" in 2003.

In 2004, Braunohler began the Neutrino Video Projects. His work with the group garnered widespread praise, and in 2005 the group traveled to the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as well as to the Edinburgh Theater Festival in Scotland. The Neutrino Video Projects were awarded "Improv Ensemble of the Year" by the Chicago Improv Festival in 2004.

In 2005, Braunohler began co-hosting the Hot Tub Variety Show at the People's Improv Theatre, which was voted “Best Variety Show of 2005” by Time-Out New York’s readers poll.

Braunohler currently teaches improv at the New York Film Academy, the PIT, and runs several corporate improvisational workshops. He recently created a sketch comedy show for children on the Noggin Network and he can be seen on various commercials and TV shows, like ESPN's Cheap Seats for example. He resides in Brooklyn.