Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

RIP JR

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JR was someone I had the privileged of working with on two separate shows. He was kind, brilliant, silly. Never flashy, he could steal a scene just by giving so much to other performers.

He passed away the other night, causes unknown at this point. It hit me like a ton of bricks. He was young and seemingly healthy. I am writing something now that would have been perfect for his immense talents.

I am so sad that this 20-something is gone from my life. He was one of the good guys in improv; he was one of the great guys in life.