next show: Jan 16 @ Koval distillery
About Sofia
Who is she?
What else can she do?
Where is she?
Sofia Javed is a Chicago-based comedian, storyteller and writer. Her humor is inspired by her life as a brown woman in America, her love of languages, and her former career as a cubicle bureaucrat. She enjoys steak.
Where is she?
What else can she do?
Where is she?
Sofia performs on comedy and storytelling shows at top venues around Chicago (and also at middle and bottom venues!).
She has been a featured performer at comedy festivals around the country, including:
Sofia performs on comedy and storytelling shows at top venues around Chicago (and also at middle and bottom venues!).
She has been a featured performer at comedy festivals around the country, including:
- Funny is Female Comedy Festival
- Neurotica Fest
- Lookout Comedy Festival
- North Carolina Comedy Festival
- South Dakota Chislic Festival
- Sno Jam Comedy Festival
- Portland Maine Comedy Festival
- Omaha Comedy Fest
- Treefort Music Festal Lady Laughs Comedy Festival
- Chicago Women's Funny Festival
- The World Series of Comedy
- Charm City Comedy Festival
Sofia has been featured in The Washington Post, and she appears in at least two footnotes on Wikipedia.
What else can she do?
What else can she do?
What else can she do?
Sofia often performs as Master of Ceremonies for comedy shows and various other events.
She also performs improv and sketch comedy and is a graduate of the conservatory program at the The Second City training center. She is a 2026 Artist of Color Scholar at The Neo-Futurist Theater.
Sofia co-hosts Dance of Joy: A Perfect Strangers Re-Wat
Sofia often performs as Master of Ceremonies for comedy shows and various other events.
She also performs improv and sketch comedy and is a graduate of the conservatory program at the The Second City training center. She is a 2026 Artist of Color Scholar at The Neo-Futurist Theater.
Sofia co-hosts Dance of Joy: A Perfect Strangers Re-Watch Podcast.
Sofia's writing has appeared in satire publications, including The Belladonna Comedy and The Lunar Times Blog. She was selected for the Diverse As Fuck writing workshop with The Onion, was accepted at St. Nells Humor Writing Residency and was named a finalist in the International Screenwriters Association's TV Pilot Pitch Challenge.
Sofia is a repeat champion of the DC Improv’s PUN DMV competition.
