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Sapna Kumar

Sapna was featured at the Olivia Travel’s 40th Anniversary celebration in the Dominican Republic, with headliner Wanda Sykes. Sapna has been active in Chicago’s vibrant comedy and theater scene for a decade. She loves this city! Other credits include LOGO TV’s One Night Stand-Up 9 and as a regional finalist for NBC’s Last Comic Standing 4. Sapna also loves acting and has been in the independent feature films Promise Land (which was in the 2014 Sundance Film Festival) and Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together (which was in OUTFest), both shot in Chi-town. She also had the privilege of understudying Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul at the Steppenwolf Theater. An Indian American girl with a Midwest heart (and unfortunately, appetite too), Sapna is delighted to have been embraced by the wonderful LGBTQ community in Chicago and by the local comedy club circuit.

Now pursuing her LaLa-land dreams living in Los Angeles, Sapna is delving into the landscape of film and television. This past year, she did a handful of short films, including the soon-to-be-released tale of fledgling feminist academic press, Sapphic Press, which Sapna wrote and produced. In 2013, she was voted one of the 50 Hottest Women in Comedy in 2013 by AfterEllen.com, and was on the Advocate.com’s list of top 15 Queer comics.

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