Kristen Bartlett

Comedy Writer & Performer

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Kristen is a five-time Emmy-nominated writer and performer.

Most recently, she was a Supervising Producer for HOW TO DIE ALONE from Onyx Collective, coming to Hulu in 2024. Previously, she was an Executive Producer and Head Writer for Full Frontal for Samantha Bee, where her work was honored with two WGA Awards and an EMA Award. She also wrote for Saturday Night Live, where she received WGA and Peabody Awards. Other credits include half hour pilots for ABC and CBS. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Vulture, and many others.

Her show The Dead Dads Club performed to sold out audiences at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and at special engagements in Los Angeles and Montreal. The show, a darkly funny take on loss, was featured in Paste, Modern Loss, the Village Voice, and on The Best Show with Tom Scharpling.

As an actor, Kristen has appeared on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS), The Characters with Natasha Rothwell (Netflix), We're Newbridge (Adult Swim), and Difficult People (Hulu).