2017
McKenna Cox
December 7th: McKenna read the role of Chris in Jan Jalenak's hilarious family dramedy, The Happy Family.
November 11th: McKenna shot a new sketch, The Fancy Drunk, with Perfectly Adequate Films! More info to come...
November 8th: McKenna made her debut at the Jersey City Theatre Center by playing the irresistible, loving, tenacious, and mercurial creature of the night, Lola Dove, in a reading of Elisabeth Karlin’s new play, HOTBED, inspired by 1950s Hollywood.
November 3rd: McKenna performed in Bragging Rights at the PIT LOFT! See more information about the show and its cast at: www.braggingrightsnyc.com
October 20th: Bragging Rights, a comedic dueling sketch comedy show, was given a featured spot at the PIT Sketchfest where McKenna and her team performed at the Striker Theatre!
October 10th: McKenna booked and filmed a commercial for the Oxygen Network at Rockefeller Center entitled Crimes Against Humanity.
October 6th: McKenna celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with Room 28 Comedy! The sketch show consisted of new and original content with comedy in ingles for everyjuan. ;-) Featured at the Triad Theatre on the Upper West Side, there were two shows in one night!
October 3rd: Room 28 Comedy was on the road! McKenna traveled to Connecticut to perform for Norwalk Community College! Field trip!!!
September 29th: McKenna was featured in the hit PIT show, Bragging Rights! The show consisted of two sketch comedy teams going head to head in a comedic battle and was performed at the PIT LOFT!
September 14th: McKenna performed with Room 28 Comedy at the Portada Conference at YOTEL!
September 5th: McKenna recorded VO for Skiplagged, an airfare search engine for cheap flights!
August 25th: McKenna performed with Chillville in the hit PIT sketch comedy show Bragging Rights. She had a blast playing an assortment of wacky characters.
August 23rd: McKenna booked and filmed a commercial for Skiplagged, a new website that helps customers find cheaper flights when traveling. Watch now by using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa5mfkIhKVE
August 23rd: Room 28 Comedy hooked up with Buzzfeed's PeroLike and created the Game of Thrones parody, "Gente of Thrones." The video has gotten over half a million views on FaceBook and over 60K views on YouTube! You can view the video using this link: https://youtu.be/0abP4a0PR_0
August 6th: McKenna was in the featured PIT show, Bragging Rights! The show was Chillville verses Room 28 Comedy in a hilarious comedic throw down.
August 1st: McKenna shot a commercial for PerkinElmer where she played her first Young Mom role in a spot called "Telling It Like It Is."
July 28th: McKenna shot a print ad for Smilo in which she was a young woman attending a friend's baby shower.
July 27th: McKenna performed with Room 28 Comedy at the Art of Survival Fundraiser in support of the creativity of resistance.
July 15th: McKenna performed with Room 28 Comedy in the AKS LEE Show at the Reckless Theatre. The show consisted of interviews, improv, and robots!
June 14th: Latino Vortex was released on the Mas Mejor YouTube channel. This project was created by Room 28 Comedy's head writer, Jaime Fernandez, and was directed by SNL's Oz Rodriguez. In this video you'll see many familiar Room 28 faces ;-) Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oBSzIY5G0k
June 9th and 10th: Room 28 Comedy performed their big summer show at The Triad Theatre!
May 15th-17th: McKenna was a physical actor for a Chinese animated film called Mountains and Sea. She worked with an amazing cast and crew, and was directed by Andrew Britt. When production is finished, the audience will be able to view the movie using VR goggles and enjoy an incredible 360 degree view. The future is here!
May 7th: McKenna filmed an original sketch with an all women crew including writer, director and producer, Deborah Napier! See the finished product by clicking the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K81y1X39Ys&feature=youtu.be
April 24th: McKenna performed with Room 28 Comedy at the Hispanic Federation Show!
April 22nd: McKenna was werkin that green screen and shot two new original sketches with Room 28 Comedy!
MR. SURPRISE: https://youtu.be/f7U3hnssqxQ
BRIDESMAID DRAFT: https://youtu.be/91O1LZv0Jf0
April 17th: McKenna read the role of Police Officer and stage directions in a staged reading of Serious Moonlight by Adrienne Shelly, co-adapted by Andy Ostroy and Liz Tucillo, and directed by Liz Carlson. She had the pleasure of reading with an all star Broadway cast including Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jeremy Sisto, Teddi Millan and Theo Stockman.
April 6th: Crazy Famous was featured in the New York International Film Festival! Check out the movie trailer by clicking the following link: https://vimeo.com/208505011
March 25th: McKenna performed at UCB's Backyard Brawl with the hilarious sketch comedy troupe, Chillville.
February 26th: McKenna performed for a sold out audience at the PIT Loft with the sketch comedy troupe, Bragging Rights.
February 26th: McKenna played the brooding, gothic daughter in a staged reading of The Happy Family by Jan Janelak at The Actor's Studio.
February 14th: McKenna performed with Room 28 Comedy at Stage 48 for the exhilarating and very sexy Valentine's Day show!
February 4th: McKenna filmed parodies of Arrival and La La Land with Room 28 Comedy. View the sketches using these links and subscribe to Room 28 Comedy!
ARRIVAL: https://youtu.be/Y9fXmSfZhFM
PA PA LAND: https://youtu.be/X00XoLpj70k
February 2nd: McKenna filmed a parody of Hidden Figures with Room 28 Comedy. You can view the sketch using this link: https://youtu.be/BaGwIvX4YNk
January 28th: McKenna performed at the PIT Loft with the sketch comedy troupe, Bragging Rights. The actors were excited to have a sold out show during a prime time Saturday night slot at the PIT!
January 10th: McKenna shot the short film, Bloodshot, written and directed by Gina Hackett. in upper Manhattan. She played the part of a teenage vampire who preys on masochistic and abusive older men.
A still photo from the vampire short, Bloodshot.
Room 28 Comedy's Valentine's Show!
Room 28 Comedy Summer Sketch Show
McKenna onset filming Mas Mejor's Latino Vortex with SNL director, Oz Rodriguez.
McKenna onset at Rockefeller Center's NBCUniversal Talent Lab shooting a promo for the Oxygen Network.