Jana Gillis
Jana Gillis is a professional skit artist, comedian, and bagpiper from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her skits have taken many forms over the years. Sometimes as short films (screened at SJIWFF, AIFF, The Nickel, HIFF, TOSketchFest & various Sci-Fi & Fantasy Conventions throughout Atlantic Canada); as plays (St. John’s Short Play Festival, Cape Breton Stage Company) as “sketches” (NL SketchFest, Is This a Bit?, Almost Baymous, The Second City Toronto Sketch Conservatory) and straight up make ‘em ups (St. John’s Improv, Extreme Improv XStreamed, Movie Night Productions). She’s also acted in longform television skits (Hudson & Rex, Son of a Critch, Astrid & Lilly Save the World, Hallmark’s Everything Christmas). Jana studied professional skitcraft and earned a red t-shirt with a chair on it from The Second City Toronto and a BFA in Theatre Acting from Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
She regularly performs stand up, improv & sketch in comedy stages around Town. Her solo comedy play, “Jana Plays Her Bagpipes? A Skit Comedy Mystery Show” was workshopped during NewFunny performances and premiered at the inaugural NL Sketchfest in 2024. She remounted the show at the LSPU Hall during the St. John’s Short Play Festival to great acclaim. She’s open to performing the show in your living room for the right price. Follow her on instagram @JanaLizG for more info!