Colin Jost: Comedian, Actor, Writer
Colin Jost serves as a head writer at Saturday Night Live, televisions longest running and most successful sketch and comedy show
now in it’s 47th season. Jost originally joined the show as a writer in 2005 and became a co-head writer in 2012. Jost has co-anchored
“Weekend Update” alongside fellow cast member Michael Che since 2014.
Jost has won five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards and has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for his writing on “SNL.”
Jost and Che have hosted special editions of “Weekend Update” on MSNBC during the 2016 Republican and Democratic national
conventions as well as the primetime “Weekend Update Summer Edition” in 2017. In 2018, they co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy
Awards.
In 2015, Jost wrote “Staten Island Summer,” a coming of age comedy that was released by Paramount Pictures and produced by Lorne
Michaels. In 2016, he had a supporting role in the Warner Bros film, “How to Be Single.” Jost can be seen in the Paramount Pictures
film, “Coming 2 America,” which was released March 2021. Jost also stars in the Warner Bros. live-action animation film “Tom and
Jerry”, which was released February 2021.
As a writer, Jost has been published multiple times in The New Yorker and has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, the
Huffington Post amongst others.
Jost debuted his memoir, A Very Punchable Face in the summer of 2020. The memoir, A New York Times bestseller, is a series of
essays which documents pivotal moments in Jost’s life including growing up in Staten Island in a family of firefighters, commuting
three hours a day to high school, attending Harvard while Facebook was created and more. For every accomplishment and absurd
moment, there is an honest, emotional one. Told with a healthy dose of self-deprecation, A Very Punchable Face was published by
Random House on July 14th, 2020.
Meet Colin Jost Backstage
A limited number of backstage VIP passes are available for $1500 for a Meet & Greet with Colin Jost, prior to his performance. In the interest of ensuring everyone has a fair chance at this amazing experience, Meet and Greet tickets will be sold to registered individuals selected at random. Every individual who purchases a ticket to the Windermere Foundation Comedy Night will be automatically entered for a chance to purchase a limited backstage VIP Experience. If you register for the event, be sure to keep an eye on your email around 11:00am on Monday, October 16 to find out if you have been selected for a chance to purchase a Meet and Greet pass for $1500. Drawings will begin at 11:00am PT and will continue throughout the day as needed. Winners need not be present for any drawing, but will have a limited window to purchase and claim their tickets.
*If you are not interested in participating in our chance to purchase a Meet and Greet package, you will have a chance to opt out when purchasing your event ticket.
Void where prohibited by law. Open to US Legal residents age 21 or older. Each individual limited to upgrade 2 tickets.
The $1500 Colin Jost VIP Experience includes:
- Ticket for one VIP to attend the Colin Jost Meet & Greet
- Backstage cocktail hour – Colin Jost will join us at the cocktail hour and allow for photos with each attendee
- Hosted cocktail hour with light appetizers
- Special backstage VIP pass
- I met Colin Jost Pin
- Digital files to your photo with Colin Jost
- Group photo to appear on the Windermere Hub and to share with your friends via social media
We hope you understand that it is our aim to meet the desires of the client within a slim interval of time so that the Artist is able to approach the impending show with as much energy and focus as possible. If these specific points are adhered to then we are confident that all parties will be satisfied. Communication and coordination of the meeting here is key. If everyone knows what to expect, all should proceed smoothly.
1) The meeting will take place 6:00-7:00 pm PT.
2) The meeting will take place in a backstage room.
3) There will be a Windermere Foundation coordinator present to oversee the guests of the meeting. Please refer all questions and concerns during the meeting to the volunteer.
4) Artist will take pictures with the VIPs. There will be a limited number of photos for each group, and one group photo.
5) There will be a professional photographer in the room taking all the meeting photos. Refrain from taking any personal photos unless approved by the Windermere Foundation coordinator.
6) Once all the VIPs are completely assembled and it is certain that no persons may enter the room other than those invited, Artist will enter and remain in one spot at the end of the room.
7) On invitation of meet & greet coordinator, each group or person may approach Artist separately in succession. Artist will shake each person’s hand and then pose for the shot and then they should move out of the room while the next group or person approaches Artist.
8) Please note that due to time constraints and in order to preserve energy for the performance, there will be no time for chit chat other than the introduction and greeting. Similarly, there will be no time for picture taking with personal cameras.