Jacques Belliveau

Ever since I realized at an early age that my words were a far more effective defense mechanism than my pudgy little fists ever could be, I've wanted to be a writer and comedian. Early on, I connected with greats like Chris Farley and Robin Williams. It wasn't until years later that I would realize it was because I was looking in a mirror. Growing up in what most would call a broken home (it seemed normal to me at the time) humor was my catharsis, for better or worse. This led me to start performing in plays and I made a pretty convincing wiseman in a baptist church's Christmas presentation, if I do say so myself. After that, I did everything I could to get myself into positions of performing. I couldn't afford training and I never had the opportunity to go through drama classes or after school programs growing up, so I consumed comedy and acting in every form available to me via endless hours of movies, SNL, books, comedy cassettes. I was ravenous for direction.

It wasn't until my early 20's that I began any formal training. I completed multiple Comedy Zone workshops to refine my stand up comedy and figure out who I wanted to be on stage. I also worked with every improv troupe that would have me and went to every audition I could get to. The achievement I'm most proud of so far is performing at Second City Theater in Chicago, where I've also taken classes in Comedy Songwriting and Improv. All of this wasn't enough for me, so I started my own comedy groups. I've started an improv group called the "Less Fortunate Children", co founded sketch groups "The Sloan" and "The Rabbit Bros", and founded the stand-up and variety show collective "Comics at Fault" where I've produced over 250 standup comedy showcases across the country, produced over 50 episodes of a well-received podcast and a season of a news show spoof.