JR Strauss is a New York based writer and performer. He is a former cast member of ImprovBoston, a founder of the sketch troupe The City That Sleeps, and co-creator, head writer, and anchor for Boston News Net, a weekly live news and current events show that was televised throughout Boston and watched online by dozens. He is a former head writer for Banned in Boston and the legal journal Moot. He recently played a tennis ball in the Annoyance Theater’s production of “Cutthroat.”