Whitney Chitwood

Whitney Chitwood is a stand-up comedian from Chicago. Her debut album, 2019's The Bakery Case, was produced by Grammy winner Dan Schlissel for Stand Up! Records. It reached No. 9 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart, and No. 1 on the iTunes and Amazon comedy charts.

Early life Chitwood grew up in a small town near Peoria, Illinois. As a child, Chitwood was heavily involved in the stage-theater world; both her parents ran theaters, and she spent much of her childhood around the stage, as well as her grandfather's farm. She performed in her first show at six months old. She is a frequent contributor to live "audio magazine" Paper Machete at Chicago's Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, as well as the WCPT radio show Out Chicago, and has written for the magazine Playbill. She has performed with Eddie Pepitone, Adam Conover, and River Butcher.

She hosts the podcast Is This Us? with Chicago comic Carly Ballerini.

Discography The Bakery Case (Stand Up! Records, 2019)

Other work Podcast appearances Is This Us? with Whitney Chitwood and Carly Ballerini (2020) Chad the Bird, Whitpocalypse! (April 11, 2020) Busted Mouth, Episode 67: Whitney Chitwood (November 12, 2019) Lossano and Friends, Episode 126: Whitney Chitwood and Stephanie Weber (September 10, 2019) Performance Revue, Whitney Chitwood (July 22, 2019) Probably Science, Episode 309: Whitney Chitwood and Carly Ballerini (September 28, 2018) Wingcast: Wingman Podcast, Episode 11: Wingmen to a Gay Woman with Jayson Cross & Whitney Chitwood (September 27, 2017)