Jude Treder-Wolff is storyteller, improviser, writer/performer, storytelling coach and improv teacher, after working as a creative arts psychotherapist for 25 years. She was on the Magnet Theater house improv team AURA from 2022-2023 and active in the New York and national storytelling scene. Recent featured performances include Generation Women at Joe’s Pub, Funny Over Fifty at Caveat in NYC, The 2022 Women’s Storytelling Festival at Old Town Hall in Fairfax, VA, The Story Collider, RISK! live show and podcast multiple times, PBS Stories From The Stage in Boston, Story District in Washington, DC  Ex Fabula All-Star Winner in Milwaukee, WI, Mortified live show and podcast, Mistakes Were Made, The Armando Diaz Experience at The Magnet Theater, STORYFEST at The Peoples Improv Theater, and many more. She performed her solo show Human Flailings in the 2022 Frigid Festival at The Kraine Theater. Her solo show This Isn’t Helping was selected for the 2018 Speak Up! Rise Up! Storytelling Festival,  performed at the off-Broadway Connelly Theater, The Whitefire Solo Theater Festival in Sherman Oaks CA, Wilson Performing Arts Center, The Examined Life Conference at Carver College Of Medicine in Iowa City, IA, the Arts In Health Care Conference at NYU and health care conferences around the country.

She is president of Lifestage, Inc which provides storytelling and improvisation classes, workshops and seminars for personal and professional development and produces community-building events in partnership with local organizations. She created (mostly) TRUE THINGS in 2014. It was first Long Island-based storytelling show and grew into a monthly cultural event on Long Island at The Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, NY, and expanded into performances at different venues on Long Island, in NYC and for organizations around the country.

A Certified Practitioner of Applied Improvisation, and experienced improviser, she served as chair of the 2019 Applied Improvisation Network World Conference, in partnership with the Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science, which took place at Stony Brook University August 8-11, 2019. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Group Psychotherapist and creative arts therapist, who has presented at conferences and organizations around the country about applications of storytelling and improvisation in clinical and educational settings. She writes for Medium.com and is published in the International Journal of Arts & Psychotherapy Special Issue on HIV/AIDS and Special Issue on Addiction, Music Therapy Perspectives, Psychodrama Network News, as well as numerous websites, and has been interviewed for articles that appeared in local and national publications and websites, including NBC News, Thelist.com, VICE, Bustle, Long Island Business News, LI Pulse, Newsday, Chicago Tribune,. Chicago Sun-Times, LA Times, Orlando Sentinel, Women's Day,and the New York Daily News.

FIRST RESPONDERS is the theme of this episode of the PBS show Stories From The Stage. Being first at the scene means facing emotional and ethical dilemmas. It also offers the opportunity for profound personal rewards. After the 9/11 attacks, therapist)and (mostly) TRUE THINGS host/creator Jude Treder-Wolff finds seeds of hope to fuel her work once again; rescue worker Dan Leonard works extra hard to be on time for a date; and as a United Nations Peacekeeper, Praveen Sahay oversees the first democratic elections in Mozambique. Three storytellers, three interpretations of FIRST RESPONDERS, hosted by Wes Hazard

“She has the kind of ironic humor that I love, and an ability to share herself with an audience that is rare and important.  She must be an amazing therapist.” North Hollywood Arts District

“Self-medicate with real-life therapist Jude Treder-Wolff. Expect the unexpected! And without the hourly rates!” New York Daily News

“Provides instant relief from the blues.” Theatre Is Easy