Kay Cannon is an American screenwriter and actress. She is known for writing the screenplays for the Pitch Perfect films, and her work as a writer and producer for the NBC series 30 Rock. She is also a co-executive producer and writer on New Girl.Kay Cannon was raised in Custer Park, Illinois. She is the fifth of seven siblings. She graduated from Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood, Illinois, and received her BA in Theatre and MA in Education at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.Cannnon trained at The Second City, ImprovOlympic and ComedySportz. One of her first jobs was as a performer at ComedySportz. Wikipedia