Alison Leiby

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Alison Leiby
Alma mater Cornell University
Occupations
  • writer
  • comedian
Years active2015–present
Known forOh God, A Show About Abortion

Alison Leiby is an American comedian and writer. She was a staff writer for Broad City and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . Her one-woman show Oh God, A Show About Abortion premiered Off-Broadway in April 2022.

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Life and career

Lieby was raised in Annapolis, Maryland. [1] She is Jewish. [1] She graduated from Severna Park High School and studied English at Cornell University. [2] She cited Janeane Garofalo, Elaine Benes, and Joan Rivers as early comedic inspirations. [3]

She moved to New York after graduation and interned at The Onion . [2] She then began to perform stand-up comedy. [3]

Lieby was a staff writer for Broad City and season three of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . [4] She also wrote for The Opposition with Jordan Klepper , The President Show , and Ilana Glazer's special The Planet Is Burning. [3] [5]

Her autobiographical one-woman comedy show, Oh God, A Show About Abortion recounted her experience having an abortion when she was 35. [6] She began to workshop the show in 2020 as a part of her stand-up, [7] and debuted the production at Cherry Lane Theatre in April 2022. [8] Carrie Battan wrote in a review for the New Yorker , "it’s less structured, and more confessional and diffuse, than traditional comedy. It’s a format that enables Leiby to infuse her show with bouts of sincerity and self-inquiry, and many of her set’s most serious moments are high points." [9] The show had an extended run of 15 performances in August 2022. [10]

She co-hosts the horror film review comedy podcast Ruined with Halle Kiefer. [11]

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