Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion Tickets

Alison Leiby’s summer started with a bang and ended with a visit to Planned Parenthood. In between, she had two root canals, one scary trip to the “Fertility” section of a Missouri CVS, and a dozen or so meltdowns about what to wear to an abortion, naturally. In her new show, described as “humane and deeply funny” by the New York Times, Alison walks through the stupid minutiae, the backwards practices, and the surprising perspective that comes with exercising your reproductive rights.

Presented by Ilana Glazer and directed by Lila Neugebauer.

Alison Leiby is a N.Y.–based comedian who most recently was a producer on season two of Hulu’s Life & Beth. Prior to that, Alison was a co-producer on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and she executive produced Ilana Glazer’s Comedy Central show Comedy Time Capsule. Previous credits include Adult Swim’s animated show Teenage Euthanasia, Comedy Central’s The President Show, The Opposition, Hulu’s Triumph Election Special, and she executive produced Ilana Glazer’s Amazon stand-up special The Planet is Burning. Alison’s been published in McSweeney’s, Vice, Cosmo, and Marie Claire, and she’s written several humor pieces for the New York Times. Alison’s Twitter profile, which has over 25,000 followers, has also been featured in several publications. Her one women show Oh God, A Show About Abortion is currently on tour after a 12 week run at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Presented by Ilana Glazer and produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, Jazon Zinoman of the New York Times called it “the best political comedy of 2021.”