Ashley Leisten is a comedian, writer, director & improviser from Keller, Texas living in Chicago. Leisten is a graduate of Second City's Comedy Studies Program, Conservatory Program, Severn Darden Graduate House Co. Program & the Annoyance Improv program. 

Her stand-up & one-woman comedy shows have been featured at Out of Bounds Comedy Fest (Austin,TX), BIG Fire Fest (Los Angeles), Bentwood Comedy Festival (Chicago, IL), & Austin Sketch Fest (Austin, TX), Mary Scruggs Works By Women (Second City Chicago) venues across Chicago. Leisten is a co-producer of Green Show Live at the Annoyance Theatre. 

Leisten was an understudy for the Second City's 43rd E.T.C. revue, "Grinning From Fear to Fear"  & works as a touring company understudy at the Second City. Leisten's first self-directed & composed drag musical, "Boyband the Musical," will begin it's third run (TBD) on The Annoyance's Mainstage. Read more about Leisten and Boyband the Musical in Rebellious Magazine. 

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