ashley leisten

 is a comedienne, solo sketch performer, writer, and improviser from Texas. Leisten is a graduate of the Second City Comedy Studies program, graduate of the Second City Training Center Conservatory, and a member the Severn Darden Graduate Program House Ensemble, Hobgoblin, at the Second City Training Center. Leisten is a graduate of the Annoyance Theater's training program and can be seen performing stand up and solo sketch all over Chicago. 

Leisten's one-woman comedy has been featured at BIG Fire Fest (Los Angeles), Out of Bounds Comedy Fest (Austin,TX), Bentwood Comedy Festival (Chicago, IL), & Austin Sketch Fest (Austin, TX).  Her first self-composed, full-length comedy musical, "Boyband the Musical", will debut on the Annoyance Theater Mainstage on January 17th, 2019 and will run weekly until March 3rd. 

Leisten graduated from the University of Oklahoma with degrees in Creative Media Production and Vocal Performance and studied extensively at the American Ballet Theater and Ballet Ensemble of Texas for over a decade.

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