.AlisonLeiby’s one-woman show, “Oh God, a Show About Abortion,” has seen a huge surge of interest. She spoke with BinduBansinath
Photo: Calla Kessler Three days after the Supreme Court leak heard round the world, the crowd at Alison Leiby’s one-woman show about abortion was ready to laugh. “My mom told me to kill it tonight,” the 38-year-old comedian deadpanned as she took the stage at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the West Village. “I already did.” The theater was packed, the buzzy crowd a near-even split of men and women, from college students to well-dressed senior citizens posing for photographs in the lobby.
But that’s the point. She wants to make clear that, for her, having an abortion wasn’t an “outrageous trauma.” At the same time, she recognizes that her experience is rapidly becoming an enormous privilege — having enough access to abortion that it’s little more than an inconvenience. “I’m very aware that my experience at this point is the easiest version you can get in this country, and that’s less and less realistic and accessible for many people in light of the news about Roe,” she told me.
“I’ve always written my life pretty earnestly and jokingly,” said Leiby. So when she got pregnant at 35 after deciding not to have children, she knew she had to write about her abortion, too. As she started doing sets at stand-up shows in the East Village, the prospect of bringing up her abortion intimidated her. “I was not confident. I bombed so hard,” she said. “The bit required me to say, ‘I just had an abortion.’ I could feel the crowd tighten, and I was nervous.
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