Portland storyteller and comic Ash Allen is on something of a roll.

She’s won the Moth’s StorySLAM multiple times. Willamette Week recently named her one of its Funniest Five, and in 2025, she was a Best of Portland Comedy finalist.

Allen has headlined festivals including Pickathon, Fire and Story, and Hell Yes Fest.

She says this debut solo storytelling show, “Big Feelings Baby,” is “rooted in queer identity, grief, humor, and the act of reclaiming one’s voice.”

She explores what it means to “grow up different” in the Mississippi woods, “to be asked to quiet that difference, and to eventually choose to live out loud.”

Allen joins us to share more details about her upbringing and her show that premieres this weekend.

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