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" I was invited to do an all-female improv festival in Portland called All Jane, No Dick. The person running it asked me if I had a female improv team, and I just said yes and then figured out who I would want to bring with me. We had such a fun show together that we decided that we should keep doing it. "

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" I would really like to create my own show. And I really wanna meet Oprah. "

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" I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters. "

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" Society is really coming to a point where they're not asking if women can be funny anymore. We all know they obviously are. "