Ana Gasteyer at SPACE – Evanston, IL

Don’t miss this upcoming Event in Evanston, IL. Happening on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at Evanston. Doors open at 8:00 PM.

ANA GASTEYER is perhaps best known for her incomparable work on Saturday Night Live. During her six-year stint, she created some of the most iconic SNL characters, including middle school music teacher Bobbie Moughan-Culp, NPR radio host Margaret Jo, Lilith Fair poetess Cinder Calhoun, as well as spot-on impressions of Martha Stewart, Celine Dion and Hillary Rodham Clinton.Additionally, Gasteyer headlines the upcoming NBC comedy series AMERICAN AUTO from executive producer Justin Spitzer (SUPERSTORE, THE OFFICE), premiering in early 2022. AMERICAN AUTO, is set in Detroit and focuses on Payne Motors, where shaking things up is the new CEO (Gasteyer), whose leadership, experience and savvy is only slightly offset by her complete lack of knowledge about cars.Gasteyer, is also a highly accomplished singer and songwriter. This winter shell embark on a Christmas tour in support of Sugar and Booze, her recent album of seasonal favorites and holiday originals which topped numerous Best Holiday Album lists. Called an uproarious homage to Christmas albums of old by Billboard and the magical love child of Astrud Gilberto and Lucille Ball an unexpectedly perfect combination by BUST Magazine, the album was released to rave reviews. As said by the LA Times, Were Frank, Dino or Sammy still with us, any or all would pounce on the delightfully swaggering title track and Saturday Night Live alumna Gasteyer puts her considerable vocal chops to work here to marvelous effect on this ebullient big-band jazz effort.Inspired by the music from Sugar and Booze, Gasteyer produced an 8episode original series for Audible, which she co-wrote with Mona Mansour. The series was voiced by Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Patti Lupone and Rachel Dratch among others.Gasteyers first album, Im Hip received equally rapturous reviews. She has toured around the country with her Happy Jazz act since 2016 and had a two-week residency at the famed Cafe Carlyle of which Stephen Holden of the New York Times raved about Gasteyers comedic stories and her strong singing voice that can stir up a storm.Gasteyer was able to marry her phenomenal vocal talents with her acting skills in two of Foxs live musicals A CHRISTMAS STORY and the iconic musical GREASE as well as Showtimes REEFER MADNESS. She also dazzled on the enormous hit Fox musical series THE MASKED SINGER as fan favorite, The Tree.Prior to joining SNL, Gasteyer attended Northwestern University and honed her comedy skills at The Groundlings, the famed Los Angeles improv-sketch comedy group. Gasteyer resides on the East coast with her husband, children and rescue pup, Gloria.

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