After years of writing about comedy, Amma decided to take to the stage – on the nudge of a dare set for her by her podcast co-hosts. In the years since, she’s shared the stage with comics like Eric Andre (Adult Swim, ABC), Jay Jurden (The Problem with Jon Stewart), Alingon Mitra (The Daily Show), Mia Jackson (Comedy Central), and Leighann Lord (Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), performs regularly around New England and the Mid-Atlantic, and appears as a recurring panelist on The Great Pop Culture Debate podcast.

She’s a co-founder of FODball Productions, a series of mics and shows dedicated to showcasing “FOD-ball” comedians (or those who are typically the ‘first, only, or different’ of their kind on comedy lineups), and producer of Pantry Raid Comedy, an online comedy show that allows comedians to share their favorite jokes – and their strongest food-based opinions.

Festival Appearances:

  • Black Women in Comedy Festival – NYC (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Far From Here Festival – Toronto (2022)
  • Far Out Fest – Northampton, MA (2023)
  • Laugh Riot Grrrrl Festival – Los Angeles, CA (2022)
  • Lysistrata Comedy Festival – Austin, TX (2023, 2024)
  • Plano Comedy Festival (2023)
  • Rogue Island Comedy Festival – Newport, RI (2022)

Her debut half hour, “Enjoy Your Nachos,” was released in February 2023.

Enjoy Your Nachos

Amma lays out her journey with anxiety, as laid bare by the pandemic. Along the way, she talks about her favorite foods, traveling the world, the dating fate she’s resigned herself to, and more.

Filmed January 2023 at All She Wrote Books in Somerville, MA

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