Anna Tirat-Gefen is a stand-up comedian, an immigrant from Ukraine, a full time working mother of five children, a wife, and a rocket scientist.  

Anna lives, works and performs in the Greater Washington DC area. She has performed at the Flappers Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, and local Maryland and Washington DC venues.

Anna’s hobbies include catching up on sleep, taking walks, cooking, reading and writing.  Anna is also a published designer of crochet patterns, and yet unpublished poet. 

To learn more fun facts about Anna, see her interview in the Culture Spot MC online publication  Comedy as a Second Language Finds the Funny in Immigration.

To hear more about Anna’s creative process, see her Instagram Live interview with Kim Levone of Improbable Comedy.

To learn how Anna started in comedy and why she keeps doing it, see her interview with Rich Madzel of Try it Out Comedy.

To learn about her Ukrainian comedic side and her support for Ukraine, listen to Anna co-host Grassroots Comedy podcast Episode 7: Supporting (and Laughing With) Ukraine, With the U.S. – Ukraine Foundation.

To hear more jokes by Anna and to see her perform, follow her on Facebook and Youtube.