Ely Kreimendahl is a queer writer, comedian, creative arts therapist and Mom. She’s been featured in Funny or Die, is a contributor for satire publication Humor Darling, and performs stand up in NYC. Ely is a 2022 Screenwriting Fellow at the Lambda Literary Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, and her dark comedy pilot "Magical Thinking" was a semifinalist in Screencraft's 2021 TV Comedy Pilot Competition and Golden Script's 2022 Screenwriting Competition. While extremely and painfully pregnant, Ely was a 2021 resident artist at Ars Nova Theater in NYC, where they spent 6 months developing, writing and performing a solo comedy show called “How Does That Make You Feel” exploring queer pregnancy and motherhood, and navigating being both an artist and a psychotherapist. Ely regularly posts jokes and sketches on twitter and Instagram @elykreimendahl, with content about mental health, parenting, sobriety, queerness and existential angst. Ely’s jokes go viral more often than is good for her, to be honest.