BONUS EPISODE! Debbie Kasper Helps Jay with His One Woman Show
March 13, 2026 · 36 min
Why listen
An Emmy-nominated writer and solo performer returns after a decade away to explain what it really takes to put your life on stage.
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In this episode
- What a career spanning stand-up, TV writing, and solo theater actually looks like
- How a personal tragedy led to nearly ten years out of show business
- What separates a one-woman show that works from one that does not
- Why coming back to performing after a long absence can be the right move
About this episode
Comic Writer Debbie Kasper discusses her tumultuous life and what it would take for Jay to make his one woman show.
Bio: Debbie Kasper is a multiple Emmy-nominated writer and an award-winning solo performer. After touring the country a few times over as a comedian and also with several theatrical shows she wrote & starred in, Debbie turned to television writing (Roseanne and The Rosie O'Donnell Show). She has written a few books, (You're Not That Pretty & Everything Else My Parents Told me) and contributed to several websites and anthology books. Monkeys on My Back & Everywhere Else is her fourth one-woman show. She's won awards for two of the earlier ones. After a personal tragedy, she stepped away from showbiz for almost a decade...but now she's back...in the format she loves most, and she's talking about all of it.
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Don’t Be Alone with Jay Kogen is a comedy/advice podcast trying to fight the isolation of modern life. Each episode, Award winning TV writer/comedian/philosopher Jay Kogen has a conversation with a friend about how to solve the problems on Jay’s mind.
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