Sun 8/16 7:30 Portland's Funniest Person Semifinals!
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Sun 8/16 7:30 Portland's Funniest Person Semifinals! 〰️
Comic & Teller
Ash is a multiple Moth StorySLAM winner, 2026 Willamette Week’s Funniest Five, and 2025 Best of Portland Comedy finalist, known for her tall-yet-true stories shared on stages across the country.
“Allen’s simple folding of story and comedy produces sets that are at once moving, revelatory and pants-pissingly hilarious”-Willamette Week
Originally from Mississippi, Ash grew up as a critter-obsessed barefoot tomboy running through the woods. Her comedy and storytelling are rooted in the red clay hills, kudzu-lined highways, and squirrel-infested thickets that she called home.
WW’s Funniest 5
“In a city of transplants, Allen stands out as someone so uniquely Portland-coded it’s almost uncanny. It’s as if a caricature of a Portland lesbian walked off a page and onto a stage. But that twang is authentic, as is Allen’s simple folding of story and comedy to produce sets that are at once moving, revelatory and pants-pissingly hilarious.
Allen has a universal appeal disarming enough to cradle audiences large and small across the gender spectrum.” - Brianna Wheeler, Willamette Week, Feb 2026
2026 Willamette Week’s Funniest Five at Revolution Hall
Big Feelings Baby
solo show
Big Feelings Baby is a one-hour solo storytelling show written and performed by Ash Allen about finding your inner howl and the courage to let it out.
Set in the Mississippi woods, the story follows a barefoot tomboy whose first companions are squirrels and her loud, feral grandmother who lives up the road.
Through love, life, and loss, she learns that big feelings must be released—one howl at a time.
Only then can you find not just your pack, but yourself.
Next chance to catch Big Feelings Baby is at The Bingen Theater, Thursday, September 24.
KING TIDES 2027 COMING SOON
2026 KING TIDES
SOLD OUT
Kick off 2026 with Ash Allen and friends for a weekend of creativity and renewal at the Sou’wester Historic Lodge in Seaview, WA. The King’s Tide Storytelling Retreat (January 1–4, 2026) is invites you and nine others to immerse yourself in guided workshops, yoga, sauna sessions, a sound bath, and shared meals—all inspired by January’s rare King Tide, a natural moment of heightened reflection and creative release.
Just steps from the Pacific, the Sou’wester’s vintage charm sets the stage for rest, connection, and inspiration. Registration includes all meals, workshops, and activities, plus an exclusive artist lodging discount, shared after registration.
The weekend culminates in a storytelling showcase under the full moon in the historic lodge, where every participant is invited to share their story. A live band will follow the showcase.
