Belladonna Presents: The Jeggings Jubilee

Alice Phillips is a humor writer from South Carolina with work in Reductress, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and, of course, The Belladonna Comedy, among others. She used to practice law. Please don't hold that against her.

Emily Kapp is a Managing Editor at The Belladonna Comedy and a Chicago-based comedy writer. She most recently wrote, produced, and starred in "The Devil is in the Retail(s)" with her co-writer and co-producer Jess DiBona at the Bughouse Theater in May 2025. Her jokes can be seen in The Onion, McSweeney's, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, Points in Case, Weekly Humorist, Robot Butt, and more. For more, check out her website at emilykapp.com

Heidi Lux is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter and satirist. Her credits include Crushed, a teen comedy based on Heart of Darkness, now streaming on Tubi and Nickelodeon. She is a managing editor for The Belladonna, and has written for sites including Eater, Business Insider, CollegeHumor, Cracked, and more.

Katy Maiolatesi is a comedy writer, artist, and performer in Chicago. She is a Belladonna, Reductress, McSweeney’s, Hard Times, Weekly Humorist, Slackjaw, and Jenny Magazine contributor. Bye!

Kristen Mulrooney is a comedy writer from Boston. She edits The Belladonna, contributes to The New Yorker, and writes a column for McSweeney's. Kristen has written several books. She hates dancing and doesn't understand why it's a thing.

Madeline Hester is a writer and comic artist based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Belladonna, and the Chicago Reader, among others. She does not like writing bios but does like talking about herself. IG: @maduhlinhesstur

Rebecca Silver is a Chicago writer and stand-up comedian who tells jokes about her failures, family, and fear of late stage capitalism. Her work has been featured in Belladonna, Slackjaw, and Greener Pastures. Follow her on Instagram or Medium.

Sarah Chin is a humor, fiction, and poetry writer from Chicago, Illinois. Her work has been published in places like Points in Case, The Cincinnati Review, HAD, Epiphany and more. She was born in the Year of the Fire Rat, which is a better descriptor of herself than she could ever come up with. She can be found at sarahchin.net and on Instagram as @sarah_chinchilla.

Sofia Javed is a Chicago-based comedian, storyteller, and writer. Her humor is inspired by her life as a brown woman in America, her love of languages, and her former career as a cubicle bureaucrat. Sofia has been a featured performer at comedy festivals across the country, and she recently debuted her solo show, Latchkey Larki, in New York City. Sofia co-hosts Dance of Joy: a Perfect Strangers Rewatch Podcast. Check her out at www.sofiajaved.com.