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Ana Gasteyer

Actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live and Wicked

u/AnaGasteyer ↗AMA only

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Her 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 43 comments from u/AnaGasteyer, all from 2014, most often in r/IAmA.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Ana Gasteyer! You may know me from SNL, Suburgatory, Wicked or the AC train in NYC! AMA!”

I loved you in Wicked! Any interesting stories about your time in the show? What was your last performance like?

u/AnaGasteyer replied

The biggest backstage disaster I encountered was a broken elevator on 'No Good Deed' -- when Elphaba rises up through the stage doing spells. The elevator didn't budge but I'd already started singing so I had to sprint up two flights of stairs. It was nuts.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Ana Gasteyer! You may know me from SNL, Suburgatory, Wicked or the AC train in NYC! AMA!”

The Culps/Mohan-Culps were always a fan favourite - how did you keep a straight face !?

u/AnaGasteyer replied

It was near impossible. Will's bald cap and beard were always just barely on, so if he laughed they would have been ruined. I largely kept a straight face out of sheer support for his wig glue needing to set

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I am Ana Gasteyer! You may know me from SNL, Suburgatory, Wicked or the AC train in NYC! AMA!”

who came up with the Culps ?

u/AnaGasteyer replied

I did a version at the Groundlings in LA after I was asked to sing an Al Green song at a friends wedding. I felt like the oldest, whitest woman in the world and my friend suggested we write a…

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I did a version at the Groundlings in LA after I was asked to sing an Al Green song at a friends wedding. I felt like the oldest, whitest woman in the world and my friend suggested we write a sketch accordingly. Will grew up with music nerds -- his dad played for the Righteous Brothers - and our colleague Paula Pell was a crazy choir person too so once we were at SNL, we re-conceived it for me and Will.