# Ana Gasteyer on Reddit (u/AnaGasteyer)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/ana-gasteyer

Ana Gasteyer: Actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live and Wicked.

- Reddit account: [u/AnaGasteyer](https://www.reddit.com/user/AnaGasteyer/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [Her 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2igc8k/i_am_ana_gasteyer_you_may_know_me_from_snl/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (44)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2014
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Gasteyer

## Moments

### u/AnaGasteyer in r/IAmA, Oct 6, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

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

> 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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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2igc8k/i_am_ana_gasteyer_you_may_know_me_from_snl/cl1zpwh/ · 133 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/AnaGasteyer in r/IAmA, Oct 6, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

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

> 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

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2igc8k/i_am_ana_gasteyer_you_may_know_me_from_snl/cl1x413/ · 133 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/AnaGasteyer in r/IAmA, Oct 6, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> who came up with the Culps ?

> 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.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2igc8k/i_am_ana_gasteyer_you_may_know_me_from_snl/cl1x6jl/ · 70 points as of Nov 6, 2026