All Joking Aside with Doug Herzog '81 featuring Abbi Jacobson
Name:
All Joking Aside with Doug Herzog '81 featuring Abbi Jacobson
Date:
February 25, 2025
Time:
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
Event Description:
Join Doug Herzog ’81 for the eighth interview in the All Joking Aside series, featuring actor Abbi Jacobson. Designed for the Emerson student community, this conversation will explore Abbi’s experience as a writer, actor and producer, her overall professional journey, and her advice for anyone looking to make a career for themselves in acting or the entertainment industry in general. Abbi Jacobson is an acclaimed writer, director, producer, and actor. She served as the co-creator and co-star of the hit television series "Broad City," as well as the critically acclaimed series, “A League of Their Own” which earned recognition from GLAAD for Outstanding New TV Series as well as the 2023 National Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign, honoring LGBTQ+ leaders and entities that exemplify living openly and authentically. She is a New York Times Bestselling author of the collection of personal essays, "I Might Regret This," as well as her illustrated book, "Carry This Book" Abbi voices the character "Bean" in Netflix's animated series "Disenchantment" and "Katie Mitchell'' in the Oscar-nominated Netflix animated film, "THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES." Most recently, she can be seen playing "Leslie Fischer" opposite Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano in the Netflix series, "No Good Deed."
