comedian and writer

Mary Cella is a stand-up comedian and writer based in Brooklyn. She hosts the long-running weekly show Tip Top Tits at Tip Top Bar and Grill in Bed-Stuy, the humor reading show Little Old Lady Live at Greenlight Bookstore and is a regular at BKLYN Comedy Club . Her stand-up has been featured on the BBC and her writing has appeared in The New York Times and onThe New Yorker, Jezebel, McSweeney's, The Hairpin, Slackjaw, Comedy Central and CNN. She's the Co-Founder and Co-Editor of Little Old Lady Comedy, teaches stand-up classes for teens at Kids ‘N Comedy and also works as a professional dog trainer. Mary is originally from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where she grew up ski racing on a little hill where it was socially acceptable to ski in jeans (but she never did). She graduated from Tufts University, if anyone cares, and worked as a producer for CNN and HLN for many years before pursuing comedy.