Gimme a Sign!
by Bailey Swilley
STORY
GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based on a personal tragedy with a side of weird and funny family antics. The solo show combines standup and storytelling and explores the stages of grief and the search for signs from above. Come for the ghost tour with anecdotes about haunted tampons and annoying boyfriends, stay for the life lessons on self-acceptance and growing up.
Most recently, Swilley performed GIMME A SIGN! at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where audience members called it “a powerful, heartfelt experience of loss and finding one’s self pride from internal and external forces” and “original, thought-provoking, observational and insightful.”
BIO
Bailey Swilley (writer/performer): Bailey is a writer and comedian based in Brooklyn. In August, she took two shows, GIMME A SIGN! and TROPHY KID (as part of DON’T TELL OUR BOSSES with comedian Ricky Sim), to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, receiving ⭐⭐⭐⭐ for both pieces. Most recently, she won StorySLAM at The Moth and performed on Kevin Allison’s hit storytelling show RISK! Since 2021, she’s hosted the monthly storytelling hour, We Love a Theme, at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn. For more about Bailey visit baileyswilley.com