Rebecca Donohue

Rebecca Donohue is a digital creator with a deep background in stand up comedy.  She's a writer, a digital innovator and a television development executive.  (For reals, amigo.)  Mostly, she likes to break the internet, while making you laugh.  

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Rebecca Donohue is an Emmy-Nominated writer and show producer. She has over 15 years worth of experience writing and performing, including winning a stand up spot as the only LGBT member of a USO tour for Navy Entertainment. Her expertise lies in comedy, sports, and docu-reality. Rebecca has worked for TV, digital, and podcasts at a very high level. Most recently, she served as Head Writer for the Dan Le Batard Show, which is the #1 sports podcast across Apple and various audio platforms. She was the Senior Producer for Vice’s Queer Sports, a writer for the Emmy-Nominated, Discovery+ show Book of Queer, and a showrunner for Studio 71. As a showrunner, her series have racked up awards, including a Reality TV award for I Want My Stuff Back and a Taste award for I’ll Have What You’re Having. In addition, Rebecca writes and develops original concepts around comedians and comedic talent. Her recently developed projects for drag queen, Bianca Del Rio and comedian, Rachel Feinstein were shopped alongside Jax Media and Funny or Die. Her most recent sale is a comedy-sports podcast starring Pro Soccer Player, Paige Nielsen, which is in development with a major production company. Rebecca has also developed projects for Theo Von, Joe DeRosa, Al Jackson, Tone Bell, Josh Wolf, Jessimae Peluso and Dan Curry, the Executive Producer of The Eric Andre Show.

 

Shorter Bio:  She's funny & spends a lot of time online.

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