Ali Clayton
Who Ali Clayton is
Ali Clayton is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster from the South, a former pageant kid who has been performing comedy for more than a decade and is based in Brooklyn, New York. Her stand-up has been featured on VICE's Funny How? and on SiriusXM, and with fellow Southern queer comedian Ever Mainard she co-hosts the podcast Y'all Gay?, which Vulture named one of the top five comedy podcasts of 2022 for its Southern charm. Her debut album, Country Queer, came out on Blonde Medicine on 31 May 2024, and two of its tracks, Trailer Park of the Sea and Nobody Here is Gay, were played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in July and December 2024.
At a glance
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
- Albums
- Country Queer
- Podcasts
- Y'all Gay?
- On screen
- Funny How?
- Official site
- aliclaytoncomedy.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: aliclaytoncomedy.com ↗.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
Albums
- Country Queer Blonde Medicine, 2024
On screen
- Funny How? VICE
Podcasts
- Y'all Gay? co-host, with Ever Mainard
Comedians like Ali Clayton
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Kliph Nesteroff also in Funny How?
- Nick Youssef also in Funny How?
Their stand-up
Clayton started her comedy career on the South Side of Chicago; she is an alumna of the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Acting Apprentice Program and a graduate of the Second City Conservatory, was named a Carolines on Broadway Breakout Artist and was a top finalist in the StandUP NBC competition. Country Queer, released on vinyl as well as digitally, drew praise from Roy Wood Jr., who called her humor 'warm and relatable'.
Questions and answers
Where is Ali Clayton performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: aliclaytoncomedy.com ↗.
What podcast do they host?
Y'all Gay?
What TV shows and films are they in?
Funny How?.
Where are they based?
Brooklyn, NY, as their record gives it.
Who are some comedians like them?
Kliph Nesteroff (also in Funny How?) and Nick Youssef (also in Funny How?).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- New York Comedy Club ↗ A southern pageant kid who grew up to be a comedian, actor and writer; performing comedy for over a decade; currently based in Brooklyn, NY; co-host of the…
- Official site ↗ Comedian / Writer / Podcaster; Y'all Gay? Podcast, named Top 5 Podcast by Vulture; her stand-up and a viral sketch (as of 8 October 2026)
- Blonde Medicine - BM127, Country Queer ↗ Ali Clayton - Country Queer; original release 31 May 2024; track list including Trailer Park of the Sea (2) and Nobody Here is Gay (15) (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist - Raw Comedy recent plays (Internet Archive capture, 16 December 2024) ↗ Nobody Here is Gay, Ali Clayton, played on Raw Comedy on 16 December 2024; the capture of 31 July 2024 shows Trailer Park of the Sea (as of 8 October 2026)
- Shark Party Media — Ali Clayton's Country Queer out on Blonde Medicine ↗ Career started on the South Side of Chicago; Actors Theatre of Louisville Acting Apprentice Program alumna; Second City Conservatory graduate; Carolines on…
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026