This show is for ages 16+

When the most important people in her life pressured Bailey to have a baby, she spent a lot of time questioning, researching, and agonizing over what was wrong with her—until she found the answer, inside her guts—at the gyno’s office. This solo comedy explores what it means to sift through the gunk and finally trust your inner voice!

Bailey Swilley is a writer and comedian based in Brooklyn, whose stories have been featured on RISK!, Story Collider, Love Hurts and more. She is a Moth StorySLAM winner and her solo shows, Gimme a Sign! and Don’t Tell Our Bosses, were both critically acclaimed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Bailey is the host of the monthly story hour, We Love a Theme, at Pete’s Candy Store.

Desmond Thorne (director) founded the independent sketch comedy group Nerds on Fire in 2013, where he got his start writing, directing, and acting in sketch comedy. In 2014, he joined the one of first BoogieManja sketch teams, Allison Janney as an actor. He later directed four BoogieManja teams, was a member of the Directing Fellowship at the Magnet theater and taught an Acting for Sketch class at the Magnet as well. He is also a Film Programmer at Nitehawk Cinema and a filmmaker.

The Den Theatre and comedy club is pleased to host A Baby For Me? No Thank You, Please! on November 21, 2026 at 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood.

Tickets are currently available at thedentheatre.com or by calling (773) 697-3830. 

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