Ester Steinberg
A high-volume blast of old-school rhythm and unfiltered oversharing.
3 specials · 2019–2025
Where to start
Start with Hebrew School Dropout, the breakout (2019 · 45 min · Comedy Dynamics)
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Steinberg comes onstage like someone arriving twenty minutes late to a brunch she planned. The delivery is fast and loud, pitched right at the front of the room. She sets up a premise about wedding planning or skincare with the polished grin of an influencer, lets the room settle into expecting light observational humor, and then drops without warning into the graphic mechanics of childbirth, body hair, or a disastrous bachelorette party. When an audience winces at an intimate confession, she does not back off. She widens her eyes, lets out a small nasal scoff, and acts as though the room is being hopelessly prudish.
Stand-up specials & albums
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Motherhood, family scandals, and her father's doomed lingerie bagel shop.
Comedy Dynamics · 43 min
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A postpartum drive-in stand-up set recorded outside the Rose Bowl.
Comedy Dynamics · 53 min
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Debut stand-up audio hour on heritage, bad dating, and family guilt.
Comedy Dynamics · Album · 45 min
On stage
She is a road comic who built her following in traditional club rooms, synagogues, and deli backrooms, pairing classic joke mechanics with unapologetic filth. Specials like Burning Bush and Schmear Campaign capture her operating at full throttle. The writing is dense with tags, and while the sheer velocity of her delivery can occasionally steamroll subtler setups, she rarely leaves dead air on the floor.
Steinberg grew up in Tampa and started telling jokes in high school before studying theater in New York. You can hear that stage training in her timing, but the material belongs entirely to the Borscht Belt. She treats marriage, motherhood, and family obligation not as cozy domestic milestones, but as an ongoing negotiation she is determined to win.
Turning points
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Named JFL New Face
Steinberg gained prominent industry buzz after being selected as one of the New Faces at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival.
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2020–2021
Filming Tribeca Drive-In Special
Steinberg taped her special 'Burning Bush' at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena as part of the Tribeca Drive-In series, one of the earliest socially distanced live gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a glance
- Style
- observational, storytelling
- Breakout
- Hebrew School Dropout
- Topics
- Elsewhere
- Website, YouTube
Fans also like
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Noah Gardenswartz
As Steinberg's comedian spouse and frequent live co-host, Gardenswartz shares her scene, observational sensibilities, and comedic themes around marriage and Jewish culture.
Podcasts
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Stand Up Mom · host
Conversations between Steinberg and guests who are trying to find a balance between their careers and motherhood.
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Keepin' It Tight · host
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I Don't Hate It · host
Also on screen
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- Funny Girls
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- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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- Adam Ruins Everything
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- Up Early Tonight
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- You've Changed
A clip to start with
The 3 Things That Make The Perfect Husband - Ester Steinberg