Orly Lewittes  is a QUEER  (woah) writer and comedian based in New York City. She's best known for her viral commencement speech at Northwestern University's 2024 graduation, which got over 2.6 million views on TikTok, and literally no views on YouTube. At 22, Orly became the youngest sketch writer on the Upright Citizens Brigade's (UCB) Maude Night, and her sketches for Maude have been highlighted in Vulture's "Funny Videos of the Month". She also makes up half of the sketch comedy duo, Boy Crazy, which was featured in UCB's Best of NY Sketch for The New York Comedy Fest, and their show was highlighted in Time Out's "Best Things To Do in NYC This Weekend". Orly developed, produced, and hosted the viral show Left On Read, which amassed over 20 million views across platforms within a few months of its release. As a stand up, she performs at comedy clubs all over NYC , and while still in college, Orly opened for Hacks' Hannah Einbeinder and Meg Stalter.

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Orly's short script, BAT ZILLA, won the 2024  ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Competition, and has placed in the finals of numerous other competitions. It currently sits at the top 1% of all projects on Coverfly.  So.... yeah. Her feature script, STRUT, has also received a number of finalist awards in various international screenplay competitions. Orly is currently developing her next feature script, which she'll probably sell for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars.

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