Jessica Michelle Singleton is saying ‘Hi Y’all’ to Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Jessica Michelle Singleton’s Alaska tour of her newest hour-long comedy special brought her back to her teenage stomping grounds in Anchorage.

Touring performers aren’t always frequent in Alaska, and Singleton admits even as a teenager, her heart didn’t yearn to stay in Alaska when she was a student at Service High School

“I break out into hives when I get too cold,” Singleton said.

She’s performed at comedy festivals in Alaska before, along with her credits as a paid regular at The Comedy Store in LA, two recorded albums, and shorter specials on Hulu and Peacock.

Past Alaska audiences haven’t disappointed her.

“Being from Alaska, when I did the festival because we didn’t do just Anchorage, we did Homer and Seward and people just packed out,” Singleton said. “We’re so excited and I think it’s also because they don’t get a lot of live stand-up comedy.”

Singleton said shortly after filming her first hour-long special, “Hi Y’all,” Jake Armstrong, an Alaskan comic approached Singleton with an idea for a local tour. Now in the midst a tour through the Milk Run, Singleton said she’s seeing different kinds of audiences than larger cities might offer.

″I love going into smaller cities and smaller towns on the road because everyone’s so much more pumped up, because they don’t take it for granted,” Singleton said.

“Last night, somebody drove 7 hours to see me in Skagway.”

Her newest special isn’t heavy on Alaska-related material, Singleton said most of “Hi Y’all” is focused on her childhood in southern Mississippi before her mom moved their family to Anchorage.

“We don’t have time for that. That’s gotta be the next special,” she said.

However, there is one clip she hopes to show at her Anchorage debut at Bear Tooth Theatrepub that was removed during the editing of the full special.

“There will be more [Alaska jokes] in future specials, but I have done some throughout the years, little chunks, and had a couple of clips go viral where I’m talking about Alaska.” Singleton said.

Thus far in her tour, Singleton has performed stand up for Alaska audiences in Ketchikan, Skagway and Juneau, but her April 27 debut in Anchorage will be a screening of the taped special followed by a Q&A.

Following the Anchorage debut, she’ll be back on the road in Talkeetna, Cordova, Fairbanks and Palmer.

Find details for Singleton’s tickets and tour dates here.

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