COMEDY CHARACTERS & PERFORMANCES
Through sketches, monologues, improv, and original songs, Danielle Ate the Sandwich creates characters who explore hope, identity, friendship, expectation, disappointment, and vulnerability. She creates a world where anything is possible. Danielle’s performances are an interactive, comedic, and emotional shared experience, celebrating what it is to be human.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MAGIC OF GRANDMAS July 17th-25th, 2026 - KC Fringe in Kansas City, MO | TICKETS & INFO HERE
Cancel your dermatologist appointment and take peek inside your nana’s purse! This whimsical one woman comedy forces a lonely grandma on an epic adventure through space and time. Learn where grandmas came from, why they're here and celebrate the magic of all the women who made us. Featuring original songs by Danielle Ate the Sandwich and video by Forest Kinsey.
The Magic of Grandmas is Danielle Ate the Sandwich’s newest one woman show, debuting at KC Fringe in July 2026.
There will be 5 performances during KC Fringe, showing at:
The Center for Spiritual Living (CSL)
1014 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Friday, July 17 at 8:00pm
Sunday, July 19 at 3:30pm
Wednesday, July 22 at 6:30pm
Friday, July 24 at 9:30pm
Saturday, July 25 at 6:30pm
Tickets are on sale now! CLICK HERE!
MAGIC OF GRANDMAS | PREMIERING KC FRINGE 2026
"Turtle" by Jer is a song by children's folk singer Jerry "Jer" Slougherman, about divorce, desire, responsibility, and acceptance.
Directed and edited by Forest Kinsey
Starring Danielle Anderson as Jer
Kacy Barta as Mom
Michael Holloway as Dad
Rocky Alterman as Steve
THE GREATEST GARAGE SALE EVER
This one woman comedy cabaret features original characters and songs by Danielle Anderson of the folk music sensation Danielle Ate the Sandwich. Debuting at KC Fringe in July 2024, and showing in Denver Fringe in 2025, and FoCo Fringe in 2026.
This show features bizarre yet endearing characters and celebrates the power of nostalgia to remind us who we are,
what we love, and what we’ve lost.
Winner of KC FRINGE 2024 “BEST OF VENUE", “ENGLEWOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM,” and MADE IN KC” awards
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Performed
Bird Comedy Theater in Kansas City KC Fringe July 2024
Englewood Arts Center in Kansas City May 2025
Rise Comedy in Denver, CO at Denver Fringe June 2025
Fort Collins Welcome Center in Fort Collins, CO, at FoCo Fringe June 2026
ABOUT DANIELLE ATE THE SANDWICH
Danielle Ate the Sandwich is the stage name of Danielle Anderson, a singer/songwriter, recording artist, and comedic performer based in Kansas City, MO. As a self taught performer and musician, Danielle grew a fanbase with her DIY videos on Youtube and from touring the US extensively from 2009-2018. Danielle’s songs and performances are a shared experience, celebrating grief, humor and happiness.
Danielle has released eight full length albums of original music. Since 2016, Danielle has hosted The 24 Hour Album, an annual songwriting experiment that brings fans inside the songwriting process, creating an album together in just 24 hours. In 2021, she developed an online songwriting course called ‘Life as a Songwriter,’ teaching adults the art of songwriting.
‘The Greatest Garage Sale Ever’ is Danielle’s first one woman stage show. It combines Danielle’s love of songwriting, and creating and performing in character, debuting at KC Fringe and showing at Denver Fringe.
Danielle was a Charlotte Street Studio Resident (2023-2025) and an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant Recipient in 2024.
"Eye Roll" by Mary Ellen Dawson Carter Armstrong is a catchy song about what to do when you feel compelled to judge another.
Performed live at KC Fringe in July 2024 at The Bird Comedy Theater
Some of Danielle’s Characters include:
Athena Grape
Beanie Galavant
Brintley Owen Brantley
Cousins (the puppet)
Future Grandma
Fancy Guy
Jer - Jerry Slougherman
Mary Ellen Dawson Carter Armstrong
Roger Hammerstein
Walt Von Nim
UPCOMING EVENTS
PRESS & COLLABORATIONS
ART IN THE LOOP BLOG : A NIGHT OF EMPOWERMENT, LAUGHTER AND CONNECTION ONBOARD THE KCSTREETCAR | JULY 2025
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KC FRINGE
DENVER FRINGE
SPOOKY SHIT SHOW
THE BIRD COMEDY THEATER