Aimee Kleiman

I am an actor. There, I said it. No lightning struck me down. No giant neon “LIAR” sign started flashing over my head, making that undeniable buzzing sound that only neon signs make (you know the one). When I started auditioning for shows again about two and a half years ago, I had terrible imposter […]

My intentions for 2019 were Trust the Path and Do Scary Shit. I am proud to say that I fully committed to those statements and, as a result, 2019 was a year of adventures, bravery, accomplishments, failures (learning experiences), and a lot of self-awareness. After spending several days thinking about my intentions for 2020, the

When I told people we were planning to take our three children (11, 9, 6) to Argentina for two weeks, the responses ranged from, “Wow! That’s amazing!” to “You must be out of your mind!” Funny enough, what I have realized is that traveling with children is amazing AND you have to be somewhat out

When I was asked to participate in the Nice Jewish Girls Chanukah Chomedy Show, I was thrilled! When I was asked to tell the Chanukah story as my stand-up routine, I was…well, TERRIFIED. The Chanukah Story is not exactly funny source material. In the name of trusting the path and doing scary shit, I accepted

Because of my ADHD: 1. I have sat down to write this blog post over a dozen times in the past few months, but somehow instead ended up being a member of the Love Your Melon monthly club, reorganized my mug cabinet, watched every video of my children ever recorded, typed up my lines for

Technically, I was not due for my first mammogram until next year when I turn 40, but as this year comes to a close, I decided I wanted to have all my parts checked. I don’t know if it is my age or something in the environment, but I feel like everyday I hear about

Recently, I have been feeling like as soon as one part of my life feels settled and under control, inevitably something unexpected in another area of my life pops up. I started feeling like I was constantly swimming upstream, some days barely keeping my head above water, and then it hit me: LIFE IS A

This year I committed to doing scary shit. Now, let’s take a moment to clarify what that means: When I say “scary”, I mean things that feel out my reach or out of my comfort zone. That is vastly different than doing STUPID shit that could cause me bodily harm. Big difference. Big. Learning a

Of all the choices I have made in my performance career, the one that has been most surprising to friends and family (and, frankly, to me) was a few months ago when I dipped my toe in the Chicago comedy circuit. The most frequent question I am asked these days is: HOW did you end